Books featuring awesome librarians as the hero/heroine. Bonus, many of these titles contain amazing library and book puns.
Book - 2011
Don't be alarmed by the sweetness of this book. It is sweet, for sure, but it also involves a plucky heroine who becomes a librarian in rural Kentucky in the 1930s, and a nod to the troubling labor practices in the mines there. (Review from Susan M.)
Don't be alarmed by the sweetness of this book. It is sweet, for sure, but it also involves a plucky heroine who becomes a librarian in rural Kentucky in the 1930s, and a nod to the troubling labor practices in the mines there. (Review from Susan M.)
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Don't be alarmed by the sweetness of this book. It is sweet, for sure, but it also involves a plucky heroine who becomes a librarian in rural Kentucky in the 1930s, and a nod to the troubling labor practices in the mines there. (Review from Susan M.)
Don't be alarmed by the sweetness of this book. It is sweet, for sure, but it also involves a plucky heroine who becomes a librarian in rural Kentucky in the 1930s, and a nod to the troubling labor practices in the mines there. (Review from Susan M.)
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Book - 2004
How on earth did nebbish university librarian David Goldberg end up on Virginia's Ten Most Wanted Criminals list for bestiality? And how did he get ensnared in a vast right-wing conspiracy to steal the presidency? Read the book and find out!
How on earth did nebbish university librarian David Goldberg end up on Virginia's Ten Most Wanted Criminals list for bestiality? And how did he get ensnared in a vast right-wing conspiracy to steal the presidency? Read the book and find out!
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How on earth did nebbish university librarian David Goldberg end up on Virginia's Ten Most Wanted Criminals list for bestiality? And how did he get ensnared in a vast right-wing conspiracy to steal the presidency? Read the book and find out!
How on earth did nebbish university librarian David Goldberg end up on Virginia's Ten Most Wanted Criminals list for bestiality? And how did he get ensnared in a vast right-wing conspiracy to steal the presidency? Read the book and find out!
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Book - 2003
A proper librarian finds passion in this witty new novel. Behind a French twist and sensible clothes, 40-year-old librarian Alison Sheffield hides an extr...Show more
A proper librarian finds passion in this witty new novel. Behind a French twist and sensible clothes, 40-year-old librarian Alison Sheffield hides an extravagant nature. But after last night, even her most proper attire can't disguise the signs--Alison Sheffield is in love.
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A proper librarian finds passion in this witty new novel. Behind a French twist and sensible clothes, 40-year-old librarian Alison Sheffield hides an extr...Show more
A proper librarian finds passion in this witty new novel. Behind a French twist and sensible clothes, 40-year-old librarian Alison Sheffield hides an extravagant nature. But after last night, even her most proper attire can't disguise the signs--Alison Sheffield is in love.
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Book - 2016
Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure from a spectacular debut author. One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction...
Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure from a spectacular debut author. One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction...
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Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure from a spectacular debut author. One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction...
Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure from a spectacular debut author. One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction...
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A Lighthouse Library Mystery
Book - 2015
Seriously determined to rewrite her life, Lucy, leaving her job poring over the rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library behind, arrives in the Ou...Show more
Seriously determined to rewrite her life, Lucy, leaving her job poring over the rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library behind, arrives in the Outer Banks where she lands a librarian job at the lighthouse library that seems like a dream come true until theft and murder enter the picture.
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Seriously determined to rewrite her life, Lucy, leaving her job poring over the rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library behind, arrives in the Ou...Show more
Seriously determined to rewrite her life, Lucy, leaving her job poring over the rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library behind, arrives in the Outer Banks where she lands a librarian job at the lighthouse library that seems like a dream come true until theft and murder enter the picture.
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Book - 2007
Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling...Show more
Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of Homer, Hemingway, and Dr. Seuss to far-flung tiny communities where people live daily with drought, hunger, and disease.
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Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling...Show more
Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of Homer, Hemingway, and Dr. Seuss to far-flung tiny communities where people live daily with drought, hunger, and disease.
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A Scrappy Librarian Mystery
Book - 2008
While researching for a local history, librarian Juanita Wills comes across the unsolved 1959 murder of a black teenager, Luther Dunlap, in her then all-white town.
While researching for a local history, librarian Juanita Wills comes across the unsolved 1959 murder of a black teenager, Luther Dunlap, in her then all-white town.
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While researching for a local history, librarian Juanita Wills comes across the unsolved 1959 murder of a black teenager, Luther Dunlap, in her then all-white town.
While researching for a local history, librarian Juanita Wills comes across the unsolved 1959 murder of a black teenager, Luther Dunlap, in her then all-white town.
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Book - 2001
Daisy Minor is bored. Worse than that, she's boring. A plain, small-town librarian, she's got a wardrobe as sexy as a dictionary and hasn't been on a date...Show more
Daisy Minor is bored. Worse than that, she's boring. A plain, small-town librarian, she's got a wardrobe as sexy as a dictionary and hasn't been on a date in years. She's never even had a lukewarm love affair, let alone a hot one. So when she wakes up on her thirty-fourth birthday, still living with her widowed mom and spinster aunt, she decides it's time to get a life.
