- Improve your application for Cambridge
- University College, Oxford Reading Bank and Resources Hub (collated by current students)
- Open Yale Courses (lectures and recommended reading)
- Suggested Reading from Oxford admissions (a bit out of date in some cases)
- Very Short Introductions series (great to get a foundation and find avenues for future reading and niches)
- Preparatory reading for freshers at Balliol College, Oxford
- Downing College, Cambridge advice playlist with mock interviews and personal statement workshop
- MOOCs: Coursera, Open University, and edx
- Gresham Lectures
Ways to access books
- Local libraries and ebooks via Libby
- Ask a teacher to write a letter to allow you access to university libraries
- Everand for ebooks (monthly subscription)
Books to (ideally) avoid (in my opinion):
- Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow — over-cited
- Anything by Malcolm Gladwell (not an expert)
- Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat — over-cited