NATIONAL YEAR OF READING BOOKLIST ( 100 titles)

This is a list of 100 titles as compiled by Books for Topics to celebrate the National Year of Reading.

The list contains books for the entire primary school covering the following 

• Shorter Chapter Books

• Graphic Novels

• Dyslexia-Friendly Books

• Picture books

• Longer Chapter Books

• Poetry and Short Story Collections

• Children's Fact Books

In case of any title being unavailable, we will substitute it with another appropriate title.

Title

Luna Grace: Girl from Outer Space

Watts & Whiskerton: Sabotage at the Fete Cake Bake

Cat and Dumpling: Home Sweet Home

Puloma and the Bear

Bobby Bains Plays a Blinder

The Appletree Animal Agency

Hotel Flamingo: Frosty Fiesta

Traitor Island : A Pick-Your-Own-Path Adventure

Reek

Dance of Resistance

Pablo and Splash: Frozen in Time

Dadbot

The Squid Squad

Donut Squad

Astrosaurs: Mission to Infinity

Supa Nova

I’m Very Busy : A (Nearly Forgotten) Birthday Book

The Cave Explorer

The Big Cheese

One in a Million

The Boldest White : A Story of Hijab and Community

The Biggest Breakfast

Wolf in the City

The Bear and the Hare and the Fair

The Girl at the Front of the Class

Don't Trust Fish!

Dotty Doughnut : Being Yourself is Fabulous!

The Glass Heart

Follow the Swallow

The Wild Robot on the Island

Once I Was a Tree

Our Tree

Can You See the Stars Tonight?

The Snow Thief (PB)

The Coming of the Iron Man

Super Me

Unity Street School Saves the Planet

Speedwheels 3000: The Race Against Crime

Inkbound : Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo

Valley of the Vikings

How To Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing

Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing

Diary of a Future Billionaire

The Great Theatre Rescue

The Snowman Code

My Dog

Cafe Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake

Birdie

The Boy with Big Decisions

Time Lions and the Chrono-Loop

The Girl Who Raced the World

Dracula & Daughters

Naeli and the Secret Song

Running My Own Race

Shadow Thieves

Land of the Last Wildcat

Blue Jelly and Strawberries

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (2025 New Edition)

Words Can Fly

The Amazing Book of World Mythology

I Hear The Trees

I'm Building a Nest

The Great Pollination Investigation

We Are All Inventors!

Small Wonder :

Cruise Ship Kid: Thief At Sea!

The Unfamous Diaries of Daisy Brewster

Zak Monroe is (not) My Friend

Nate Yu's Blast from the Past

The Adventures of Rap Kid

Grumpfort

My Name Is Samim

Hunt for the Golden Scarab

Under a Fire-Red Sky

The Wood Where Magic Grows

The Mushroom of Doom!

Escape Room: Game Zero

The Best Jollof Rice Ever!

Lenny Goes to School

Wanda the Warthog who Worried

The Museum of Shapes

Clem Fatale Has Been Betrayed

Bear

Danny McGee Drinks the Sea

We Are Definitely Human

Blitzers

The Misadventures of Mina Mahmood

Beastie Bros

Solving Crimes Is NOT My Superpower

Small, Shiny Dung Beetle

People Like Stars

Get Your Animals in Order

Six Queens

There Was a Roman in Your Garden

Wish Upon a Star :

Rise and Fall : Great empires that shaped the world

The Greatest Stuff on Earth :

A Day in the Life of Fossils, Fire and Other Fantastic Finds

The Secret Lives of Women Spies

What it was like to be an Ancient Greek