Reading Level: Grade 6
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Books written at a grade 6 reading level. Reading level reflects text complexity, not age appropriateness.
747 books
This collection of 747 reading level: grade 6 spans Grade 6–7. Reading level alone doesn't tell parents whether a book is right for a child — text difficulty and emotional weight grow at different rates, especially for strong, twice-exceptional, or sensitive readers. HootRated rates every book on this list for both, so you can match to your child's actual readiness on both axes.
Across this list, 77% of the titles are rated Gentle or Mild — appropriate for sensitive readers or kids reading ahead of their emotional comfort zone. 3% are rated Intense or Very Intense, with heavier thematic territory for readers ready to tackle weighty subjects. Average content intensity for the list is 1.8/5.
Use the intensity badges (color-coded green → red) to filter by emotional readiness rather than just age. For more on what each intensity level means, see our rating methodology.
11 birthdays
Wendy Mass
A Crooked Kind of Perfect
Linda Urban
A Dog So Small
Philippa Pearce
A Tail of Camelot
Julie Leung
A day with a Chumash
Georgia Lee
A day with a miller
Régine Pernoud
A little princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A pup called trouble
Bobbie Pyron
Abduction!
Peg Kehret
Al Capone shines my shoes
Gennifer Choldenko
All around Illinois
Andrew Santella
Alphabet of Dreams
Susan Fletcher
Amelia Dee and the peacock lamp
Odo Hirsch
Amil and the After
Veera Hiranandani
An innocent soldier
Josef Holub
Antibiotics
Tamra Orr
Antonio S. and the Secret Room
Odo Hirsch
Avion My Uncle Flew
Cyrus Fisher
Babe Ruth
Norman L. Macht
Badger on the Barge
Janni Howker
Ballet Shoes
Noel Streatfeild
Ban This Book
Alan Gratz
Barefoot in Fire
Barbara-Ann Gamboa Lewis
Battles of the clans
Erin Hunter
Beyoncé
Heather E. Schwartz
Bilgewater
Jane Gardam
Bird Fossils
Sara Meehan
Black duck
Janet Taylor Lisle
Bringing up Beauty
Sylvia McNicoll
Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis
Caddie Woodlawn
Carol Ryrie Brink
Canyon winter
Walt Morey
Changeover
Margaret Mahy
Charlotte Sometimes
Penelope Farmer
Charmed Life (Chrestomanci, Book 1)
Diana Wynne Jones
Chasing Vermeer
Blue Balliett
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang over the moon
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Classic Codes and Ciphers
Rachael L. Thomas
Colors of Japan
Holly Littlefield
Confessions of a Closet Catholic
Sarah Darer Littman
Crazy Horse
George Edward Stanley
Crossing the wire
Will Hobbs
Darkside (Book 1)
Tom Becker
Day of the assassins
Johnny O'Brien
Dear Nobody
Berlie Doherty
Detectives in togas
Henry Winterfeld (Manfred Michael)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Double Down
Jeff Kinney
Dolls' House
Rumer Godden
Don't make me laugh
Leonard S. Marcus
Dragonsong (Harper Hall Trilogy)
Anne McCaffrey
Dragonwings
Laurence Yep
Earth
Peter D. Riley
Electricity
Harriet McGregor
Elon Musk
Tamra B. Orr
Emily Windsnap and the ship of lost souls
Liz Kessler
Ernest Hemingway
Catherine Reef
Evie Brooks is marooned in Manhattan
Sheila Agnew
Extreme Unmanned Vehicles
Ian F. Mahaney
Eyes
Sakae Tsuboi
Fallingwater
Tamra B. Orr
Five children and It
Edith Nesbit
Flambards
K. M. Peyton
Fly away home
Christine Nöstlinger
Frizzy
Claribel A. Ortega
Funny girl
Betsy Bird
Getting somewhere
Jenny Pausacker
Giraffes (The Untamed World)
E. Melanie Watt
Goats of Soccer
Anthony K. Hewson
Gone to drift
Diana McCaulay
Good Master
Kate Seredy
Goth Girl and the ghost of a mouse
Chris Riddell
Graffiti Knight
