Orbis PictusRebels, Robbers, and Radicals: The Story of the Bill of Rights
Orbis Pictus Award Honor
Books by Grades and College
Best Books for 5th Grade
Fifth graders, typically 10 to 11 years old, often read middle-grade novels that take on bigger questions about family, identity and the wider world. This page helps parents and educators find those books, along with novels in verse, graphic novels, biographies and historical fiction that connect with classroom learning.
Start with the award-winning picks, browse the subject collections, or scan every book recommended for this grade. Grade ranges are our editorial suggestions, not limits, and readers differ, so it is fine to reach above or below this page when a book fits your child.
All books for 5th Grade
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HugoThe Space Cat
Hugo Awards Finalist
Beginning of All Things
Child King of Uxmal
CaldecottGoing Down Home with Daddy
Caldecott Medal Honor
Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's
BluebonnetInvisible Isabel
Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist
BluebonnetLegendarios: Wrath of the Rain God
Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist
BluebonnetThe Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines
Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist
NewberyMagnolia Wu Unfolds It All
Newbery Medal Honor
María Mariposa
AIYLARed Bird Danced
American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor
BluebonnetTales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex
Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist
Too Many Villains!
Wrath of the Rain God
BluebonnetDogtown
Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist
Fantastic Four
Schneider FamilyGood Different
Schneider Family Book Award Honor
Grimoire of Grave Fates
Hamra and the Jungle of Memories
BluebonnetHannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective
Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist
Orbis PictusIndigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge
Orbis Pictus Award Honor
Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension
Lotería