Reading Interest Survey Form Template
Understand what your students, patrons, or community members love to read — and recommend accordingly.
Reading engagement grows when people find books they actually want to read. This survey helps teachers, librarians, and reading program coordinators understand each reader's interests, preferred genres, and reading habits — so recommendations actually land.
The template covers the respondent's age and grade, favorite genres and authors, reading frequency and preferred format (print vs. digital, short vs. long), topics of current interest, any books they've recently loved, and what they wish there were more of in the library or reading program.
Aggregated interest data helps librarians make smarter purchasing decisions and teachers build book collections that reflect the actual interests of their students.
At the start of the school year for classroom teachers, at library registration for new patrons, and periodically (every year or two) to capture how interests evolve — especially for children and young adults.
For children and teens: adventure, mystery, fantasy, science fiction, humor, realistic fiction, graphic novels, non-fiction by topic. For adult readers: vary by library's collection strengths. Include an 'other' option with a free-text field.
Use it for individual reading recommendations, for curating classroom library additions, for independent reading time choices, and for literature circle book selection. Students who choose their own books read more.
Yes. Responses showing very low reading frequency, discomfort with text length, or strong graphic novel preference often indicate readers who haven't found their entry point. These responses are gold for targeted intervention.
For most reading interest purposes, identified surveys are more useful — they let teachers and librarians make personalized recommendations. Ensure students know the purpose is to help them find great books, not to evaluate them.
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