Karen Bass
Heck
Dale E. Basye
Hell's Kitchen
Benjamin Appel
Honey Bea
Kim L. Siegelson
How Iron Ore Forms
Caroline Kennon
How my private, personal journal became a bestseller
Julia DeVillers
Hummingbirds
George K. Peck
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero
Kelly J. Baptist
Johnny and the bomb
Terry Pratchett
Journey to the river sea
Eva Ibbotson
Keeper
Mal Peet
Kendrick Lamar: Platinum Rap Artist
Heather E. Schwartz
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
Knight's fee
Rosemary Sutcliff
LeBron James
Heather E. Schwartz
Leaving Barrumbi
Leonie Norrington
Let's celebrate Independence Day
Barbara DeRubertis
Lightfall
Tim Probert
Little Cricket
Jackie Brown
Looking for Alibrandi
Melina Marchetta
Loons
George K. Peck
The loud silence of Francine Green
Karen Cushman
Louisiana's way home
Kate DiCamillo
M.C. Higgins, the Great
Virginia Hamilton
Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess
Shari Green
Maggot Pie
Michael Lawrence
Magic Tree House Boxed Set 1, Books 1-4
Mary Pope Osborne
Malcolm X
Walter Dean Myers
Marine Fossils
Heather Moore Niver
For teens (ages 13+)
201 more books at this reading level are written for readers 13 and up. A few of them:
48 shades of brown
Nick Earls
48 shades of brown
Nick Earls
A Band of Angels
Julian F. Thompson
A Band of Angels
Julian F. Thompson
A Separate Peace
John Knowles
A Separate Peace
John Knowles
A solitary blue
Cynthia Voigt
A solitary blue
Cynthia Voigt
A straight line to my heart
Bill Condon
A straight line to my heart
Bill Condon
Across Five Aprils
Irene Hunt
Across Five Aprils
Irene Hunt
Alis
Naomi Rich
Alis
Naomi Rich
Alligator bayou
Donna Jo Napoli
Alligator bayou
Donna Jo Napoli
Astro Boy Volume 15 (Astro Boy)
Osamu Tezuka
Astro Boy Volume 15 (Astro Boy)
Osamu Tezuka
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Black juice
Margo Lanagan
Black juice
Margo Lanagan
Blood and Chocolate
Annette Curtis Klause
Blood and Chocolate
Annette Curtis Klause
Borrowed light
Anna Fienberg
Borrowed light
Anna Fienberg
Brother in the land.
Robert Swindells
Brother in the land.
Robert Swindells
Bullyville
Francine Prose
Bullyville
Francine Prose
Buzz Kill
Beth Fantaskey
Buzz Kill
Beth Fantaskey
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
Jean Lee Latham
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
Jean Lee Latham
Cassandra's Sister
Veronica Bennett
Cassandra's Sister
Veronica Bennett
Catalyst
Laurie Halse Anderson
Catalyst
Laurie Halse Anderson
Cirque du freak
Darren Shan
Cirque du freak
Darren Shan
Creature of the night
Kate Thompson
Creature of the night
Kate Thompson
Dark sons
Nikki Grimes
Dark sons
Nikki Grimes
Deadly, unna?
Phillip Gwynne
Deadly, unna?
Phillip Gwynne
Dream Factory
Brad Barkley
Dream Factory
Brad Barkley
Questions parents ask about this list
- What's on this reading level: grade 6 list?
- Reading Level: Grade 6 contains 747 books spanning Grade 6–7. Books written at a grade 6 reading level. Reading level reflects text complexity, not age appropriateness. Every book on the list is rated for reading level and content intensity so you can pick what matches your child.
- What age range is appropriate for this list?
- Books on this list span Grade 6–7. 575 (77%) are rated Gentle or Mild; 20 (3%) are rated Intense or Very Intense. Average intensity is 1.8/5. Match the intensity badge to your child's emotional readiness.
- How is this list curated?
- HootRated rates every book on this list for both reading level (text difficulty) and content intensity (emotional weight) — the two axes parents need to choose books. See our methodology for how books make a curated list.