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Michael Guillebeau's book MAD LIBRARIAN won the 2017 Foreword Reviews Indie for Humor Book of the Year. He has published seven novels and two anthologies and over thirty-five short stories, including three in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. ...more

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	MAD Librarian 3.40 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	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
	Josh Whoever 3.81 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	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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	A Study in Detail 3.75 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	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
	Shark's Tooth 3.58 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	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
	Don of the Q: An American Don Quixote for the Atomic Age 4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions	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
	Things to Do When You'd Rather be Dead 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	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
	Eight Mystery Writers You Should be Reading Now by Michael Guillebeau (Goodreads Author), Chris Knopf (Goodreads Author), Larissa Reinhart (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	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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The Drop (Harry Bosch, #15; Harry Bosch Universe, #24)

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“Carl Sagan said we are all made of stardust.

She was made of book dust.”
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“Serenity took a sip of her rum. "You have a soul?"

"Yeah. Tattooed on my ass. Want to see?”
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“She took a deep breath and inhaled as much of the dust of paper and ink as she could and wished she could disappear into the two-dimensional world forever.”
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