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I read 11 books during the month of July! These are physical books I read! The rest were on Kindle. ❤️
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halogencat · 2 years
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“We pushed it, but when the State Department says 'you're being a bunch of assholes' what are you going to do?”
― Joshua Hammer, The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
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National Library Lovers Month: Nonfiction
The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree
Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes, or filled with bean bags and children's drawings--the history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident. In The Library, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen introduce us to the antiquarians and philanthropists who shaped the world's great collections, trace the rise and fall of literary tastes, and reveal the high crimes and misdemeanors committed in pursuit of rare manuscripts. In doing so, they reveal that while collections themselves are fragile, often falling into ruin within a few decades, the idea of the library has been remarkably resilient as each generation makes - and remakes - the institution anew. Beautifully written and deeply researched, The Library is essential reading for booklovers, collectors, and anyone who has ever gotten blissfully lost in the stacks.
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer
In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that had fallen into obscurity. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu tells the incredible story of how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist and historian from the legendary city of Timbuktu, later became one of the world’s greatest and most brazen smugglers.
In 2012, thousands of Al Qaeda militants from northwest Africa seized control of most of Mali, including Timbuktu. They imposed Sharia law, chopped off the hands of accused thieves, stoned to death unmarried couples, and threatened to destroy the great manuscripts. As the militants tightened their control over Timbuktu, Haidara organized a dangerous operation to sneak all 350,000 volumes out of the city to the safety of southern Mali.
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.’” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library - and if so, who?
Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a mesmerizing and uniquely compelling book that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before.
Library: An Unquiet History by Matthew Battles
Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Now they are in crisis. Former rare books librarian and Harvard metaLAB visionary Matthew Battles takes us from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries and on to the Information Age, to explore how libraries are built and how they are destroyed: from the scroll burnings in ancient China to the burning of libraries in Europe and Bosnia to the latest revolutionary upheavals of the digital age. A new afterword elucidates how knowledge is preserved amid the creative destruction of twenty-first-century technology.
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nstaaf-book · 5 months
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer
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afrotumble · 1 year
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In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that had fallen into obscurity. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu tells the story of how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist and historian from the legendary city of Timbuktu, later became one of the world's greatest and most brazen smugglers. In 2012, thousands of Al-Qaeda militants from northwest Africa seized control of most of Mali, including Timbuktu. They imposed Sharia law, chopped off the hands of accused thieves, stoned to death unmarried couples, and threatened to destroy the great manuscripts. As the militants tightened their control over Timbuktu, Haidara organized a dangerous operation to sneak all 350,000 volumes out of the city to the safety of southern Mali.
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yadira81j · 2 years
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'The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu’ is an interesting look at historical scholarship and preservation. The end of the book is more concerned with military anti-terrorist action than the actual manuscripts, though, which is a shame.
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5 Works
tagged by @hollers-and-holmes​ to do some thinking on the subject of:
What five literary works do you wish the whole world would read and possibly benefit from?*
What five spiritual/philosophical works?
What five non-fiction, secular works?
*Interpret "benefit" as you like - in terms of joy, virtue, information, sheer interest, etc.
Five literary works
Treasures from Grandma's Attic by Arleta Richardson North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell The Family at Caldicott Place by Noel Streatfeild Spike of Swift River by Jack O'Brien The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton
Five spiritual/philosophical
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis The Provincial Letters and Pensées by Blaise Pascal A Christian Manifesto by Francis Schaeffer Total Truth by Nancy R. Pearcey Why We Are Restless by Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey
bonus: Ada Palmer’s essay On Progress and Historical Change
Five non-fiction, secular
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich Denial by Deborah Lipstadt Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer ...I feel like I overthought this and ended up with more weighty books than joyful ones.
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5/3 Book Deals
Good morning, everyone, and happy Monday! I hope you all had a nice relaxing weekend (or if you had to work, I still hope it was relatively calm?). I am in my last official week of my last semester of grad school (!), so I’m feeling a mix of emotions (plus the uh stress of applying to different jobs since I will have a more open schedule for new things!), but also feeling a bit of relief. How are things going for all you guys!? Always curious about how everyone is doing. :)
Sorry for the lack of deals posts last week, but I’m back now with a lot of great books on sale to share, so be sure to have a look if you’re in need of some new reading material. :) There’s a pretty nice selection today with a decent variety, so hopefully a little something for everyone! I’ve heard great things about The Downstairs Girls, and if you like weird books then Under the Skin fits that bill pretty well (and Michel Faber is one of my favorite authors!). Did anyone else read Island of the Blue Dolphins when they were in grade school?? It’s not some amazing book, but it’s definitely a little nostalgic for me, haha, so I had to include it. 
Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful day, and happy reading! :)
Today’s Deals:
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The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee - https://amzn.to/3uebXoQ
History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera - https://amzn.to/3vEfU6p
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer - https://amzn.to/3eOCH8N
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Sophie's Choice by William Styron - https://amzn.to/3tcRiQz
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The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman - https://amzn.to/3vHTlxR
The Night Raven by Sarah Painter -  https://amzn.to/3xHt9Fk
Animal Farm by George Orwell - https://amzn.to/3tfCRLq
What If?: Serious Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe - https://amzn.to/2RlFEp8
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell - https://amzn.to/3b0o80L
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel - https://amzn.to/3b1kfbQ
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers - https://amzn.to/3vAqk72
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Under the Skin by Michel Faber - https://amzn.to/3gXonNP
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NOTE:  I am categorizing these book deals posts under the tag #bookdeals, so if you don’t want to see them then just block that tag and you should be good. I am an Amazon affiliate in addition to a Book Depository affiliate and will receive a small (but very much needed!)  commission on any purchase made through these links.
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halogencat · 2 years
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“We are a city that has had Islam for one thousand years. We had the greatest teachers and universities. And now these Bedouins, these illiterates, these ignoramuses, tell us how to wear our pants, and how to say our prayers, and how our wives should dress, as if they were the ones who invented the way?”
― Joshua Hammer, The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
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andrasta14 · 2 years
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~2021 Reading Challenge~
~Books Read~
Nonfiction
Methodism: Empire of the Spirit - David Hempton
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket - Richard Holmes
Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the present day - Peter Ackroyd
Down and Out: In Eighteenth Century London - Tim Hitchcock
London’s Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London’s Georgian Age - Dan Cruickshank
Warfare in the Eighteenth Century - Jeremy Black
Empires of the Imagination: Politics, War, and the Arts in the British World 1750-1850 - Holger Hooch
The Medici: Power, Money and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance - Paul Strathern
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 - Simon Sebag Montefiore
The Habsburgs: To Rule the World - Martyn Rady
The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women - Rosalie Gilbert
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners - Therese Oneill
The Splendid and the Vile - Erik Larson
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing
Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind - Yuval Noah Harari
Nature’s Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present - Philipp Blom
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond
A Natural History of the Future - Rob Dunn
American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic - Nancy K. Bristow
To Marry an English Lord - Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty - Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Reza Aslan
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - Jenny Lawson
Broken (in the Best Possible Way) - Jenny Lawson
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Lawson
I’m Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come: One Introvert’s Year of Saying Yes - Jessica Pan
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to follow the Bible as Literally as Possible - A.J. Jacobs
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain
The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine N. Aron
ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction from Childhood Through Adulthood - Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. & John J. Ratey, M.D.
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear - Elizabeth Gilbert
The Hilarious World of Depression - John Moe
Hunger - Roxane Gay
The Comfort Book - Matt Haig
How Democracies Die - Steven Levitsky
The Day the World Stops Shopping - J.B. MacKinnon
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and their race to save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts - Joshua Hammer
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket - Richard Holmes
Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the present day - Peter Ackroyd
London’s Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London’s Georgian Age - Dan Cruickshank
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 - Simon Sebag Montefiore
The Habsburgs - Martyn Rady
Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind - Yuval Noah Harari
Nature’s Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present - Philipp Blom
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain
The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine N. Aron
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Reza Aslan
Classic Literature
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (1861)
North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell (1854)
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham (1908)
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (1868 & 1869)
The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane (1895)
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (1937)
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (1847)
The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850)
The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne (1851)
Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne (1872)
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)
Persuasion - Jane Austen (1817)
(Wow, I really slacked on my Classics this year...! 😳 Shame on me!)
