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Cherrypi · 02/09/2017 12:46

I'm currently reading a novel set in a second hand bookshop after reading a non fiction book about working in a library. I loved both and realised lots of books I've read in the past and enjoyed are in this setting. Can anyone recommend any more? Thanks.

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Creatureofthenight · 02/09/2017 12:51

Absolutely loads listed here (Public Libraries News site)
www.publiclibrariesnews.com/useful/books-about-or-based-in-libraries

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scurryfunge · 02/09/2017 12:51

I have just had a google but am rubbish at linking. Good read.com gives a pretty long list of books set in libraries or bookstores. Have a browse Smile

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WildCherryBlossom · 02/09/2017 14:42

Mr Penumbra's 24 hour bookstore by Robin Sloan. Unusual book, but I really enjoyed it.

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AuldHeathen · 02/09/2017 15:08

Penelope Fitzgerald - The Book Shop

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tripfiction · 02/09/2017 15:25

Here are our collated titles of books set in bookshops on Pinterest www.pinterest.co.uk/tripfiction/books-set-in-book-shops/

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mstrotwood · 02/09/2017 16:35

The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken has a librarian as main protagonist. It is a bit quirky but a good read.

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Cherrypi · 02/09/2017 17:10

Adored Mr Penumbra and The book shop. The two I was reading were Lost for words by Stephanie Butland and Reading allowed by Chris Paling.

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Cherrypi · 02/09/2017 17:14

The giant's house sounds right up my street and those lists are great. Thank you.

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QuimJongUn · 05/09/2017 10:45

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield is beautiful. For something frothy and sweet, Lost For Words is quite lovely, too.

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Cherrypi · 06/09/2017 11:53

Loved the thirteenth tale. One of my all time favourites.

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KeithLeMonde · 06/09/2017 20:15

84 Charing Cross Road

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Cherrypi · 07/09/2017 07:49

Love that one too.

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iseenodust · 07/09/2017 18:15

The Bookstore

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Petrichery · 07/09/2017 21:05

Not sure if this is really what you are after, but some books i have enjoyed a lot that have "books" as a central theme, even if not all set in a bookshop.
Chicklit - "Cover to Cover", Robert Craig
More serious non-fiction - "Maps and Legends", Michael Chabon
"Telling Tales", Melissa Katsoulis
"The child that books built", Francis Spufford.

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doctorcuntybollocks · 07/09/2017 21:19

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

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7Days · 07/09/2017 21:23

The invisible library - Genevieve Colman

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Clawdy · 07/09/2017 22:13

Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Very intriguing and spooky!

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Backingvocals · 09/09/2017 11:03

Oh yes Shadow of the Wind is great.

And 84 Charing X Road.

I'm basically just seconding other people's suggestions !

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holdthewine · 11/09/2017 21:50

Possession by A S Byatt.

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OnlyRose · 11/09/2017 21:57

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley. It's an Australian YA novel, and absolutely lovely.

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PeralMePots · 11/09/2017 22:11

Mrs Sinclair's Suitcase

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Southlondonmum76 · 12/09/2017 12:03

Lost for Words by Stephanie Butland.

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Rubyslippers7780 · 12/09/2017 12:04

The 13th tale

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CoolCarrie · 13/09/2017 18:32

The Mobile Library series by Ian Sansom; The Case Of The Missing Books, Mr Dixon Disappears and The Delegates' Choice are excellent.

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