I love the genre’Books on the books’ . The notable examples are
1) papyrus by Irene Valejjo
2) the book thief
3) The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story Of A Thief, A Detective, And A World Of Literary Obsession
4) Ex Libris
5) Howards End Is On The Landing: A Year Of Reading From Home
6) My Reading Life
7) How To Read A Book: The Classic Guide To Intelligent Reading
Kindly recommend me the books like above.
by sachinketkar
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A kind-of fit, but a great book: The Library Book (Susan Orlean).
Reading Lolita in Tehran
*The Swerve: How the World Became Modern* – Stephen Greenblatt
If you want some fiction:
+ *The Shadow of the Wind* – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
+ *The Book of Lost Things* – John Connolly
+ *The Thirteenth Tale* – Diane Setterfield
+ *People of the Book* – Geraldine Brooks
+ *Fahrenheit 451* – Ray Bradbury
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes
The Book of William: How Shakespeare’s First Folio Conquered the World by Paul Collins