My Top Five Faves (in no particular order):
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Persuasion - Jane Austen
The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
Fiction/Literature
(I confess I’m too lazy to separate the books further into different genres.😊)
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
Giovanni’s Room - James Baldwin
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
The Henna Artist: Bk 1 - Alka Joshi
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur: Bk 2 - Alka Joshi
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu Rising -  Taylor Jenkins Reid
Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur
Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston
My Policeman - Bethan Roberts
The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donohue
Act Your Age, Eve Brown - Talia Hibbert
Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks
Once Upon a River - Diane Setterfield
The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion - Fannie Flagg
The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren
The Dating Plan - Sara Desai
The Flatshare - Beth O’Leary
Second First Impressions - Sally Thorne
Anne of Manhattan - Brina Starler
The Cafe by the Sea - Jenny Colgan
The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
The Dutch House - Ann Patchett
The Trouble With Hating You - Sajni Patel
The Paris Apartment - Kelly Bowen
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr
No Offence - Meg Cabot
Beach Read - Emily Henry
The Duke & I: Bridgerton Bk 1 - Julia Quinn
Romancing Mister Bridgerton: Bk 4 - Julia Quinn
The Forest of Vanishing Stars - Kristin Harmel
Just Last Night - Mhairi McFarlane
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Very Sincerely Yours - Kerry Winfrey
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
To Have and to Hoax - Martha Waters
A Curious Beginning: Veronica Speedwell Mystery #1 - Deanna Raybourn
A Perilous Undertaking: VS Mystery #2 - Deanna Raybourn
A Treacherous Curse: VS Mystery #3 - Deanna Raybourn
A Dangerous Collaboration: VS Mystery #4 - Deanna Raybourn
The Last Chance Library - Freya Sampson
Objects of My Affection - Jill Smolinski
Always in December - Emily Stone
A Holly Jolly Diwali - Sonya Lalli
The Party Crasher - Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic to the Stars - Sophie Kinsella
Christmas Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
Wedding Night - Sophie Kinsella
I’ve Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella
I Owe You One - Sophie Kinsella
Love Your Life - Sophie Kinsella
The Paper Palace - Miranda Cowley Heller
The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer
Just Haven’t Met You Yet - Sophie Cousens
The Lonely Hearts Hotel - Heather O’Neill
The Library of Legends - Janie Chang
Twice Shy - Sarah Hogle
The Christmas Bookshop - Jenny Colgan
The Dreamers - Karen Thompson Walker
The Holiday Swap - Maggie Knox
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
Giovanni’s Room - James Baldwin
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Forest of Vanishing Stars - Kristin Harmel
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
Second First Impressions - Sally Thorne
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
Science Fiction/Fantasy
The House of the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
His Majesty’s Dragon: Temeraire Series Bk 1 - Naomi Novik
Throne of Jade: Temeraire Series Bk 2 - Naomi Novik
Black Powder War: Temeraire Series Bk 3 - Naomi Novik
Empire Of Ivory: Temeraire Series Bk 4 - Naomi Novik
Victory of Eagles: Temeraire Series Bk 5 - Naomi Novik
Tongue of Serpents: Temeraire Series Bk 6 - Naomi Novik
Crucible of Gold: Temeraire Series Bk 7 - Naomi Novik
Blood of Tyrants: Temeraire Series Bk 8 - Naomi Novik
League of Dragons: Temeraire Series Bk 9 - Naomi Novik
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Circe - Madeline Miller
Firebird - Mercedes Lackey
Gwenhwyfar - Mercedes Lackey
Dune: Bk 1 - Frank Herbert
One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston
The Rules of Magic - Alice Hoffman
The Book of Magic - Alice Hoffman
Foundryside: Bk 1 - Robert Jackson Bennett
Shorefall: Bk 2 - Robert Jackson Bennett
Catherine House - Elizabeth Thomas
Arabella of Mars: Bk 1 - David D. Levine
The Midnight Bargain - C.L. Polk
The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
Star Wars: Master and Apprentice - Claudia Grey
Star Wars: Darth Plagueis - James Luceno
Star Wars: Ahsoka - E.K. Johnston
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms: Bk 1 - N.K. Jemisin
