Libraries in Fiction

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...
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Paper Book
"Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind. Really, you should." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "Wondrous...masterful...The ...
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
Paper Book
The touching, funny and heartwarming new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Stop Time and Reasons to Stay Alive.
The Uncommon Reader
Alan Bennett
Paper Book
Led by her yapping corgis to the Westminster travelling library outside Buckingham Palace, the Queen finds herself taking out a novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett. Duff read though it is, the following week her choice proves more enjoyable and awakens in Her Majesty a passion for reading so great that her...
The Body in the Library
Agatha Christie
Ebook
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'...
The Invisible Library
Genevieve Cogman
Paper Book
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<...
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...
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson
Ebook
RECOMMENDED BY DOLLY PARTON IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE! A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER The bestselling historical fiction novel from Kim Michele Richardson, this is a novel following Cussy Mary, a packhorse librarian and her...
Ink and Bone
Rachel Caine
Ebook
Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time. In 48 AD, a fire set by the troops of Julius Caesar destroyed much of the Great Library of Alexandria. It was the first of several disasters that resulted in...
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...
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...
The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles
Paper Book
The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict
Paper Book
In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world as she helps build a world-class collection. But...
The Archived
V. E. Schwab
Ebook
The Library of the Unwritten
A. J. Hackwith
Ebook
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...
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...
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...
The Library of Lost and Found
Phaedra Patrick
Audiobook
A librarian's discovery of a mysterious book sparks the journey of a lifetime in the delightful novel from the author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper. 'A gem of a book. I loved it.' Sarah Morgan, author of The Christmas Book Club 'A lovely, heart-warming story.' B A Paris,...
The Woman in the Library
Sulari Gentill
Paper Book
The Library at the Edge of the World
Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Paper Book
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Eva Jurczyk
Ebook
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...
The War Librarian: A Novel
Addison Armstrong
Paper Book
1918. Timid and shy Emmaline Balakin lives more in books than her own life. That is, until an envelope crosses her desk at the Dead Letter Office bearing a name from her past, and Emmaline decides to finally embark on an adventure of her own as a volunteer librarian on the frontlines in France. But...
The Librarian of Crooked Lane
C.J. Archer
Audiobook

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