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100 Must-Read Books About Libraries & Bookstores - Page 2

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 Librarian (Mikhail Elizarov)
The Librarian
41
Mikhail Elizarov
Waiting for the Biblioburro (Monica Brown)
Waiting for the Biblioburro
42
Monica Brown
Murder in the Museum (John Rowland)
Murder in the Museum
43
John Rowland
The Mobile Library: The Case of the Missing Books (Ian Sansom)
The Mobile Library: The Case of the Missing Books
44
Ian Sansom
The Bad Book Affair (Ian Sansom)
The Bad Book Affair
45
Ian Sansom
Americus (M.K. Reed)
Americus
46
M.K. Reed
You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf From Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia (Jack Lynch)
You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf From Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia
47
Jack Lynch
The Night Bookmobile (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Night Bookmobile
48
Audrey Niffenegger
The World's Strongest Librarian (Josh Hanagarne)
The World's Strongest Librarian
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Josh Hanagarne
The Body in the Library (Agatha Christie)
The Body in the Library
50
Agatha Christie
Murder at the 42nd Street Library (Con Lehane)
Murder at the 42nd Street Library
51
Con Lehane
By Book or by Crook: A Lighthouse Library Mystery (Eva Gates)
By Book or by Crook: A Lighthouse Library Mystery
52
Eva Gates
The Book of Speculation (Erika Swyler)
The Book of Speculation
53
Erika Swyler
Evil Librarian (Michelle Knudsen)
Evil Librarian
54
Michelle Knudsen
Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky (Kathi Appelt)
Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky
55
Kathi Appelt
Ink and Bone (Rachel Caine)
Ink and Bone
56
Rachel Caine
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
57
Audrey Niffenegger
The Archivist
The Archivist
58
Quiet, Please: Dispatches From a Public Librarian (Scott Douglas)
Quiet, Please: Dispatches From a Public Librarian
59
Scott Douglas
Unshelved (Bill Barnes)
Unshelved
60
Bill Barnes
In the Stacks: Short Stories About Libraries and Librarians (Michael Cart)
In the Stacks: Short Stories About Libraries and Librarians
61
Michael Cart
The Library Book (Rebecca Gray)
The Library Book
62
Rebecca Gray
The Librarian (Larry Beinhart)
The Librarian
63
Larry Beinhart
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Chris Grabenstein)
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library
64
Chris Grabenstein
Library Wars (Kiiro Yumi)
Library Wars
65
Kiiro Yumi
The Library (Zoran Živković)
The Library
66
Zoran Živković
Tomás and the Library Lady (Pat Mora)
Tomás and the Library Lady
67
Pat Mora
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
68
Umberto Eco
Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876-1956 (Wayne A. Wiegand)
Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876-1956
69
Wayne A. Wiegand
Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays From Progressive Librarian (Alison Lewis)
Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays From Progressive Librarian
70
Alison Lewis
So You Want to Be a Librarian (Lauren Pressley)
So You Want to Be a Librarian
71
Lauren Pressley
Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption (Laura J.Miller)
Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption
72
Laura J.Miller
The Cracked Spine (Paige Shelton)
The Cracked Spine
73
Paige Shelton
The Feminist Bookstore Moment: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability (Kristen Hogan)
The Feminist Bookstore Moment: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability
74
Kristen Hogan
Finding the Movement: Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism (Anne Enke)
Finding the Movement: Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism
75
Anne Enke
The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture From Consumerism to Control (Ted Striphas)
The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture From Consumerism to Control
76
Ted Striphas
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller (Vaunda Micheaux Nelson)
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
77
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Parnassus on Wheels
Parnassus on Wheels
78
Haunted Bookshop
Haunted Bookshop
79
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Robin Sloane)
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
80
Robin Sloane
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