Books About Books

Books about: other books, literacy in general, writers, bookstores, literary culture. Usually non-fiction, but can be fiction as long as books are a central plot theme.


An Academic Affair
The Burning Library
The Forget-Me-Not Library
The Bookshop Below
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
The Sky of Sacrifice (The Book of Wisdom Trilogy, #2)
King Sorrow
Overdue
The Secret Christmas Library
Female Fantasy
The Deadly Book Club
Witches of Dubious Origin
The Second Story Bookshop
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, #2)
Beach Read
An Academic Affair
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Strangers in Time
Writers & Lovers
The Ghostwriter
Ten Thousand Light Years from Okay
The Secret Christmas Library
The Christmas Book Hunt
King Sorrow
By Any Other Name
The Secret Book Society
Marble Hall Murders (Susan Ryeland, #3)
The Book of Lost Hours
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury84 Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Books on Books: metacovers
385 books — 104 voters
Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. MartinDouble Love by Francine PascalJust as Long as We're Together by Judy BlumeForever... by Judy BlumeThe Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
Paperback Crush
295 books — 25 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books about Books and Libraries
817 books — 385 voters
Viajes ficcionalizados 1 by Albert Also LacasaThe Wakeful Wanderer's Guide to New New England & Beyond by Jim InfantinoOnce Upon a Time in Great Britain by Melanie WentzStorybook Travels by Colleen Dunn BatesLo que me llevo del desierto no es arena by Albert Also Lacasa
Literary Travel
189 books — 32 voters

Library Lion by Michelle KnudsenThe Library by Sarah StewartThe Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians by Carla  MorrisThe Library Dragon by Carmen Agra DeedyLibrary Mouse by Daniel Kirk
Picture Books about the Library!
247 books — 188 voters

The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Book Thief
84, Charing Cross Road
The Library Book
The Thirteenth Tale
The Midnight Library
Fahrenheit 451
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Book Lovers
The Reading List
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
The Bookshop on the Corner (Kirrinfief, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

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