Recs if you like The Borrower...

“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.” — Mark Twain

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

Looking for nonfiction? Check out my list The First Condition of Progress!

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!).

Books that are banned, censored, removed from bookshops, marketplaces, and libraries, and writers that are considered as a threat to the authorities. Some called it a "Fahrenheit list".

Books about Librarians and Booksellers, real and fictional.

Fiction books set in Missouri. Also may include Missouri Mentions. Recommendations welcome!

iowa city, where everyone seems to be writing a book — modern + contemporary works from university of iowa iowa writers' workshop alum & faculty