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Daisy Minor is bored. Worse than that, she's boring. A plain, small-town librarian, she's got a wardrobe as sexy as a dictionary and hasn't been on a date...Show more
Daisy Minor is bored. Worse than that, she's boring. A plain, small-town librarian, she's got a wardrobe as sexy as a dictionary and hasn't been on a date in years. She's never even had a lukewarm love affair, let alone a hot one. So when she wakes up on her thirty-fourth birthday, still living with her widowed mom and spinster aunt, she decides it's time to get a life.
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A Cat in the Stacks Mystery
Book - 2010
A famous author returns to his hometown and is murdered. It's up to Charlie Harris, the town's librarian, and his cat Diesel, to find the killer before the wrong person is arrested for the crime. Book #1 in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery series.
A famous author returns to his hometown and is murdered. It's up to Charlie Harris, the town's librarian, and his cat Diesel, to find the killer before the wrong person is arrested for the crime. Book #1 in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery series.
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A famous author returns to his hometown and is murdered. It's up to Charlie Harris, the town's librarian, and his cat Diesel, to find the killer before the wrong person is arrested for the crime. Book #1 in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery series.
A famous author returns to his hometown and is murdered. It's up to Charlie Harris, the town's librarian, and his cat Diesel, to find the killer before the wrong person is arrested for the crime. Book #1 in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery series.
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A Karen Nash Mystery
Book - 2012
Champion of the mystery section at a small-town Minnesota library, Karen Nash is about to embark on a dream trip to London—a literary tour inspired by eve...Show more
Champion of the mystery section at a small-town Minnesota library, Karen Nash is about to embark on a dream trip to London—a literary tour inspired by every murderous intrigue, wily suspect, and ingenious crime found in the pages of the British mysteries that she devours.
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Champion of the mystery section at a small-town Minnesota library, Karen Nash is about to embark on a dream trip to London—a literary tour inspired by eve...Show more
Champion of the mystery section at a small-town Minnesota library, Karen Nash is about to embark on a dream trip to London—a literary tour inspired by every murderous intrigue, wily suspect, and ingenious crime found in the pages of the British mysteries that she devours.
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Book - 2013
Set in a small town in Mississippi, The Cherry Cola Book Club is the touching and sometimes hilarious story of a young, upbeat librarian who has been give...Show more
Set in a small town in Mississippi, The Cherry Cola Book Club is the touching and sometimes hilarious story of a young, upbeat librarian who has been given an ultimatum to increase the library's circulation dramatically--or risk having to close its doors.
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Set in a small town in Mississippi, The Cherry Cola Book Club is the touching and sometimes hilarious story of a young, upbeat librarian who has been give...Show more
Set in a small town in Mississippi, The Cherry Cola Book Club is the touching and sometimes hilarious story of a young, upbeat librarian who has been given an ultimatum to increase the library's circulation dramatically--or risk having to close its doors.
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Book - 2011
In this delightful, funny, and moving first novel, a librarian and a young boy obsessed with reading take to the road. The odd pair embarks on a crazy roa...Show more
In this delightful, funny, and moving first novel, a librarian and a young boy obsessed with reading take to the road. The odd pair embarks on a crazy road trip from Missouri to Vermont, with ferrets, an inconvenient boyfriend, and an upsetting family history thrown in their path.
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In this delightful, funny, and moving first novel, a librarian and a young boy obsessed with reading take to the road. The odd pair embarks on a crazy roa...Show more
In this delightful, funny, and moving first novel, a librarian and a young boy obsessed with reading take to the road. The odd pair embarks on a crazy road trip from Missouri to Vermont, with ferrets, an inconvenient boyfriend, and an upsetting family history thrown in their path.
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A Romance
Book - 1996
The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-six-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James...Show more
The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-six-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James Carlson Sweatt–the “over-tall” eleven-year-old boy who’s the talk of the town–walks into her library and changes her life forever.
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The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-six-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James...Show more
The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-six-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James Carlson Sweatt–the “over-tall” eleven-year-old boy who’s the talk of the town–walks into her library and changes her life forever.
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A Library Lover's Mystery
Book - 2012
Answering tricky reference questions is excitement enough for library director Lindsey Norris, until a murder is committed in her cozy hometown of Briar C...Show more
Answering tricky reference questions is excitement enough for library director Lindsey Norris, until a murder is committed in her cozy hometown of Briar Creek, Connecticut. The question of who did it must be answered before someone else is checked out--for good. Also, make sure to check out the rest of the Library Lover's Mystery series!
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Answering tricky reference questions is excitement enough for library director Lindsey Norris, until a murder is committed in her cozy hometown of Briar C...Show more
Answering tricky reference questions is excitement enough for library director Lindsey Norris, until a murder is committed in her cozy hometown of Briar Creek, Connecticut. The question of who did it must be answered before someone else is checked out--for good. Also, make sure to check out the rest of the Library Lover's Mystery series!
