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Books about books (...call it book-ception ๐Ÿค“)

by ayzrules
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36 books

Nonfiction about the history, development, and impact of books, literature, storytelling, knowledge, reading, archives, information, and related subjects. Always open to suggestions!

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Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient WorldDark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human SkinBook and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War IIBurning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient WorldDark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

Niche Nonfiction to Get Your Dad

by clb2326
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131 books

Niche nonfiction books that dads are still likely to enjoy that either 1) are not military history at all or 2) a niche area of a war that is not military history

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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and CommunicatingRising Tide: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed AmericaThe Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating

meta-novels

by library.girl625
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37 books

books on books, writing, words, etc. fiction and non-fiction included

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On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftJust My Type: A Book About FontsBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and LifeWriting on Empty: A Guide to Finding Your Voice
On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftJust My Type: A Book About Fonts

Putting The Human in Humanities

by fruitpip
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53 books

Non-fiction books related to the humanities. Think: arts, language, culture and what we do with it. Mix of essays, memoirs, literary criticism, histories, and more.

โ€œMedicine, law, business, engineering, these are all noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.โ€

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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English LanguageHow to Read NowThe Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop, 13)Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English LanguageHow to Read Now

Medieval LIT ๐Ÿ”ฅ

by circescup
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62 books

Fiction and nonfiction books about or inspired by medieval Europe.

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Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round TableBeowulfThe Starving SaintsFemina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round TableBeowulf
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