Books & Reading
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Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine That Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Mad
$25.00 Add to cartHot Type is the epic story of the magnificent 19th-century machine that rendered Gutenberg’s movable type obsolete and opened the portal to the long century of mass media. The Linotype mechanized the
- Author: Jarvis, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 20 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765123959
- Language: English
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Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels Across the World of Literature
$32.00 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated guide to over seventy-five important journeys in world literature, spanning more than thirty countries and twenty-five hundred years
From Homer’s Odyssey, Chaucer’s Canterbur- Author: McMurtrie, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0691266395
- Language: English
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Bibliophile: Diverse Spines
$18.95 Add to cartIt’s time to diversify your reading list.
This richly illustrated and vastly inclusive collection uplifts the works of authors who are often underrepresented in the literary world. Using their keen kn- Series: Bibliophile
- Author: Harper, Jamise
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1797211919
- Language: English
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Marginalia: An Autobiography
$14.00 Add to cart“What does it mean to dissolve into one’s text?” Naomi Washer asks in Marginalia: An Autobiography. Comprised of a decade’s worth of notes made in the margins of other writers’ books, collected and ar… [more below]
- Author: Washer, Naomi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1957392398
- Language: English
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100 Books to Live by: Literary Remedies for Any Occasion
$17.99 Add to cartA collection of life-affirming books to guide you through. Settle down with 100 Books to Live By and learn which book prescriptions can be dispensed to lift your spirits, whatever you may need.
Someti… [more below]
- Series: 100 Things to Live by #1
- Author: Piercy, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1789298857
- Language: English
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Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
$22.99 Add to cart*NATIONAL BESTSELLER*
*A WGN Radio Best Book of 2024*
*A Good Housekeeping Reads pick*A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a “beloved and wonderful writer” (George Saunders),… [more below]
- Author: Reed, Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1335453512
- Language: English
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The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading
$20.00 Add to cartIn The Child That Books Built, this extended love letter to children’s books and the wonders they perform, Francis Spufford makes a confession: books were his mother, his father, his school.
Reading- Author: Spufford, Francis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 213
- Publish Date: December 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0312421842
- Language: English
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Reading Together
$13.95 Add to cartA lively and thoughtful exploration of how book clubs change the way we read.
In this engaging and vivacious memoir, college professor Katarzyna Bartoszyńska thinks back on various book clubs sh- Author: Bartoszynska, Katarzyna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: November 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1958846147
- Language: English
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The Writer’s Room: The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We Love
$26.95 Add to cartA journey into the unique spaces where some of literature’s greatest writers created their most memorable works
Virginia Woolf famously wrote in A Room of One’s Own that “it is necessary to have five- Author: Lewin, Katie Da Cunha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0691283834
- Language: English
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Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives
$29.95 Add to cartA celebration of books and a love story to the written word that reveals how books help us connect with other readers through shared stories.
As a child, Lucy Mangan was reading all the time, using bo- Author: Mangan, Lucy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897100446
- Language: English
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The World in Books: A Year of Reading–Wisely
$21.00 Add to cartA bestselling historian takes readers on an intellectual and cultural adventure, offering a carefully curated guide to great, short nonfiction works by some of the world’s most influential writers–fr… [more below]
- Series: Great Short Books
- Author: Davis, Kenneth C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1668015609
- Language: English
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So Many Books, 2nd Edition: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance
$15.95 Add to cartA charming new edition of a much-loved book about books
“A playful celebrant of literary proliferation.”–New Yorker
In So Many Books, Gabriel Zaid offers his observations on the literary condition: a
- Author: Zaid, Gabriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1589882075
- Language: English
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California Rewritten: A Journey Through the Golden State’s New Literature
$30.00 Add to cartDive into the revelatory worlds of California’s most exciting writers, and discover how their books uncover our history and can help us imagine our shared future.
“In Freeman’s hands, California is a l
- Author: Freeman, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146927
- Language: English
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13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
$23.00 Add to cartFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes an essential guide for writers and readers alike: an exhilarating tour through one hundred novels that “inspires wicked delight.” —Los… [more below]
- Author: Smiley, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: September 12 2006
- ISBN10: 1400033187
- Language: English
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
$32.00 Add to cartThoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest–a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of w
- Author: Foster, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 11 2014
- ISBN10: 006232652X
- Language: English
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My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues
$19.99 Add to cartPeople Pick – O Magazine Title to Pick Up Now – Vanity Fair Hot Type – Glamour New Book You’re Guaranteed to Love This Summer – LitHub.com Best Book about Books – Buzzfeed Book You Need to Read This S
- Author: Paul, Pamela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1250182549
- Language: English
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A Little History of Literature
$15.00 Add to cartA vibrant guide to the world of literature, from dramatic plays to engrossing novels
Literature has inspired every civilisation, from Greek myth to today’s graphic novels. John Sutherland, who has re- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Sutherland, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283415
- Language: English
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Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves: Bookmarked
$16.95 Add to cart“There was a book. Oh man was there a book. It is still to this day a book I mention it to any book lover if asked for a recommendation. The best books stick with you, often reminding you of the power
- Series: Bookmarked #5
- Author: Seidlinger, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 25 2017
- ISBN10: 1632460513
- Language: English
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100 Books That Changed the World
$27.95 Add to cartA thought-provoking chronological timeline of the world’s most influential books.
Many books have become classics, must-reads, or overnight publishing sensations, but how many can genuinely claim to h- Author: Salter, Colin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1849948674
- Language: English
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The Battle for Middle-earth: Tolkien’s Divine Design in “The Lord of the Rings”
$29.99 Read moreJ. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings has long been acknowledged as the gold standard for fantasy fiction, and the recent Oscar-winning movie trilogy has brought forth a whole new generation of fans. M… [more below]
- Author: Rutledge, Fleming
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 373
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0802824978
- Language: English