The Broken Kingdoms: Bk 2 - N.K. Jemisin
The Kingdom of Gods: Bk 3 - N.K. Jemisin
The Angel of the Crows - Katherine Addison
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix
The Clockwork Dynasty - Daniel H. Wilson
Black Water Sister - Zen Cho
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue - V.E. Schwab
Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch - Rivka Galchen
Switch - A.S. King
The Jasmine Thorne - Tasha Suri
The Two Towers: Lord of the Rings Bk 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien
La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Bk 1 - Philip Pullman
The Secret Commonwealth:  The Book of Dust Bk 2 - Philip Pullman
The Scribbly Man: Children of D’Hara Bk 1 - Terry Goodkind
Hateful Things: Children of D’Hara Bk 2 - Terry Goodkind
Wasteland: Children of D’Hara Bk 3 - Terry Goodkind
Witch’s Oath: Children of D’Hara Bk 4 - Terry Goodkind
Into Darkness: Children of D’Hara Bk 5 - Terry Goodkind
Good Omens - Terry Pratchet & Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini
Rose Daughter - Robin McKinley
Mistborn: Bk 1 - Brandon Sanderson
The Well of Ascension: Bk 2 - Brandon Sanderson
The Hero of Ages: Bk 3 -  Brandon Sanderson
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge - M.T. Anderson
Three Parts Dead: Bk 1 - Max Gladstone
A Darker Shade of Magic: Bk 1 - V.E. Schwab
A Gathering of Shadows: Bk 2 - V.E. Schwab
Gideon the Ninth: Bk 1 - Tamsyn Muir
Assassin’s Apprentice: Farseer Trilogy Bk 1 - Robin Hobb
Royal Assassin:  Farseer Trilogy Bk 2 - Robin Hobb
Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao
The Lighthouse Witches - C.J. Cooke
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
Circe - Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
The House of the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Temeraire Series - Naomi Novik
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Trilogy - N.K. Jemisin
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue - V.E. Schwab
Children of D’Hara Series - Terry Goodkind
Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge - M.T. Anderson
YA Books
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
We Hunt the Flame: Bk 1 - Hafsah Faizal
We Free the Stars: Bk 2 - Hafsah Faizal
Cinder: Lunar Chronicles Bk 1 - Marissa Meyer
Winter: Lunar Chronicles Bk 4 - Marissa Meyer
Stars Above; Lunar Chronicles Collections - Marissa Meyer
Uprooted: Bk 1 - Naomi Novik
Chain of Gold: The Last Hours Bk 1 - Cassandra Clare
Chain of Iron:  The Last Hours Bk 2 - Cassandra Clare
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue: Bk 1 - Mackenzi Lee
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy: Bk 2 - Mackenzi Lee
The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks: Bk 3 - Mackenzi Lee
Timekeeper: Bk 1 - Tara Sim
Chainbreaker: Bk 2 - Tara Sim
Firestarter: Bk 3 - Tara Sim
Scavenge the Stars: Bk 1 - Tara Sim
Honey Girl - Morgan Rogers
Autoboyography - Christina Lauren
A Great and Terrible Beauty: Bk 1 - Libba Bray
Rebel Angels: Bk 2 - Libba Bray
The Sweet Far Thing: Bk 3 - Libba Bray
Come Tumbling Down: Bk 5 - Seanan McGuire
The Gilded Ones - Namina Forna
By the Book - Amanda Sellet
Rogue Princess - B.R. Myers
The Evil Queen - Gena Showalter
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins
Instructions for Dancing - Nicola Yoon
Dark and Deepest Red - Anna-Marie McLemore
Excuse Me While I Cry Ugly - Joya Goffney
Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale
Eve of Man - Giovanna & Tom Fletcher
The Cruel Prince: Bk 1 - Holly Black
The Wicked King: Bk 2 - Holly Black
The Queen of Nothing: Bk 3 -Holly Black
Gods & Monsters - Shelby Mahurin
Six Crimson Cranes - Elizabeth Lim
Spin the Dawn: Bk 1 - Elizabeth Lim
For the Wolf - Hannah Whitten
The Library of the Dead - T.L. Huchu
Three Dark Crowns: Bk 1 -Kendare Blake
Wicked Fox - Kat Cho
Entwined - Heather Dixon
Chaotic Good - Whitney Gardner
If the Shoe Fits - Julie Murphy
Every Day - David Levithan
Blood Like Magic - Liselle Sambury
Prudence: The Custard Protocol Bk 1 - Gail Carriger
The Raven Boys: Bk 1 - Maggie Stiefvater
The Bone Witch: Bk 1 - Rin Chupeco
Strange the Dreamer: Bk 1 - Laini Taylor
Muse of Nightmares: Bk 2 - Laini Taylor
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
We Hunt the Flame Duology - Hafsah Faizal
The Last Hours Trilogy - Cassandra Clare
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue Trilogy - Mackenzi Lee
Timekeeper Trilogy - Tara Sim
A Great and Terrible Beauty Trilogy - Libba Bray
The Cruel Prince Trilogy - Holly Black
Six Crimson Cranes - Elizabeth Lim
