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100MustReadBooksaboutLibraries&Bookstores

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DerekAttig 6/20/2016

ThispostissponsoredbyTheInvisibleLibrarybyGenevieveCogman.

OnethinganyLibrarianwilltellyou:thetruthismuch
strangerthanfiction

IreneisanundercoverLibrarianaprofessionalspyforthe
mysteriousLibrary,ashadowyorganizationthatcollects
importantworksoffictionfromallofthedifferentrealities.
Mostrecently,sheandherenigmaticassistantKaihavebeen
senttoanalternativeLondon.Theirmission:retrievea
particularlydangerousbook.Butbythetimetheyarrive,its
alreadybeenstolen.NowIreneiscaughtinapuzzlingwebof
deadlydanger,conflictingclues,andsinistersecretsocieties.

ImnotevensurewhyImwritinganintroductiontothislist.Itsahundredbooksaboutlibrariesandbookstores!
Thatshouldsellitself.

Butsure.Fine.Illmakethepitch.

Booksareacrucialpartofourlives(especiallyyours,sincehereyouarebeingagreatbignerdonBookRiot),
butIthinkwedontalwayspayenoughattentiontotheinstitutionsthatgetthosebooksintoourgrubby,greedy
littlehands.Sure,wellbickeraboutAmazonsometimesorsqueeoverabookmobile,buthowmuchtimedowe
taketoreallyexploreandthinkaboutwhatlibrariesandbookstoresreallymean?

Notenough!

Soheresanotinanyparticularorder,notatallcomprehensivelistofbooksaboutlibrariesandbookstores
fictionandnon,graphicandalltext,oldandnewthatwillgiveyouachancetodojustthatwhilehavingadamn
greattime.(Andyoullgetsomeextrametacredwhenyouacquirethemvialibraryorbookstore.Score!)Stay
tunedforlibrarycats,bookmobileromancenovels,feministbookstores,andmore:

BooksAboutLibraries

TheUncommonReaderbyAlanBennett

TheLibraryatMountCharbyScottHawkins

RunningtheBooks:TheAdventuresofanAccidentalPrisonLibrarianby
AviSteinberg

ImprobableLibraries:AVisualJourneytotheWorldsMostUnusual
LibrariesbyAlexJohnson

NotFree,NotforAll:PublicLibrariesintheAgeofJimCrowbyCheryl
Knott

TheBadAssLibrariansofTimbuktubyJoshuaHammer

RonsBigMissionbyRoseBlue&CorinneJ.Naden

TheAbortion:AnHistoricalRomance1966byRichardBrautigan

RichardWrightandtheLibraryCardbyWilliamMiller

TheEyreAffairbyJasperFforde

NancyRunstheBookmobilebyEnidJohnson

WithaHighHeartbyAdeledeLeeuw

BooksandBeauxbyRosemaeWellsCampbell

TheGirlontheBookmobilesbyNatalieKing

HereComestheBookmobilebyDirkGringhuis

CuriousMissiebyVirginiaSorensen
TheStrangeLibrarybyHarukiMurakami

BiblioTech:WhyLibrariesMatterMoreThanEverintheAgeofGoogleby
JohnPalfrey

TheCamelBookmobilebyMashaHamilton

TheLibrary:AnUnquietHistorybyMatthewBattles

ADiscoveryofWitchesbyDeborahHarkness

TheInvisibleLibrarybyGenevieveCogman

TheMaskedCitybyGenevieveCogman

TheBurningPagebyGenevieveCogman

ReadingPlaces:Literacy,Democracy,andthePublicLibraryinColdWar
AmericabyChristinePawley

TheMeaningoftheLibrary:ACulturalHistorybyAliceCrawford

PatienceandFortitude:Power,RealEstate,andtheFighttoSaveaPublicLibrarybyScottSherman

ThisBookIsOverdue!:HowLibrariansandCybrariansCanSaveUsAllbyMarilynJohnson

AfricanAmericanLibrariansintheFarWest:PioneersandTrailblazersbyBinnieTateWilkin

WhereAreAlltheLibrariansofColor?byRebeccaHawkinsandMiguelJuarez

PartofOurLives:APeoplesHistoryoftheAmericanPublicLibrarybyWayneWiegand

Dewey:TheSmallTownLibraryCatWhoTouchedtheWorldbyVicki
Myron

TheBorrowerbyRebeccaMakkai

BookshelfbyLydiaPyne

TheLibraryatNightbyAlbertoManguel

TheLibraryatBabelbyJorgeLuisBorges

IWorkataPublicLibrary:ACollectionofCrazyStoriesfromtheStacksby
GinaSheridan

InstitutionsofReading:TheSocialLifeofLibrariesintheUnitedStatesby
ThomasAugstandKennethCarpenter

