Bibliophile
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Bibliophile

An Illustrated Miscellany

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Bibliophile

An Illustrated Miscellany

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About This Book

Perfect gift for book lovers, writers and your book club

Book lovers rejoice!  In this love letter to all things bookish, Jane Mount brings literary people, places, and things to life through her signature and vibrant illustrations.

Readers of Jane Mount's  Bibliophile  will delight in:

  • Touring the world's most beautiful bookstores
  • Testing their knowledge of the written word with quizzes
  • Finding their next great read in lovingly curated stacks of books
  • Sampling the most famous fictional meals
  • Peeking inside the workspaces of their favorite authors

A source of endless inspiration, literary facts and recommendations:   Bibliophile  is pure bookish joy and sure to enchant book clubbers, English majors, poetry devotees, aspiring writers, and any and all who identify as book lovers.

If you have read or own:   I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life; The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization;  or  How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines;  then you will want to read and own Jane Mount's  Bibliophile.

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ISBN
9781452168272

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 9
Kids’ Picture Books 13
Beloved Bookstores 14
BooksActually / Charis Books & More / Politics and Prose
Bookstore Cats 16
Formative Faves 19
Beloved Bookstores 20
Strand Bookstore
Girl Stars 22
Bookish People Recommend 24
Travis Jonker / Maris Kreizman / Maria Popova / Andrew Medlar / Adah Fitzgerald / Julia Hobart
Coming of Age 27
Beloved Bookstores 28
John K. King Used & Rare Books / Librairie D+Q
Cult Classics 30
Striking Libraries 32
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University / The Rampur Raza Library / Vennesla Library and Culture House / Central Library, National Autonomous University of Mexico / National Library of Korea, Sejong
Novels of the 1800s: Brit Lit & Friends 34
Editions: Pride and Prejudice 36
Writing Rooms 38
Henry David Thoreau / Jane Austen
Novels of the Early 1900s: Disenchantment 41
Beloved Bookstores 42
Daikanyama Tsutaya / Unity Books / Type Books
Mid-Century Novels: Losing It 45
Iconic Covers 46
Novels of the late 1900s: Greed & Growth 49
Beloved Bookstores 50
Sappho Books / Powell’s
Novels of the Millennium: Optimistic...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Kids’ Picture Books
  8. Beloved Bookstores
  9. Bookstore Cats
  10. Formative Faves
  11. Beloved Bookstores
  12. Girl Stars
  13. Bookish People Recommend
  14. Coming of Age
  15. Beloved Bookstores
  16. Cult Classics
  17. Striking Libraries
  18. Novels of the 1800s: Brit Lit & Friends
  19. Editions: Pride and Prejudice
  20. Writing Rooms
  21. Novels of the Early 1900s: Disenchantment
  22. Beloved Bookstores
  23. Mid-Century Novels: Losing It
  24. Iconic Covers
  25. Novels of the late 1900s: Greed & Growth
  26. Beloved Bookstores
  27. Novels of the Millennium: Optimistic Confusion
  28. Writer-Owned Bookstores
  29. Novels of the 21st Century: The Shrinking World
  30. Beautiful Contemporary Covers
  31. Historical Fiction
  32. Types of Fiction
  33. Southern Lit
  34. Beloved Bookstores
  35. Love & Romance
  36. Songs about Books
  37. Unhappy Families Each in Their Own Way
  38. Writer-Owned Bookstores
  39. Book Club Darlings
  40. Five-Word Synopsis Quiz
  41. Mysteries
  42. Books Made into Great Movies
  43. Fantasy
  44. Bookish People Recommend
  45. Beloved Bookstores
  46. Special Powers
  47. Striking Libraries
  48. Dystopia
  49. Editions: Nineteen Eighty-Four
  50. Technothrills & Cyberpunks
  51. Bookmobiles & More
  52. Space & Aliens
  53. Fictional Planet Universe
  54. Graphic Novels & Comics
  55. Beloved Bookstores
  56. Short Stories
  57. Beloved Bookstores
  58. Poetry
  59. Writing Rooms
  60. Essays
  61. Bookish People Recommend
  62. Nature & Animals
  63. Writers’ Pets
  64. Us and the Universe
  65. Beloved Bookstores
  66. A Sense of Place
  67. Beloved Bookstores
  68. Journeys & Adventures
  69. Read around the World
  70. Regional Cooking
  71. Beloved Bookstores
  72. Reference Cookbooks
  73. Novel Food
  74. Everyday Food Inspiration
  75. Beloved Bookstores
  76. Baking & Desserts
  77. Bookish People Recommend
  78. Food Writing
  79. Beloved Bookstores
  80. Biographies & Autobiographies
  81. World-Changing Book People
  82. Memoirs
  83. Beloved Bookstores
  84. Feminism
  85. Writing Rooms
  86. We’re All Human
  87. Little Free Libraries
  88. History
  89. Beloved Bookstores
  90. War
  91. Books Made into Great TV
  92. Mortality
  93. Striking Libraries
  94. Finding Meaning
  95. Beloved Bookstores
  96. How to Write
  97. The Physical Book
  98. Creativity & the Pursuit of Happiness
  99. Writing Rooms
  100. Bookish People Recommend
  101. Sports
  102. Striking Libraries
  103. Innovation & Business
  104. All-Time Bestsellers
  105. Design
  106. Designers’ Picks
  107. Beloved Bookstores
  108. Picture Books for Grown-Ups
  109. Acknowledgments
  110. Bibliography & Credits
  111. About the Author
  112. Chronicle EBooks