Charlie Dawson is a legend at the office but, after two hundred fifty years of […]
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People think of librarians as quiet, reclusive people, but we weren’t always. Lauren Young shares […]
The Second Winter, by Craig Larsen
Reading The Second Winter, by Craig Larsen, can be bewildering. The narrative shifts from character to […]
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant, by Yu Hua
Set between the late 1940s and early 1970s, Yu Hua’s Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (translated […]
The Bookman, by Lavie Tidhar
Lavie Tidhar’s The Bookman introduces us to a bold alternate world flavored by Western literature. I […]
The Family Plot, by Cherie Priest
The Withrow house—over 100 years old, abandoned for decades—is supposed to save Music City Salvage. […]
Little Nothing, by Marisa Silver
There’s nothing wrong with Pavla. Rather, there’s a problem with everyone who meets her in […]
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d, by Alan Bradley
In Alan Bradley’s Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d, Flavia de Luce, chemistry genius and amateur […]
I got the funk
I’ve been cranking out book reviews as often as I can lately, but I have […]
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The Luddbrarian offers sage advice for moving one’s gargantuan library. (Librarian Shipwreck) The writers of LitHub […]