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100 Must-Read Books About Libraries & Bookstores

If you love books you probably also love bookstores and libraries. Who hasn't spent hours browsing through their collections, dived into their literary treasure chests and then hurried home, shut the real world outside and started the reading marathon.
Here's Bookriot's list of the best 100 books that are about libraries and bookstores. The list includes fiction and non-fiction books.
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The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
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The Library at Mount Char (Scott Hawkins)
The Library at Mount Char (Scott Hawkins)
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Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian (Avi Steinberg)
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian (Avi Steinberg)
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Improbable Libraries: A Visual Journey to the World's Most Unusual Libraries (Alex Johnson)
Improbable Libraries: A Visual Journey to the World's Most Unusual Libraries (Alex Johnson)
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Not Free, Not for All: Public Libraries in the Age of Jim Crow (Cheryl Knott)
Not Free, Not for All: Public Libraries in the Age of Jim Crow (Cheryl Knott)
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts (Joshua Hammer)
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts (Joshua Hammer)
7
Ron's Big Mission (Rose Blue & Corinne J. Naden)
Ron's Big Mission (Rose Blue & Corinne J. Naden)
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The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 (Richard Brautigan)
The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 (Richard Brautigan)
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Richard Wright and the Library Card (William Miller)
Richard Wright and the Library Card (William Miller)
10
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
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Nancy Runs the Bookmobile (Enid Johnson)
Nancy Runs the Bookmobile (Enid Johnson)
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With a High Heart (Adele De Leeuw)
With a High Heart (Adele De Leeuw)
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Books and Beaux (Rosemae Wells Campbell)
Books and Beaux (Rosemae Wells Campbell)
14
The Girl on the Bookmobile (Natalie King)
The Girl on the Bookmobile (Natalie King)
15
Here Comes the Bookmobile (Dirk Gringhuis)
Here Comes the Bookmobile (Dirk Gringhuis)
16
Curious Missie (Virginia Sorensen)
Curious Missie (Virginia Sorensen)
17
The Strange Library (Haruki Murakami)
The Strange Library (Haruki Murakami)
18
Bibliotech (John Palfrey)
Bibliotech (John Palfrey)
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The Camel Bookmobile (Masha Hamilton)
The Camel Bookmobile (Masha Hamilton)
20
Library: An Unquiet History
Library: An Unquiet History
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A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness)
A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness)
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The Invisible Library (Genevieve Cogman)
The Invisible Library (Genevieve Cogman)
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The Masked City (Genevieve Cogman)
The Masked City (Genevieve Cogman)
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The Burning Page (Genevieve Cogman)
The Burning Page (Genevieve Cogman)
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Reading Places: Literacy, Democracy, and the Public Library in Cold War America (Christine Pawley)
Reading Places: Literacy, Democracy, and the Public Library in Cold War America (Christine Pawley)
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The Meaning of the Library: A Cultural History (Alice Crawford)
The Meaning of the Library: A Cultural History (Alice Crawford)
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Patience and Fortitude: Power, Real Estate, and the Fight to Save a Public Library (Scott Sherman)
Patience and Fortitude: Power, Real Estate, and the Fight to Save a Public Library (Scott Sherman)
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This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All. (Marilyn Johnson)
This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All. (Marilyn Johnson)
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African American Librarians in the Far West: Pioneers and Trailblazers (Binnie Tate Wilkin)
African American Librarians in the Far West: Pioneers and Trailblazers (Binnie Tate Wilkin)
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Where Are All the Librarians of Color? (Rebecca Hankins)
Where Are All the Librarians of Color? (Rebecca Hankins)
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Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library (Wayne A. Wiegand)
Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library (Wayne A. Wiegand)
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Vicki Myron)
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World (Vicki Myron)
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The Borrower (Rebecca Makkai)
The Borrower (Rebecca Makkai)
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Bookshelf (Lydia Pyne)
Bookshelf (Lydia Pyne)
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The Library at Night (Alberto Manguel)
The Library at Night (Alberto Manguel)
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The Library of Babel (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Library of Babel (Jorge Luis Borges)
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I Work at a Public Library (Gina Sheridan)
I Work at a Public Library (Gina Sheridan)
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Institutions of Reading: The Social Life of Libraries in the United States (Thomas Augst, Kenneth E. Carpenter)
Institutions of Reading: The Social Life of Libraries in the United States (Thomas Augst, Kenneth E. Carpenter)
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The Library of Shadows (Mikkel Birkegaard)
The Library of Shadows (Mikkel Birkegaard)
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Untold Stories: Civil Rights, Libraries & Black Librarianship (John Mark Tucker)
Untold Stories: Civil Rights, Libraries & Black Librarianship (John Mark Tucker)
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