The Library maintains a popular reading collection of print books called: Waterloo Reads. These items are located in the Dana Porter and Davis Centre Libraries on the main campus in Waterloo and at the Musagetes Library, School of Architecture in Cambridge, Ontario. Waterloo Reads includes fiction and non-fiction titles and are selected based primarily on previous years' bestsellers lists. The collection depends solely on donations.

Find more details in the Waterloo Reads guide.