Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge discussion

Share and discuss book ideas for Task 15: Read a book by a librarian

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
But also Madeleine L'Engle was a librarian

How Can I Help You Laura Sims

My husband reminded me that the poet Philip Larkin was a librarian, so he is also an option. Although he wasn't a very nice man.

I'm thinking about That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America, Book Lust, or Dragonfruit.

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I'm also among those considering That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones. I'm also thinking about finally reading by Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Audre Lorde.

Any of the books edited by Kelly Jensen would work as well. My personal favourite is Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy.

Smothermoss is my choice.

Helena Greer is a librarian!

I'm reading That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones

I am going to read Book Lust

I plan on reading The Paris Library.

I just read Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin. It comes out Tuesday and it was great! Austin is not currently a librarian but has a degree in library science and used to work for the Ottawa Public Library system.

I’m making this harder for myself by requiring that the book also be *about* a library as well. I think I’m going to read The Paris Library.

Olivia Dade is a librarian!

There's some great options. Obviously, there's That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by my fellow librarian and LSU alum. There's also Smothermoss to consider.

Although, this may be the year that I finally read Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West.

There are *so* many people who have worked in a library this is hardly a "read harder" prompt.... that being said if People Magazine tells me Tessa Dare is a librarian, I'm going to count it.

I'll read The Bride Bet

Some nonfiction options are:
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne.

Tirzah Price is a former librarian. Is ‘former’ ok for this prompt do we think?

Kimberley wrote: "Tirzah Price is a former librarian. Is ‘former’ ok for this prompt do we think?"

I think so

A few years ago I stumbled on Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence and fell in love with it.
When I was in elementary school, the school librarian would often push a book across the counter when I came to check out something. "I think you'd like this," she would say.
Thanks to her, I was introduced to The Outsiders and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. She also pointed me to non-fiction that dealt with social justice issues and probably helped define my career choices.
I wish I knew her name. But I'm sure she would have gotten along fine with Annie Spence, whose collection of love letters and breakup notes to the books in her life (and work) was exactly the recovery read I have needed often in the last few years.
It's a gem. So funny, so relatable and at some points, so helpful as guideposts for my ongoing reading lists.
I'd love to know Annie as a colleague, a book club pal, a sharer of wine or a library resource.
I dip into Dear Fahrenheit 451 regularly and it makes me smile. I need more books like this.
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Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks

I found a People Magazine article from last year about authors with librarian credit in their bios: https://people.com/authors-who-were-l...

I was interested to see Audre Lorde; I've got Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches on my TBR, so I might read that for this challenge.

Erin wrote: "I found a People Magazine article from last year about authors with librarian credit in their bios: https://people.com/authors-who-were-l...

I was intere..."

ETA: also Philip Pullman!