Free tools for your textbooks
Check a whole reading list, plan a book budget, or find out what the books you already own are worth. Free, and no account needed.
Buying books
Before you spend: find the exact editions and what they cost delivered.
- Check a reading list
Reading list checker
Paste your module list and we match every ISBN to its exact edition.
You get: What the list costs new versus used, the cheapest copy of each edition, a link to share, and one-click alerts for the rest.
Check a reading list - Find my module
Module reading lists
Pick your university and module to see the books its own reading list names.
You get: Every book on the list, matched by exact ISBN to second-hand copies in stock.
Find my module - Read the study
The true cost of a reading list
Our study of what UK textbooks cost new versus second-hand, by subject.
You get: Median new and used prices per subject, with sample sizes and methodology.
Read the study - Calculate savings
Textbook savings calculator
Plan a term's book budget from the number of books and your own price guesses.
You get: An estimate of new versus used, with every assumption editable.
Calculate savings
Selling and clearing out
After the module: see what your books are worth, sell them, or pass them on.
- Value one book
What's my book worth?
Scan or type one ISBN.
You get: What copies of that exact edition sell and are listed for here, and a free listing in one tap.
Value one book - Value my shelf
Sell my shelf
Paste up to 30 ISBNs from the books you're done with.
You get: A value for each book in one go, ready to turn into free listings.
Value my shelf - Compare options
Where to sell textbooks
World of Books (Ziffit), WeBuyBooks and musicMagpie next to selling to another student.
You get: How each one pays, its minimum, its rules on highlighting, and postage, from their own terms.
Compare options - Find a donation route
Donate or recycle
For books you'd rather give away, or that are past selling.
You get: A sell, donate or recycle decision and a verified UK route for each book.
Find a donation route
Studying
Between reading lists: check where your marks are heading.