Jones, a pastor, citrus farmer, and polymath known as The Human. ^ 'Paperback Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Dec. Along the way, Orlean introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters from libraries past and presentfrom Mary Foy, who in 1880 at eighteen years old was named the head of the Los Angeles Public Library at a time when men still dominated the role, to Dr.

'Review | Everybody who loves books should check out 'The Library Book' '.

^ a b c 'Nonfiction Book Review: The Library Book by Susan Orlean.

'It's a Fact: Mistakes Are Embarrassing the Publishing Industry'.

^ Alter, Alexandra (September 22, 2019). Orlean has produced a very well-woven story in The Library Book, to the point that its alternating subjects helped strengthen it rather than confuse it.

'Who started the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Library? Susan Orlean investigates in her new book'.

^ Kellogg, Carolyn (October 11, 2018).

'The Library Fire That Ignited an Author's Imagination'. Television adaptation Īs of 2019, Orlean is slated to collaborate with James Ponsoldt to write and executive-produce an adaption for television. The Library Book became a New York Times Best Seller. You really never know how seriously interesting a subject might be until such a person takes a serious interest in it.' In The Washington Post, Ron Charles called The Library Book 'a wide-ranging, deeply personal and terrifically engaging investigation of humanity's bulwark against oblivion: the library.' Reviewing the book for The New York Times, Michael Lewis wrote, 'Susan Orlean has once again found rich material where no one else has bothered to look for it…Once again, she's demonstrated that the feelings of a writer, if that writer is sufficiently talented and her feelings sufficiently strong, can supply her own drama. The Library Book received strongly favorable reviews and was selected as a 'PW Pick' by Publishers Weekly.

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