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Books that are about a love of books, literature, or reading. Books of reviews included.
Tags: about-books, books, literature, metafiction, and reading

1
Matilda
Matilda
by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 27 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2678
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2
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 26 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2578
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3
The Eyre Affair
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1961
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4
The Book Thief
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1886
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5
Lost in a Good Book
Lost in a Good Book
by Jasper Fforde 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1575
vote
6
Inkheart
Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1376
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7
The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende, Ralph Manheim (Translator) 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1369
vote
8
The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Lucia Graves (Translator) 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1183
vote
9
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1175
vote
10
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1077
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11
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 984
vote
11
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
by Anne Fadiman 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 984
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13
So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading
So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passio...
by Sara Nelson 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 973
vote
14
The Historian
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 875
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15
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 874
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16
The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
by Alan Bennett 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 796
vote
17
The Polysyllabic Spree
The Polysyllabic Spree
by Nick Hornby 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 686
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18
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
by Peter Boxall 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 683
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19
The City of Dreaming Books
The City of Dreaming Books
by Walter Moers, John Brownjohn (Translator) 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 394
vote
20
If On a Winter's Night a Traveler
If On a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino, William Weaver (Translator) 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 389
vote
21
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
by Lewis Buzbee 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 388
vote
22
84, Charing Cross Road
84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 387
vote
23
Housekeeping vs. The Dirt
Housekeeping vs. The Dirt
by Nick Hornby 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 383
vote
24
The Jane Austen Book Club
The Jane Austen Book Club
by Karen Joy Fowler 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 380
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25
Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, ...
by Nancy Pearl (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 292
vote
25
The Big Over Easy
The Big Over Easy
by Jasper Fforde 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 292
vote
27
Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Great Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Great Puzzles in Nin...
by John Sutherland 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 280
vote
28
Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World
Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World
by Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Goldstone 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 279
vote
29
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 276
vote
30
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, an...
by Nicholas A. Basbanes 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 272
vote
31
The Book on the Bookshelf
The Book on the Bookshelf
by Henry Petroski 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 200
vote
31
A Voice from the Attic: Essays on the Art of Reading
A Voice from the Attic: Essays on the Art of Re...
by Robertson Davies 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 200
vote
33
Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life
Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life
by Michael Dirda 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 199
vote
33
A Northern Light
A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 199
vote
35
Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World
Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed...
by Nicholas A. Basbanes 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
vote
35
More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every M...
by Nancy Pearl (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
vote
35
The Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic and Modern Texts
The Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic an...
by David Lodge 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
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35
The Book of Lost Things
The Book of Lost Things
by John Connolly 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
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39
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Live...
by Thomas C. Foster 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 195
vote
40
The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction
The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction
by Michaela Bushell, Paul Simpson 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 193
vote
40
Literacy and Longing in L.A.
Literacy and Longing in L.A.
by Jennifer Kaufman, Karen Mack 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 193
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42
501 Great Writers: A Comprehensive Guide to the Giants of Literature
501 Great Writers: A Comprehensive Guide to the...
by Julian Patrick 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 192
vote
43
Mister Pip
Mister Pip
by Lloyd Jones 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 191
vote
44
Shakespeare Wrote for Money
Shakespeare Wrote for Money
by Nick Hornby 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 188
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45
Books: Over a Century of the Greatest Books, Writers, Characters, Passages and Events That Rocked the Literary World
Books: Over a Century of the Greatest Books, Wr...
by Lucy Daniel 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 187
vote
45
The Camel Bookmobile
The Camel Bookmobile
by Masha Hamilton (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 187
vote
47
Ex-Libris
Ex-Libris
by Ross King 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 184
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48
A History of Reading
A History of Reading
by Alberto Manguel 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 180
vote
49
Why Not Catch 21?: The Stories Behind the Titles
Why Not Catch 21?: The Stories Behind the Titles
by Gary Dexter 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 173
vote
50
A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books
A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflecti...
by Alberto Manguel 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 157
vote
51
Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books
Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?: The Fascinating ...
by Jenny Bond, Chris Sheedy 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
51
From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East
From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Chr...
