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Matthew is an academic librarian who really likes comics.

He's been making zines for years, and is pretty surprised that Two-Fisted Library Stories has lasted so long.

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Average rating: 4.8 · 20 ratings · 2 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Two-Fisted Librarians Issue 1 (Two-Fisted Library Stories, #1) by Matthew Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Irina Jevlakova (Contributor), Adena Brons (Contributor) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two-Fisted Librarians Issue 2 (Two-Fisted Library Stories, #2) by Matthew Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ean Henninger (Contributor), Adena Brons (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two-Fisted Librarians Issue 3 (Two-Fisted Library Stories, #3) by Matthew Murray (Goodreads Author), Adena Brons (Contributor), Colleen Frakes (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Startling Library Stories (Two-Fisted Library Stories #100) by Matthew Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Colleen Frakes (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), RJ Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two-Fisted Library Studies (Two-Fisted Library Stories, #8) by Matthew Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A.L. Carson (Contributor), Robert Perret (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two-Fisted Librarians Issue 4 (Two-Fisted Library Stories, #4) by Matthew Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jennifer Met (Contributor), Ean Henninger (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two-Fisted Librarians Issue 5 (Two-Fisted Library Stories, #5) by Matthew Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Colleen Frakes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Annie Gaines (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Weird Library-Science (Two-Fisted Library Stories #9) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spicy Library Stories Issue 7 (Two-Fisted Library Stories, #7) by Matthew Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert Perret (Goodreads Author), Jennifer Met 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two-Fisted Library Stories Issue 6 (Two-Fisted Library Stories, #6) by Matthew Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Colleen Frakes (Goodreads Author), Taylor Kenkel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Two-Fisted Library Stories (10 books)
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Obsidian and Blood (Obsidian and Blood, #1-3)

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