RECOMMENDED Year 5
READING LIST
The selection of books in this list are a guide for children aged 9-10
in year 5 at school. The books range various genres to cover all
interests. If your child is a competent reader or has read many of
these titles then try the books from the Year 6 reading list.
Animals
• Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
• The Midnight Fox - Betsy Byars
• The Hundred and One Dalmations - Dodie Smith
• The Marble Crusher - Michael Morpurgo
• Wild Lives series - Nick Arnold
• Sandy Lane Stables - Michelle Bates
• The Rover Adventures - Roddy Doyle
• Tooth and Claw - Stephen Moore
• Mrs Frisby and The Rats of Nihm - Robert C. O’Brien
• Dreamseeker Trilogy - Jenny Oldfield
• Varjak Paw series - S. F. Said
• The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
Spooky/Mystery
• I Know What You Did Last Wednesday - Anthony Horowitz
• Holes - Louis Sachar
• Pig Heart Boy - Malorie Blackman
• Hacker - Malorie Blackman
• The Magician’s House Quartet - William Corlett
• Secret of Platform 13 - Eva Ibbotson
• Dial a Ghost - Eva Ibbotson
• The Ghost of Thomas Kempe - Penelope Lively
• A Stitch in Time - Penelope Lively
• Goosebumps Series - R. L. Stine
• Room 13 - Robert Swindells
Humour
• Double Act - Jacqueline Wilson
• There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom - Louis Sachar
• Dork Diaries Collection - Rachel Renee Russell
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid Collection - Jeff Kinney
Year 5 continued . .
• Middle School: The Worst Years of my Life - James Patterson & Chris Tebbetts
• Diary of a Sixth Grace Ninja - Marcus Emerson
• Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing - Judy Blume
• Big Nate Series- Lincoln Peirce
• Wayside School Series - Louis Sachar
• A Turn in the Grave - Bowvayne
• Molly Moon - Georgia Byng
• The Spud from Outer Space - Susan Gates
• The Last Polar Bears - Harry Horse
• Jiggy McCue series - Michael Lawrence
• Demon Dentist – David Walliams
• Billionaire Boy – David Walliams
• Grandpa’s Great Escape – David Walliams
Historical
• Walter and Me, Michael Morpurgo
• The Butterfly Lion, Michael Morpurgo
• Friend or Foe, Michael Morpurgo
• Letters from the Lighthouse, Emma Carroll
• Inside Out and Back Again, Thanha Lai
• The War That Saved My Life, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• One Crazy Summer, Rita Williams-Garcia
• War Boy - Michael Foreman
• War Game - Michael Foreman
• Warhorse - Michael Morpurgo
• War of Jenkins Ear – Michael Morpurgo
• A Time of Fire - Robert Westall
• The Abbey Mysteries - Cherith Baldry
• The Roman Mystery series - Caroline Lawrence
• The Way of the Warrior - Andrew Matthews
• Great Pyramid Robbery - Katherine Roberts
Fantasy
• The Hobbit - JRR Tolkein
• Harry Potter Series - J K rowling
• Watership Down - Richard Adams
• Northern Lights - Philip Pullman
• Dragon Rider - Cornelia Funke
Year 5 continued . .
• Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
• Mister Monday - Garth Nix
• Boy in the Tower - Polly Ho-Yen
• The Indian in the Cupboard series - Lynne Reid Banks
• Frog Princess - E. D. Baker
• Dragon’s Breath - E. D. Baker
• The Boggart - Susan Cooper
• Dragon books - Cressida Cowell
• Harvey Angell - Diana Hendry
• Dogsbody - Diana Wynne Jones
• A Tale of Time City - Diana Wynne Jones
• Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
• Playing with Fire - Derek Landy
• The Witch Trade - Michael Molly
• The Dog So Small - Phillipa Pearce
• Dakota of the White Flats - Philip Ridley
• Scribbleboy - Philip Ridley
• A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket – Daniel Handler
• Muddle Earth - Paul Stewart
Adventure/Action
• Tom’s Midnight Garden - Philippa Pearce
• Aquila - Andrew Norris
• The Sleeping Sword - Michael Morpurgo
• The Shapeshifter Collection - Ali Sparkes
• A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E. - Malorie Blackman
• Thief - Malorie Blackman
• Dead Georgeous - Malorie Blackman
• The Last Free Cat - John Blake
• Jimmy Coates Sabotage - Joe Craig
• Iron Heads - Susan Gates
• Diamond Brothers series - Anthony Horowitz
• Wicked - Anthony Masters
• Storm Runners - Barbara Mitchelhill
• The Invisible Detective series - Justin Richards
• Stormsearch - Robert Westall
• In the Nick of Time - Robert Westall
Year 5 continued . .
• The Baker Street Boys - Anthony Read
• The Cats of Seroster - Robert Westall
Well-loved Authors
• Matilda - Roald Dahl
• Danny the Champion of the World - Roald Dahl
• Boy - Roald Dahl
• Going Solo - Roald Dahl
• Charm School - Anne Fine
• The Sheep Pig - Dick King-Smith
• The Water Horse - Dick King-Smith
• Escape from Shangri-La – Michael Morpurgo
• Long Way home - Michael Morpurgo
• The White Horse of Zennor - Michael Morpurgo
• Toro! Toro! - Michael Morpurgo
• Farm Boy - Michael Morpurgo
• Kensuke’s Kingdom - Michael Morpurgo
• Wreck of Zanzibar - Michael Morpurgo
• Tracy Beaker - Jacqueline Wilson
• Best Friends - Jacqueline Wilson
• Secrets, Midnight - Jacqueline Wilson
• The Indian in the Cupboard Series – Lynne Reid Banks
• Harry Potter Series – J.K Rowling
• Famous Five - Enid Blyton
