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Libraries are "...like a candy store where everything is free." - author Jamie Ford, The Songs of Willow Frost.
These books feature libraries and librarians.
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The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict - Berkley Books
Format: Hardcover
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In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world,... |
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The Paris Library: A Novel
Janet Skeslien Charles - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife. Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious... |
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The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections: A Novel
Eva Jurczyk - Poisoned Pen Press
Format: Paperback
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"With its countless revelations about the dusty realms of rare books, a likable librarian sleuth who has just the right balance of compassion and wit, and a library setting that is teeming with secrets, The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is a rare treat for readers.... |
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The Invisible Library
Genevieve Cogman - Ace
Format: Paperback
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Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure from a spectacular debut author. One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction... Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization... |
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Summer Hours at the Robbers Library: A Novel
Sue Halpern - Harper Perennial
Format: eBook
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From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. Halpern's novel is an unforgettable tale of family...the kind you come from and the kind you create.People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books... |
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The Camel Bookmobile
Masha Hamilton - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Book
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Once a fortnight the nomadic settlement of Madidima set deep in the dusty Kenyan desert awaits the arrival of three camels laden down with panniers of books. This is the Camel Bookmobile a scheme set up to bring books to scattered tribes whose daily life is dominated by drought famine and disease.... |
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover
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The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything -- everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Cussy's not only a book woman, however, she's... |
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The Borrower: A Novel
Rebecca Makkai - Viking Adult; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In this delightful, funny, and moving first novel, a librarian and a young boy obsessed with reading take to the road. Lucy Hull, a young childrens librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both a kidnapper and kidnapped when her favorite patron, ten- year-old Ian Drake, runs away... |
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The Strange Library
Haruki Murakami - Knopf
Format: Print book
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From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami - a fantastical illustrated short novel about a boy imprisoned in a nightmarish library. Opening the flaps on this unique little book, readers will find themselves immersed in the strange world of best-selling Haruki Murakami's... |
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The Case of the Missing Books
Ian Sansom - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career Alas the job that awaits him is not quite what he had in mind Still Israel is not one to dwell on disappointment as he prepares to drive a mobile library around a small damp Irish town After... |
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Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore
Paula Guran - Prime Books
Format: Paperback
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Portals to all the knowledge in the world, libraries are also created universes of a multitude of imaginations. Librarians guide us to enlightenment as well as serving as the captains, mages, and gatekeepers who open the doors to delight, speculation, wonder, and terror. Both inspire writers... |
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The Library of Lost and Found
Phaedra Patrick - Harlequin Audio
Format: Paperback
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A librarians discovery of a mysterious book sparks the journey of a lifetime in the delightful new novel from the international bestselling author of The Curious Charms of Arthur PepperLibrarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people - though not for lack... |
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The Last Chance Library
Freya Sampson - Berkley
Format: Hardcover
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Lonely librarian June Jones has never left the sleepy English village where she grew up. Shy and reclusive, the thirty-year-old would rather spend her time buried in books than venture out into the world. But when her library is threatened with closure, June is forced to emerge from behind... |
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The Untold Story
Genevieve Cogman - Ace
Format: Paperback
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Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich-and the possibility that he's her father. But when the Library orders her to kill him, and then Alberich himself offers to sign a truce, she has to discover why he originally betrayed the Library. With her allies endangered and her strongest... |
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The Librarian of Boone's Hollow: A Novel
Kim Vogel Sawyer - WaterBrook
Format: Paperback
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A traveling librarian ventures into the mining towns of Kentucky on horseback - and learns to trust the One who truly pens her story - in this powerful novel from the best-selling author of A Silken Thread. During the Great Depression, city-dweller Addie Cowherd dreams of becoming a novelist... |
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The Lions of Fifth Avenue: A Novel
Fiona Davis - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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In nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest historical novel, a series of book thefts roils the iconic New York Public Library, leaving two generations of strong-willed women to pick up the pieces. It's 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of life... |
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The Lending Library: A Novel
Aliza Fogelson - Lake Union Publishing
Format: Paperback
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A heartwarming debut novel about a daydreamer who gives her town, and herself, an amazing gift: a lending library in her sunroom.When the Chatsworth library closes indefinitely, Dodie Fairisle loses her sanctuary. How is a small-town art teacher supposed to cope without the never-ending... |
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The Midnight Library: A Novel
Matt Haig - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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'Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices... Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance... |
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