Celebrate Book Lovers Day with these favorite books about books from Team OverDrive
August 9 is Book Lovers Day! It should be no surprise that Team OverDrive not only loves books, we love books about books. In fact, I received so many recommendations from my bookish coworkers that I had to categorize them. This list includes a little bit of everything, from romances that feature writers and readers to nonfiction titles books that prove truth is stranger than fiction and even some selections for the young book nerds in your life.
Books about books
The Binding by Bridget Collins
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Storied Life of AJ Firky by Gabrielle Zevin
Books about book clubs
The Book that Matters Most by Ann Hood
Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Jay Fowler
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Romance books about books
By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson
The Roughest Draft by Austin Siegemund-Broka
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Nonfiction books about books
Dear Fahreinheit 451 by Annie Spence
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Nabokov’s Favorite Word is Mauve by Ben Blatt
Books about bookstores and libraries
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-House Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books about books for kids and teens
The Bad Seed Goes to the Library by Jory John
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
The Library Book by Tom Chapin and Michael Mark
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
The Losers Club by Andrew Clements
