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Jane Austen's Bookshelf
by Rebecca Romney
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Everyone knows Jane Austen, but hardly anyone remembers her female contemporaries Frances Burney, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Lennox, or Charlotte Smith (to name a few.) So a rare book dealer sets out to discover why these women that Austen loved have been removed from the canon and discovers new favorites along the way. Part memoir, part literary review, part history, Jane Austen's Bookshelf is one of my favorite reads of the year. Fair warning though, this book WILL make you want to expand your book collection exponentially.