ReadSquared Reading Program

Reading Lists

A Tale Old As Time

A Tale Old as Time: A classic

All Booked Up

All Booked Up: Book about or set in a library

Andale-leer

A book by a Hispanic author.

Artful Dodger

Artful Dodger: book with a morally gray character

Bad Company

A book about a villain or anti-hero.

Beginner's Luck

An author's debut title.

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.

Boarding Pass

Boarding Pass: Book not set in the United States

Bookception

A book with a book on the cover.

Breaking News

A nonfiction book published in the last 25 years.

Campaign Trail

Campaign Trail: Book with political themes

Campus Life

Read a book set on a college or university campus.

Color Our World

A book with a color in the title.

Coming Soon to Theaters

Coming Soon to Theaters: A book becoming a movie in 2024

Confessional

A book featuring reality TV.

Cooking the Books

A book set in a café, restaurant or has recipes included.

Counting Quarters

A book with a two and/or a five in the title.

Culture Shock

Culture Shock: Book from a Banned Book List

Daydreaming

Daydreaming: Book with a day of the week in the title

Divine Read

A mythological retelling.

Dragon's Horde

Dragon's Horde: Book with Gold, Silver or Bronze in the title

Fabled Romance

A romantasy novel.

Farscape

Farscape: Book with nonhuman characters

Festival Goer

A book by a #NTTBF25 author.

Full Steam Ahead

Full Steam Ahead: Book with Steampunk Themes

Funny Ha Ha

Funny Ha Ha: A Comedy

Game of Shows

Game of Shows: Book that inspired a TV Show

Genre Bender

Genre Bender: A Genre Hybrid

Halftone

Halftone: A graphic novel

Hibernation

A book published in the first quarter of 2025.

Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn

Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn: a book set in a Hotel, Motel, Inn or Bed and Breakfast

Howdy, Partner

Howdy, Partner: A book set in Texas

In the Club

A book featuring a book club.

It Starts with One

The first book in a series.

Journey Begins

Journey Begins: The first book in a series

Just for Kicks

Read a sports fiction book.

Just the Facts

Just the Facts: a nonfiction book

Lifting Black Voices

A book by a Black author.

Local Legend

A book by a Texan author.

Lock Pick

Lock Pick: A locked room mystery

Long Haul Trucker

A book with over 500 pages.

Lore Drop

A memoir or autobiography.

Lorem Ipsum

A book featuring computers, A.I., hackers, etc.

Medical Malady

A medical thriller.

Meet the Artist

A nonfiction title about art or an artist.

Mileage Run

A book that takes place on a train, plane or automobile.

Military Exercise

A book set during wartime.

Night at the Museum

A book set in a museum or art gallery.

No Vacancy

No Vacancy: A book with multiple points of view

Nom de Plume

A book written by an author who uses a pseudonym.

Not Lost in Translation

Not Lost in Translation: A book translated into another language

Oh La La

Ooh La La: A book set in Paris

On Holiday

On Holiday: A book set during a holiday

On the Case

A cozy mystery or title featuring an amateur sleuth.

On the Lam

A book featuring a character on the run.

One Giant Leap

One Giant Leap: A book set on another planet

Out of Bounds

Out of Bounds: A sports memoir

Out of Time

A book with time travel or alternative timeline.

Paint the Town Read

A book with a painting on the cover.

Passport

Passport: An adventure story

Per Diem

Per Diem: Book with a number in the title

Point of View

Point of View: Book by a BIPOC author

Polygot

Polygot: A title featuring more than one language

Purple Prose

Purple Prose: A book with a purple cover.

Rock the Boat

A book set at sea.

Season's Greetings

A book with one of the four seasons in the title.

Sense and Readability

A Jane Austen novel or retelling in honor of her 250th birthday.

Setlist

A book about musicians or the music industry.

Shaken, Not Stirred

Shaken, Not Stirred: A Spy Novel

Skywatching

Skywatching: book with "sun", "moon", or "Eclispe" in the title

Slay

A true crime title.

Spring Forward

Book published in the second quarter of 2025.

Still Counts

Listen to an audiobook.

Still Got It

Still Got It: A book with a senior protagonist

Stuck on Repeat

Stuck on Repeat: A Retelling

Summer Sun

A book published in the third quarter of 2025.

Tale As Old As Time

Tale As Old As Time: A Classic Title

Tales from the Pod

A book by a podcaster or featuring a podcast.

The Pen League

A book by an Arab-American author.

This Checks Out

A book with the word "Library" in the title.

Tour Bus

Tour Bus: A book written by two or more authors

Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap: Collections of Short Stories

Voices of Asia

A book written by an Asian-American or Pacific Islander.

Voyager

Voyager: An Epic Fantasy

Well Versed

Well Versed: A Book of Poetry

Who Runs the World

Who Runs the World: Winners of the Women's Prize for Fiction

Who's a Good Boy

Who's a Good Boy: Titles featuring a pet

Written in the Stars

A book with a zodiac sign or astrological term in the title.

Year of the Snake

A book with a snake on the cover.

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.

2018 CLEL Bell Awards

Use these titles to encourage interaction in the categories: Read, Write, Sing, Talk, and Play.