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

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. About the Author: A Novel
by John Colapinto
  
2. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay : A Novel
by MICHAEL CHABON
  
5. An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England: A Novel
by Brock Clarke
  
9. The Blind Assassin: A Novel
by Margaret Atwood
  
10. Blue Angel: A Novel (P.S.)
by Francine Prose
  
16. The Book of Lost Things: A Novel
by John Connolly
  
21. Cloud Atlas: A Novel
by David Mitchell
  
25. The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)
by Neal Stephenson
  
27. Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
by Ray Bradbury
  
28. Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
by Sam Savage
  
29. Foolscap: Or, the Stages of Love
by Michael Malone
  
31. The Haunted Bookshop
by Christopher Morley
  
34. The Hook
by Donald E. Westlake
  
35. The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
  
37. I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
  
39.
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 The Jane Austen Book Club
by Karen Joy Fowler
  
41. The Land of Laughs: A Novel
by Jonathan Carroll
  
45. Misery
by Stephen King
  
46. The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
by Umberto Eco
  
47. Northanger Abbey (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)
by Jane Austen
  
50. Parnassus on Wheels (Dodo Press)
by Christopher Morley
  
52. The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  
56. Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl
  
57. Specimen Days: A Novel
by Michael Cunningham
  
60.
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 The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
by Diane Setterfield
  
62.
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 Tony and Susan
by Austin Wright
  
63. The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
by Alan Bennett
  
64. Where the Heart Is (Oprah's Book Club)
by Billie Letts
  
65.
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 Wonder Boys
by Michael Chabon
  
This is Shannon's list. Only Shannon can edit it. You can make your own version of this list.
Created by Shannon on Jul 08, 2008.