ReadSquared Reading Program

Reading Lists

Animal Tales

Some memorable books from your childhood often feature special relationships between humans and animals, which taught some very important lessons about love, friends ...
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Audiobooks

Heading outside to walk now that the weather is nice? Doing some gardening or cleaning the house and looking for something to make your chores more entertaining? Dow ...
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Beach Reads

Check out these beach reads sure to get you in the mood for summer!

Best Sellers

Try one of these best sellers that you may have missed the first time around.

Biography

Make a new friend with one of the books from our list.

Celebrate Diversity

Celebrate diversity with one of the books from our list.

Classics

Want to catch up on all of those books you were supposed to read in high school? Wondering if the books that are the “best books written”, really are? Check out our classics list to find out.

Community Matters

We’re all in this together! These books explore adult friendships and how kindness and compassion can leave a lasting impression on individuals and their community.

Cozy Winter Reads

Books to curl up with during the cold winter months!

Edgar Awards

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe, a pioneer ...
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Enemies to Lovers

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Fairytales & Retellings

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Fantasy

Fairytales and fantasy books aren't just for kids. Are you looking to discover new worlds and exciting characters to fall in love with? Check out these books and Imagine Your Story.

Gentle Reads

Looking for books that have a great story but won’t make you cringe. Try one of these books from our Senior Reads list.

Historical Fiction

Go back in time with these historical reads.

Horror

Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night?

Long Island Reads

Every year the Long Island Reads committee chooses a book written by a Long Island author or that is set on Long Island. Get caught up with this year’s selection, as ...
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Man Booker Prize

The Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom.

National Book Award

The mission of the National Book Foundation is to celebrate the best literature in America, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in American culture.

Nature Seekers

Introduce young readers to the natural world, travel, conservation, and other adventures while they engage with these exciting stories told by a fun cast of characters.

Pride Month

Celebrate Pride Month all summer long with these books from LGBTQ authors and books with LGBTQ characters.

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

Romance

Fall in love with a good book.

Science Fiction

These books are out of this world!

Self Improvement

Become a better you with one of these great reads.

Short Stories

Don’t have the attention span to read an entire book? Kids won’t leave you alone long enough to enjoy a novel? Try one of these short story collections.

Suspenseful Reads

The books on this list will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Teen AAPI Reads

Books inspred by Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month!

Teen Alternative History

Alternate history is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which one or more historical events have occurred but are resolved differently than in actual history.

Teen Banned Books

Books usually are challenged with the best intentions—to protect others, frequently children, from difficult ideas and information.

Teen Best Books of 2023

The most popular teen books of 2023

Teen Boarding Schools

Books that take place at boarding schools.

Teen Books for Book Lovers

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Teen Christian Fiction

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Teen Classics

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Teen Clean Reads

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Teen Coming of Age

A coming-of-age story is a genre that focuses on a protagonist's growth from childhood to adulthood

Teen Duologies

A duology is a series of two books.

Teen Stand Alone Fantasy Novels

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True Crime

Always been fascinated with real-life crimes? Truth is stranger than fiction with this list of true crime reads.

Wild and Free

A diverse range of stories about friendship, acceptance, adventure, and nature geared toward the YA reader.

Women's Prize for Fiction

The Women's Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes. It is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the b ...
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Birth to 12 Months

Start early and raise a book lover by reading to newborns. These hand-selected books are designed for babies birth to 12 months including durable board books and colorful pictures.

12 to 24 Months

Help young children develop a love for reading that will last a lifetime. Read these fun books about animals and rhymes to your young one and watch their imagination grow.

2 to 3 Year Olds

Encourage your toddler to read with exciting books that span from simple picture books to more elaborate stories. Watch your child grow into a lifetime book lover.

4 to 5 Year Olds

Prepare your child for school by exposing them to reading at a young age. This book list is designed for 4 to 5 year olds as they prepare to enter kindergarten.