The Lunar Chronicles - Marissa Meyer
Strange the Dreamer Duology - Laini Taylor
Middle Grade/Children
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey: Bk 2 - Trenton Lee Stewart
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma: Bk 3 -  Trenton Lee Stewart
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages: Bk 4 -  Trenton Lee Stewart
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict - Trenton Lee Stewart
A Tale of Magic - Chris Colfer
The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane - Julia Nobel
Stuart Little - E.B. White
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham
The Peculiar - Stefan Bachmann
The Whatnot - Stefan Bachmann
Cinders and Sparrows - Stefan Bachmann
Liesel & Po - Lauren Oliver
The Wishlist - Eoin Colfer
The Barren Grounds - David A. Robertson
Stay Alive: Breakdown - Joseph Monninger
Strangeworlds Travel Agency - L.D. Lapinski
The Scarecrow and His Servant - Philip Pullman
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L’Engle
A Wind in the Door - Madeline L’Engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeline L’Engle
The Amulet of Samarkand: Bartimaeus Series Bk 1 - Jonathan Stroud
The Golem’s Eye: Bartimaeus Series Bk 2 - Jonathan Stroud
Ptolemy’s Gate: Bartimaeus Series Bk 3 - Jonathan Stroud
The Ring of Solomon: A Bartimaeus Novel  - Jonathan Stroud
The Last Siege - Jonathan Stroud
The Screaming Staircase: Lockwood and Co Bk 1 - Jonathan Stroud
The Whispering Skull : Lockwood and Co Bk 2 - Jonathan Stroud
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
Bliss - Kathryn Littlewood
Reverie - Ryan La Sala
The Case of the Missing Marquess - Nancy Springer
The House of Secrets - Chris Columbus & Ned Vizzini
The Unwanteds - Lisa McMann
The Doldrums - Nicholas Gannon
The Doldrums and the Helmsley Curse - Nicholas Gannon
Magyk: Septimus Heap Bk 1 - Angie Sage
Flyte: Septimus Heap Bk 2 - Angie Sage
Physik: Septimus Heap Bk 3 - Angie Sage
Queste: Septimus Heap Bk 4 - Angie Sage
Siren: Septimus Heap Bk 5 - Angie Sage
Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom - Sangu Mandanna
Lintang and the Pirate Queen - Tamara Moss
The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail - Richard Peck
The Oddmire: Changeling Bk 1 - William Ritter
The Hidden Oracle: The Trials of Apollo Bk 1 - Rick Riordan
The Dark Prophesy: The Trials of Apollo Bk 2 - Rick Riordan
The Burning Maze: The Trials of Apollo Bk 3 - Rick Riordan
The Tyrant’s Tomb: The Trials of Apollo Bk 4 - Rick Riordan
The Tower of Nero: The Trials of Apollo Bk 5 - Rick Riordan
The Sword of Summer: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Bk 1 - Rick Riordan
The Hammer of Thor: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Bk 2 - Rick Riordan
The Ship of the Dead: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Bk 3 - Rick Riordan
The Lost Hero: The Heroes of Olympus Bk 1 - Rick Riordan
The Son of Neptune:  The Heroes of Olympus Bk 2 - Rick Riordan
The Mark of Athena:  The Heroes of Olympus Bk 3 - Rick Riordan
The House of Hades:  The Heroes of Olympus Bk 4 - Rick Riordan
The Blood of Olympus:  The Heroes of Olympus Bk 5 - Rick Riordan
The Blackthorn Key: Bk 1 - Kevin Sands
Mark of the Plague: Bk 2 - Kevin Sands
The Assassin’s Curse: Bk 3 - Kevin Sands
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone: Bk 1 - Jaclyn Moriarty
The Whispering Wars: Bk 2 - Jaclyn Moriarty
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar
Alone - Megan E. Freeman
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
The Mysterious Benedict Society Series - Trenton Lee Stewart
A Tale of Magic - Chris Colfer
The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane - Julia Nobel
The Peculiar - Stefan Bachmann
The Scarecrow and His Servant - Philip Pullman
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L’Engle
Bartimaeus Series - Jonathan Stroud
Lockwood and Co Series - Jonathan Stroud
The Trials of Apollo Series - Rick Riordan
The Heroes of Olympus Series - Rick Riordan
Graphic Novels/Manga/Comics
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Search - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Rift - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy - Faith Erin Hicks
Amulet: Bk 1 The Stone Keeper - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 2 The Stonekeeper’s Curse - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 3 The Cloud Searchers  - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 4 The Last Council - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 5 Prince of the Elves - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 6 Escape from Lucien - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 7 Firelight - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 8 Supernova - Kazu Kibushi