by William Dalrymple 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
51
Words into Pictures: E. E. Cummings' Art Across Borders
Words into Pictures: E. E. Cummings' Art Across...
by Zeno Vernyik (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
51
Books of the Century: A Hundred Years of Authors, Ideas, and Literature
Books of the Century: A Hundred Years of Author...
by New York Times Book Review 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
51
The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classica...
by Susan Wise Bauer 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
51
Lethal Legacy: A Novel
Lethal Legacy: A Novel
by Linda Fairstein 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
57
The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading
The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading
by Francis Spufford 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
57
Reading and Writing
Reading and Writing
by Robertson Davies 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
57
Now All We Need Is a Title: Famous Book Titles and How They Got That Way
Now All We Need Is a Title: Famous Book Titles ...
by Andre Bernard 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
57
An Alphabetical Life: Living It Up in the World of Books
An Alphabetical Life: Living It Up in the World...
by Wendy Werris 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
57
Steinbeck's Ghost
Steinbeck's Ghost
by Lewis Buzbee 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
57
The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man
The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic...
by Marshall McLuhan 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
57
Consciousness and the Novel
Consciousness and the Novel
by David Lodge 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
57
Inkheart
Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
57
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who L...
by Francine Prose 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
57
People of the Book
People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
57
Classics
Classics
by Jane Gleeson-White 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
68
Pushcart's Complete Rotten Reviews & Rejections
Pushcart's Complete Rotten Reviews & Reject...
by Andre Bernard (Editor), Bill Henderson (Editor) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
68
The Nag Hammadi Library
The Nag Hammadi Library
by James M. Robinson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
68
The Practice of Writing
The Practice of Writing
by David Lodge 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
68
Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-Volume Literary Education
Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-Volume Li...
by Michael Dirda 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
68
The Rights of the Reader
The Rights of the Reader
by Daniel Pennac 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
68
On Writing
On Writing
by Stephen King 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
68
A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict
A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict
by John Baxter 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
68
One Hundred Great Books in Haiku
One Hundred Great Books in Haiku
by David M. Bader 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
76
The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation
The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation
by Michael O. Wise, Edward M. Cook 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
76
Caring For Your Books
Caring For Your Books
by Michael Dirda 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
78
Behind the Bestsellers: The Stories Behind the World's Favourite Books
Behind the Bestsellers: The Stories Behind the ...
by Jenny Bond, Chris Sheedy 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
78
The Rough Guide to Classic Novels 1
The Rough Guide to Classic Novels 1
by Simon Mason 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
78
Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments
Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments
by Michael Dirda 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
81
Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion
Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths a...
by Madeleine B. Stern, Leona Rostenberg 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
81
The Book Borrower: A Novel
The Book Borrower: A Novel
by Alice Mattison 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
81
Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
by Jane Smiley 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
81
An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland
An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland
by Michael Dirda 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
81
House of Leaves
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
81
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble...
by A.J. Jacobs 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
87
The Modern Library
The Modern Library
by Carmen Callil, Colm Tóibín 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
87
Classics for Pleasure
Classics for Pleasure
by Michael Dirda 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
87
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny ...
by Julie Powell 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
90
The Book Club Bible: The Definitive Guide That Every Book Club Member Needs
The Book Club Bible: The Definitive Guide That ...
by Foreword by Lionel Shriver 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 93
vote
90
The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture
by Sebastian Barry 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 93
vote
92
The Pleasure of the Text
The Pleasure of the Text
by Roland Barthes 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 92
vote
92
The Field Guide
The Field Guide
by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 92
vote
92
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 92
vote
92
Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
by Sam Savage, Michael Mikolowski (Illustrator) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 92
vote
96
The "Big Read"
The "Big Read"
by Mark Harrison 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 91
vote
96
The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer
by John Harwood 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 91
vote
98
The Test of Time: What Makes a Classic a Classic?
The Test of Time: What Makes a Classic a Classic?
by Honor Wilson-Fletcher 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 90
vote
98
The House of Paper
The House of Paper
by Carlos María Domínguez 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 90
vote
98
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 90
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