Fifth grade Reading Counts! books
| Author | Title |
| Amato, Mary | Naked Mole-Rat Letters |
| Babbitt, Natalie | Jack Plank Tells Tales |
| Balliett, Blue | Chasing Vermeer |
| Balliett, Blue | The Wright 3 |
| Benton, Jim | The Fran with Four Brains |
| Bruchac, Joseph | Skeleton Man |
| Cleary, Beverly | Socks |
| Cleary, Beverly | Henry and Beezus |
| Clements, Andrew | A Week in the Woods |
| Clements, Andrew | The Report Card |
| Clements, Andrew | Lunch Money |
| Clements, Andrew | Room One: A Mystery or Two |
| Coerr, Eleanor | Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes |
| Collins, Suzanne | Gregor the Overlander |
| Collins, Suzanne | Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane |
| Creech, Sharon | Ruby Holler |
| Curtis, Christopher Paul | Bud, Not Buddy |
| Dahl, Roald | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| DeClements, Barthe | Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade |
| DuPrau, Jeanne | The City of Ember |
| Estes, Eleanor | Pinky Pye |
| Fleischman, Sid | Giant Rat of Sumatra, or Pirates Galore |
| Gaiman, Neil | Coraline |
| Gantos, Jack | Joey Pigza Loses Control |
| Gantos, Jack | Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key |
| Gilson, Jamie | 13 Ways to Sink a Sub |
| Gorman, Carol | Dork in Disguise |
| Hiaasen, Carl | Hoot |
| L’Engle, Madeleine | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Lewis, C.S. | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
| Lewis, C.S. | The Magician’s Nephew |
| Lewis, C.S. | Prince Caspian |
| Lewis, C.S. | The Silver Chair |
| Lewis, C.S. | Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
| Martin, Ann M. | Belle Teal |
| Myers, Anna | Graveyard Girl |
| Myers, Anna | The Keeping Room |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | Shiloh |
| Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone |
| Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
| Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| Ryan, Pam Munoz | Esperanza Rising |
| Ryan, Pam Munoz | Becoming Naomi Leon |
| Sachar, Louis | Holes |
| Spinelli, Jerry | Loser |
| Spinelli, Jerry | Maniac Magee |
| White, Ruth | Belle Prater’s Boy |
| Wright, Betty Ren | The Dollhouse Murders |