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National Book Lovers Day August 9th

This is an unofficial holiday observed to encourage bibliophiles to celebrate reading and literature.

Belleville Public Library

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  • Irma Bedford has been the owner of Over the Rainbow, a bookshop in small-town Minnesota, for many years. Her business partner, Elliot, has passed away, and Irma is intent on selling the store to a corporate building group. But Elliot's…
    BookToronto, Ontario : Park Row Books, 2022. — FIC ANT
  • In England in 1959, free spirited widow Florence Green follows her lifelong dream by opening a bookshop in a conservative coastal town.
    DVDUniversal City, California : Greenwich Entertainment, 2019. — DVD B
  • Liesl Weiss has been (mostly) happy working in the rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke and she's left to…
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, 2022. — FIC JUR
  • Based on the real-life American Library in Paris and the brave acts of its librarians during World War II, this novel begins with Odile Souchet, a young woman who dreams of being a librarian.
    BookToronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2021. — FIC SKE
  • Regency widow Lily Adler must earn the trust of her father to help her solve the murder of an old family friend who had secrets worth killing for - and who had family with a lot to gain from his death.
    BookNew York : Crooked Lane, 2021. — F MYS SCH
  • Based on a true story, Grace Bennett arrives in London at the time of the Blitz but happily lands a job at a small bookshop on Paternoster Row. Initially not a big reader, she discovers the passion for books that unites the community…
    BookToronto : Hanover Square Press, 2021. — FIC MAR
  • In the wake of a shocking tragedy, Natalie Harper inherits her mother's charming but financially strapped bookshop in San Francisco. She also becomes caretaker for her ailing grandfather Andrew, her only living relative--not counting her…
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, 2020. — FIC WIG
  • Gable's latest novel immerses readers into parallel narratives of two authors revolving around a London bookshop. (Publishers Weekly)
    BookToronto : Graydon House, 2021. — FIC GAB
  • Nina Hill's life may not seem like much, but for a person battling anxiety, it's more than enough. She enjoys her job at a bookstore and her small circle of friends. Until a visit from a lawyer changes everything... (Publisher)
    BookNew York : Berkley, 2019. — F ROM WAX
  • A grand baronial house on Loch Ness, a quirky small-town bookseller, and a single mom looking for a fresh start all come together in this witty and warm-hearted novel by Jenny Colgan, author of 'The Bookshop on the Corner'.
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019. — F ROM COL
  • The Diary of a Bookseller is Shaun Bythell's funny and fascinating memoir of a year in the life at the helm of The Bookshop, in the small village of Wigtown, Scotland—and of the delightfully odd locals, unusual staff, eccentric customers,…
    BookNew York (State) : Melville House, 2018. — BIO 381.45 BYTB
  • Halpern's latest novel unites a disparate cast of characters who have come to the town library for a variety of reasons. (Publishers Weekly)
    BookNew York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018. — FIC HAL
  • A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading. (Publisher)
    BookToronto, Ontario : Park Row Books, 2018. — FIC MEY
  • Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure.
    BookF FAN COG
  • When a bookshop patron commits suicide, his favourite store clerk must unravel the puzzle he left behind in this fiendishly clever debut novel from an award-winning short story writer. (Publisher)
    BookNew York : Scribner, 2017. — F MYS SUL
  • Susan Orlean reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution--our libraries.
    BookNew York : Simon and Schuster, 2018. — 027.4794 ORL