3.76 avg rating — 94,568 ratings

"Jennifer Souers Chevraux, Education & Institutional Advancement Officer, recommends The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro, a story centered on the unsolved mystery of the theft of thirteen master works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. "

3.79 avg rating — 12,820 ratings

"Written by the same author as The Art Forger, The Muralist features great American artists of the 20th century at the beginning of their careers when they worked for the WPA’s Federal Art Project."

3.88 avg rating — 125,286 ratings

"Wendy Partridge, Paintings Conservator, and Jennifer both enjoyed The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert, a wonderful story of a 19th-century woman’s love of botanical study and the adventure of discovery."

3.87 avg rating — 30,765 ratings

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"Jane Hammond, Textile Conservator, recommends Euphoria by Lily King, a fictional account of Margaret Mead and her fellow anthropologists on an expedition to New Guinea in the 1930s."

4.04 avg rating — 156,961 ratings

"Claire Curran, Objects Conservator, enjoyed People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, which features a book conservator whose work on a famed ancient text reveals a fantastic story of the object’s survival. "

3.71 avg rating — 1,322 ratings

"Lou Cinda Holt, Registrar & Project Manager, enjoyed the mystery novel A Bed of Scorpions by Judith Flanders for its humor, and because it features an art gallery registrar in the mystery."

3.72 avg rating — 1,085 ratings

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