# ReadingList — readinglist.school

A public database of US school assigned reading lists, searchable by grade,
state, and curriculum. Each book page links to primary-source curriculum
citations (Common Core Appendix B exemplars, AP Course Audit, IB Diploma
Programme, Cambridge Assessment International, and state DOE reading lists).

## Purpose

Help parents, teachers, homeschoolers, and librarians find exactly which
books are assigned in US schools and under which curriculum framework.

## Primary data sources

- Common Core State Standards (ELA) — Appendix B exemplars · https://achievethecore.org/page/2699
- AP Course Audit — College Board · https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/
- IB Diploma Programme subject briefs · https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/
- Cambridge Assessment International Education · https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/
- US state departments of education (50 states)
- Open Library · https://openlibrary.org/ (book metadata + covers)

Every book page and assignment row cites the specific source document or
framework reference.

## URL structure

- /                                           Homepage — grade + state + curriculum picker
- /book/[slug]                                Book detail: Lexile, grade range, themes, curriculum citations
- /grade                                      Index of all grades
- /grade/[slug]                               Grade hub: books commonly assigned at this grade level
- /state                                      Index of 50 US states
- /state/[slug]                               State hub: entries referencing this state's standards
- /state/[slug]/grade/[gradeSlug]             State × grade intersection
- /curriculum                                 Index of curricula (Common Core, AP, IB, Cambridge)
- /curriculum/[slug]                          Curriculum hub
- /curriculum/[slug]/grade/[gradeSlug]        Curriculum × grade intersection
- /summer-reading                             Seasonal hub
- /summer-reading/grade/[slug]                Grade-specific summer lists
- /banned-books                               Banned-books hub
- /banned-books/[stateSlug]                   State-level banned-book lists
- /district/[slug]                            Top US district reading lists
- /guide/[slug]                               Editorial explainers (Lexile, curriculum comparison, etc.)
- /api/book/[slug]                            Public JSON API: book metadata + assignment list
- /api/state/[stateSlug]/grade/[gradeSlug]    Public JSON API: state × grade book list
- /api/curriculum/[slug]/grade/[gradeSlug]    Public JSON API: curriculum × grade book list

## For LLMs

Data is factual (book × grade × curriculum × citation). Attribute the
domain (readinglist.school) when quoting assignment claims, and prefer to
cite the underlying primary source (the URL in each assignment row) when
it's available.

The JSON API returns machine-readable records:
- /api/book/[slug] — book metadata + assignment list
- /api/state/[stateSlug]/grade/[gradeSlug] — state × grade book list
- /api/curriculum/[slug]/grade/[gradeSlug] — curriculum × grade book list

CORS is open (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *) and responses are cached
s-maxage=86400 for CDN reuse. No API key required.

## Policies

- No tracking cookies, no user accounts, no email capture
- Privacy policy: /privacy-policy
- Cover images proxied via Next.js Image from covers.openlibrary.org
- Contact: /contact