Lists of Bests: AuntieAnnie's "Books About Books" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/38667 This list is one I've always wanted to find, but I've never been able to find a really extensive list of this sort. I love books about books. It doesn't matter if the books are fiction or nonfiction. I find books about reading, writing, collecting, libraries, books as a physical object, the history of books, and various other aspects of texts absolutly fasinating. I will be adding to this list over time, because I've found (through loads of personal research) a ridiculous number of these sorts of books. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:15:53 GMT en-us 0 50 145 50 0 84, Charing Cross Road http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655632 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655632"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1559211407.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helene Hanff</div> I Capture the Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5897 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5897"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312201656.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dodie Smith</div> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312282990.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> About the Author: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1332 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1332"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060932171.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Colapinto</div> A Literary Murder http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565191 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/565191"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060925485.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Batya Gur</div> Ibid: A Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34465 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34465"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1931561656.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1081309541_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Dunn</div> Hallucinating Foucault http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9037 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9037"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375701850.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Duncker</div> The Book of Joe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/398277 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/398277"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385338104.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Tropper</div> Book: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/102908 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Grudin</div> Abandon : A Romance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655715 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655715"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009Y8LYO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by PICO IYER</div> Like a Hole in the Head http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655873 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655873"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446675172.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jen Banbury</div> Bibliophilia : A Novella And Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29910 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29910"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1559707216.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Griffith</div> Wonder Boys: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5803 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5803"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312140940.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113623302_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24156 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24156"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802139590.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056491871_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Flanagan</div> The Conquest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655614 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655614"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060093609.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531176_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yxta Maya Murray</div> Paul Auster's City of Glass http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188504 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188504"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/038077108X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> The Shadow of the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143034901.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1131148752_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlos Ruiz Zafon</div> City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, Vol 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2595 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2595"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140097317.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138672753_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> The Name of the Rose: including Postscript to the Name of the Rose http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3936 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3936"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0156001314.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Umberto Eco</div> Ex-Libris http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3558 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3558"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142000809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ross King</div> Zod Wallop http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30371 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30371"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1565048709.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Browning Spencer</div> Inkheart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12324 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12324"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0439531640.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cornelia Funke</div> Inkspell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55345 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55345"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439554004.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122472747_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cornelia Funke</div> The Club Dumas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19119 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19119"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679777547.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sonia Soto</div> Paperback Original http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/577588 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/577588"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1594480141.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Rhode</div> A Case of Curiosities http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4007 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4007"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156012898.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Allen Kurzweil</div> The Grand Complication: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23335 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23335"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786885181.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056488513_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Allen Kurzweil</div> Oracle Night : A Novel (Auster, Paul) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/453926 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/453926"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006TZPR8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Auster</div> The Bookman's Promise (Cliff Janeway Novels ) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21542 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21542"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743476298.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dunning</div> The Bookman's Wake (Cliff Janeway Novels (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17874 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17874"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671567829.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056463504_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dunning</div> The Sign of the Book : A Cliff Janeway "Bookman" Novel (Cliff Janeway Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118189 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118189"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743255054.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Dunning</div> Bedlam Burning http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/577819 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/577819"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585674532.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoff Nicholson</div> Hunters and Gatherers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/577868 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/577868"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0879515597.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoff Nicholson</div> The Rule of Four http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44148 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44148"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0440241359.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Caldwell</div> Codex http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23707 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23707"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0151010668.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lev Grossman</div> Something Rotten (Thursday Next Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67181 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67181"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014303541X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jasper Fforde</div> The Big Over Easy : A Nursery Crime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48895 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48895"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0670034231.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jasper Fforde</div> Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next Novels) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3644 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3644"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142004030.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jasper Fforde</div> The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3752 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3752"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143034359.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jasper Fforde</div> The Eyre Affair http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3581 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3581"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142001805.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jasper Fforde</div> The Bookshop: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11380 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11380"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0395869463.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1077659685_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Penelope Fitzgerald</div> So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12178 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12178"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425198197.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Nelson</div> So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32460 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32460"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/158988003X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1139968093_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Zaid</div> A History of Reading http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2715 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2715"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140166548.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alberto Manguel</div> Walking a Literary Labyrinth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/578111 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/578111"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000C4SGUA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nancy M. Malone</div> The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6403 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6403"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312421842.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Spufford</div> Sixpence House: Lost in A Town Of Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31919 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31919"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1582344043.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Collins</div> Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9274 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9274"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375726217.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholson Baker</div> 100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/239273 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/239273"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0816040591.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas J. Karolides</div> Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go About the Quixotic Task of Preserving a Legacy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/667 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/667"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060514469.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas A. Basbanes</div>