This is our list of books featuring characters with dyslexia, or the book worlds version of dyslexic difficulties. The target ages and age bandings are only guides, many of these books would be enjoyed by older or younger people.
Sometimes dyslexic people find reading books about people like themselves gateways into enjoying reading. Being represented in books is important when it comes to feeling included in society and raising awareness about dyslexia among non-dyslexic people.
Children’s Books With Dyslexic Characters
Bookmarks Are People Too! – Henry Winkler
ISBN: 978-0448479972
Approximate Target Age: 7 and up
Dyslexic Characters: Hank Zipzer (main character)
Other Books in the Series:
A Short Tale About a Long Dog
Stop that Frog!
Fake Snakes and Weird Wizards
There’s a Zombie in My Bathtub
How to Hug an Elephant
You Can’t Drink a Meatball Through a Straw
The Soggy, Foggy Campout
A Tale of Two Tails
Dump Trucks and Dogsleds
Niagara Falls, Or Does It?
I Got a D in Salami
The Day of the Iguana
The Zippity Zinger
The Night I Flunked My Field Trip
Holy Enchilada!
Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade
Summer School! What Genius Thought That Up?
My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard
Who Ordered This Baby? Definitely Not Me!
The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down
Barfing in the Backseat
Life of Me, The
The Back to Front World of Azzie Artbuckle – Beth Montgomery
ISBN: 978-1909320659
Approximate Target Age: 7 and up
Dyslexic Characters: Azzie (main character)
Other Books in the Series:
This is a stand alone book.
Fantastic Frankie and the Brain Drain Machine – by Anna Kemp
ISBN: 978-1847389367
Approximate Target Age: 7 and up
Dyslexic Characters: Frankie Blewitt (main character)
Other Books in the Series:
The Great Brain Robbery
The Worst Witch – Jill Murphy
ISBN: 978-0141349596
Approximate Target Age: 7 and up
Dyslexic Characters: Mildred Hubble (main character)
Other Books in the Series:
The Worst Witch Strikes Again
A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch
The Worst Witch All at Sea
The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief – by Rick Riordan
ISBN: 978-0141319131
Approximate Target Age: 9 and up
Dyslexic Characters: Percy Jackson (main character), the other children of the gods.
Other Books in the Series:
The Sea of Monsters
The Titan’s Curse
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Last Olympian
Teen/Young Adult Books With Dyslexic Characters
ISBN: 978-1471400445
Approximate Target Age: Teen/YA
Dyslexic Characters: Standish Treadwell (main character)
Other Books in the Series:
This is a standalone novel.
Books for Adults With Dyslexic Characters
Spellwright – Blake Charlton
ISBN: 978-0007349197
Target age: Adult
Dyslexic Characters: Nicodemus Weal (main character)
Other Books in the Series:
Spellbound
Spellbreaker
A Game of Thrones – George RR Martin
ISBN: 978-0553386790
Target age: Adult
Dyslexic Characters: Jaime Lannister seems to be dyslexic and dyscalculic (a main character)
Other Books in the Series:
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords (Part 1): Steel and Snow
A Storm of Swords (Part 2): Blood and Gold
A Feast for Crows
A Dance with Dragons (Part 1): Dreams and Dust
A Dance with Dragons (Part 1): After the Feast
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