Reading guides

Reading list

Curate a reading list with a reason to read each pick and where to start.

File types: PDF
Size: A4 PDF
Use case: Reading guides
Licence: Free to copy and use in your own templates
Source: Made by thirds.ai with the open-licence Anton font, original graphic marks, and fictional sample names.

A portrait A4 reading list on a near-black page titled Marlowe & Finch Reading Room, a lime and pink striped rail, five numbered picks led by The Salt House in lime type, and a lime-bordered Start here panel. — reading-list/template.html

About this design

What you can make with it.

Editors and teams share this to introduce a short list of good reading. It names the collection and audience, gives each pick a title, author, and format, and explains why the pick matters. Replace the titles and reasons for every edition of the list.

Your details

What you can change.

These are the words and numbers you swap for your own. The design stays the same.

CollectionA short text.
EditionA short text.
AudienceA short text.
IntroA longer text with more than one line.
ItemsA list of items. Each item has number, title, author, format and reason.
Start hereA longer text with more than one line.
CuratorA short text.
FooterA short text.

{
  "collection": "Marlowe & Finch Reading Room",
  "edition": "Autumn 2026 edition",
  "audience": "regulars who like fiction, food, and a slow afternoon",
  "intro": "Five picks for the darker evenings: a coastal novel, a baking book worth flouring the counter for, a nature diary, and a design monograph we keep reordering.",
  "items": [
    {
      "number": "01",
      "title": "The Salt House",
      "author": "Elena Marchetti",
      "format": "Fiction",
      "reason": "A slow, coastal novel about three sisters and the house they cannot agree to sell."
    },
    {
      "number": "02",
      "title": "A Loaf a Day",
      "author": "Nora Whitfield",
      "format": "Food",
      "reason": "Bakes that build confidence loaf by loaf, with enough flour on every page to prove it."
    },
    {
      "number": "03",
      "title": "Field Notes from the Hedgerow",
      "author": "Callum Reyes",
      "format": "Nature",
      "reason": "A year of small sightings, written close to home and easy to dip into."
    },
    {
      "number": "04",
      "title": "Line and Light",
      "author": "Priya Osei",
      "format": "Design",
      "reason": "A furniture-maker's notebook on grain, shadow, and knowing when a piece is finished."
    },
    {
      "number": "05",
      "title": "The Quiet Guest",
      "author": "Marcus Ilic",
      "format": "Fiction",
      "reason": "A gently unsettling autumn read for one sitting by the fire."
    }
  ],
  "start_here": "Start with The Salt House on a slow Sunday, then let the rest of the shelf follow.",
  "curator": "Maya Chen, Marlowe & Finch Bookshop",
  "footer": "Marlowe & Finch reading room · Autumn 2026"
}

For developers

Make this file from your code or your AI tools.

Save your copy once, then send the new details with each request. Each finished file costs 1 credit.

curl https://thirds.ai/v1/pdf \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $THIRDS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: reading-list-1" \
  -d '{"template_id":"tpl_your_copy","version":1,"data":{"collection":"Marlowe & Finch Reading Room","edition":"Autumn 2026 edition","audience":"regulars who like fiction, food, and a slow afternoon","intro":"Five picks for the darker evenings: a coastal novel, a baking book worth flouring the counter for, a nature diary, and a design monograph we keep reordering.","items":[{"number":"01","title":"The Salt House","author":"Elena Marchetti","format":"Fiction","reason":"A slow, coastal novel about three sisters and the house they cannot agree to sell."},{"number":"02","title":"A Loaf a Day","author":"Nora Whitfield","format":"Food","reason":"Bakes that build confidence loaf by loaf, with enough flour on every page to prove it."},{"number":"03","title":"Field Notes from the Hedgerow","author":"Callum Reyes","format":"Nature","reason":"A year of small sightings, written close to home and easy to dip into."},{"number":"04","title":"Line and Light","author":"Priya Osei","format":"Design","reason":"A furniture-maker'"'"'s notebook on grain, shadow, and knowing when a piece is finished."},{"number":"05","title":"The Quiet Guest","author":"Marcus Ilic","format":"Fiction","reason":"A gently unsettling autumn read for one sitting by the fire."}],"start_here":"Start with The Salt House on a slow Sunday, then let the rest of the shelf follow.","curator":"Maya Chen, Marlowe & Finch Bookshop","footer":"Marlowe & Finch reading room · Autumn 2026"}}'

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          "collection": "Marlowe & Finch Reading Room",
          "edition": "Autumn 2026 edition",
          "audience": "regulars who like fiction, food, and a slow afternoon",
          "intro": "Five picks for the darker evenings: a coastal novel, a baking book worth flouring the counter for, a nature diary, and a design monograph we keep reordering.",
          "items": [
            {
              "number": "01",
              "title": "The Salt House",
              "author": "Elena Marchetti",
              "format": "Fiction",
              "reason": "A slow, coastal novel about three sisters and the house they cannot agree to sell."
            },
            {
              "number": "02",
              "title": "A Loaf a Day",
              "author": "Nora Whitfield",
              "format": "Food",
              "reason": "Bakes that build confidence loaf by loaf, with enough flour on every page to prove it."
            },
            {
              "number": "03",
              "title": "Field Notes from the Hedgerow",
              "author": "Callum Reyes",
              "format": "Nature",
              "reason": "A year of small sightings, written close to home and easy to dip into."
            },
            {
              "number": "04",
              "title": "Line and Light",
              "author": "Priya Osei",
              "format": "Design",
              "reason": "A furniture-maker's notebook on grain, shadow, and knowing when a piece is finished."
            },
            {
              "number": "05",
              "title": "The Quiet Guest",
              "author": "Marcus Ilic",
              "format": "Fiction",
              "reason": "A gently unsettling autumn read for one sitting by the fire."
            }
          ],
          "start_here": "Start with The Salt House on a slow Sunday, then let the rest of the shelf follow.",
          "curator": "Maya Chen, Marlowe & Finch Bookshop",
          "footer": "Marlowe & Finch reading room · Autumn 2026"
        }
      }
    }
  }
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