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books about cool libraries, librarians, and library services. mostly fiction, but some narrative non-fiction is sprinkled in
*NOTE* as much as I really do love bookstores, this list is not for books about bookstores. as a library employee, i am specifically making this about books about libraries
*NOTE* as much as I really do love bookstores, this list is not for books about bookstores. as a library employee, i am specifically making this about books about libraries
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Upright Women Wanted
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Sarah Gailey (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 23,811 ratings
score: 198,
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The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)
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A.J. Hackwith (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 25,920 ratings
score: 100,
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A Rare Book of Cunning Device
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Ben Aaronovitch (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 4,963 ratings
score: 100,
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The Library at Mount Char
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Scott Hawkins (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 74,473 ratings
score: 99,
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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
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Deborah Harkness (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 546,262 ratings
score: 99,
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Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris, #1)
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Jim C. Hines (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 13,027 ratings
score: 98,
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
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Joshua Hammer (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 12,291 ratings
score: 97,
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R.O.D. Read or Die 1 (R.O.D. Read or Die, #1)
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3.68 avg rating — 841 ratings
score: 97,
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Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)
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3.96 avg rating — 31,804 ratings
score: 96,
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Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1 (Library Wars: Love & War, #1)
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Kiiro Yumi (Story & Art)
3.96 avg rating — 7,501 ratings
score: 96,
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The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1)
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Genevieve Cogman (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 64,373 ratings
score: 95,
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Fairlady, Vol. 1
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3.53 avg rating — 287 ratings
score: 95,
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The Library Book
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Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 121,860 ratings
score: 94,
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Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)
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4.34 avg rating — 231,024 ratings
score: 94,
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The Thirteenth Tale
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Diane Setterfield (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 324,043 ratings
score: 93,
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The Queen's Librarian
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Carole Cummings (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 283 ratings
score: 93,
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The Archived (The Archived, #1)
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Victoria Schwab (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 35,600 ratings
score: 92,
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The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
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3.82 avg rating — 123,705 ratings
score: 92,
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The Strange Library
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3.55 avg rating — 68,273 ratings
score: 91,
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The Adventures of the Librarian: Quest For The Spear
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3.71 avg rating — 56 ratings
score: 91,
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)
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Chris Grabenstein (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 60,835 ratings
score: 90,
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The Librarians and the Lost Lamp (The Librarians #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 1,281 ratings
score: 90,
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The Mummy (The Mummy, #1)
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Max Allan Collins (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 2,616 ratings
score: 89,
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A Magical Inheritance (Ladies Occult Society, #1)
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Krista D. Ball (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 272 ratings
score: 88,
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Red Sonja, Vol. 3: The Forgiving of Monsters
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Gail Simone (Writer)
3.98 avg rating — 453 ratings
score: 87,
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Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song
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Jenny T. Colgan (Contributor)
3.94 avg rating — 1,724 ratings
score: 86,
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Mostly Void, Partially Stars (Welcome to Night Vale Episodes, #1)
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Joseph Fink (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 4,296 ratings
score: 85,
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Ascendance of a Bookworm (Light Novel), Part 1 Volume 1
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4.29 avg rating — 4,768 ratings
score: 84,
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list created January 13th, 2021
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