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These are a few titles featuring libraries and librarians in fiction.
Updated September 21, 2022
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Audiobook
This bestselling and innovative debut novel from Audrey Niffenegger explores the perfect marriage, one that is tested by challenges the couple can neither control nor predict. An imaginative extension of everyday life, the story asks: What if two people who loved each other deeply, married, and...
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The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Ebook
'This is one gorgeous read.' Stephen King 'I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time...' Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son...
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The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING WORLDWIDE PHENOMENONREADERS' MOST LOVED BOOK OF 2021WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTIONBetween life and death there is a library.When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life...
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The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern
Paper Book
The spellbinding new novel from the Top Ten bestselling author of The Night Circus. 'Radiates with the excitement of someone discovering a magical world within the pages of a book. An enchanting read... an ode to stories and storytelling itself, and the joy of reading'...
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The Invisible Library
Genevieve Cogman
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The Library at Mount Char
Scott Hawkins
Ebook
"Wholly original . . . the work of the newest major talent in fantasy."--The Wall Street Journal "Freakishly compelling . . . through heart-thumping acts of violence and laugh-out-loud moments, this book practically dares you to keep reading."--Atlanta Magazine<...
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The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "A great narrative about personal strength and really captures how books bring communities together." --Reese Witherspoon From the author of the forthcoming Someone Else's...
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The Strange Library
Haruki Murakami
Paper Book
From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami--a fantastical illustrated short novel about a boy imprisoned in a nightmarish library. Opening the flaps on this unique little book, readers will find themselves immersed in the strange world of best-selling...
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Sorcery of Thorns
Margaret Rogerson
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! "A bewitching gem...I absolutely loved every moment of this story." --Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series "If you loved the Hogwarts Library...you'll be right at home at...
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The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles
Paper Book
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The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict
Paper Book
Over one million copies sold! The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! "Historical fiction at its best!"...
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The Archived
V. E. Schwab
Ebook
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The Cartographers
Peng Shepherd
Paper Book
Some places, you won't find on any maps. Others, are only on maps... Nell Young has lived her life in and around maps. Her father, Dr David Young, was one of the most respected cartographers in the world. He's also just been found dead - in...
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The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis
Ebook
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and a New York Times bestseller! "A page-turner for booklovers everywhere! . . . A story of family ties, their lost dreams, and the redemption that comes from discovering truth."--Adriana Trigiani, bestselling...
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The Reading List
Sara Nisha Adams
Paper Book
A new chapter is just beginning... *A finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards for Fiction 2021!* 'The story is an absolute joy . . . A captivating and exquisitely crafted debut' Sunday Times bestseller, Heidi Swain 'A love letter to...
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The Woman in the Library
Sulari Gentill
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The Library at the Edge of the World
Felicity Hayes-McCoy
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The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Eva Jurczyk
Ebook
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The Librarian Spy
Madeline Martin
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London comes a moving new novel inspired by the true history of America's library spies of World War II. Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But...
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The War Librarian: A Novel
Addison Armstrong
Paper Book
The Paris Library meets The Flight Girls in this captivating historical novel about the sacrifice and courage necessary to live a life of honor, inspired by the first female volunteer librarians during World War I and the first women accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy. ...
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