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The Library Book

By Susan Orlean
Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Simon & Schuster Imprint Simon & Schuster (Adult) ISBN

9781476740188

Awards and Honors 2019 Indies Choice Award Finalist, Book of the Year - Adult Nonfiction
Library Reads Voter Top Pick - 2019
CPL Best of the Best - 2018
Booklist Top of the List 2018, Adult Nonfiction
NYT Notable Books - 2018
NPR’s Book Concierge - 2018
Washington Post Best Books - 2018

The Library Book

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9781476740188J
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Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes

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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