Books About Libraries

Books About Libraries This giveaway is sponsored by Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine. Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time. Jess Brightwell believes in the value of the Library, but the majority of his knowledge comes from illegal books obtained by his family. Jess has been sent to be his family’s spy, but his loyalties are tested in the final months of his training to enter the Library’s service. But Jess soon discovers that those who control the Great Library believe knowledge is more valuable than any human lifeâ€"and soon both heretics and books will burn.… The only thing better than books? Bookish books. You know what I mean: books about the power of reading, books set in bookstores, books set in libraries and about librarians and their adventures. In that spirit, we wanted to know: what are your favorite books about or featuring libraries? You answered the call and now weve got a nice reading list for you. Here are 47+ of your favorite books about libraries and librarians. Some are real, some are fantastic, and all are delightfully good reads: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by  Brandon Sanderson All Souls Trilogy by Deb Harkness The Archived by Victoria Schwab The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians by  Carla D. Morris Dewey by Vicki Myron Forever, Interrupted by  Taylor Jenkins Reid A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes HELP! Im a Prisoner in the Library! by Eth Clifford Here Lies The Librarian by Richard Peck The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova The House of Paper by Carlos Maria Dominguez I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan Inkheart by Cornelia Funke   The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick Libraries in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson Library Lion  by Michelle Knudsen The Library Book by Rebecca Gray The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel Library at Mount Char by  Scott Hawkins Libriomancer series by Jim Hines Lirael by  Garth Nix Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde Matilda by Roald Dahl Mr. Lemoncellos Library by  Chris Grabenstein Mr. Penumbras 24-Hour Bookstore by  Robin Sloan Mrs. Sinclairs Suitcase by Louise Walters The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Parnassians on Wheels by Christopher Morley Patience and Fortitude by Nicholas Basbanes Possession by A.S. Byatt The Public Library: A Photographic Essay by Robert Dawson The Rabbit Back Literature Society by  Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Rain Village by Carolyn Turgeon Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian by Avi Steinberg Salamander by Thomas Wharton Shadow of the Wind by  Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami Tam Lin by Pamela Dean A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger This Book Is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson Unshelved by  Gene Ambaum Bill Barnes Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin The Worlds Strongest Librarian by  Josh Hanagarne