52 Book Club's Reading Challenge 2022 - hosted by trishthedish86

Featuring a library or bookstore
Featuring a library or bookstore

What’s as good as visiting a library or a bookstore for ourselves? Reading about them, of course! This prompt is all about libraries and bookstores. Examples could include: a book where the main character is a librarian or sells books, a memoir by a librarian, a non-fiction book about the Library of Alexandria, a children’s story about the library, etc.

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The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith

The Way I Used to Be

The Way I Used to Be #1

Amber Smith

367 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
La Sombra Del Viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

La Sombra Del Viento

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #1

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

479 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Snow by John Banville

Snow

St. John Strafford #01

John Banville

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman

The Bookstore Sisters

Alice Hoffman

36 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction magical realism short stories emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

Shauna Robinson

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

The Diary of a Bookseller

The Diary of a Bookseller #1

Shaun Bythell

310 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted slow-paced
By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

By the Book

Meant To Be #2

Jasmine Guillory

313 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Wings and Ruin

A Court of Thorns and Roses #3

Sarah J. Maas

705 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek #1

Kim Michele Richardson

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical emotional medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

560 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced