Books about Books and Libraries

1.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,888 ratings
2.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,178 ratings
3.
84, Charing Cross Road
84, Charing Cross Road 4.16 avg rating — 93,093 ratings
4.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,704 ratings
5.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 214,024 ratings
6.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,031 ratings
7.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,012 ratings
8.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 4.04 avg rating — 344,923 ratings
9.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,264 ratings
10.
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 438,724 ratings
11.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,465 ratings
12.
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books 4.04 avg rating — 2,254 ratings
13.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,121 ratings
14.
People of the Book
People of the Book 4.04 avg rating — 153,729 ratings
15.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World 3.87 avg rating — 62,009 ratings
16.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,965 ratings
17.
The Uncommon Reader
The Uncommon Reader 3.73 avg rating — 58,257 ratings
18.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,774 ratings
19.
The Library
The Library 4.32 avg rating — 4,952 ratings
20.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,579 ratings
21.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,122 ratings
22.
The Library Book
The Library Book 3.89 avg rating — 121,031 ratings
23.
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops 3.74 avg rating — 30,076 ratings
24.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader 4.10 avg rating — 13,934 ratings
25.
Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason 3.77 avg rating — 3,648 ratings
26.
Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home
Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home 3.65 avg rating — 4,001 ratings
27.
The Little Paris Bookshop
The Little Paris Bookshop 3.51 avg rating — 105,377 ratings
28.
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend 3.56 avg rating — 44,715 ratings
29.
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession 3.44 avg rating — 13,713 ratings
30.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,229 ratings
31.
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 3.84 avg rating — 120,605 ratings
32.
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2)
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 55,640 ratings
33.
The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1)
The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 63,952 ratings
34.
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 122,113 ratings
35.
The Library at Night
The Library at Night 3.98 avg rating — 3,930 ratings
36.
So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading
So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading 3.39 avg rating — 3,041 ratings
37.
The Bookshop on the Corner (Kirrinfief, #1)
The Bookshop on the Corner (Kirrinfief, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 98,650 ratings
38.
Parnassus on Wheels (Parnassus, #1)
Parnassus on Wheels (Parnassus, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 10,835 ratings
39.
The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians
The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians 4.15 avg rating — 2,465 ratings
40.
The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #1)
The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 84,464 ratings
41.
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 60,492 ratings
42.
The Read-Aloud Handbook
The Read-Aloud Handbook 4.40 avg rating — 7,541 ratings
43.
Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)
Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 31,641 ratings
44.
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries 4.07 avg rating — 1,053 ratings
45.
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II 3.92 avg rating — 8,412 ratings
46.
Among Others
Among Others
by: Jo Walton
3.71 avg rating — 25,525 ratings
47.
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 3.81 avg rating — 2,826 ratings
48.
The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story 4.18 avg rating — 215,959 ratings
49.
The Library: A World History
The Library: A World History 4.41 avg rating — 471 ratings
50.
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books 4.25 avg rating — 2,213 ratings
51.
Library: An Unquiet History
Library: An Unquiet History 3.50 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
52.
Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction
Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction
by: Tom Raabe
3.64 avg rating — 479 ratings
53.
Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books
Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books 3.57 avg rating — 1,304 ratings
54.
Love Story (Love Story, #1)
Love Story (Love Story, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 63,442 ratings
55.
Q's Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books
Q's Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books 4.05 avg rating — 2,201 ratings
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The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (The Physick Book, #1)
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (The Physick Book, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 57,770 ratings
57.
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore 3.80 avg rating — 39,420 ratings
58.
The Book on the Bookshelf
The Book on the Bookshelf 3.75 avg rating — 1,475 ratings
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The Strange Library
The Strange Library 3.55 avg rating — 67,714 ratings
60.
Please Bury Me in the Library
Please Bury Me in the Library 3.95 avg rating — 701 ratings
61.
A Passion for Books: A Book Lover's Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Love and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books
A Passion for Books: A Book Lover's Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Love and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books 3.76 avg rating — 1,416 ratings
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Gutenberg's Apprentice
Gutenberg's Apprentice 3.51 avg rating — 3,252 ratings
63.
The Library: An Illustrated History
The Library: An Illustrated History 3.90 avg rating — 547 ratings
63.
The Borrower
The Borrower 3.54 avg rating — 16,111 ratings
65.
Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy
Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy 4.06 avg rating — 469 ratings
66.
The Library at Mount Char
The Library at Mount Char 4.07 avg rating — 72,418 ratings
67.
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History 3.82 avg rating — 2,828 ratings
68.
The Bookshop
The Bookshop 3.27 avg rating — 25,956 ratings
69.
Words in Deep Blue
Words in Deep Blue 3.98 avg rating — 40,501 ratings
70.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog 3.80 avg rating — 195,798 ratings
71.
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre 3.67 avg rating — 30,582 ratings
72.
Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters
Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters 3.58 avg rating — 11,171 ratings
73.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,450 ratings
74.
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian 3.51 avg rating — 4,309 ratings
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore 4.46 avg rating — 13,987 ratings
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Matilda
Matilda 4.33 avg rating — 1,072,801 ratings
77.
How Reading Changed My Life
How Reading Changed My Life 3.82 avg rating — 4,430 ratings
78.
The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared
The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared 3.67 avg rating — 6,776 ratings
79.
More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason 3.94 avg rating — 1,696 ratings
80.
Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books
Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books 3.46 avg rating — 1,995 ratings
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Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book Hunter in the 21st Century
Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book Hunter in the 21st Century 3.93 avg rating — 599 ratings
82.
Book Lovers
Book Lovers 4.11 avg rating — 1,448,891 ratings
83.
Book of a Thousand Days
Book of a Thousand Days 3.97 avg rating — 56,014 ratings
84.
Unshelved (Unshelved, #1)
Unshelved (Unshelved, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 1,369 ratings
85.
That Book Woman
That Book Woman 4.24 avg rating — 2,524 ratings
86.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill 3.80 avg rating — 109,389 ratings
87.
More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops 3.72 avg rating — 9,038 ratings
88.
This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All 3.42 avg rating — 4,822 ratings
89.
The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World
The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World 4.10 avg rating — 738 ratings
89.
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks 3.73 avg rating — 9,429 ratings
89.
The Midnight Library
The Midnight Library
by: Matt Haig
3.98 avg rating — 2,277,212 ratings
92.
The Monster at the End of this Book
The Monster at the End of this Book
by: Jon Stone
4.46 avg rating — 126,506 ratings
93.
Book Scavenger (Book Scavenger, #1)
Book Scavenger (Book Scavenger, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 17,326 ratings
94.
The Bookman’s Tale
The Bookman’s Tale 3.76 avg rating — 18,312 ratings
95.
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child 4.50 avg rating — 18,463 ratings
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,055 ratings
97.
The Reading List
The Reading List 4.07 avg rating — 123,848 ratings
98.
The Haunted Bookshop (Parnassus, #2)
The Haunted Bookshop (Parnassus, #2) 3.61 avg rating — 5,981 ratings
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A Novel Bookstore
A Novel Bookstore 3.50 avg rating — 4,149 ratings
100.
The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future
The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future 3.35 avg rating — 940 ratings
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