Abstract: Based on the concept of promoting classified reading materials, which means promoting
thematic reading materials according to book classification, this paper suggests that a reading room for
biographical reading materials should be built in the library, and the reading promotion of excellent
biographical works should be done well. The library has abundant resources of ancient and modern
biographical materials, but because of the classification of the Chinese Library Classification and the
different connotations of biographical characters, those materials are often distributed in different areas of
the library. Therefore, it is necessary to centralize the collection resources for thematic display and for reading
promotion. The article agrees that reading excellent biographical books can provide readers with spiritual
nourishment such as inspiration, gratitude, nostalgia, psychological healing, and recognition of social and
historical truth. It further holds that strengthening the promotion of biographical books can effectively meet
the needs of cultural education, improve the effect of reading promotion, and deepen the promotion of
classical reading. It can achieve the goal of innovating the space construction in the library as well. In the
construction and operation of the Biographical Reading Room, we should take into account the number of
book copies, the selection of bibliographies, the supply of book reviews and the rational shelving and other
details.

Key words: Biography, Classified reading, Thematic reading room