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Shelf Life
Librarians & Libraries in Literature

In Celebration of National Library Week
April 13-19, 2008

Librarian Solves the Crime


Cape Refuge by Terri Blackstock

The Old Contemptibles by Martha Grimes

The Bookman’s Promise: a Cliff Janeway novel by John Dunning

Open Season by Linda Howard

Smoke in Mirrors by Jayne Anne Krentz

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Librarian as Murder Victim


How to Murder the Man of Your Dreams by Dorothy Cannell

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Adam and Evil: an Amanda Pepper mystery by Gillian Roberts

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Librarian as a Main Character


Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi

The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman

Raney: a novel by Clyde Edgerton

Ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough

Main Street by Sinclair Lewis

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

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Librarian Falls in Love


Silver Bells: a Holiday Tale by Luanne Rice

True Believer & At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks

Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do by Valerie Wilson Wesley

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Librarians of the Future


North Wind by Gwyneth A. Jones

The Waterborn by J. Gregory Keyes

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The Library as a Setting


Alexandria Link by Steve Berry

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton

The Human Comedy by William Saroyan

Murder at the Library of Congress by Margaret Truman

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Mystery Series


Miss Zukas by Jo Dereske

Aurora Teagarden by Charlaine Harris

Jacqueline Kirby by Elizabeth Peters

Laura Principal by Michelle Spring

Werner-Bok Library by Charles A. Goodrum

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Webpages


Librarians As Characters in Fiction by Laura Cobrinik

Image of Librarians from the Internet Public Library

Fiction Featuring Books and Academia by Library Booklists

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