Reading Book Lists

[2squared]

Somewhere a while ago I found my way to a site where the owner had book lists of quality books to read, and I forgot to bookmark it! Anyone have any suggestions on sites with premade reading lists?

[caffeineandbooks]

@Lori D. this thread is calling your name! 😄

In the mean time though, here are a couple I like:

Classical Academic Press' Classical Reader groups books into lower elementary, upper elementary, middle school and high school, rates them as easy/average/hard, and lets you sort by these things as well as genre, author and more.  You can also buy it in hard copy if you like to mark what you've bought/read, but it's free online here: http://www.classicalreader.com/

Sonlight and Bookshark (same company) publish overlapping but not identical lists by grade level

https://www.sonlight.com/homeschool/subjects/history-bible-literature/

https://www.bookshark.com/

I've found a few gems on the NPR "Ultimate Backseat Bookshelf for kids 9-14" https://www.npr.org/2013/08/05/207315023/the-ultimate-backseat-bookshelf-100-must-reads-for-kids-9-14 (if you're particularly after current stuff, they do similar lists each year relating to current releases)

I also love Center for Lit's Reading Roadmaps with its lists of books by grade.  Exodus Books used to sell grade level packages, and you can still see the titles without purchasing the book here: https://www.exodusbooks.com/reading-roadmaps-booklists/7938/ The book contains added value though because it gives brief summaries of plot and themes and talks about what it might actually look like to implement literature without guidebooks in your home.

Edit to add: I just realised I assumed you were after books for kids, which these mainly are, but given that you posted on the chat board, perhaps you wanted books for yourself?  Hope you can find something of use in what I've linked, or if not, that someone else has what you're after.

Edited December 16, 2020 by caffeineandbooks
Shouldn't make assumptions :)

[Mrs Tiggywinkle]

I’ve been using the Read Aloud Revival’s book lists, and my kids seem to really love the books. 

[Lori D.]

Copy-pasting a list of links of book lists for kids from a past post:

National Book Lists
Newberry Winner and Honor Books
Read Aloud America - annual best read aloud lists; by age/grade range
Listopia: Good Books: Children's Book Lists - good books by category; voted by web visitors
Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading 
Teacher's First Recommended Reading Lists
The Art of Simple: Summer Reading List for Tweens
NPR Backseat Book Club: 100 Must Reads for Kids Ages 10-14
Young Adult Library Services Association: annual best non-fiction book lists for teens
Assoc. for Library Services to Children -- various list categories for kids

"Good Books" / Old Fashioned Book Lists
1000 Good Books
Charlotte Mason Home Education: Twaddle Free Literature - good books, by grade level
Charlotte Mason Help: Books and Schedules - good books, by grade level
An Old Fashioned Education: Classic Literature - classics, by grade level
Ambleside Online - good books, by grade level

Curriculum Vendor Booklists 
Sonlight/Bookshark
Build Your Library -- family reading crates; booklists per grade
Moving Beyond the Page
Heart of Dakota
Winter Promise
Tapestry of Grace
Veritas Press
Truth Quest
My Father's World
Biblioplan
Beautiful Feet
Classical Christian Homeschooling Catalog
Exodus Books: Reading Roadmaps -- book packages lists

Historical Fiction/Non Fiction Book Lists
A Book in Time (K-12) - historical fiction / non-fiction
Home's Cool - SL books in WTM 4-year cycle, by grammar/logic/rhetoric stage
Young Adult Library Services Association: annual best non-fiction book lists for teens

Tween Book Lists
The Art of Simple: Summer Reading List for Tweens
Assoc. for Library Services to Children: Tween Recommended Reads
NPR Backseat Book Club: 100 Must Reads for Kids Ages 10-14

 

If looking for book lists for adults:
Good Reads  lists of books recommended by readers, sorted into many different lists
"10 Best Book Recommendation Sites" - short article describing 10 websites

Edited December 16, 2020 by Lori D.