Fiction Featuring Books and Academia
See also Bibliomystery and Academic Mysteries and our list of Books About Reading Groups.
Books for Bibliophiles (Mukwonago Community Library, WI): Author, title, brief summaries for over 55 fictional works whose themes center on 'the publishing industry, booksellers, libraries, librarians, or authors.'
Librarians as Characters in Fiction (Laura Cobrinik, Marginal Librarian, McGill University): Author, title, publication info for children's, YA, and adult fiction featuring librarians, as well as non-fiction works.
Fiction About Libraries or Librarians (Images of Librarians in Popular Culture): Author, title, summary of 24 fiction titles, 28 mysteries, and 12 sci-fi/fantasy titles featuring libraries/librarians.
Into the Stacks: Fiction Featuring Libraries and Librarians (Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, KS): Author, title, publication year, and summary for 22 books, listed by publication year, from The Loop by Joe Coomer (1992) to The Book of Flying by Keith Miller (2004).
Fiction About Book People (Enoch Pratt Free Library - Baltimore): Compiled 2006. About 25 books published in 2004 and 2005 featuring bookstore owners, writers, journalists, etc. with author, title, webcat link, and summary, from Susan Wittig Albert's The Tale of Holly How to Colm Tóibín's The Master.
Books for Booklovers (Susan Robertson, Evanston Public Library, IL): Lists about 20 books about books, with author, title, summary, publication year. Most are non-fiction. Compiled 1997, updated Aug. 2005. Also, More Books for Booklovers, listing about 40 mostly non-fiction books published from 1995-2002, and Even More Books for Booklovers, listing about 40 mostly non-fiction titles published from 2001-2007.
Books About Books (Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Jefferson City, MO): Author, title, and detailed summary for about 15 non-fiction titles.
Books for Bibliophiles (B. Hinton, Memorial Hall Library, Andover MA): Author, title, pub. year, summary, and webcat link for about 10 fiction and 15 non-fiction books; fiction from Martha Cooley's The Archivist to Judith Van Gieson's The Stolen Blue. Compiled Nov. 2003.
Books About Books (Addison PL, IL): Author, title, webcat link, summary for 4 books centered on reading groups, 3 fiction titles, and 5 genre series. Compiled May 2007.
Back to School (Memorial Hall Library, Andover MA): 2-page PDF list of fiction set in the world of academia. Author, title, pub. year, and summary, for about a dozen books, from Saul Bellow's Ravelstein to Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons. Compiled Sept. 2005.
Fiction about Hobbies: Books and Reading (Northbrook Public Library, IL): Title, author, summary for 8 novels, including mysteries.
Librarian Lit: Librarians Are People Too (Harris County Public Library, Houston, TX): Author, title, summary, and webcat link for about 15 novels featuring librarians, from Jeff Abbott's Distant Blood to Amanda Eyre Ward's Sleep Toward Heaven.
Libraries and Librarians in Fiction (Kitchener Public Library, Ontario, Canada): Author, title, webcat link for over 100 novels featuring librariana, from Peter Ackroyd's Chatterton to P.G. Wodehouse's Leave it to Psmith. Compiled Nov. 2003, updated June 2006.
Librarian and Other Bookish People (Lake County Public Library, Merrillville, IN): Books featuring librarians and libraries. Author, titles, type of librarian or library (usually with setting) for 13 mystery series, 5 stand-alone mysteries, 3 sci-fi/fantasy books/series, and about 20 fiction titles. Updated March 2007.
It's Academic...Fiction Goes to School (St. Charles Public Library, IL): Author and title only (no summaries) for over 60 novels featuring academia (some are the same as those on their previous list, below), from Many Pretty Toys by Hazard Adams to As It Is In Heaven by Niall Williams. Compiled Aug. 2001.
Back to School -- Books with an Academic Setting (St. Charles Public Library, IL): Author and title only (no summaries) for over 30 novels set in or featuring academia, from The Everlasting Story of Nory by Nicholson Baker to The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Compiled July 1999, updated Aug. 2005.
Books and the Publishing World (Auburn Hills Public Library, MI): 'Stories involving authors and/or the publishing industry.' Author and title only for about 35 books, from Sandra Brown's Envy to several by Kate White. Updated July 2007.
Town and Gown (Lake County Public Library, Merrillville, IN): Stories set in college towns or on campus. Author, titles. Books by 8 mystery writers (with occupation of sleuth noted) and over 15 fiction writers.