Library Online: Curated reading lists

What are the curated reading lists?

Here at Hallam Library, your librarians, have handcrafted a range of curated reading lists to help explore a range of political and social issues, or find genre fiction to help you unwind and take a break from academic studies – recreational reading with a little bit of dystopian fiction anyone? 

Hear one of our academic librarians talk about more about the benefits of the curated reading lists!

We ask... where will a book take you today?

Here are all the curated reading lists.

You can see what the list covers by the title of the list and we have included a book from each reading list to help you decide which list to take a look at!

To view the entire list, all you need to do is click on the name of the list you would like to explore and it will link through to the list in Reading Lists Online.

Happy reading!

Neurodiversity: seeing the world through a different lens.

Imagine you felt like you were out of step with friends, family and the world.

All the time.

Now that’s quite a big way to feel each and every day. It may even feel that almost everyone else has read the same handbook on “How to be a person – hints and tips to get through life” but for some reason you never got that book! I’m not even sure that a handbook would help! We may share similar ways of being, thinking and behaviour but we are all different.

This list is here to help you explore neurodiversity from a range of perspectives:

• whether you are or identify as being neurodivergent
• whether you have a neurodivergent person in your life
• or whether you want to find out more about the world of being neurodivergent

Grab a cup of something refreshing and scan through the list to see where you may like to begin.

Here are even more curated reading lists!

You can see what the list covers by the title of the list and we have included a book from each reading list to help you decide which list to take a look at!

To view the entire list, all you need to do is click on the name of the list you would like to explore and it will link through to the list in Reading Lists Online.

Happy reading!

Here is more good reading news!

Since 2020/2021, the Library has been buying the short list of a range of book awards. We have included links to the prizes websites for you to explore and find out more. We have also included links to the shortlisted books for each prize within Library Search.

The books will be available at either Collegiate or Adsetts Library. Just waiting for its next reader!

We are always looking for new publications to support your learning, teaching or research, and to keep the library collections up to date with high-quality materials.  If you think we're missing something crucial though, we'd like to hear about it.  

You can do this using the form below.

• If we are unable to purchase a recommended resource then we would explain why we made this decision.
• We encourage your suggestions for additional books covered by the curated reading lists.

We look forward to your recommendations.

Many of the curated reading lists have been developed in partnership with Hallam staff networks, the Students Union and the Student Wellbeing Service.  We have also worked as a library collective and recommendations from the list have come from subject librarians and library teams.