Wake Forest University's wording, checked October 26, 2026“List five books you’ve read that have intrigued you.”
150 character limit per book title.
How to approach it
- 1Five varied, specific titles that say something about your mind.
- 2The word is intrigued, not admired or loved: a book you argued with qualifies.
- 3A book from outside school shows what you read when nobody assigns it.
A structure that works
One way to shape this answer. It describes moves, not sentences: the words have to be yours.
- 1List every book that has stayed with you in the last few years.
- 2Keep five you could discuss in an interview tomorrow.
- 3Check the five for range: form, subject, period, difficulty.
- 4Give title and author, formatted the same way each time.
Mistakes to avoid
- Only assigned classics.
- Five books chosen to match your intended major.
The checklist our grader uses for this question
When you check your Wake Forest answers, this answer is read against these 4 areas. Each comes back Met, Partly or Missing with a quote from your draft as evidence, and together with the no set limit limit they set its readiness verdict.
| Area | What a reader looks for |
|---|---|
| Follows the format | It is the list the college asked for, in the format it set (items only, the right number, no explanations unless invited). |
| Specific items | Items are specific titles, names or things, not categories ("podcasts about science"). |
| The list says something | Read as a whole, the list reveals range, depth or a pattern that tells the reader about the applicant. |
| Wake Forest's ask | It does every part of what Wake Forest's question asks, in the college's own terms. |
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