Task #3 is "Read a book about books." Book Riot has linked to a couple of their own articles and other resources for suggestions from the challenge article, but we've put together our own list of likely contenders here - though our list leans heavily towards non-fiction. What book have you chosen for this category? Give a shout out in the comments!
Booked to Die by John Dunning [eAudiobook]
The Christie Curse by Victoria Abbott
Phantoms on the Bookshelves by Jacques Bonnet
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
A Passion For Books: A Book Lover's Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Lore, and Lists On Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring For, and Appreciating Books edited by Harold Rabinowitz and Rob Kaplan
Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting, and Living With Books by Michael Dirda
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky
The House of Twenty Thousand Books by Sasha Abramsky
The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger's Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare's First Folio by Andrea E. Mays
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book by Wendy Welch
Living With Books by Roland Beaufre, Dominique Dupuich
Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry
Books For Living by Will Schwalbe
Check These Out by Gina Sheridan
The City at Three P.M.: Writing, Reading, and Traveling by Peter LaSalle
Housekeeping vs. the Dirt by by Nick Hornby
A History of Reading by by Alberto Manguel
Books: A Living History by Martyn Lyons
The Lady With the Borzoi: Blanche Knopf, Literary Tastemaker Extraordinaire by Laura Claridge
Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting, and Living With Books by Michael Dirda
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky
The House of Twenty Thousand Books by Sasha Abramsky
The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger's Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare's First Folio by Andrea E. Mays
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book by Wendy Welch
Living With Books by Roland Beaufre, Dominique Dupuich
Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry
Books For Living by Will Schwalbe
Check These Out by Gina Sheridan
The City at Three P.M.: Writing, Reading, and Traveling by Peter LaSalle
Housekeeping vs. the Dirt by by Nick Hornby
A History of Reading by by Alberto Manguel
Books: A Living History by Martyn Lyons
The Lady With the Borzoi: Blanche Knopf, Literary Tastemaker Extraordinaire by Laura Claridge
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers On the Discovery of Reading and the Books That Inspired Them by edited by Antonia Fraser
How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard
Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture by Nicholas A. Basbanes
A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict by John Baxter
Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books by Paul Collins [Large Print]
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Speaking of Books: The Best Things Ever Said About Books and Book Collecting edited by Rob Kaplan and Harold Rabinowitz
Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion by Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers On the Discovery of Reading and the Books That Inspired Them by edited by Antonia Fraser
How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard
Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture by Nicholas A. Basbanes
A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict by John Baxter
Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books by Paul Collins [Large Print]
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Speaking of Books: The Best Things Ever Said About Books and Book Collecting edited by Rob Kaplan and Harold Rabinowitz
Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion by Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern
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