Books about Libraries

It goes without saying that we love books that feature libraries.  Sometimes the library is so vivid it's practically a character, sometimes it's just a setting or a plot point, but what's not to love? Libraries are some of our favorite places and we bet you like them too.  If you love libraries, try one of these reads!

For Grown Up Readers

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel


For Teen Readers

The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson [Shades of London Book 2]

Hattie Ever After by Kirby Larson [sequel to Hattie Big Sky]

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel

Voices by Ursula K. Le Guin

House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones

Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr by Garth Nix

Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia McKillip

The Archived by Victoria Schwab


For more adult titles involving libraries, try a subject search of Libraries - Fiction.  For more children's and teen titles, try Libraries - Juvenile Fiction.