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Books about Books
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September 2003
Compiled by Robin Youngerman,
of Winona (MN) Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
Fiction
Arnold, Judith A Stranger's Baby
Anderson, Linda Once in a Blue Moon
Asimov, Isaac Cal (short story); Murder at the ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes
Atwood, Margaret The Blind Assassin
Auchincloss, Louis The Book Class; Her Infinite Variety
Banbury, Jen Like a Hole in the Head
Barnard, Robert The Case of the Missing Bronte; Cherry Blossom Murders; Death of a Mystery Writer
Berg, Patti Stuck on You
Borges, Jorge --almost anything
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451
Brookner, Anita Undue Influence
Brown, Sandra Envy
Calvino, Italo If on a Winterâs Night a Traveler
Cameron, Stella Early in the Morning
Carmichael, Kathy Chasing Charlie
Carr, Josephine The Dewey Decimal System of Love
Carroll, Jonathan The Land of Laughs
Chabon, Michael The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay
Chambers, Ginger Bachelor's Puzzle
Colapinto, John About the Author
Collins, Paul Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
Colwin, Laurie A Big Storm Knocked it Over
Cooley, Martha The Archivist
Delinsky, Barbara Coast Road
Deveraux, Jude An Angel for Emily
Dunning, John Booked to Die; Bookman's Wake
Eco, Umberto The Name of the Rose
Fforde, Jasper The Eyre Affair; Lost in a Good Book; The Well of Lost Plots
Fitzgerald, Penelope The Bookshop
Gill, Bartholomew Death in Dublin; Death of an Ardent Bibliophile
Gilman, Dorothy Tightrope Walker
Goldsmith, Olivia Bestseller
Goodrum, Charles Dewey Decimated
Goudge, Elizabeth A City of Bells
Greenleaf, Stephen Book Case
Grimes, Martha Foul Matter
Guhrke, Laura Lee Breathless
Gur, Batya A Literary Murder
Hegi, Ursula Stones From the River
Hellenga, Richard The Sixteen Pleasures
Hohl, Joan Ever After
Howard, Linda Open Season
Hylton, Sara Easter at the Lakes
James, P.D Original Sin
King, Ross Ex Libris
Kenner, Julie Silent Confessions
Kimberlin, Annie Romeo and Julia
Kleypas, Lisa Suddenly You
Krentz, Jayne Ann Perfect Partners
Kurzweil, Allen The Grand Complication
Landvik, Lorna Angry Housewives Eating Bon-bons
Letts, Billie Where the Heart Is
Macomber, Debbie Morning Comes Softly
Malone, Michae Foolscap
Martini, Steve The List
Mattison, Alice The Book Borrower
McCracken, Elizabeth The Giant's House
McCrumb, Sharyn Bimbos of the Death Sun, Zombies of the Gene Pool
McDermid, Val Booked for Murder
Meynard, Yves The Book of Knights
Michener, James The Novel
Monroe, Mary Alice The Book Club
Moore, Alan The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Moore, Margaret Kiss Me Quick
Morley, Christopher The Haunted Bookshop; Parnassus on Wheels
Nicholson, Geoff Bedlam Burning
Odom, Mel The Rover
Orwell, George Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Perez-Reverte, Arturo The Club Dumas
Peters, Elizabeth Die for Love, Naked Once More
Picano, Felice The Book of Lies
Powell, Anthony Books Do Furnish a Room
Pratchett, Terry The Truth
Prior, Lily La Cucina
Reid, Arthur The Storyteller
Reilly, Matthew Contest
Roberts, Nora Dance Upon the Air; Face the Fire; Heaven and Earth; Inner Harbor; The Last Honest Woman; The Winning Hand
Ross, JoAnn Blue Bayou
Sanders, Lawrence Guilty Pleasures
Santmeyer, Helen Hooven And Ladies of the Club
Sarton, May The Education of Harriet Hatfield
Schine, Cathleen The Love Letter
Schlink, Bernhard The Reader
Schwarz, Christina All is Vanity
Sharpe, Tom The Great Pursuit
Skom, Edith The Mark Twain Murders; The George Eliot Murders
Spencer, William Browning Zod Wallop
Stephenson, Neal The Diamond Age
Stone, Katherine Island of Dreams
Straub, Peter The Hellfire Club
Tarloff, Erik The Man Who Wrote the Book
Van Gieson, Judith The Stolen Blue
