Best Horse Books

This is a page where we can share our picks for the best horse books. I absolutely love to read books about ponies or horses. When we have to do research or reading projects at school I always choose horse or pony books!

Does that sound like you too?

I'd love to hear what horse stories you like too! Scroll down the page to find out the books other hcg's like. You can comment on those if you have read them, or you can share others that you like.

I've learned about a lot of great new reads from the ones shared here. I'll never have to run out of good stories!

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The Horse and His Boy 
This book is one of seven in C. S. Lewis's famous, 'The Chronicles of Narnia'. It is about a young boy, Shasta, who lives with a fisherman in Calormene ...

Chesnut Hill; the new class 
This is the first of the Chestnut Hill series. It is by Lauren Brooke( the author of the Heartland series).

It is about this girl that goes to a boarding ...

Phantom Stallion 'wild horse island' 
Well wild horse island is about a girl named Darbey. She goes to Hawaii & has to save a mustang filly! But she meets her grandfather.

High Hurdles 
High Hurdles: great horse book series!

It is a series of ten books by Luaraine Snelling. It tells about a girl named DJ. She works at a stable and ...

I Am The Great Horse 
I Am The Great Horse - a great horse book!

It is a wonderful story about King Alexander, but this story is through the eyes of his horse Bucephalas....

Pony Camp Diaries 
Pony Camp Diaries Books

These books are really cool!!!!!!!!!!!! A bit simple maybe, but still great. Written in diary form, each book focuses on ...

Heartland Series 
Well, Amy, Lou and their grandfather Jack live on a farm. Amy's mom, Marion Fleming, owns a farm were rescued, abandoned and neglected horses go. But ...

Girls and their Horses ( by American Girl) 
This is a great book! It gives you an inside look on what it's really like to work with horses. You learn about all the special rewards that come from ...

Misty of Chincoteague 
This is a very famous book, and one of the great horse book classics!

On an island off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland lives a centuries-old band ...

Pony on the Porch 
Mandy Hope has known these people for a very long time. They have a pony called Prince, but when they move they sell Prince to a girl called Susan who ...

Winnie the Horse Gentler 
This series by Dandi Daley Mackall is about a girl who has lost her mother and wants to become a famous horse gentler.

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Spirit 
Well it is about a young stallion who is living his whole life with an Indian. Then he sees another beautiful white& brown horse. She was very pretty. But ...

Paint the Wind 
Paint the Wind a fab horse book

It's an amazing horse book! Any horse crazy person should read it.

King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry 
This is an amazing story written by the same author who wrote the Misty of Chincoteague books. It is a beautiful and magical tale of Agba, a servant boy ...

The Golden Filly series  
A girl becomes a jockey and rides her horse Spitfire. Her dad has cancer so it's really hard for her to focus on everything. In the book it talks about ...

A Horse Called Trouble 
Amy has just won a prestigious riding prize- lessons at an exclusive academy that trains top equestrians! And it's there she meets some of the most headstrong ...

Battlecry Forever! By Joanna Campbell 
Fifteen-year-old Leslie can have any horse she wants; her parents own stables where they train retired Thoroughbred racers to become pleasure horses. But ...

Thoroughbred Series 
It's all about racing and 3 day eventing. If you don't have a good book to read, read the THOROUGHBRED SERIES!!

Race Horse 
Hi! Race Horse is actually a horse book that I am writing. It is about a black filly named Believer who, on a parade to the post, meets a red colt named ...

The Heartland Series 
Heartland is where Amy, Lou and their grandfather live. Oh and i can't forget Ty the Stablehand (And becomes Amy boyfriend in one of the later ones:)) Then ...

Diablo - My Dream Horse 
There is this girl named Ricki. And her dad is constantly nagging her to improve her grades in school, but Ricki is having a hard time concentrating in ...

Riding Freedom 
This book is AWESOME! It's about Charlotte Parkhurst and her journey that leads to being the first woman to vote! It's by Pam Munoz Ryan, and it takes ...

The Black Stallion series 
This series is about the power of friendship and hard work, and how it pays off. Most of the stories are about racing.

Phantom Stallion 
These are a really great series of books that everyone should read.

Saddle Club 
This is a great series about three girls, Lisa, Carole, and Stevie. It is by Bonnie Bryant.

Pony Club Secrets 
This series is by Stacy Gregg and is about a girl called Issie, Isadora, and her pony, Blaze. I really like it!

Pony Pals 
I've read a bunch of books in the Pony Pals series of books by Jeanne Betancourt. The main characters are Lulu, whose father is often off traipsing the ...

Black Beauty 
Black Beauty is the classic book for horse lovers. It tells the story of a horse who goes through many difficulties in life...cruel owners, a fire, as ...

Katie Prices perfect ponies. 
Katie prices perfect ponies are the best books ever! I bought all of them because I love them so much! They are all about a group of girls at a riding ...

Paint the Wind! 
This book is about a girl's life with her over protective grandmother, who hates her mother, and says she took her son away from her. She does not allow ...

my secret unicorn (series)  Not rated yet
it is about a girl who's dreams come true!
she finaslly gets a pony but there is something special about that pony.....its really a unicorn in disguise!...

Black Gold  Not rated yet
Marguerite Henry has done it again! a great book about a legendary race horse who has been forgotten. i so want to give away the ending. OOH i cant ...

My Guy Barbaro  Not rated yet
It's ALL about Barbaro, the best racehorse I have experienced (other than Big Brown and Eight Belles but Barbaro's better)

It's talking about how Edgar ...

Breeze of Exmoor  Not rated yet
I wrote this story (as I'm a young author), And I bet you would like it.

It's about a young colt growing up. It hasn't been published yet but when ...

The Heavenly Horse From The Outermost West  Not rated yet
The appaloosa breed is dying, there is only one true appaloosa left. She lost her spots as she grew up, so no one, not even herself, knows her true colour,...

Sandy Lane Stables  Not rated yet
It's about some kids who are at a stables,and they get up to lots of things together, and plenty of adventures!!

Mustang Mountain Series  Not rated yet
Its about a girl's ranch in alberta and the adventures with her friends up there. It is a very exciting series that have 10 books!

No Small Thing  Not rated yet
This book is about 3 kids who are very poor and find an ad in the paper for a "Free Pony". Their decison will change everything.

Hollywell Stables   Not rated yet
It's a series about two sisters and a brother...Kate, Ross, and Mel. With their step mom they set up a sanctury and then go on cases and missions to find ...

Megan and Mischief  Not rated yet
I love this book a lot. It's about a girl who goes to pony camp and asks for a non-plodder pony, since at her riding school she always gets the plodders....

All About Horses  Not rated yet
It is on TV.

For Sale or Swap  Not rated yet
A girl is getting tired of her pony Blue, as much as she adores him, he isn't as fancy as her friends horses. So in a horse magazine she finds an add that ...

Sundancer  Not rated yet
Sundancer an excellent horse book

Sundancer is an awesome book! Unlike all horse books it also has a story to it and it's name is Bird. At some points ...