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84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
6,644 members
390 reviews
½ 4.3
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Rereadings
by Anne Fadiman
721 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
9 Members
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Parnassus on Wheels
by Christopher Morley
1,995 members
120 reviews
4
8 Members
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A History of Reading
by Alberto Manguel
4,129 members
60 reviews
4.1
7 Members
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The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett
6,218 members
594 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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The Book on the Bookshelf
by Henry Petroski
2,723 members
46 reviews
3.8
6 Members
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The Library at Night
by Alberto Manguel
2,857 members
73 reviews
4.1
5 Members
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10
Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World
by Lawrence Goldstone
1,226 members
36 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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11
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
by Peter Boxall
2,478 members
77 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading
by Sara Nelson
1,483 members
83 reviews
½ 3.4
6 Members
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The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
by Lewis Buzbee
1,371 members
72 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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The Haunted Bookshop
by Christopher Morley
2,216 members
103 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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16
A Passion For Books
by Harold Rabinowitz
1,793 members
20 reviews
3.8
6 Members
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Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore
by Lawrence Goldstone
796 members
12 reviews
4
5 Members
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
63,222 members
1,141 reviews
4
5 Members
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Sixpence House: Lost in A Town Of Books
by Paul Collins
1,405 members
63 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
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21
An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland
by Michael Dirda
322 members
8 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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22
Howards End is on the Landing
by Susan Hill
1,202 members
83 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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24
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi
14,013 members
290 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
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At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
by Estelle Ellis
1,497 members
25 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
by Harold Bloom
3,404 members
22 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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29
Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life
by Michael Dirda
735 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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30
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard
1,611 members
87 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
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31
Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction
by Tom Raabe
931 members
25 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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32
At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays
by Anne Fadiman
1,000 members
32 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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33
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
30,891 members
1,105 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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34
The Library Book
by Susan Orlean
6,007 members
313 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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35
A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict
by John Baxter
927 members
20 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
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36
More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
by Nancy Pearl
1,358 members
23 reviews
4
3 Members
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38
Booked to Die
by John Dunning
2,127 members
75 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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39
The Bookshop
by Penelope Fitzgerald
3,219 members
160 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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A Degree of Mastery: A Journey through Book Arts Apprenticeship
by Annie Tremmel Wilcox
334 members
8 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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41
Warmly Inscribed: The New England Forger and Other Book Tales
by Lawrence Goldstone
460 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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42
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
18,330 members
931 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books Saved My Life
by Andy Miller
746 members
39 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
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45
Aspects of the Novel
by E. M. Forster
2,539 members
44 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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46
A Reader on Reading
by Alberto Manguel
561 members
14 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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47
The Bookman's Wake
by John Dunning
1,891 members
32 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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48
Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments
by Michael Dirda
437 members
6 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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49
Books: A Memoir
by Larry McMurtry
1,182 members
53 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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50
The Library of Shadows
by Mikkel Birkegaard
945 members
46 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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51
The Bookshop Book
by Jen Campbell
621 members
19 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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52
The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading
by Francis Spufford
977 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
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My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop
by Ronald Rice
618 members
16 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen
by Susannah Carson
411 members
18 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Lost in a Good Book
by Jasper Fforde
9,713 members
246 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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57
The Pooh Perplex: A Freshman Casebook
by Frederick C. Crews
634 members
8 reviews
3.9
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58
The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading
by Michael Dorris
141 members
2 reviews
4.1
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59
How to Read a Novelist
by John Freeman
125 members
1 review
3.2
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60
The Polysyllabic Spree
by Nick Hornby
2,195 members
76 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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61
One for the Books
by Joe Queenan
470 members
32 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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63
The Heroine's Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder
by Erin Blakemore
345 members
25 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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64
Ruined by Reading: A Life in Books
by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
867 members
25 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
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65
Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books
by Maureen Corrigan
1,075 members
33 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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66
How Reading Changed My Life
by Anna Quindlen
1,034 members
29 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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67
Reflections: On the Magic of Writing
by Diana Wynne Jones
349 members
10 reviews
½ 4.3
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68
Liebesnähe: Roman
by Hanns-Josef Ortheil
26 members
1 review
½ 3.7
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69
ABC for Book Collectors
by John Carter
1,255 members
10 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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71
How to Read a Book, Revised and Updated Edition
by Mortimer J. Adler
9,026 members
86 reviews
4
2 Members
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72
The Book About Books: The Anatomy of Bibliomania
by Holbrook Jackson
632 members
3 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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73
Libraries
by Candida Höfer
505 members
9 reviews
½ 4.3
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74
Camino Island
by John Grisham
3,648 members
146 reviews
½ 3.5
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75
By Its Cover
by Donna Leon
1,032 members
44 reviews
½ 3.6
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76
The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh
by David Damrosch
428 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
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77
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
16,771 members
636 reviews
4
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78
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
3,731 members
233 reviews
4
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79
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester
3,233 members
59 reviews
3.9
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80
J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
by Tom Shippey
1,294 members
10 reviews
4.2
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81
Book Lust To Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers
by Nancy Pearl
614 members
34 reviews
4
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82
The Unwritten Vol. 01: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
by Mike Carey
1,408 members
69 reviews
3.8
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83
The Book Woman's Daughter
by Kim Michele Richardson
1,101 members
46 reviews
4.1
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85
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
by Nina Sankovitch
831 members
62 reviews
½ 3.5
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86
The Unwritten Vol. 02: Inside Man
by Mike Carey
724 members
31 reviews
4
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87
The Unwritten Vol. 03: Dead Man's Knock
by Mike Carey
552 members
30 reviews
4
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89
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
by Avi Steinberg
921 members
54 reviews
½ 3.6
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90
The Unwritten Vol. 04: Leviathan
by Mike Carey
450 members
24 reviews
4
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91
500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide
by Erica Bauermeister
367 members
7 reviews
4
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92
Goodnight June
by Sarah Jio
340 members
45 reviews
3.8
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93
Firmin
by Sam Savage
1,904 members
128 reviews
½ 3.4
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94
The Christmas Bookshop
by Jenny Colgan
847 members
45 reviews
3.8
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96
The Lost Bookshop
by Evie Woods
3,150 members
85 reviews
3.8
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97
God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible
by Adam Nicolson
1,969 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
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99
1001 Books for Every Mood
by Hallie Ephron
291 members
10 reviews
3.8
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100
The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950
by Carmen Callil
312 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
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