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The need of reading improved significantly as the demand of education 4.0. However, the needs of reading materials need to be adjusted in order to meet the goals. This study aimed to describe the needs of learning materials for seventh grade students of MTs Muhammadiyah Al-Muhajirin Patuk. This study included in Research and Development in the phase of preliminary study. Mixed method was used in this study. Quantitative data was collected from 32 students as the respondents by using close-ended questionnaire with Likert Scale. The questionnaire assessed aspects namely: reading strategy, reading topic, reading activity, and reading evaluation. Qualitative data was obtained from interviews with 2 English teachers which emphasized on teaching and learning activities, the problems, and the existing English text book used in classroom. The results showed that students assessed 6 items with very high needed category, 21 items with high needed category, and 17 items with moderate category. The mean score for the reading strategy aspect was 3,58 as high required category, 4,00 for reading topic as high required category, 3,67 for reading activity as high required category and 3,55 for evaluation process as required category.