Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore

6 best books like Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore (Paula Guran): New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, Terminal Uprising, Brief Histories of Everyday Objects, Haunted Nights, Frankenstein, The Egyptian Antiquities Murder

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

Author	Nisi Shawl
ISBN	1781085781

Anthology of contemporary stories by emerging and seasoned writers of many races

There’s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns,” proclaimed Octavia E Butler.

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned writers of many...

Terminal Uprising

Author	Jim C. Hines
ISBN	0756412773

It’s been four months since Marion “Mops” Adamopoulos learned the truth. Four months since she and her team of hygiene and sanitation specialists stole the EMCS Pufferfish and stopped a bioterrorism attack against the Krakau homeworld. Four months since she set out to find proof of what really...

Brief Histories of Everyday Objects

Author	Andy Warner
ISBN	1250078652

Hilarious, entertaining, and illustrated histories behind some of life's most common and underappreciated objects - from the paperclip and the toothbrush to the sports bra and roller skates

In the tradition of A Cartoon History of the Universe and, most recent, Randall Munroe's What If?...

Haunted Nights

Author	Ellen Datlow
ISBN	1101973838

Sixteen never-before-published chilling tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, co-edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the most successful and respected genre editors, and Lisa Morton, a leading authority on Halloween.
In addition to stories about scheming jack-o'-lanterns,...

Frankenstein

Author

Junji Ito

Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley!

The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monster — and the fouler beast who created him — to life with the brilliantly detailed chiaroscuro for which he is known.

Also included are six tales of Oshikiri...

The Egyptian Antiquities Murder

Author

Sara Rosett

An opulent London townhouse, a mummy curse . . . . . . and a plucky lady detective. It’s October, 1923, and Olive Belgrave has a new case. Her client, Lady Agnes doesn’t believe in curses, and she hires Olive to prove her Egyptologist uncle wasn’t the victim of a malevolent mummy. Olive investigates...