As a sixth former at Sherborne School, Christopher Morcom was allowed to borrow books from the School library. Between 13 February 1928 and 5 February 1930 Christopher borrowed the following titles from the School Library:
| AUTHOR | TITLE | DATES BORROWED |
| ? | The Heavens | 13 February-17 March 1928 |
| Ball, Robert Stawell | The Story of the Heavens | 27 February-23 March 1928 |
| ? | Patterns of Astronomy | 19-29 March 1928 |
| Proctor, Richard Anthony | The Spectroscope & its work | 8-22 July 1928 |
| Aston, Frederick William | Isotopes | 12 November-13 December 1928 |
| ? | Introduction to Relativity | 18 January-20 February 1929 |
| Eddington, Arthur Stanley | The Nature of the Physical World.
[This book was chosen by Alan Turing for the Digby prize awarded posthumously to Christopher Morcom in Michaelmas Term 1929]
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12 February-21 March 1929 |
| Jeans, James Hopwood | The Universe Around Us | 17 November-14 December 1929 |
| Einstein, Albert | Sidelights on Relativity | 27 January-5 February 1930
[On 6 February 1930, Christopher Morcom was taken ill at Sherborne School and died on 13 February 1930] |
See also:
- Alan Turing’s sixth form reading list
- Christopher Morcom (1911-1930)
- Lyon House, Sherborne School
- Alan Turing and Sherborne School
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