Books like The Famous Five

12 books to read next

• The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter 35 min
• Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne 4.1 h
• The Box of Delights, or When the Wolves Were Running John Masefield 5.7 h
• The Borrowers Afield Mary Norton 3.8 h
• The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 5.3 h
• The Borrowers Aloft Mary Norton 3.5 h
• Moonfleet J. Meade Falkner 3.7 h
• Five Children and It E. Nesbit 2.8 h
• Mary Poppins P. L. Travers 3.8 h
• The Firework-maker's Daughter Philip Pullman 2.1 h
• The Butterfly Lion Michael Morpurgo, Christian Birmingham (illustrator), Michael Mopurgo 2.3 h
• Robin Hood Howard Pyle 4.7 h

How long each takes

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter 35 min Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne 4.1 h The Box of Delights, or When the Wolves Were Running John Masefield 5.7 h The Borrowers Afield Mary Norton 3.8 h The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 5.3 h The Borrowers Aloft Mary Norton 3.5 h Moonfleet J. Meade Falkner 3.7 h Five Children and It E. Nesbit 2.8 h Mary Poppins P. L. Travers 3.8 h The Firework-maker's Daughter Philip Pullman 2.1 h The Butterfly Lion Michael Morpurgo, Christian Birmingham (illustrator), Michael Mopurgo 2.3 h Robin Hood Howard Pyle 4.7 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.