A coworker and I were talking about how we had come across a lot of books with librarians as characters or as the main topic. Of course, this made me curious to find even more, so you’ll find below a list of books all about librarians, brought to you by librarians!
Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchet
The Dewey Decimal System of Love by Josephine Carr
In the Stacks: Short Stories About Libraries and Librarians by Michael Cart
World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
Open Season by Linda Howard
This Book Is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
The Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Quiet Please: Dispatches of a Public Librarian by Douglas Scott
Running the Books: The Adventures of An Accidental Prison Librarian by Avi Steinberg
The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
Rex Libris: I, Librarian by James Turner
