National Library Week 2024

Celebrate all that libraries have to offer! This includes library history, books about books, and fiction related to libraries and books.

Updated January 17, 2024
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Aoyama, Michiko
Paper Book
THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING JAPANESE NOVEL The Top Ten Times bestseller A Time Magazine Book of the Year 'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times 'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail 'It...
The librarian of Crooked Lane
Archer, C. J.
Paper Book
This is what a librarian looks like : a celebration of libraries, communities, and access to information
Cassidy, Kyle
Paper Book
In 2014, author and photographer Kyle Cassidy published a photo essay on Slate.com called "This is What A Librarian Looks Like," a montage of portraits and a tribute to librarians. Since then, Cassidy has made it his mission to remind us of how essential librarians and libraries are to our...
020.92 Cassidy 2017
The invisible library
Cogman, Genevieve
Paper Book
One spy. One dangerous book. One deadly mission. Discover the first book in this gripping fantasy mystery series - The Invisible Library is the astounding debut from bestselling author Genevieve Cogman. Perfect for fans of Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin...
The book eaters
Dean, Sunyi
Paper Book
THE NO. 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I devoured this' V.E. Schwab 'A vampire-themed Handmaid's Tale, with effective thrills that are intensified by social commentary' Guardian A gorgeous new fantasy horror - a book about...
The midnight library
Haig, Matt
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestsellerA GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had...
The library at the edge of the world a novel
Hayes-McCoy, Felicity
Paper Book
In the bestselling tradition of Fannie Flagg and Jenny Colgan comes Felicity Hayes-McCoy's U.S. debut about a librarian who must find a way to rebuild her community and her own life. Set on Ireland's stunning West Coast, this is a joyous story about the meaning of home and the importance of...
Book lovers
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
A by the book literary agent must decide if happily ever after is worth changing her whole life for in this insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. Nora Stephens' life is books-...
The library : a catalogue of wonders
Kells, Stuart S.
Paper Book
Libraries are filled with magic. From the Bodleian, the Folger and the Smithsonian to the fabled libraries of middle earth, Umberto Eco's medieval library labyrinth and libraries dreamed up by John Donne, Jorge Luis Borges and Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Stuart Kells explores the bookish places, real and...
027.009 Kells 2018
The librarian of burned books : a novel
Labuskes, Brianna
Paper Book
For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWII-era novel about the intertwined fates of three women who believe in the power of books to triumph over the very darkest moments of war.  Berlin...
The library book
Orlean, Susan
Paper Book
A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK A WASHINGTON POST TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 "A constant pleasure to read...Everybody who loves books...
027.4794 Orlean 2018
The library : a fragile history
Pettegree, Andrew
Paper Book
Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google.
027.009 Pettegree 2021
The last library
Sampson, Freya
Paper Book
You can tell a lot about a person from the library books they borrow...
Dear Fahrenheit 451 : love and heartbreak in the stacks : a librarian's love letters and breakup notes to the books in her life
Spence, Annie
Paper Book
A librarian's laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and breakup notes to the books in her life. If you love to read, and presumably you do since you've picked up this book (!), you know that some books affect you so profoundly they forever change the...
028.9 Spence 2017
The little wartime library
Thompson, Kate
Paper Book
An uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground shelter during World War II, perfect for readers of The Paris Library or The Last Bookshop in London.  London, 1944: Clara Button is no ordinary librarian....

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