I'm looking forward to reading more historical fiction this year, and I want to amass a list of books about books and bookshops and libraries and librarians, contemporary as well as historical.
Historical Fiction Read
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The Book Girls have a challenge this year that appears to be exactly what I might be looking for! The booklist for the month of January, "Novels with Characters Connecting Through Books," is wonderful. It can be found here. I think I'll list the books and check to see if I've read any/many of them....
January - Novels with Characters Connecting Through Books
I must read one I've never read before
Henn, Carsten: The Door-to-Door Bookshop, 2020 set in Germany
Hanff, Helene: 87, Charing Cross Road 1970 - read this when I first lived in Tucson
Miller, Kirsten: Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books, 2024, set in Georgia
Storey, Kate: The Memory Library, 2024, set in England and Australia
Butland, Stephanie: Found in a Bookshop, 2023, set in England
Hawkins, Karen: The Book Charmer, 2019 set in NC
Wood, Monica: How to Read a Book, 2024, set in Maine
Jaswal, Balli Kaur: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, 2017, set in London
McKinlay, Jenn: Love at First Book, 2024, Martha's Vineyard & Ireland
Kamali, Marjan: The Stationery Shop, 2019, set in 1953 Tehran & contemporary CA
Williams, Beatriz; Lauren Willig & Karen White: The Author's Guide to Murder, 2024, set in the Scottish Highlands
Shaffer, Mary Ann & Annie Barrows: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, 2008, England
Lauren, Christina: Love and Other Words, 2018, set in SF & Healdsburg, CA
Zusak, Markus: The Book Thief, 2005, 1939-1954 Germany
Adams, Sara Nisha: The Reading List, 2021, set in a London suburb
Gilmore, Lucy: The Library of Borrowed Hearts, set in the 1960s & present day WA
Brooks, Geraldine: People of the Book, 2008, spans decades & continents
Bradbury, Ray: Fahrenheit 451, 1953, set in future midwest
Halpern, Sue: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, 2018, set in NH
Seierstad, Asne, The Bookseller of Kabul, 2002, set in 2000s Afghanistan
Bickers, Tessa: The Book Swap, 2024, set in England
Forest, Kristina: The Neighbor Favor, 2023, set in NYC
Colgan, Jenny: The Bookshop on the Corner, 2016, set in England & Scotland
Alexander, Poppy: The Littlest Library, 2021, set in England
Sampson, Freya: The Last Chance Library, 2021, set in England
