Reading lists

Set texts and reading lists

The books people are set to read, from GCSE and A-level set texts, the Leaving Cert and AP Literature to the Great Books, book club picks and banned lists. Each list links every title to its first edition, how to identify it and what it is worth.

29 lists so far. Your school or study copy of any of these books is a reprint worth a few pounds; the first printing of the first edition is the one worth money, and each list shows which of its books we have identified and valued.

15 lists

Exam set texts

3 lists

School curriculum

1 lists

University reading

4 lists

Canon and great books

4 lists

Book club

1 lists

Banned and challenged

1 lists

Scripture and faith

Questions collectors ask

Frequently asked questions

Is my old school copy of a set text worth anything?

Almost never: school editions are printed in the hundreds of thousands and sell for a few pounds. The valuable copy is the first printing of the first edition, which each list here links to, with the points that identify it and its recorded value where we have one.

Where do the lists come from?

From the exam boards, education departments and organisations that publish them, linked on each page with the date we last read the official list. We add the first edition and collecting facts from our catalogue.

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