books about bookstores?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any recs for books involving/featuring bookstores? I guess libraries OK too. I'm kind of in the mood for something in that world.

[Anonymous]

The Midnight Library

[Anonymous]

I got you! All of Madeline Martin’s books are about bookshops (or in a few cases, Liberians). The Last Book Shop in London was both sweet and interesting. Set in WW2.

For a lighter read, there’s the Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Emery Adams. Set in present day. A woman owns a small bookstore in a mountain town with a hot spring/spa, so she has a mix of locals and tourists coming in. Her past is interesting (unfolding over the first two books) and she has a small group of friends who make up the “society.” Really interesting characters!

[Anonymous]

The Lost and Found Bookshop

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https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/133938826

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/91274427

[Anonymous]

Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell is really funny.

[Anonymous]

You by Caroline Keynes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got you! All of Madeline Martin’s books are about bookshops (or in a few cases, Liberians). The Last Book Shop in London was both sweet and interesting. Set in WW2.

For a lighter read, there’s the Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Emery Adams. Set in present day. A woman owns a small bookstore in a mountain town with a hot spring/spa, so she has a mix of locals and tourists coming in. Her past is interesting (unfolding over the first two books) and she has a small group of friends who make up the “society.” Really interesting characters!

Such a good book!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Lost and Found Bookshop

Another good book.

[Anonymous]

I recently read and really enjoyed The Reading List by Sarah Nisha Adam’s.

The story is centered around a library in London.

[Anonymous]

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich is great. A haunted bookshop in Minneapolis during 2020 pandemic and protests. Erdrich is one of the authors (like Anne Patchett and Emma Straub) who owns a bookstore and the details feel true to life.

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Anonymous wrote:The Sentence by Louise Erdrich is great. A haunted bookshop in Minneapolis during 2020 pandemic and protests. Erdrich is one of the authors (like Anne Patchett and Emma Straub) who owns a bookstore and the details feel true to life.

YES to this, absolutely loved The Sentence! Loved it so much that I gifted it to several friends and family members for the holidays two years ago. Funny, thought-provoking, quirky, charming, and, as PP says, feels authentic to bookstore life.

[Anonymous]

Scottish Bookshop series by Jenny Colgan

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The Storied Life of AJ Fikry

[Anonymous]

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali.