A list of potential books for the Bookish Book Club. The book club open to anyone who wants to read books about books with a bunch of librarians and book historians--see bookishbook.club/ for more info.
BookishBookClub books of interest Public
Created by sarah
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sarah says: read Feb 2024
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Matchmaking in the Archive by E. G. Crichton
4 stars
Though today’s LGBTQ people owe a lot to the generations who came before them, their historical inheritances are not always …
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Published by the Author by Bryan Sinche
Publication is an act of power. It brings a piece of writing to the public and identifies its author as …
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Scattered and Fugitive Things by Laura Helton
During the first half of the twentieth century, a group of collectors and creators dedicated themselves to documenting the history …
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Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by Eversmann, Matt, James Patterson
This “celebration of the world of books” (Kirkus) is “a real page turner!” (Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan) that "feels …
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A scholar and bookmaker “breathes both books-as-objects and their creators back into life” (Financial Times) in this five-hundred-year history of …
