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People of the Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.04 — 160,744 ratings — published 2008
The Cookbook Collector (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.34 — 13,704 ratings — published 2010
Camino Island (Camino Island, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 170,663 ratings — published 2017
The Bookman’s Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.76 — 18,635 ratings — published 2013
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.23 — 13,236 ratings — published 2022
Over The Hills (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.71 — 17 ratings — published 1930
Deadly Devotion (Deadliest Love #5)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 463 ratings — published
Deadly Obsession (Deadliest Love #3)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.17 — 615 ratings — published
Ace of Hearts (Vegas Underground, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,157 ratings — published 2018
Joker's Wild (Vegas Underground, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,937 ratings — published 2019
Deadly Seduction (Deadliest Love #2)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 718 ratings — published
Wild Card (Vegas Underground, #7)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,993 ratings — published 2019
Jack of Spades (Vegas Underground, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,902 ratings — published 2018
Deadly Passion (Deadliest Love #4)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.18 — 547 ratings — published
Mase (Storm Enterprises #5)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 788 ratings — published
His Queen of Clubs (Vegas Underground, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,263 ratings — published 2019
King of Diamonds (Vegas Underground, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.86 — 8,463 ratings — published 2018
Mafia Daddy (Vegas Underground, #1.5)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.77 — 3,827 ratings — published 2018
Deadly Temptation (Deadliest Love #1)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,159 ratings — published
Dead Man's Hand (Vegas Underground, #6)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,128 ratings — published 2019
Bounty (Barbarians of the Sand Planet #1)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,650 ratings — published 2020
Saving You Losing Me: A second-chance, enemies to lovers romance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.47 — 126 ratings — published
Possessed (Raider Warlords of the Vandar, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.95 — 7,135 ratings — published 2020
Fiercely British (The Carter Brothers #2)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.32 — 103 ratings — published
Brutally British (The Carter Brothers #1)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.24 — 363 ratings — published
The Personal Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.04 — 251,624 ratings — published 2021
The Coloring Crook (Pen & Ink Mysteries, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,700 ratings — published 2018
The Lions of Fifth Avenue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.89 — 88,951 ratings — published 2020
Booked to Die (Cliff Janeway, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,580 ratings — published 1992
The Bookman's Wake (Cliff Janeway, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,581 ratings — published 1995
Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,721 ratings — published 1997
The Book Stops Here (Bibliophile Mystery #8)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,111 ratings — published 2014
The Lies That Bind (Bibliophile Mystery #3)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,299 ratings — published 2010
Tree of Codes (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 3,817 ratings — published 2010
All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.12 — 544,268 ratings — published 1928
Yankee Stranger (Williamsburg #2)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,018 ratings — published 1944
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,286 ratings — published 1995
By Its Cover (Commissario Brunetti, #23)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 3.85 — 10,362 ratings — published 2014
Seven Daughters (Nook)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 1874
Winds of Chance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rare-books)
avg rating 4.27 — 15 ratings — published 1934
The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture: Old Regime Europe 1660-1789 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as rare-books)
avg rating 4.16 — 55 ratings — published 2002
The Dragon's Bride (A Deal With a Demon, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as rare-books)
avg rating 3.62 — 52,039 ratings — published 2022
The Ruby Throne (Michael Moorcock's Elric, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as rare-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,361 ratings — published 2013
The Quest for the Time Bird (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as rare-books)
avg rating 3.82 — 525 ratings — published 1992
Witchblade Compendium, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as rare-books)
avg rating 3.79 — 347 ratings — published 2006
The Fake Husband Deal (Spencer Brothers #2)
by (shelved 1 time as rare-books)
avg rating 4.23 — 961 ratings — published 2024
Auctioned (Auctioned, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as rare-books)
avg rating 4.02 — 5,475 ratings — published 2018
Work-Love Balance (Out & About, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as rare-books)
avg rating 3.98 — 543 ratings — published 2020
Insidious Obsession (Insidious Obsession #1)
by (shelved 1 time as rare-books)
avg rating 3.84 — 11,382 ratings — published
Elsie de Wolfe: A Life in the High Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as rare-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 29 ratings — published 1982
“The framework that heritage professionals create for understanding the meanings of objects over time comes to shape the legacy-seeking behaviors of the very people whose objects we must acquire in order to maintain cultural authority.”
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“Anthropodermic bibliopegy had been a specter on the shelves of libraries, museums, and private collections for over a century. Human skin books -mostly made by 19th century doctor bibliophiles - are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain, but for the physical makeup of the object. They repel and fascinate, and their very ordinary appearances mask the horror inherent in their creation.”
― Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
― Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
