Has anyone found anything their reluctant reader actually enjoys reading?

This might sound silly but, have you had her eyes tested?
Does she hate it because she can’t see the words without them blurring?

Failing that, have you taken her to a library?
Let her roam around the library, they usually have little reading spots, say she can pick anything she wants but you want her to read it for 10 minutes and then she can decide whether to take it home or put it back.
Less pressure, a bit more exciting maybe.

Came on to say this. It's excellent.

To give you a bit of hope.

My infants teacher in the 60s hated me, she really did, hit me over the head with a book and yelled at me repeatedly for "sticking my National Savings stamps in the book when I'd been told not to" (this was Day 1 of school and I hadn't heard her) and sitting slightly off the rug at storytime. Lots similar. I was an incredibly well behaved, even sluglike child but she loathed me and it became mutual quite quickly.

So...I didn't read. I point blank refused to even try. I think my parents were getting a bit worried until the wretch left and we had a much nicer teacher who said "she'll read when she's ready". A few weeks later, Mum walked in sto see me with a book and asked what I was doing. "I'm reading" quoth I. She got me to read to her and I could.

I was assessed as having a reading age of 13.9 years when I was 7, which is apparently as high as they could test for.

The point of my self indulgent and cathartic rant (sorry) is to say don't stress it too much, because things can happen at different ages and for different reasons. I'd suggest getting books about things she's interested in and reading to/with her, but in a very relaxed way.

PS I still hate you Mrs Eves.

Would she enjoy non fiction books? About topics she's interested in or even popstars she likes.

Beast quest
The boy who grew dragons
Super happy magic forest
Dick King Smith
Big Nate
Storey Treehouse series
Guinness book of world records
Jacqueline Wilson

My reluctant reader enjoys books with short facts about animals she likes that she can dip in and out of.

She really enjoyed The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom books, we would read page about and they were the first ones she kept reading voluntarily!

She loves listening to stories and has lots of yoto cards, she enjoys listening to the Enid Blyton stories, even if reading them wouldn't be enjoyable at all. The Libby library app is good too, the playback speed is adjustable so she is able to read along to books she would like to read (eg Potter) but feels they are beyond her.

Would she read a magazine if she was allowed to choose one? How about toy catalogues?

Try Nina Peanut too.

It's pics and writing like diary of a wimpy kid but I think it appeals more to girls than that series

The Beano. They have books and annuals too. And she's actually learned tons of random facts from it too.

Comics. The only thing DS would ever read.

Tom Gates books were the most popular here along with Wimpy Kid. They aren't full pages of text either so aren't as daunting

My daughter liked Dog Man, Bunny v Monkey, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dork Diaries, David Baddiel. We also bribed her to read and paid her £1 per book which worked wonders for motivation. My daughter is also ADHD and was initially a bit overwhelmed by small font chapter books. Felt like she would never be able to finish,” too many words”.

I'd echo a lot of the suggestions here but will also throw Warrior Cats into the mix. If she likes them you are onto a winner because there are about a million of them. And a similar series about dragons but I can't remember the name of that one (not How To Train Your Dragon, although that is great too).

As child is ND, it changes everything. Reading books is probably so much harder - and not because they are not smart or capable! It's harder for other reasons it's difficult for NT peeps to understand. I don't fully understand myself. My child is ND too.

Dogman books are good. Lots of pictures interspersed. Diary of a wimpy kid books too.

Adam Kay wrote 2 kids books which are just great. They are non fiction books about the body. I can't recall the names.

Audible story books are a real godsend for my son. He listens to them regularly.

The focus on reading books I find odd. Schools force this and my view is, if it's not for them,it's not for them. Some books are ridiculously long. Get the shortest most interesting books you can and maybe see that books like Enid Blyton that schools tend to like are for many just absolute rubbish, boring, dull and non relatable in every way to kids today.

The usual suggestions are comics / graphic novels but my reluctant reader 9yo doesn’t enjoy those either. He’s basically not interested in anything story-based at the moment and has even gone off Harry Potter, which I was loving reading to him. He gets The Week Junior magazine and does usually read that. The only books he enjoys are full of very dry football- or plane-related facts and stats, and he doesn’t even enjoy Horrible Histories type things. Fiction definitely isn’t his thing (which I find very hard to understand as I’m the complete opposite). It’s very trying because I love books SO much and I feel sad that he doesn’t get any enjoyment from them.

I got my reluctant reader reading along with audiobooks. Harry Potter, Artemis fowl

Comic type ones like Asterix and dog man, amulet. I did get some easy to read but higher interest age from Barrington stoke but they were quite hit and miss. DK eyewitness or other reference books with short patches of text and lots of pictures. Lots of audio books.

My DD8 started reading Amelia Fang books at 7. I would recommend them, lots of the pages have pictures and some are black with white text etc, I think this helps keep interest going and also still looks and feels like a chunky chapter book.

My son loves comic style - he has a subscription to the Phoenix and devours it weekly and has many of the books from it - bunny versus monkey is his favourite. Graphic novels are great - there are loads more now if she has a thing she likes.

What's she interested in? Dd 10 doesn't read a lot but she loves National geographic kids, crosswords, and listens to books on audible. She likes to look at a lot of big fact books (DK has tonnes) on science, history etc.

adam Kay anatomy kids book. Think she’s intrigued with the puberty section 🤦‍♀️ but she’s reading so!

TV with subtitles on
Comics
National geographic magazine
Barbie magazine
Song lyrics whilst the music is on
Leaflets
Shopping lists

Percy Jackson and the lightening thief (and the whole series thereafter)

Is she happy to read with you?

We actually use to listen to audio books, which obviously isn't reading, but it really sparked this love of any fantasy type stories such as Harry Potter. It motivated her to start to read herself and she grew to really enjoy it.

DD8 has started getting into the Jacqueline Wilson books.