Recs if you like That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America...

From Sokka in ALTA to Arthur singing it isn't hard to get a library card to Libby/CloudLibrary/Hoopla controlling what we read next, the library is one of our most loved, democratic, and fundamental spaces to have. Learn about the history of libraries to why supporting now matters more than ever. Libraries are for the people; but only the people can save libraries.

Bibliophilia at its best - books about books, readers, libraries, bookstores!

Does what it says on the tin (or the back of the book?). This list is specifically about the people who make libraries work as well as libraries as a concept, but not books that only use the library as a setting for a novel (there are other amazing lists that already do that!).

“All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.” — George Bernard Shaw

Nonfiction about book banning, censorship, and intellectual freedom. Bans off our books!!!

Looking for fiction? Check out my list I ❤️ My Right to Read!

Nonfiction featuring stories, mysteries and histories of librarians, archivists, booksellers, and antiquarian booksellers.

these are some of my favorite read-by-the-author memoirs and nonfiction :) these are just titles i can personally vouch for, but i would welcome recommendations of books you’ve listened to and can vouch for as well!! (i have some ideas of books i want to list but won’t add them yet since I haven’t finished them)

Memoirs and biographies and some nonfiction that focus on people’s careers. A spin off of my other lists that focuses on memoirs from folks in the UK. This list focuses on career memoirs from people in the USA.