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The Most Popular Books About Books for Avid Readers

Posted by Marie on July 10, 2019
232 likes · 59 comments
Calling all bibliophiles! What better way to celebrate the joy of reading than with a book about, well, books?

To create this list, we took a look at the most popular fiction and nonfiction titles featuring vast libraries, quaint bookshops, lively book clubs, and more. How did we measure that popularity? By taking a look at a title's number of ratings as well as the number of times it was added to Goodreads members' Want to Read shelves.

Among these bookworm-friendly titles are fan favorites including Shadow of the Wind, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, The Library Book, as well as new releases including The Overdue Life of Amy Byler and Sorcery of Thorns.

Share your favorites with us in the comments!

1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
84, Charing Cross Road
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
A Reader's Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year
Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
Book Love
Book Lust: Recommended Reading For Every Mood, Moment, And Reason (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Fahrenheit 451
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)
Inkheart
Kindle unlimited
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
Kindle unlimited
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
People of the Book
Possession
Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #1)
The Book Thief
The End of Your Life Book Club
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1)
The Library Book
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
The Neverending Story
Kindle unlimited
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
Kindle unlimited
The Printed Letter Bookshop (Winsome, #1)
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Thirteenth Tale
Kindle unlimited
The Uncommon Reader


Which books about books do you recommend, dear readers? Tell us in the comments!

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message 2: by Tim (new)
Jul 10, 2019 08:22AM

Tim Umberto ECO - The Name of the Rose


message 4: by Carmen (new)
Jul 10, 2019 08:41AM

Carmen (TheReadingTrashQueen) The Binding by Bridget Collins!


message 6: by Teresa (new)
Jul 10, 2019 09:41AM

Teresa I loved Inkheart, it's forever one of my favourite books.


message 10: by Winnie (new)
Jul 10, 2019 09:53AM

Winnie Matilda.


message 11: by Cláudia (new)
Jul 10, 2019 09:54AM

Cláudia Guedes da Silva O Despertar da Menina Prim by Natalia Sanmartín Fenollera


message 12: by Cláudia (new)
Jul 10, 2019 09:55AM

Cláudia Guedes da Silva A Minha Pequena Livraria by Wendy Welch


message 13: by Bara (new)
Jul 10, 2019 10:02AM

Bara Tim wrote: "Umberto ECO - The Name of the Rose"

Excellently spectacular addition, my dear. It's such a shame Goodreads forgot about this timeless classic. On the other hand, they included the Shadow of the wind so I forgive them.


message 14: by Sierra (last edited Jul 10, 2019 10:19AM) (new)
Jul 10, 2019 10:19AM

Sierra Fangirl


message 16: by Adrienne (new)
Jul 10, 2019 10:26AM

Adrienne Reeser Love The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society!


message 17: by Kaycee (new)
Jul 10, 2019 10:37AM

Kaycee Sterling Carmen wrote: "The Binding by Bridget Collins!"

I agree with this one... I loved The Binding!


message 18: by Rachel (new)
Jul 10, 2019 10:47AM

Rachel My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues

Any bibliophile who is ANY bibliophile needs to read this book!


message 19: by Emmeline Joy (new)
Jul 10, 2019 10:58AM

Emmeline Joy Libriomancer

this is a fun fantasy adventure about magic based in books :)


message 21: by Sophie (new)
Jul 10, 2019 12:13PM

Sophie Tim wrote: "Umberto ECO - The Name of the Rose"

Yes, absolutely, YES!


message 22: by JP (new)
Jul 10, 2019 12:37PM

JP A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel


message 23: by Jinhee (new)
Jul 10, 2019 01:56PM

Jinhee From Goodreads listopia
- Books about Books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...

- Books About Bookstores
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Happy reading!


message 24: by Seth (last edited Jul 10, 2019 02:37PM) (new)
Jul 10, 2019 02:36PM

Seth Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Book within a book


message 25: by Renee (new)
Jul 10, 2019 03:00PM

Renee Babcock If The Club Dumas (Perez-Revert isn't on this list then the list is highly suspect, incomplete. Also agree about the Eco.


message 26: by Stephanie (new)
Jul 10, 2019 03:58PM

Stephanie Fitzgerald Goodnight, June by Sarah Jio is a great read for book lovers!📚


message 27: by Stephanie (new)
Jul 10, 2019 04:00PM

Stephanie Fitzgerald The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan is also very good!🙂


message 28: by Janet (new)
Jul 10, 2019 04:25PM

Janet Stephanie wrote: "The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan is also very good!🙂"

