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BOOKLISTS

Here you can browse the lists of recommended reading prepared by the British Council Literature Department. The majority of these lists are our print bibliographies. You can also put together your own booklists using the Reading Compasses, for example, women's writing, biography, poetry etc. by clicking on Books for Adults, Books for Ages 12-18 or Books for Children.


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A Celebration of Indian Writing * A Celebration of Indian Writing
Quest Seekers - Summer Reading Challenge 4 - 6 years old * Quest Seekers - Summer Reading Challenge 4 - 6 years old
Quest Seekers - Summer Reading Challenge 7 - 12 years old * Quest Seekers - Summer Reading Challenge 7 - 12 years old

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Team Read ages 4-6 * Team Read ages 4-6
Team Read ages 7-12 * Team Read ages 7-12

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Big Wild Read ages 4-6 * Big Wild Read ages 4-6
Big Wild Read ages 7-12 * Big Wild Read ages 7-12
Young People's Illustrated Literature * Young People's Illustrated Literature

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Crime * Crime
Reading Mission - Summer Reading Challenge 4 - 6 years old * Reading Mission - Summer Reading Challenge 4 - 6 years old
Reading Mission - Summer Reading Challenge 7 - 12 years old * Reading Mission - Summer Reading Challenge 7 - 12 years old
Reading the City * Reading the City

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Arabic Literature * Arabic Literature
Climate Change * Climate Change
Easy Reads * Easy Reads
Reel Books: Page to Screen * Reel Books: Page to Screen
Sport in Literature * Sport in Literature
Summer Reading Challenge Ages 4-6 * Summer Reading Challenge Ages 4-6
Summer Reading Challenge Ages 7-12 * Summer Reading Challenge Ages 7-12

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Africa@21 - Out of Africa/Reading Africa * Africa@21 - Out of Africa/Reading Africa
Amazing Colours - New Fiction 2001-2003 * Amazing Colours - New Fiction 2001-2003
Commonwealth Literature 2000-2004 * Commonwealth Literature 2000-2004
Graphic Novels * Graphic Novels
Out of Africa * Out of Africa
Reading Africa * Reading Africa
Science * Science
Summer Reading Challenge ages 4-6 * Summer Reading Challenge ages 4-6
Summer Reading Challenge ages 7-12 * Summer Reading Challenge ages 7-12
TBooks - teenage literature * TBooks - teenage literature
Teaching Management through Literature * Teaching Management through Literature
Writers and their Works * Writers and their Works

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British Literature For Young People * British Literature For Young People
Commonwealth and Post-colonial Literatures * Commonwealth and Post-colonial Literatures
Eyes Wide Open - Selected Fiction 1999-2001 * Eyes Wide Open - Selected Fiction 1999-2001
Hunting Down the Universe - science * Hunting Down the Universe - science
Imagine This - science fiction and fantasy * Imagine This - science fiction and fantasy
Magic Pencil - children's book illustration * Magic Pencil - children's book illustration
Postcolonial UK * Postcolonial UK
World Book Day * World Book Day
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