School Reading List

Resource type: Booklists and book reviews

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5, EYFS

Region(s): All of UK

School Reading List is a book recommendation website that provides reviews and curated booklists to help teachers and librarians find high quality texts to use in the classroom and promote reading for pleasure.

Selected by teams of experienced teachers, librarians and children’s literature experts, the School Reading List covers books for all ages from pre-school to YA. Find:

Recommended booklists for primary and secondary schools.
Curated genre and topic-based booklists for all ages.
Roundups of new books for the term ahead and a Book of the Month feature.
Reviews of new titles.

Cost: Free

About School Reading List: School Reading List was set up by Tom Tolkien, a teacher and senior leader with over 25 years’ experience of working in both primary and secondary schools. Since its launch in 2011, School Reading List has become a trusted source of book recommendation for thousands of schools in the UK and around the world.

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Only books that have been read to children or road-tested with classes are reviewed, suggested or recommended.
Booklists are continually revised and updated.
Find free downloadable posters and reading lists to support reading for pleasure for all ages.
Start your own book club with the help of the School Reading List Book Club.
Get bespoke recommendations from the School Reading List team with their free Take it as Read feature.
Tune into the School Reading List podcast for book recommendations, profiles of authors from the past, insights into the issues facing the world of literacy education and more.
Explore a range of articles and resources to support primary and secondary literacy and promote reading for pleasure.