BooksforTopics is a booklisting website dedicated to helping teachers and librarians find high quality texts to support reading across all areas of the primary curriculum and to boost reading for pleasure at different ages and stages.

The featured books are reviewed by a panel of reviewers from across the primary education community, ensuring that books have been tried out in a variety of school settings before they are recommended on the website.

Areas covered include:

• Year Group Recommendations: annual collections of 50 recommended titles for every year group from EYFS through to Year 9.
• Curriculum Topic Booklists: booklists to support topics on the curriculum at EYFS, KS1, KS2 and KS3.
• Seasonal booklists: book recommendations for special days and events throughout the year.
• Diversity and Inclusion Booklists: recommendations to support representation and inclusivity in the classroom.
• Literacy and Reading Resources: including booklists to cover poetry, reluctant readers, first chapter books and whole school picture books.
• Reading for Pleasure Hub: a hub for new books – including Books of the Month and Ones to Watch – Branching Out lists and printable posters.

Cost: Free.

About BooksforTopics: BookforTopics is a trusted, award-winning resource launched in 2016 by Alison Leach, an experienced primary teacher, English lead and children’s literature expert. The website’s recommendations are widely used by thousands of schools each month to help enrich their libraries and classrooms with expert-led book choices.