“A List of Books for Home Reading of High-School Pupils” was published in 1912 by the National Council of Teachers of English, a group that formed the year before and still makes recommendations to teachers today. Forerunners to the NCTE list include the NEA’s report on college entrance requirements (1899), Franklin T. Baker’s “Bibliography of Children’s Reading” (1908), and the Newark Free Public Library’s popular list of “A Thousand of the Best Novels” (1904-1919). But many NCTE members would also help shape a thorough recommendation for the “Reorganization of English in Secondary Schools” (1917) and contribute to The English Journal, issues of which from 1911-1922 are free online…”