Walker, Mary Willis The Red Scream
Warner, Alan Movern Callar
Wesley, Valerie Wilson Ain't Nobody's Business if I Do
Wharton, Edith Summer
Wharton, Thomas Salamander
Wilcox, Annie Tremmel Degree of Mastery
Mystery Series:
Cross, Amanda college professor and detective Kate Fansler
Dobson, Joanne English teacher and detective Karen Pelletier
Fitzwater, Judy aspiring mystery writer
Hart, Carolyn G. Death on Demand series centered on a specialty mystery bookstore
Kaewert, Julie Wallin rare book collector and publisher
Lewis, Roy Harley book collector
Macdonald, Marianne antiquarian bookseller
Nonfiction:
Basbanes, Nicholas A A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
Battles, Matthew Libraries: An Unquiet History
Berg, Elizabeth Escaping into the Open: The art of Writing True
Birkerts, Sven The Gutenberg Elegies
Bloom, Harold. How to Read and Why
Cerf, Bennett. At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf
Coetzee, J. M. Giving Offense
Cullinan, Bernice E., ed. Books I Read When I Was Young: The Favorite Books of Famous People
Dirda, Michael Open Book; Readings
Dodson, Shireen The Mother-Daughter Book Club
Epstein, Jason Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future
Fadiman, Anne Ex Libris
Foerstel, Herbert Banned in the USA
Furman, Laura and Elinor Standard, eds Bookworms: Great Writers and Readers Celebrate Reading
Gilbar, Steven The Open Door: When Writers First Learned to Read; Published & Perished: Memoria, Eulogies, & Remembrances of American Writers; Readers Quotation Book: A Literary Companion; Reading in Bed: Personal Essays on the Glories of Reading
Glaspey, Terry W A Passion for Books
Goldman, Lawrence and Nancy Goldman Slightly Chipped; Used and Rare; Warmly Inscribed
Grossman, Jo and Robert Weibezahl Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers
Haines, Helen Living with Books
Hanff, Helen 84 Charing Cross Road
Hirsch, Jr., E.D and John Holdren, eds. Books to Build On
Huntley, Paula The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo
King, Stephen On Writing
Korda, Michael Another Life: A Memoir of Other People; Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900-1999
Krentz, Jayne Ann, ed Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance
Lupoff, Richard The Great American Paperback
Manguel, Alberto A History of Reading
Marks, Jeffrey Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s
McMurtrie, Douglas The Book: The Story of Printing & Bookmaking
Morell, Abelardo A Book of Books
Murphy, Julie The Cat Who ... Cookbook
Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Noyes, Henry China Born: Adventures of a Maverick Bookman
Pearl, Nancy Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
Perrin, Noel A Child's Delight; A Reader's Delight
Petroski, Henry The Book on the Book Shelf
Quindlen, Anna How Reading Changed My Life
Raabe, Tom Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction
Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine Stern Bookends: Two Women, One Enduring Friendship; Books Have Their Fates; New Worlds in Old Books; Old & Rare: Thirty Years in the Book Business; Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion
Schiffrin, Andre The Business of Books
Schwartz, Lynne Sharon Ruined by Reading
Schwartz, Ronald B For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most
Slezak, Ellen The Book Group Book
Wenger, Shaunda Kennedy and Jensen, Janet Kay . The Book Lover's Cookbook
Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction:
Abraham, Pearl The Romance Reader
Appelt, Kathy and Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky
Beatty, Patricia Eight Mules from Monterey
Colfer, Eoin Artemis Fowl
Ende, Michael The Neverending Story
Funke, Cornelia Inkheart
McKay, Hilary The Exiles
Scieszka, John Time Warp series
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