fiction about bookish things (bookselling, libraries, publishing, printing, conservation, etc), but crowd sourced and so cannot vouch for the appropriateness or quality of these!
novels about books Public
Created by sarah and managed by BookishBookClub
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Island of Books by Dominique Fortier, Rhonda Mullins
A fifteenth-century portrait painter, grieving the untimely death of his unrequited love, takes refuge at the monastery at Mont Saint-Michel, …
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The Girl Who Reads on the Metro by Christine Feret-Fleury
3 stars
Juliette leads a perfectly ordinary life in Paris, working a slow office job, dating a string of not-quite-right men, and …
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The library of unrequited love by Sophie Divry
"One morning a librarian finds a reader who has been locked in overnight. She starts to talk to him, a …
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A far cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
5 stars
Set in 1954, this is a tale narrated by one Mrs Agnes Hawkins, a plump, forthright and no-nonsense young war …
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The giant's house by Elizabeth McCracken
3 stars
An unusual love story about a little librarian on Cape Cod and the tallest boy in the world, "The Giant's …
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The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett
4 stars
Guaranteed to capture the hearts of everyone who truly loves books, The Bookman’s Tale is a former bookseller’s sparkling novel …
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Balthasar's Odyssey by Amin Maalouf
4 stars
In 1665, with prophecies and portents foretelling the forthcoming Apocalypse, Balthasar, an antiquarian merchant and sage, embarks on a perilous …
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New Grub Street by George Gissing
4 stars
Scholarly, anxious Edwin Reardon had achieved a precarious career as the writer of serious fiction. On the strength of critical …
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Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley
3 stars
Written in 1899, this novel traces the friendship between Rachel, newly wealthy but unhappily married, and Hester, a successful novelist …
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The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
4 stars
Urgent, propulsive, and sharp as a knife, The Other Black Girl is an electric debut about the tension that unfurls …
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No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym
5 stars
"Dulcie Mainwearing is always helping others, but never looks out for herself - especially in the realm of love. Her …
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A scandal has shaken the literary world. As the unnamed narrator of Dead Souls discovers at a cultural festival in …
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The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox
4 stars
Taryn Cornick believes that the past – her sister's violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge – is behind her, …
