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This research aimed at developing the EFL reading comprehension skills of secondary school students through using transactional literature circles. It adopted a quasi-experimental design employing two groups; experimental and control. Participants were 80 first year female students enrolled at Dikirnis Secondary School for Girls, Dakahliya Governorate. Instruments included a Reading Comprehension Skills Checklist (RCSC) and a Reading Comprehension Skills Test (RCST). The results revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean score of the experimental and control groups on the post (RCS test) in favor of the experimental group. Further, the experimental group students performed better in most of the reading comprehension skills on the post test. These results generally validate the effectiveness of transactional literature circles in developing the experimental group pupils’ reading comprehension skills. Finally, it was recommended that transactional literature circle strategy is effective in developing students' reading comprehension skills. (Published abstract)