Snow, Glass, Apples - Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran
Monstress: Volume 1: Awakening - Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
Daredevil: Ultimate Collection Bk 2 - Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev
Pashmina - Nidhi Chanani
Smile: #1 - Raina Telgemeier
Sisters: #2 -  Raina Telgemeier
Guts: #3 -  Raina Telgemeier
Earthian: Volume 4 - Yun Kouga
Shuriken and Pleats: Volume 1 - Matsuri Hino
Shuriken and Pleats: Volume 2 - Matsuri Hino
The Story of Saiunkoku: Volume 9 - Sai Yukino & Kairi Yura
Sailor Moon: Short Stories Volume 1 - Naoko Takeuchi
Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden: Volume 1 - Yuu Watase
Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden: Volume 2 - Yuu Watase
Everyone’s Getting Married: Volume 1 - Izumi Miyazono
Everyone’s Getting Married: Volume 2 - Izumi Miyazono
Everyone’s Getting Married: Volume 3 - Izumi Miyazono
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Search - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Rift - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy - Faith Erin Hicks
Amulet Series - Kazu Kibushi
Snow, Glass, Apples - Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran
Monstress: Volume 1: Awakening - Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
Daredevil: Ultimate Collection Bk 2 - Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev
Earthian - Yun Kouga
The Story of Saiunkoku - Sai Yukino & Kairi Yura
Poetry
Crush - Richard Siken
Depression & Other Magic Tricks - Sabrina Benaim
(I read much more poetry than this over the course of the year, of course, but these two were the only collections I read in their entirety.)
LGBTQ
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
The House in the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Chain of Gold: The Last Hours Bk 1 - Cassandra Clare
Chain of Iron:  The Last Hours Bk 2 - Cassandra Clare
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue: Bk 1 - Mackenzi Lee
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy: Bk 2 - Mackenzi Lee
The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks: Bk 3 - Mackenzi Lee
Giovanni’s Room - James Baldwin
Timekeeper: Bk 1 - Tara Sim
Chainbreaker: Bk 2 - Tara Sim
Firestarter: Bk 3 - Tara Sim
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur
Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston
One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston
Honey Girl - Morgan Rogers
Autoboyography - Christina Lauren
My Policeman - Bethan Roberts
A Great and Terrible Beauty: Bk 1 - Libba Bray
Rebel Angels: Bk 2 - Libba Bray
The Sweet Far Thing: Bk 3 - Libba Bray
The Rules of Magic - Alice Hoffman
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee
Timekeeper Trilogy - Tara Sim
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur
Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston
One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston
DNF’ed Books (did not finish)
Fix Her Up - Tessa Bailey
My Top 25 Faves Overall (in no particular order):
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The House of the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune
Temeraire Series - Naomi Novik
Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Circe - Madeline Miller
Timekeeper Trilogy - Tara Sim
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue Trilogy - Mackenzi Lee
Lockwood and Co Series - Jonathan Stroud
Bartimaeus Series - Jonathan Stroud
The Trials of Apollo Series - Rick Riordan
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge - M.T. Anderson
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
We Hunt the Flame Duology - Hafsah Faizal
The Peculiar - Stefan Bachmann
(Okay, fine, I lied! lol My Top 26 Faves Overall, because I just COULDN’T find one more I could bear to take off the list. ^.^)
(My End of the Year Book Asks here.)
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He had been a jihadi, Haidara argued, in the original and best sense of the word: one who struggles against evil ideas, desire, and anger in himself and subjugates them to reason and obedience to Gods' commands.
Joshua Hammer (The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu)
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Hermione and I prepare to learn about some awesome librarians.
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