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The Most Popular Books About Books for Avid Readers
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!
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!
Which books about books do you recommend, dear readers? Tell us in the comments!
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A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction
The Anatomy of Bibliomania
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I loved Inkheart, it's forever one of my favourite books.
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.
Love The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society!
Carmen wrote: "The Binding by Bridget Collins!"I agree with this one... I loved The Binding!
My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot EnsuesAny bibliophile who is ANY bibliophile needs to read this book!
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our TimeThe House of Twenty Thousand Books
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
Tim wrote: "Umberto ECO - The Name of the Rose"Yes, absolutely, YES!
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!
Book within a book
If The Club Dumas (Perez-Revert isn't on this list then the list is highly suspect, incomplete. Also agree about the Eco.
Goodnight, June by Sarah Jio is a great read for book lovers!📚
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan is also very good!🙂
Stephanie wrote: "The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan is also very good!🙂"I agree!
I would also recommend The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller
Rabbit back literature society- Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
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.
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.
Words in Deep Blue & Sorcery of Thorns!! Both are love letters to bibliophiles/libraries
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.
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).
is an all time favourite of mine
Vicki wrote: "Once you choose hope anything will be possibleStop 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.
This list is not complete without The City of Dreaming Books and Bibbi Bokken's Magic Library :oThe City of Dreaming Books
Bibbi Bokken's Magic Library
-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
Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton. I love this list, btw.
Some of my favorite books of all time are on this list! Great list.
