Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere

10 best books like Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere (Lauren Leto): I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life, Red at the Bone, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Trouble on the Books, I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks, On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature, Haunting Experiences: Encounters with the Otherworldly, You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit, The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction, Bayou Born

I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

Author	Anne Bogel
ISBN	0801072921

For so many people, reading isn't just a hobby or a way to pass the time--it's a lifestyle. Our books shape us, define us, enchant us, and even sometimes infuriate us. Our books are a part of who we are as people, and we can't imagine life without them.

I'd Rather Be Reading is the perfect literary...

Red at the Bone

Author	Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN	0525535276

Moving forward and backward in time, Jacqueline Woodson's taut and powerful new novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families, and in the life of the new child.

As the book opens in 2001, it is the evening of...

The Marvelous Land of Oz

Author	L. Frank Baum
ISBN	0140350411

Few fantasy lands have captured our hearts and imaginations as has the marvelous land of Oz. For over four generations, children and adults alike have reveled in the magical adventures of its beloved folk. Now, for the first time in over seventy years, the second book about Oz is presented here in the...

Trouble on the Books

Author

Essie Lang

Essie Lang’s series debut is perfect for fans of Lorna Barrett, Vicki Delany, and book lovers everywhere.

Rookie bookstore owner Shelby Cox must hit the books to learn the ropes before she loses a killer in the stacks.

Shelby Cox never intended to become a bookseller, so when the...

I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks

Author	Gina Sheridan
ISBN	1440576246

Straight from the library--the strange and bizarre, ready to be checked out!

From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, I Work at a Public Library showcases the oddities that have come across Gina Sheridan's circulation desk. Throughout these pages,...

On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

Author	C.S. Lewis
ISBN	0156027682

“In life and art both, as it seems to me, we are always trying to catch in our net of successive moments something that is not successive . . . But I think it is sometimes done—or very, very nearly done—in stories.”

C.S. Lewis is widely known for his fiction, especially his stories of science...

Haunting Experiences: Encounters with the Otherworldly

Author	Michelle Belanger
ISBN	0738714372

Working the graveyard shift at a haunted hotel, encountering a Voodoo spirit in New Orleans, helping the victim of an astral vampire attack... the supernatural has played a part in Michelle Belanger's life since the age of three. Yet she refuses to take the "unexplained" for granted, especially when...

You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

Author

James K.A. Smith

You are what you love. But you might not love what you think.

In this book, award-winning author James K. A. Smith shows that who and what we worship fundamentally shape our hearts. And while we desire to shape culture, we are not often aware of how culture shapes us. We might not realize the ways...

The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction

Author	Justin Whitmel Earley
ISBN	0830845607

Habits form us more than we form them.

The modern world is a machine of a thousand invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy, and depressed people. We yearn for the freedom and peace of the gospel, but remain addicted to our technology, shackled by our screens, and exhausted by our routines....

Bayou Born

Author	Hailey Edwards
ISBN	0349417067

Her beginning may be our end...

Deep in the humid swamps of the Mississippi bayou, a mysterious, half-wild child is dragged just in time from the murky waters. She has no memories, no family and is covered in strange markings, the meaning of which no one is able to decipher. Adopted by the policeman...