This is the list of books that Russian children are required or recommended to read at school. Note that soviet children were required to read a different list, some titles were excluded and some were added in post-soviet Russian curriculum. The list is not exact, it may differ from school to school but not much. Also note that sometimes only a part of a book is discussed during lessons (some poems, some novels etc.), a pupil is not in fact required to read all the books mentioned here from cover to cover.