Best Books for 4th Grade

This page serves parents and educators of fourth graders, children around 9 to 10 years old. Many readers this age are ready for longer middle-grade novels with fuller plots, more developed characters and themes like friendship, fairness and growing independence. Graphic novels and narrative nonfiction are popular choices too.

You will find award-winning books at the top, collections by subject below, and the full list of books in this grade range after that. Our grade ranges are meant as editorial guidance; every child brings different tastes and experience to a book, and that is worth honoring.