Oranges in No Man's Land Journey to the Last River Evenfall: The Golden Linnet Young Bond: SilverFin
When Life Gives You Mangoes The Borrowers 21% Monster Glitter Boy
Goodnight Mister Tom Small Things The Wheel of Surya Anniversary Edition Unexpected Twist: An Oliver Twisted Tale
What Katy Did The Twig Man The Changes Trilogy: The Devil's Children, Heartsease, and the Weathermonger The Storm Swimmer

Best Books for Year 6

By School Reading List

By School Reading List

Best Books for Year 6

Our team has curated a list of great books for children in Year 6 in Key Stage 2.

 

Discover the best Year 6 books on our recommended reading list, featuring over 40 titles for children aged 10–11, carefully selected by expert teachers and librarians at School Reading List.

 

From our Year 6 reading list on the School Reading List website. 

Oranges in No Man's Land

Oranges in No Man's Land

Elizabeth Laird

£7.99
£7.59
Journey to the Last River

Journey to the Last River

Unknown Adventurer and Teddy Keen

£14.99
Evenfall: The Golden Linnet

Evenfall: The Golden Linnet

Alexander Armstrong and Tom Roberts

£14.99
£14.24
Young Bond: SilverFin

Young Bond: SilverFin

Charlie Higson

£7.99
£7.59
When Life Gives You Mangoes

When Life Gives You Mangoes

Kereen Getten

£8.99
£8.54
The Borrowers

The Borrowers

Mary Norton

£7.99
£7.59
21% Monster

21% Monster

P.J. Canning

£7.99
£7.59
Glitter Boy

Glitter Boy

Ian Eagleton

£7.99
£7.59
Goodnight Mister Tom

Goodnight Mister Tom

Michelle Magorian

£7.99
£7.59
Small Things

Small Things

Mel Tregonning

£16.99
£16.14
The Wheel of Surya Anniversary Edition

The Wheel of Surya Anniversary Edition

Jamila Gavin

£7.99
£7.59
Unexpected Twist: An Oliver Twisted Tale

Unexpected Twist: An Oliver Twisted Tale

Michael Rosen

£6.99
£6.64
What Katy Did

What Katy Did

Susan Coolidge

£9.99
£9.49
The Twig Man

The Twig Man

Sana Rasoul

£7.99
£7.59
The Changes Trilogy: The Devil's Children, Heartsease, and the Weathermonger

The Changes Trilogy: The Devil's Children, Heartsease, and...

Peter Dickinson

£24.99
The Storm Swimmer

The Storm Swimmer

Clare Weze

£7.99
£7.59
Tell Me No Lies

Tell Me No Lies

Malorie Blackman

£7.99
£7.59
Fiddlers Three

Fiddlers Three

David Almond

£7.99
£7.59
The Silver Road: a thrilling adventure filled with myth and magic

The Silver Road: a thrilling adventure filled with myth and...

Sinead O’Hart

£7.99
£7.59
The Silver Sword

The Silver Sword

Ian Serraillier

£7.99
£7.59
The Other Side of Truth

The Other Side of Truth

Beverley Naidoo

£7.99
£7.59
Once

Once

Morris Gleitzman

£7.99
£7.59
Impossible Creatures: 'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell' – Michael Morpurgo

Impossible Creatures: 'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman...

Katherine Rundell

£8.99
£8.54
My Swordhand is Singing

My Swordhand is Singing

Marcus Sedgwick

£9.99
£9.49
The Viewer

The Viewer

Gary Crew and Shaun Tan

£9.99
£9.49
The Machine Gunners

The Machine Gunners

Robert Westall

£7.99
£7.59
Echo Mountain

Echo Mountain

Lauren Wolk

£7.99
£7.59
Lionboy

Lionboy

Zizou Corder

£7.99
£7.59
Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke's Kingdom

Michael Morpurgo

£7.99
The Hobbit

The Hobbit

J. R. R. Tolkien

£8.99
£8.54
When the Sky Falls: The bestselling wartime animal tale inspired by a true story

When the Sky Falls: The bestselling wartime animal tale...

Phil Earle

£7.99
£7.59
Granny

Granny

Anthony Horowitz

£7.99
£7.59
Fruit and Nutcase

Fruit and Nutcase

Jean Ure

£6.99
£6.64
The Crowstarver

The Crowstarver

Dick King-Smith

£7.99
£7.59
The Sports Timeline Wallbook

The Sports Timeline Wallbook

Christopher Lloyd, Andy Forshaw, et al.

£12.99
£12.34
Nothing Ever Happens Here

Nothing Ever Happens Here

Sarah Hagger-Holt

£7.99
£7.59
Carrie's War

Carrie's War

Nina Bawden and Alan Marks

£9.99
£9.49
Abomination

Abomination

Robert Swindells

£7.99
£7.59
Eren

Eren

Simon P. Clark

£7.99
£7.59
The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei

The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei

Christina Matula

£8.99
£8.54
The Girl of Ink & Stars

The Girl of Ink & Stars

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

£8.99
£8.54
Time Travelling with a Hamster

Time Travelling with a Hamster

Ross Welford

£7.99
£7.59
Safiyyah's War

Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

£7.99
£7.59
The Nowhere Emporium

The Nowhere Emporium

Ross Mackenzie

£7.99
£7.59
The Land of Neverendings

The Land of Neverendings

Kate Saunders

£7.99
£7.59
Illegal: a graphic novel telling one boy's epic journey to Europe

Illegal: a graphic novel telling one boy's epic journey to...

Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, et al.

£10.99
£10.44
A Boy Called Hope

A Boy Called Hope

Lara Williamson

£7.99
£7.59
Moving Up

Moving Up

Christian Foley

£7.99
£7.59
Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica: 1,000s of Facts & Figures-about Earth, space, animals, the body, technology & more-Revea

Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica: 1,000s of Facts &...

Andrew Pettie, Conrad Quilty-Harper, et al.

£27.00
£25.65
The Song Walker

The Song Walker

Zillah Bethell

£7.99
£7.59
Absolutely Everything! Revised and Expanded: A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots and Other Things too Numerous to Ment

Absolutely Everything! Revised and Expanded: A History of...

Christopher Lloyd and Andy Forshaw

£20.00
£19.00
The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff

The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff

Andy (Author) Seed and Scott Garrett

£7.99
£7.59
Nightfall in New York

Nightfall in New York

Katherine Woodfine and Karl James Mountford

£7.99
£7.59
The Boy At the Back of the Class

The Boy At the Back of the Class

Onjali Q. Rauf and Pippa Curnick

£7.99
£7.59
Wild

Wild

Ele Fountain

£8.99
£8.54
Jodie

Jodie

Hilary McKay and Keith Robinson

£7.99
£7.59
Crater Lake

Crater Lake

Jennifer Killick

£8.99
£8.54
Vi Spy: Licence to Chill

Vi Spy: Licence to Chill

Maz Evans

£7.99
£7.59
The Final Year

The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow and Joe Todd-Stanton

£9.99
£9.49
Xanthe & the Ruby Crown

Xanthe & the Ruby Crown

Jasbinder Bilan

£7.99
£7.59
Rumaysa: Ever After

Rumaysa: Ever After

Radiya Hafiza and Rhaida El Touny

£7.99
£7.59
Resist: One Girl's Fight Back Against the Nazis

Resist: One Girl's Fight Back Against the Nazis

Tom Palmer and Tom Clohosy Cole

£7.99
£7.59

Read more on our books for year 6 booklist page.