47+ of Your Favorite Books About Libraries
This giveaway is sponsored by Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine.
Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time.
Jess Brightwell believes in the value of the Library, but the majority of his knowledge comes from illegal books obtained by his family. Jess has been sent to be his family’s spy, but his loyalties are tested in the final months of his training to enter the Library’s service. But Jess soon discovers that those who control the Great Library believe knowledge is more valuable than any human life—and soon both heretics and books will burn.…
The only thing better than books? Bookish books. You know what I mean: books about the power of reading, books set in bookstores, books set in libraries and about librarians and their adventures. In that spirit, we wanted to know: what are your favorite books about or featuring libraries?
You answered the call and now we’ve got a nice reading list for you. Here are 47+ of your favorite books about libraries and librarians. Some are real, some are fantastic, and all are delightfully good reads:
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
“All Souls” Trilogy by Deb Harkness
The Archived by Victoria Schwab
The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians by Carla D. Morris
Dewey by Vicki Myron
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes
HELP! I’m a Prisoner in the Library! by Eth Clifford
Here Lies The Librarian by Richard Peck
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The House of Paper by Carlos Maria Dominguez
I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
Libraries in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
The Library Book by Rebecca Gray
The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
“Libriomancer” series by Jim Hines
Lirael by Garth Nix
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Mrs. Sinclair’s Suitcase by Louise Walters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Parnassians on Wheels by Christopher Morley
Patience and Fortitude by Nicholas Basbanes
Possession by A.S. Byatt
The Public Library: A Photographic Essay by Robert Dawson
The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
Rain Village by Carolyn Turgeon
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian by Avi Steinberg
Salamander by Thomas Wharton
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
This Book Is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson
Unshelved by Gene Ambaum & Bill Barnes
Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin
The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