TheLibraryofShadowsbyMikkelBirkegaard

UntoldStories:CivilRights,Libraries&BlackLibrarianshipbyJohnMark
Tucker
TheLibrarianbyMikhailElizarov

WaitingfortheBiblioburrobyMonicaBrownandJohnParra

MurderintheMuseumbyJohnRowland

TheCaseoftheMissingBooksbyIanSansom

TheBadBookAffairbyIanSansom

AmericusbyMKReed

YouCouldLookItUp:TheReferenceShelfFromAncientBabylontoWikipediabyJackLynch

TheNightBookmobilebyAudreyNiffenegger

TheWorldsStrongestLibrarian:ABookLoversAdventuresbyJoshHanagarne

TheBodyintheLibrarybyAgathaChristie

Murderatthe42ndStreetLibrarybyConLehane

ByBookorByCrook:ALighthouseLibraryMysterybyEvaGates

TheBookofSpeculationbyErikaSwyler

EvilLibrarianbyMichelleKnudson

DownCutShinCreek:ThePackHorseLibrariansofKentuckybyKathi
AppeltandJeanneCannellaSchmitzer

InkandBonebyRachelCaine

TheTimeTravelersWifebyAudreyNiffenegger

TheArchivistbyMarthaCooley

Quiet,Please:DispatchesFromaPublicLibrarianbyScottDouglas

UnshelvedbyBillBarnes&GeneAmbaum

IntheStacks:ShortStoriesaboutLibrariesandLibrariansbyMichaelCart

TheLibraryBook

TheLibrarianbyLarryBeinhart

EscapefromMr.LemoncellosLibrarybyChrisGrabenstein
LibraryWars:Love&War,Vol.1byKiiroYumi&HiroArikawa

TheLibrarybyZoranivkovi

TomsandtheLibraryLadybyPatMora

TheNameoftheRosebyUmbertoEco

MainStreetPublicLibrary:CommunityPlacesandReadingSpacesinthe
RuralHeartland,18761956byWayneWiegand

QuestioningLibraryNeutrality:EssaysfromProgressiveLibrarianbyAlison
Lewis

SoYouWanttoBeaLibrarianbyLaurenPressley

BooksAboutBookstores

ReluctantCapitalists:BooksellingandtheCultureofConsumptionbyLaura
J.Miller

TheCrackedSpine:AScottishBookshopMysteryHardcoverMarch29,
2016byPaigeShelton

TheFeministBookstoreMoment:LesbianAntiracismandFeminist
AccountabilitybyKristenHogan

FindingtheMovement:Sexuality,ContestedSpace,andFeminist
ActivismbyAnneEnke

TheLateAgeofPrint:EverydayBookCulturefromConsumerismtoControl
byTedStriphas

NoCrystalStair:ADocumentaryNoveloftheLifeandWorkofLewis
Michaux,HarlemBooksellerbyVaundaMicheauxNelson

ParnassusonWheelsbyChristopherMorley

TheHauntedBookshopbyChristopherMorley
Mr.Penumbras24HourBookstorebyRobinSloan

84,CharingCrossRoadbyHeleneHanff

TheThirteenthTalebyDianeSetterfield

TheStoriedLifeofA.J.FikrybyGabrielleZevin

TheBookmansTalebyCharlieLovett

TheLittleParisBookshopbyNinaGeorge

TheBookstorebyDeborahMeyler

SeverinabyRodrigoReyRosa

TheBooksellerofKabulbysneSeierstad

ShelfLife:Romance,Mystery,Drama.andOtherPageTurningAdventures
fromaYearinaBookstorebySuzanneStempekShea

TheBookItch:Freedom,Truth,andHarlemsGreatestBookstore
byVaundaMicheauxNelson

MaryAnneandtheHauntedBookstore(TheBabySittersClub
Mystery#34)byAnnM.Martin

BookstoreCatbyCindyWheeler

TheBookstoreMousebyPeggyChristian

ANovelBookstorebyLaurenceCoss

OntheBooks:AGraphicTaleofWorkingWoesatNYCsStrand
BookstorebyGregFarrell

FugYou:AnInformalHistoryofthePeaceEyeBookstore,theFuckYouPress,theFugs,andCounterculture
intheLowerEastSidebyEdSanders

FeministRevolutioninLiteracy:WomensBookstoresintheUnitedStatesbyJunkoOnasaka

TheReadersofBrokenWheelRecommendbyKatarinaBivald

TimeWasSoftThere:AParisSojournatShakespeare&Co.byJeremyMercer

AFeelingforBooks:TheBookoftheMonthClub,LiteraryTaste,andMiddleClassDesirebyJaniceRadway

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