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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 (Mikhail Elizarov)
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Waiting for the Biblioburro (Monica Brown)
Waiting for the Biblioburro (Monica Brown)
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Murder in the Museum (John Rowland)
Murder in the Museum (John Rowland)
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The Mobile Library: The Case of the Missing Books (Ian Sansom)
The Mobile Library: The Case of the Missing Books (Ian Sansom)
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The Bad Book Affair (Ian Sansom)
The Bad Book Affair (Ian Sansom)
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Americus (M.K. Reed)
Americus (M.K. Reed)
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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 (Jack Lynch)
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The Night Bookmobile (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Night Bookmobile (Audrey Niffenegger)
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The World's Strongest Librarian (Josh Hanagarne)
The World's Strongest Librarian (Josh Hanagarne)
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The Body in the Library
The Body in the Library
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Murder at the 42nd Street Library (Con Lehane)
Murder at the 42nd Street Library (Con Lehane)
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By Book or by Crook: A Lighthouse Library Mystery (Eva Gates)
By Book or by Crook: A Lighthouse Library Mystery (Eva Gates)
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The Book of Speculation (Erika Swyler)
The Book of Speculation (Erika Swyler)
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Evil Librarian (Michelle Knudsen)
Evil Librarian (Michelle Knudsen)
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Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky (Kathi Appelt)
Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky (Kathi Appelt)
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Ink and Bone (Rachel Caine)
Ink and Bone (Rachel Caine)
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The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
58
The Archivist
The Archivist
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Quiet, Please: Dispatches From a Public Librarian (Scott Douglas)
Quiet, Please: Dispatches From a Public Librarian (Scott Douglas)
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Unshelved (Bill Barnes)
Unshelved (Bill Barnes)
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In the Stacks: Short Stories About Libraries and Librarians (Michael Cart)
In the Stacks: Short Stories About Libraries and Librarians (Michael Cart)
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The Library Book (Rebecca Gray)
The Library Book (Rebecca Gray)
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The Librarian (Larry Beinhart)
The Librarian (Larry Beinhart)
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Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Chris Grabenstein)
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Chris Grabenstein)
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Library Wars (Kiiro Yumi)
Library Wars (Kiiro Yumi)
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The Library (Zoran Živković)
The Library (Zoran Živković)
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Tomás and the Library Lady (Pat Mora)
Tomás and the Library Lady (Pat Mora)
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The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
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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 (Wayne A. Wiegand)
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Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays From Progressive Librarian (Alison Lewis)
Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays From Progressive Librarian (Alison Lewis)
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So You Want to Be a Librarian (Lauren Pressley)
So You Want to Be a Librarian (Lauren Pressley)
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Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption (Laura J.Miller)
Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption (Laura J.Miller)
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The Cracked Spine (Paige Shelton)
The Cracked Spine (Paige Shelton)
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The Feminist Bookstore Moment: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability (Kristen Hogan)
The Feminist Bookstore Moment: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability (Kristen Hogan)
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Finding the Movement: Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism (Anne Enke)
Finding the Movement: Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism (Anne Enke)
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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 (Ted Striphas)
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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 (Vaunda Micheaux Nelson)
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Parnassus on Wheels
Parnassus on Wheels
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Haunted Bookshop
Haunted Bookshop
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Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Robin Sloane)
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Robin Sloane)
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