It's time to go back to school! Whether you're starting school for the first time or are looking back to your school days, we've compiled a list of books to help you get ready or reminisce!

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Children's Picture Books

Bear with Me by Kerascoët

Clover Kitty Goes to Kittygarten by Laura Purdie Salas

The Crayons Go Back to School by Drew Daywalt

The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

First Day Critter Jitters by Jory John

The First Week of School by Drew Beckmeyer

How to Get Your Octopus to School by Becky Scharnhorst

I Got the School Spirit by Connie Schofield-Morrison

It’s Your First Day of School, Busy Bus! by Jody Jensen Shaffer

The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes

Lena’s Shoes Are Nervous by Keith Calabrese

Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year by Andrea Beaty

Lola Goes to School by Anna McQuinn

Look How Much I’ve Grown in Kindergarten by Vera Ahiyya

Moving Up!: A Graduation Celebration by Rosemary Wells

Mr. S by Monica Arnaldo

Puppy Bus by Drew Brockington

The Queen of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes

The School Book by Todd Parr

Thank You, Teacher! by Cate Berry

This is a School by John Schu

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan Higgins

The World’s Best Class Plant by Liz Scanlon

The Worry-Worry Whale and the Classroom Jitters by Deborah Diesen

Children's and Preteen Chapter Books

The Amazing Life of Azaleah Lane by Nikki Shannon Smith

Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido

Eva for President by Rebecca Elliott

Free Period by Ali Terese

Isabel in Bloom by Mae Respicio

It All Begins with Jelly Beans by Nova Weetman

The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class: Emma McKenna, Full Out by Kate Messner

Kyra, Just for Today by Sara Zarr

Listen to This by Jennifer Blecher

The Losers Club by Andrew Clements

Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

Million Dollar Mess by James Patterson

The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin

Not the Worst Friend in the World by Anne Rellihan

Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed

The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi

Pippa Park Raises Her Game by Erin Yun

The Prettiest by Brigit Young

School for Unusual Magic: The Equinox Test by Liz Montague

Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston

Slugfest by Gordon Korman

Stella Díaz Dreams Big by Angela Dominguez

Supergifted by Gordon Korman

Things Seen From Above by Shelley Pearsall

Teen and Young Adult Fiction

Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve

Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

Ellie Haycock is Totally Normal by Gretchen Schreiber

Everything We Never Said by Sloan Harlow

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

Flyboy by Kasey LeBlanc

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang

In the Orbit of You by Ashley Schumacher

The Lilies by Quinn Diacon-Furtado

Louder Than Words by Ashley Woodfolk

Love in English by Maria Andreu

The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky

May the Best Man Win by ZR Ellor

The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall

Not Your Average Jo by Grace Shim

The Notes by Catherine Con Morse

The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk

Prom Babies by Kekla Magoon

Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta

Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada

The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch

Smash It! by Francina Simone

Sweet Nightmare by Tracy Wolff

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Where Was Goodbye? by Janice Lynn Mather

Why Would I Lie? by Adi Rule

Adult Fiction

A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris

Adequate Yearly Progress by Roxanna Elden

Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

The Book of Otto and Liam by Paul Griner

A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power

The Divines by Ellie Eaton

Flirty Little Secret by Jessica Lepe

Harold by Steven Wright

I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

Master Class by Christina Dalcher

Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

The Orchard by David Hopen

Pet by Catherine Chidgey

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis

The St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica Ward

Studies at the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan

The Teacher by Freida McFadden

True Biz by Sara Nović

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

When We Were Silent by Fiona McPhillips