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Shannon's "Books About Books: A Reading List"

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These are fictional books that are primarily about another book or contain a book within a book.

Note: With some exceptions, short story collections, young adult fiction, romances and mystery series have been eliminated if so identified. Also, I have striven to include high-quality books only.

  1. 1.
    About the Author: A Novel
    by John Colapinto

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  2. 2.
    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay : A Novel
    by MICHAEL CHABON

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    The Blind Assassin: A Novel
    by Margaret Atwood

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  5. 10.
    Blue Angel: A Novel (P.S.)
    by Francine Prose

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  6. 16.
    The Book of Lost Things: A Novel
    by John Connolly

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  7. 21.
    Cloud Atlas: A Novel
    by David Mitchell

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  9. 27.
    Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
    by Ray Bradbury

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  10. 28.
    Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
    by Sam Savage

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  11. 29.
    Foolscap: Or, the Stages of Love
    by Michael Malone

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  12. 31.
    The Haunted Bookshop
    by Christopher Morley

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  13. 34.
    The Hook
    by Donald E. Westlake

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  14. 35.
    The Hours
    by Michael Cunningham

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  15. 37.
    I Capture the Castle
    by Dodie Smith

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  16. 39.
    The Jane Austen Book Club
    by Karen Joy Fowler

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  17. 41.
    The Land of Laughs: A Novel
    by Jonathan Carroll

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  18. 45.
    Misery
    by Stephen King

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  19. 46.
    The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
    by Umberto Eco

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  21. 50.
    Parnassus on Wheels (Dodo Press)
    by Christopher Morley

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  22. 52.
    The Shadow of the Wind
    by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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  23. 56.
    Special Topics in Calamity Physics
    by Marisha Pessl

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  24. 57.
    Specimen Days: A Novel
    by Michael Cunningham

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  25. 60.
    The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
    by Diane Setterfield

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  26. 62.
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    Tony and Susan
    by Austin Wright

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  27. 63.
    The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
    by Alan Bennett

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  28. 64.
    Where the Heart Is (Oprah's Book Club)
    by Billie Letts

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  29. 65.
    Wonder Boys
    by Michael Chabon

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Created by Shannon on Jul 08, 2008.