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message 1: by Heartless (new)

Heartless Great list....Although I wish the list were named "NOVELS about books...." Anyway, I thought the Thirteenth Tale was absolutely fascinating and hope Setterfield completes another novel (and maybe it will also be tribute to the love of reading, like this one was).


message 2: by Ellen (last edited Apr 19, 2010 07:45AM) (new)

Ellen This list left out the Bookman series of John Dunning. However, this is one of the better lists on this site.


message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

This is a good list, and the title made me laugh, 'cause my mother and I have a shelf that's been christened just so. We actually own many novels mentioned here :D


message 4: by Kelly (new)

Kelly Oh! But where oh where has the creator gone?


message 5: by Angela (new)

Angela The Shadow of the Wind is a book about books. It might be a good one to add. One of the few books I'm thinking about rereading!


message 6: by Lea (last edited Aug 08, 2012 06:18PM) (new)

Lea I'm very pleased to find The Neverending Story on this list, it's a fantastic tale.


message 8: by Laura (new)

Laura I've removed #252 Isn't It Pretty To Think So? which has nothing to do in this splendid list.


message 9: by Laura (new)

Laura Someone was faster than me.


message 10: by [deleted user] (new)

That title has been spamed around on lots of lists.


message 11: by Laura (new)

Laura I know, we have been deleting from all of them.


message 12: by Madelyn (new)

Madelyn I love this list!


message 13: by Vicki (new)

Vicki #733 The Uncommon Reader is a duplicate.


message 14: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Apr 04, 2022 11:38PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Vicki wrote: "#733 The Uncommon Reader is a duplicate."

Shouldn't be anymore ... (I had the system perform a duplicate check)


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