Books set in bookshops and libraries

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Bookshops, libraries, and the quiet magic of a stranger handing you exactly the right book. Stories for people who love the room as much as the reading.

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The 9 books on this stack

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  • Matt Haig 2020 2 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    Sad, but it leaves you hopeful · moving between parallel worlds

    It shares this with 6 more books on this stack

    Don’t miss Matt Haig’s latest instant New York Times besteller, The Life Impossible, available now Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of…

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  • Carlos Ruiz Zafón 2006 1 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    Tender and sad at once · it leaves you thinking

    It shares this with 4 more books on this stack

    Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print.

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  • Kerri Maher 2022

    Why it's on the stack

    It hurts, and then it heals · love hurts sometimes

    It shares this with 6 more books on this stack

    On the bohemian Left Bank, Sylvia runs a little bookshop called Shakespeare and Company.

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  • Why it's on the stack

    It restores your faith in people · funny and sad at once

    It shares this with 5 more books on this stack

    The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer's block. But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey – a total stranger living halfway across the Channel, who has come across her name…

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  • Helene Hanff 1970

    Why it's on the stack

    It makes you laugh · told in letters, diaries or messages

    It shares this with 1 more book on this stack

    This book is the very simple story of the love affair between Miss Helene Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers of rare and secondhand books, at 84 Charing Cross Road, London'.

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  • Satoshi Yagisawa 2022 1 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    Sad, but it leaves you hopeful · a book about books

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    "Twenty-five-year-old Takako takes up residence for a few months in her uncle Satoru's second-hand bookshop in Jimbicho, Tokyo, in the wake of her breakup with her cad of a boyfriend/coworker and her…

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  • Hwang Bo-Reum 2024 1 want to read

    Why it's on the stack

    It restores your faith in people · a book about books

    It shares this with 5 more books on this stack

    Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job.

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  • Sosuke Natsukawa 2021

    Why it's on the stack

    It restores your faith in people · a book about books

    It shares this with 5 more books on this stack

    The Cat Who Saved Books is a heartwarming story about finding courage, caring for others – and the tremendous power of books.

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