Books set in the book world
Books about bookish things
There’s a whole host of interesting books set in the very world they represent – books about authors, crazed fans, the allure of social media and the trials and tribulations of writing.
Get yourself down to a bookstore and pick up one of these fine reads which will make you look at the book in your hand in a whole new way….
There’s something to be said about books set in the book world…
The Closer I Get – Paul Burston
Set between London and Hastings, Tom is a successful author, but he’s struggling to finish his novel. His main distraction is an online admirer, Evie, who simply won’t leave him alone…..
Boy this is good. Creepily good and very very twisty!
Talking about twisty things….
Twisted by Steve Cavanagh
Before you even read the first page, the blurb alone is enough to highlight why this book is in this selection:
BEFORE YOU READ THIS BOOK I WANT YOU TO KNOW THREE THINGS:
1. The police are looking to charge me with murder.
2. No one knows who I am. Or how I did it.
3. If you think you’ve found me. I’m coming for you next.
After you’ve read this book, you’ll know: the truth is far more twisted…
The Binding by Bridget Collins
Set in England, this is about a book binder who can create a book which captures your worst memories, your worst experience and locks it safely away in a book. Your past will be stored safely in a book and you will never remember your secret, however terrible.
When all is said and done, this gets you thinking about all those words trapped between the covers and what you yourself would get put into a book for safekeeping…
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Libraries are the lungs of the book world we know that. But what happens when one of them is destroyed by fire? How to save the books and history inside and how does a community come together to save their cultural heritage? This book looks at the fire which broke out in the Los Angeles Public Library in 1986.
The Shadow of the Wind – by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Aaaah who can forget the Cemetery of Forgotten books? If you’ve never been, you need to transport yourself there right now. This is a book, a series, I come back to time and time again. It’s that magical and inspiring. Daniel says “I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.” This is exactly what the reader feels……
More books set in the book world here
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