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Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes
The Library Book
By Susan Orlean
Edition
By Susan Orlean
Hardcover edition
Publisher Simon & Schuster Imprint Simon & Schuster (Adult) ISBN9781476740188
Awards and Honors 2019 Indies Choice Award Finalist, Book of the Year - Adult Nonfiction <br> Library Reads Voter Top Pick - 2019 <br> CPL Best of the Best - 2018 <br> <i>Booklist</i> Top of the List 2018, Adult Nonfiction <br> <i>NYT</i> Notable Books - 2018 <br> NPR’s Book Concierge - 2018 <br> <i>Washington Post</i> Best Books - 2018The Library Book
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In 1986, a fire at the Los Angeles Public library burned for seven hours, destroying 400,000 books and damaging 700,000 more. More than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who?
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