We all know that there is nothing better than a good book. As readers, we love to get lost in our books as we enter new realities and follow our favorite characters on their life adventures. But how about a good book about books! Entering a world where books are treasured and loved sounds like the perfect place to be for a bibliophile! Here are 10 great books about books and book lovers!
The Little Bookshop on the Corner
Jenny Colgan
Length: 384 pages
Published: 2016
Trying to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a small town in the Scottish Highlands. She buys a run-down old van and turns it into a thriving mobile bookstore. Nina never realized how much the people of this small Scottish Village needed her. She changes the lives of those around her by helping them find the perfect book!
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Length: 487 pages
2005
The year is 1945 and Barcelona is still healing from the wounds of war. Daniel is taken to a mysterious library by his father and told about the many secrets it holds. There he finds a book called The Shadow of the Wind written by the author Julian Carax. Daniel soon finds that he holds the last copy of Carax’s work that is left and that someone is trying to destroy all of his books. Daniel works to solve this mystery and soon uncovers some of Barcelona’s deepest and darkest secrets.
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
Length: 552 pages
Published: 2006
This story takes place during WWII at a time when books are dangerous. Liesel’s whole life is changed when she picks up a lost book in the snow. Little does she know how important that moment is for her. She learns to read with her Foster Father’s help and that is the start of her love of books. She begins to steal books from the Nazi Book Burnings, from the mayor’s wife’s library, and anywhere else she can find something to read. These are dangerous times and Liesel is taking many risks. When her foster family hides a Jew in their basement, things begin to change and Liesel begins to see the dangers all around her.
The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern
Length: 498 pages
Published: 2019
The Starless Sea lies deep beneath the Earth’s surface where there lies a labyrinth of tunnels and rooms filled with books and stories. Different doorways to the Starless sea hidden in the most unlikely places, many in plain sight. But only those who are meant to will find the hidden doorways. Zachary discovers a mysterious book in his school’s library. It has no author and no one knows anything about it. Intrigued, he borrows the book and takes it back to his room to read. As he reads, he finds the book contains multiple stories of lost cities, prisoners, and nameless acolytes. It seems that each page is different. Soon he stumbles upon a page that tells a story from his own childhood. Zachary is led into an exciting adventure deep in the Starless Sea.
The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Length: 291 pages
Published: 2018
At the end of the second world war, Juliet is searching for her next great story. Little did she know she would find that story and her life would forever be changed by a letter from someone she had never met before. They get to know each other through letters and soon Juliet decides to make the trip to Guernsey to visit and get more details for her book. She falls in love with the island and the people and how an impromptu literary society was used as an alibi during the war when members were breaking curfew. The novel is written as a series of letters and is truly inspiring.
The Jane Austen Society
Natalie Jenner
Length: 320 pages
Published: 2020
After World War II, a group of unlikely people gather together to preserve the last home and legacy of Jane Austen. Brought together by their love of Austen’s work, they form the Jane Austen Society.
The Lending Library
Aliza Fogelson
Length: 300 pages
Published: 2020
When the local library closes, Dodie decides she has to do something. The library was her safe haven. The small-town teacher then turns her sunroom into the new lending library hoping to bring joy and happiness to everyone. Little did she know that this would open her world and change her life in many wonderful ways.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson
Length: 308 pages
Published: 2019
This book tells the story of a pack-horse librarian named Cussy. She travels throughout the mountains of Kentucky to deliver books to the impoverished people who live in the backcountry. She is the last living female of the Blue People of Kentucky and meets many who are suspicious of her and her blue skin. Nevertheless, her determination and drive allow her to bring literacy and joy of reading to those in need.
The Bookshop of Yesterdays
Amy Meyerson
Length: 368 pages
Published: 2018
Miranda was always close to her uncle. She spent most of her childhood in his bookstore exploring and solving scavenger hunts he puts together with her. Then, a mysterious fallout with her mother drives them apart. Many years later Miranda inherits her Uncle Billy’s Bookstore and has one last scavenger hunt to solve.
The Secret Book and Scone Society
Ellery Adams
Length: 290 pages
Published: 2017
This is a new mystery series that takes place in a small North Carolina town. The main character, Nora, has a special talent and helps visitors to the spa find the perfect book. When a visiting businessman is found dead, Nora and her friends form the Secret, Book, and Scone Society to help solve the murder.
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