The book that got me started on my passion for books about books. The trilogy by the Goldstones are not only charming (they've been described as the "Year in Provence" for book collectors) but so engrossing and packed with esoterica and book lore that it makes it difficult to put them down!

The thrid book of the trilogy. Anyone who's ever wanted a glimpse into the Library of Congress will want to read this, as the Goldstones describe their foray into the massive collection (try millions!) of books.

Author Sara Nelson decides to read a book a week for the year and this is a log of her experiences. Though well-written and certainly entertaining, most of the books Nelson reads are the mainstream novels with more hype than good content.

How many famous authors have served time in prison? How many people associated with the O.J. trial wrote books? These are just some of the many questions answered in this hilarious book.

My undisputed favorite book about books. Helene Hanff, a starving writer in New York began corresponding with a booksop in London when she couldn't find a lot of English literature in print. The correspondence and friendship with bookseller Frank Doel lasted twenty years, until Doel's death. You will fall in love with Helene Hanff's wit, kind heart, and the sheer expression of her love of books.

Memoir of lengendary bookseller Sylvia Beach, whose bookshop Shakespeare and Co. catered to Hemingway, Joyce, and others of the Lost Generation in 1920s Paris. Fascinating look into the book-buying habits and personal lives of Beach's illustrious customers, as well as a record of her own amazing life.

Very nice photos of book-laden rooms, but the text is inane and shallow. One suggestion is to buy red-bound books willy-nilly to use as color-coordinated props in your glam home. As poet Robert Southey said: "Books are the furniture of the rich."

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I found this novel and its sequel The Haunted Bookshop by sheer accident- and I felt that they were something special. The main character is a little bald-headed bookseller who roams rural America in his mobile book shop, spouting pithy bookish expressions and trying to bring literature into people's lives. A funny and down-to-earth story.

Bibliophilic bachelor brothers run a B&B where their guests can have a quiet retreat in which to read good books. Local eccentrics, Mrs. Rochester the foul-mouthed parrot, The Ghost of Mother, and the Bachelor Brothers thmselves will delight. Interspersed throughout the novel are great lists of books and recipes. A must-read!

First mystery in the Cliff Janeway series. Janeway leaves the police force to become a bookseller and gets involved in a mystery of stolen First Editions. I have mixed feeling about this book; the writing's not too hot and takes too long to get into it, BUT the plot's interesting and the ending is good. This is considered a classic of the "Biblio Mystery" genre and should be read accordingly.

Introducing the hilariously prim librarian Miss Zukas and her six-foot tall bohemian friend Ruth who solve quite a few murders in this book and its sequels. My favorite Biblio mysteries.

What happens when you set the P.C. police on books? They get banned...and burned. A marvelous futuristic novel that shows what would happen if we became a world without books. Scary, with a true and urgent message.