Library Lin’s Curated Collection of Superlative Nonfiction: Reading Lists for Book Lovers

by Linda Maxie

Library Lin’s Curated Collection of Superlative Nonfiction is a librarian’s A-list of nonfiction books organized by subject area—just like a library. Linda Maxie (Library Lin) combed through 65 best books lists going back a century. She reviewed tens of thousands of books, sorted them according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system, and selected an entire library’s worth for you to browse without leaving home. Here you’ll findSummaries of outstanding titles in every subjectSuggestions for locating reading material specific to your needs and interestsIn this broad survey of all the nonfiction categories, you will find titles on everything from the A-bomb to Zen Buddhism. You might find yourself immersed in whole subject areas that you never thought you’d be interested in.

571 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 6, 2022

About the author

Linda Maxie is a retired librarian with a passion for matching the right book with the right reader. After earning an MLS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, she spent her library career obsessively poring over book reviews to build outstanding collections to connect her patrons with perfect books. After retirement, she continued her quest with Library Lin’s Curated Collection of Superlative Nonfiction (LCCN), a portable library of outstanding nonfiction covering the entire Dewey Decimal Classification system. She follows that effort with this volume of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. She lives in Virginia with her husband Roger, and their rescued mixed-breed canine, Dusty Marie.

Reviews

[Louise · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book that provides librarians and readers the Dewey system and recommended books in that section. For example, books with the Dewey numbers 300-399 are under the umbrella of Social Sciences. 301 is Sociology & Anthropology and 307 is Communities. The book recommends books in every section with a brief outline of its contents or author. This is a useful guide.


I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Keith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful. As I read the Kindle edition, I marked books of interest. At 34% of the way through I decided to set it aside & come back to it later as a reference book.