I agree!


message 29: by Karen (new)
Jul 10, 2019 04:33PM

Karen I would also recommend The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller


message 30: by Carli (new)
Jul 10, 2019 05:20PM

Carli Rabbit back literature society- Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen


message 31: by Meaghan (new)
Jul 10, 2019 07:13PM

Meaghan Just happened to start Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore today! Thank you for this list—it's helping feed my Books About Books shelf.


message 32: by Peter (last edited Jul 10, 2019 08:25PM) (new)
Jul 10, 2019 08:24PM

Peter Conway I've read 15 of them so far, and have several more in my TBR pile. Missing was First Impressions, and The Bookman's Tale by Charles Lovett, Used and Rare, and Slightly Chipped, plus a couple of others by Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone. Plus Howards End is on the Landing by Susan Hill. All Nicholas Basbanes' wonderful books. Plus many others, who's names escape my right now.


message 33: by Vartika (new)
Jul 10, 2019 08:27PM

Vartika Goyal The book thief


message 34: by nitya (new)
Jul 10, 2019 09:40PM

nitya Words in Deep Blue & Sorcery of Thorns!! Both are love letters to bibliophiles/libraries


message 35: by Toni (new)
Jul 10, 2019 11:21PM

Toni Moore Charissa wrote: "How To Be a Heroine"

Yes! This is a wonderful book that I stumbled upon in the new books section of the Tyler (TX) Public Library. Thoroughly enjoyed it.


message 36: by Mondkindchen (new)
Jul 11, 2019 12:59AM

Mondkindchen The City of Dreaming Books

I love this book by Walter Moers.


message 37: by Maria (new)
Jul 11, 2019 01:13AM

Maria Ahhhh LOVE The Book of Lost Things ! One of my all-time favourites. I also remembered The Book of Three also good, and the inside the story gets the same amount of spotlight (i.e. not much, but still related to the story, indirectly).


message 38: by Marie (new)
Jul 11, 2019 01:26AM

Marie Also, most Paul Auster novels


message 39: by Bookkitten (collector of nice things) (new)
Jul 11, 2019 02:22AM

Bookkitten (collector of nice things) Homicide in Hardcover (Bibliophile Mystery, #1) by Kate Carlisle is an all time favourite of mine


message 40: by Jessica (new)
Jul 11, 2019 03:48AM

Jessica Sara Nelson's So Many Books, So Little Time


message 41: by Holly (new)
Jul 11, 2019 05:42AM

Holly Vicki wrote: "Once you choose hope anything will be possible
Stop contacting spellcasters, they are all fake. I paid nothing to the great Dr. Gurilarico Guru. He based in Europe and comes to the United State reg..."

It's so wonderful that we came here to discuss books and you get to hijack the conversation with this ridiculous advertisement.


message 42: by Viridian.Starflower (new)
Jul 11, 2019 06:33AM

Viridian.Starflower This list is not complete without The City of Dreaming Books and Bibbi Bokken's Magic Library :o
The City of Dreaming Books
Bibbi Bokken's Magic Library


message 43: by Yesica (new)
Jul 11, 2019 06:47AM

Yesica -The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction by Meghan Cox Gurdon
-Goodnight June by Sarah Jio
-The Ingredients of Love by Nicolas Barreau


message 44: by Felycia (new)
Jul 11, 2019 07:33AM

Felycia Aranda L💚VE Books about books!


message 45: by Richard (new)
Jul 11, 2019 07:41AM

Richard How about The Anthologist? I loved this.

I also enjoyed Alberto Manguel's A History of Reading


message 46: by Mike (new)
Jul 11, 2019 07:48AM

Mike Parnassus on Wheels


message 47: by Katie (new)
Jul 11, 2019 09:37AM

Katie Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton. I love this list, btw.


message 48: by Tim (new)
Jul 11, 2019 10:18AM

Tim Bohumil HRABAL - Too Loud a Solitude


message 49: by Judy (new)
Jul 11, 2019 10:33AM

Judy Some of my favorite books of all time are on this list! Great list.


message 50: by Teresa (new)
Jul 12, 2019 06:18PM

Teresa Swierc The Book of Flying by Keith Miller


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