fiction about bookish things (bookselling, libraries, publishing, printing, conservation, etc) primarily via twitter (https://twitter.com/wynkenhimself/status/1411715062889422854), so cannot vouch for many of these
novels about books Public
Created and curated by sarah
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The Girl Who Reads on the Metro by Christine Feret-Fleury
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Juliette leads a perfectly ordinary life in Paris, working a slow office job, dating a string of not-quite-right men, and …
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The library of unrequited love by Sophie Divry
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"One morning a librarian finds a reader who has been locked in overnight. She starts to talk to him, a …
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A far cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
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Set in 1954, this is a tale narrated by one Mrs Agnes Hawkins, a plump, forthright and no-nonsense young war …
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The giant's house by Elizabeth McCracken
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An unusual love story about a little librarian on Cape Cod and the tallest boy in the world, "The Giant's …
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The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett
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Guaranteed to capture the hearts of everyone who truly loves books, The Bookman’s Tale is a former bookseller’s sparkling novel …
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Balthasar's Odyssey by Amin Maalouf
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In 1665, with prophecies and portents foretelling the forthcoming Apocalypse, Balthasar, an antiquarian merchant and sage, embarks on a perilous …
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New Grub Street by George Gissing
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Scholarly, anxious Edwin Reardon had achieved a precarious career as the writer of serious fiction. On the strength of critical …
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Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley
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Written in 1899, this novel traces the friendship between Rachel, newly wealthy but unhappily married, and Hester, a successful novelist …
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The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
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Urgent, propulsive, and sharp as a knife, The Other Black Girl is an electric debut about the tension that unfurls …
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No fond return of love by Barbara Pym
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"Dulcie Mainwearing is always helping others, but never looks out for herself - especially in the realm of love. Her …
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A scandal has shaken the literary world. As the unnamed narrator of Dead Souls discovers at a cultural festival in …
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The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox
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Taryn Cornick believes that the past – her sister's violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge – is behind her, …
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The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe
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Before Valley of the Dolls and Sex and the City--the iconic novel of ambitious career girls in New York City …
