10 More Popular Books About Books
10 More Popular Books About Books, Reading and the Power of Stories — Part II Books can occupy an unusual place in fiction. Sometimes they are objects of mystery, sometimes gateways into another life, and sometimes they become the means through which strangers understand one another. Libraries and bookshops can be just as important, providing settings where secrets are uncovered, friendships begin and forgotten stories return to the present. Following the first collection of ten memorable books about reading, literature and the people who love books, this second selection explores another group of novels and one notable work of nonfiction. The settings range from a small English bookshop and a floating bookstore on the Seine to a Kentucky mountain community and the Los Angeles Public Library. Each of these works approaches the subject differently. Some are mysteries, others are historical novels, and several are deeply concerned with grief, memory or human connection. What they shar...