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A book with a character who works in a library - Extreme Reader 2022

Reading suggestions for anyone to enjoy that also work for the Extreme Reader 2022 challenge! Booklist is divided into sections for Adult Non-Fiction, Teen, followed by Adult Fiction. Additional category information: • A book featuring an individual who works at a library in any role or capacity

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  • The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu

    and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

    Hammer, Joshua, 1957-
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2016New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016. — 025.820966 H1833B 2016
  • The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books

    Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library

    Wilson-Lee, Edward,
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2019New York : Scribner, 2019. — 010.92 W6951C 2018
  • Dark Archives

    a Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

    Rosenbloom, Megan, 1981-
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2020New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. — 002 R7238D 2020
  • Dear Fahrenheit 451

    Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks : a Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life

    Spence, Annie,
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2017New York : Flatiron Books, 2017. — 028.8 SP327D 2017
  • A Delayed Life

    the True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz

    Kraus, Dita, 1929-
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2020New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2020. — B KRAUS-D 2020
  • Non-Fiction
    Book, 2009Miami, FL : Suma De Letras, 2009. — SP 636.800929 D5151M 2009
  • Free for All

    Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library

    Borchert, Don
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2007New York : Virgin Books, [2007] — 020.92 B644F
  • I Work at a Public Library

    a Collection of Crazy Stories From the Stacks

    Sheridan, Gina
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2014Avon, Massachusetts : Adams Media, [2014] — 027.0207 SH532I 2014
  • Non-Fiction
    Book, 2018New York : Simon and Schuster, 2018. — 027.479494 OR53L 2018
  • Library on Wheels

    Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's First Bookmobile

    Glenn, Sharlee Mullins,
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2018New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2018. — J 027.42 G4876L 2018
  • Running the Books

    the Adventures of An Accidental Prison Librarian

    Steinberg, Avi
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2010New York : Nan A. Talese, [2010] — 027.665092 ST347R 2010
  • Syria's Secret Library

    Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege

    Thomson, Mike,
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2019New York : Public Affairs, 2019. — 956.910423 T3849S 2019
  • Tomes of Terror

    Haunted Bookstores and Libraries

    Leslie, Mark, 1969-
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2014Toronto : Dundurn, [2014] — 133.122 L5656T 2014
  • The World's Strongest Librarian

    a Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family

    Hanagarne, Josh, 1977-
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2013New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2013] — B HANAG-J 2013
  • You Could Look It Up

    the Reference Shelf From Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia

    Lynch, Jack (John T.),
    Non-Fiction
    Book, 2016New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2016. — 028.709 L9913Y 2016
  • Teen Graphic Novel
    Book, 2011New York : First Second, 2011. — YG AMERI
  • Teen Fiction
    Book, 2021New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2021. — YF PINK-R
  • Teen Fiction
    Book, 2014Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2014] — YF KNUDS-M
  • Teen Fiction
    Book, 2015New York, New York : New American Library, [2015] — YF CAINE-R