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Magical Library where you can enter books

1ashsilver
Dec 15, 2024, 2:36 pm

I read a book a while ago where I think the main character was a girl, and she goes to a library and can enter books and at some point she gets chased by monsters in the books. Pretty sure main side character is a boy and there's an old guy librarian. There were definitely sparkles at some point entering/exiting a book. Also, I think she wasn't supposed to enter the books? Please help!

2lowelibrary
Dec 15, 2024, 2:42 pm

This sounds like The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence

3Kathy_Moon
Dec 17, 2024, 12:07 pm

Some overlap with The Night Librarian.

4bookmaster_4
Edited: Dec 29, 2024, 8:14 am

5Danianise
Feb 19, 2025, 10:12 am

Dragon's Green by Scarlett Thomas, maybe?

6RosetheReader
Feb 19, 2025, 12:07 pm

Going to throw The Forbidden Library out there, even though not everything matches up exactly.

7Mood124
Edited: Feb 24, 2025, 3:32 am

The cat who saved books by Sosuke Natsukawa possibly?
Or maybe one of the books in the duology by Garth Nix where the first book is called The Left-handed booksellers of London and second one named The Sinister booksellers of Bath

8GraceCollection
Feb 24, 2025, 4:16 pm

I haven't read the book myself so I don't know whether there are sparkles or an old guy librarian, but Tilly and The Bookwanderers is the start of a juvenile series about a girl who can enter books.

9Cecrow
Feb 24, 2025, 8:57 pm

Some book searches result in fascinating series of replies like this where I discover just how done-to-death a seemingly unusual idea really is!

10HeyJudes
Edited: Mar 1, 2025, 8:54 am

Are you looking for The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman? or Maybe the Midnight Library by Matt Haig?

11humouress
Mar 3, 2025, 11:35 am

The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman?
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde?