I know some people have suggested books to me, but its been in so many threads and so many different places that I can't keep track of them all.

If you could, can you please re-write them in this thread?
Could you please also write roughly how much they are and rate them in comparison to each other, for example, the Faber sight-reading books are better then the Associated Board or something like that.
I'm kinda on a tight budget, sorry.

Thanks.

I usually start students with Improve Your Sight Reading - Paul Harris for daily practce at home. If more practice is needed we move on to Sight Reading for Fun - Lawson which is a bit more difficult, but has more examples for reading chords. I also use Sight Reading for Today and Right at Sight normally during lessons. I use the ABRSM sight reading books during lessons when exams are approaching.

Sounds like a LOT of books, but thanks.
Who is the publisher of 'Sight Reading for Today' and 'Right at Sight'?

Sight Reading for Today - Joan Last - published by Bosworth
Right at Sight - Edition Peters.

Thanks. if you live in London, can you tell me where you get these books, the music shop I go to (which is Herga Music), doesn't have any books by these publishers, that's why I didn't recognise the books.

I've found the Piano time Sight-reading books excellent. I've used books 1 and 2 with my pupils, not sure if there's a third. I got in the habit of giving them 2 to do a lesson and giving them a mark out of 10. The books are divided into chapters which introduce a different aspect in each, eg quavers, key-signature etc.

Can you tell me who teh publisher is?

There is an accompanist I know who is the best sightreader I have ever met. His advice?

The answer is NOT the sight reading book. Play good music at sight. I have found this extremely good advice and I would recommend it without hesitation. Why play some weird academic exercise when you could be exploring Beethoven?

A good source is the bargain bin at your local music retailer. Buy up past ABRSM books a grade or two lower than your current grade.

I had a teacher years ago that used to use Bartok for a lot of sight reading examples. Worst case scenario!

Having trouble with time and rhythm - easy - get the student sight reading duets, playing the other part yourself. (Sight reading your part also of course)

The Piano Time sight-reading books are by Pauline Hall and Fiona Macardle and are published by Oxford University Press. There is also a book 3 in the series but they only cover from grade 1 to around grade 2-3 by the end of book 3 but they are more interesting for younger pupils than the Harris books (although I use these aswell.)

True, but my sight-reading is really beyond help so I really need to start at basics. I'm a grade 8 with about grade 1 standard sight-reading, so grade 6 books really aren't going to help me.
I have a book of beethoven sonatas, but they're gonna take me forever to get through. I need something structured for now!

I'm grade 8 with grade 1 standard sight-reading (I know, its terrible!)
Should I just keep with the Harris books as they'd take me right through?

I like the Oxford Piano time sight reading books, Right@Sight and Paul Harris, but best of all I like the Sight-Reading source books by Alan Bullard. Unfortunately they (as far as I've found) only go up to grade 3. They are published by Chester.

Which one or two would you advise the most for someone who want to go from grade 1 sight-reading to 8?

I'm biased since I like the Bullard books so much .......... lol
If you really want to start at a low grade, Bullard grade 2 deals very well with the two-handed co-ordination bit - you could get Bullard 2 and 3 then perhaps Paul Harris for the other grades, or alternate Harris and Right@Sight after Bullard runs out at grade 3!

Thanks, I'll have a look at them.
BTW, how long, in page numbers, roughly, is teh Paul Harris and Bullard books? I've done my own research, but I can't seem to find thsi information

P Harris books vary around 30 - 33 pages in the ones I've got to hand.
A Bullard are 24.
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Yes, sight-reading good music is a very good idea - but sometimes people need to go back to the very basics, and work up from there. I would recommend that a combination of the two methods is a good idea... not least because, if one needs to sight-read in exams, the pieces can frankly sometimes be a bit weird and like nothing you would normally come across playing decent music! For someone who struggles with even simple sight-reading, a sight-reading book helps you find a way in - it can be very discouraging when you dip into "real" music and don't know where to start. The sight-reading books help you to work out the things to analyse etc, ie key signature, where difficult spots might be, key changes, rhythmic difficulties. Obvious to some, but others have the greatest difficulty just knowing where to start when confronted with sight-reading, and these books help you "train" yourself to deal with it in a helpful way. I know that I (someone who hasn't a problem with sightreading on a melody instrument, but really struggles when reading two clefs at once) have found this immensely helpful.

Thats very encouraging, thanks. i've just been playing through some grade 1 pieces which wasn't too bad so I think I'm like grade 4 standard sight-reading at most which isn't so bad I guess. It's still bad I know, but hopefully, if I practice for the next two week, I could at least pass with a decent mark for this section.