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[a Graphic Novel]
Graphic Novel - 2010
First serialized as a weekly column in the UK's "Guardian" newspaper, "The Night Bookmobile" tells the story of a wistful woman who se...Show more
First serialized as a weekly column in the UK's "Guardian" newspaper, "The Night Bookmobile" tells the story of a wistful woman who searches for a mysterious disappearing library on wheels that contains every book she has ever read.
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First serialized as a weekly column in the UK's "Guardian" newspaper, "The Night Bookmobile" tells the story of a wistful woman who se...Show more
First serialized as a weekly column in the UK's "Guardian" newspaper, "The Night Bookmobile" tells the story of a wistful woman who searches for a mysterious disappearing library on wheels that contains every book she has ever read.
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Book - 2005
The only hope for enlightenment and salvation lies in a lowly librarian adventurer named Juhg who unknowingly brought about the cataclysm.
The only hope for enlightenment and salvation lies in a lowly librarian adventurer named Juhg who unknowingly brought about the cataclysm.
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The only hope for enlightenment and salvation lies in a lowly librarian adventurer named Juhg who unknowingly brought about the cataclysm.
The only hope for enlightenment and salvation lies in a lowly librarian adventurer named Juhg who unknowingly brought about the cataclysm.
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A Mobile Library Mystery
Book - 2007
Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career. Alas, the job that awaits him is not quite what he has i...Show more
Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career. Alas, the job that awaits him is not quite what he has in mind. Still, Israel is not one to dwell on disappointment, as he prepares to drive a mobile library around a small, damp Irish town. Book #1 in the Mobile Library Mystery series.
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Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career. Alas, the job that awaits him is not quite what he has i...Show more
Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career. Alas, the job that awaits him is not quite what he has in mind. Still, Israel is not one to dwell on disappointment, as he prepares to drive a mobile library around a small, damp Irish town. Book #1 in the Mobile Library Mystery series.
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Book - 2015
imon Watson, a young librarian on the verge of losing his job, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home--a house, perched on the edge of a ...Show more
imon Watson, a young librarian on the verge of losing his job, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home--a house, perched on the edge of a bluff, that is slowly crumbling toward the sea. On a day in late June, Simon receives a mysterious package from an antiquarian bookseller.
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imon Watson, a young librarian on the verge of losing his job, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home--a house, perched on the edge of a ...Show more
imon Watson, a young librarian on the verge of losing his job, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home--a house, perched on the edge of a bluff, that is slowly crumbling toward the sea. On a day in late June, Simon receives a mysterious package from an antiquarian bookseller.
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Book - 2017
In the aftermath of a war between gods and men, a hero, a librarian, and a girl must battle the fantastical elements of a mysterious city stripped of its ...Show more
In the aftermath of a war between gods and men, a hero, a librarian, and a girl must battle the fantastical elements of a mysterious city stripped of its name. "It’s imaginative and romantic and deeply intriguing, and the wait for book two will no doubt feel very long indeed." (Review from Martha)
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In the aftermath of a war between gods and men, a hero, a librarian, and a girl must battle the fantastical elements of a mysterious city stripped of its ...Show more
In the aftermath of a war between gods and men, a hero, a librarian, and a girl must battle the fantastical elements of a mysterious city stripped of its name. "It’s imaginative and romantic and deeply intriguing, and the wait for book two will no doubt feel very long indeed." (Review from Martha)
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Book - 2017
Melissa 'Bernie' Bernard isn't familiar with fame. After all, she works at a college library with hardly any visitors. But when a video of a marriage prop...Show more
Melissa 'Bernie' Bernard isn't familiar with fame. After all, she works at a college library with hardly any visitors. But when a video of a marriage proposal in her stacks goes viral, it's not the bride and groom who capture the Internet's attention. It's Bernie--caught rolling her eyes. Now, just as she's ready to go into hiding and permanently bury her nose in a book, a handsome reporter appears with a proposal of his own.
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Melissa 'Bernie' Bernard isn't familiar with fame. After all, she works at a college library with hardly any visitors. But when a video of a marriage prop...Show more
Melissa 'Bernie' Bernard isn't familiar with fame. After all, she works at a college library with hardly any visitors. But when a video of a marriage proposal in her stacks goes viral, it's not the bride and groom who capture the Internet's attention. It's Bernie--caught rolling her eyes. Now, just as she's ready to go into hiding and permanently bury her nose in a book, a handsome reporter appears with a proposal of his own.
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Graphic Novel - 2007-
The astonishing story of the imcomparable Rex Libris, Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library. From ancient Egypt, where his beloved Hypatia was murder...Show more
The astonishing story of the imcomparable Rex Libris, Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library. From ancient Egypt, where his beloved Hypatia was murdered, to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in search of overdue books, rex upholds his vow to fight the forces of ignorance and darkness.
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The astonishing story of the imcomparable Rex Libris, Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library. From ancient Egypt, where his beloved Hypatia was murder...Show more
The astonishing story of the imcomparable Rex Libris, Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library. From ancient Egypt, where his beloved Hypatia was murdered, to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in search of overdue books, rex upholds his vow to fight the forces of ignorance and darkness.
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