I came across a book
published in 1999, Passion for
Books: A Book Lover’s Treasury of
Stories, Essays, Humor, Love and Lists on Collecting, Reading Borrowing, Lending,
Caring for, and Appreciating Books edited
by Harold Rabinowitz and Rob Kaplan. It
has essays, lists, interesting stories from scores of successful writers, including
Anna Quindlen, Leo Rosten, Ray Bradbury, and Philip Roth on a variety of topics
relating to why we love books.
It made me realize there
are so many ways to think about books and all that they represent. For instance, here are 22 topics below, of
which about 15 are featured in the book.
You can envision any number of stories, stats, and histories relating to
each one, including:
·
Book
auctions.
·
Used
bookstore discoveries.
·
Building
one’s personal library.
·
The
ritual of shelf-surfing for books.
·
How
to launch a book publishing company.
·
Opening
or buying a bookstore.
·
Loarning
or borrowing a book.
·
Recommended
reading lists from major authorities.
·
Becoming
a book collector.
·
The
burden of staring at an unread book.
·
The
pleasure of gifting a book to someone.
·
Discovering
a book that changes your life.
·
Learning
to read and teaching others.
·
Starting
or joining a book club.
·
The
rare book.
·
Death
of a book store, publisher or author.
·
Visiting
the public library.
·
Caring
properly for books.
·
The
bookworm’s paradise.
·
The
bibliophile in each of us.
·
Books
about books.
The book contained
some interesting lists, including:
- The Lifetime Reading Plan by John S. Major – includes 133 titles
- Top 10 Best-Selling Books Rejected by 20 or More Publishers
- 10 Books That Shaped the American Character by Jonathan Yardley
- Top 10 Non-Fiction Books That Help Us Understand the World by Anna Quindlen
- Top 100 English Language Novels of 20th Century by the Editors of the Modern Library
- A Bibliography of Scores of Books About Books
Which story would you
share about books? What list would you
come up with?
Sometimes it’s more
fun to talk about books than to read them. Well, okay, maybe not, but we all enjoy saying
which books we love and highlighting the books that impacted us. If you have bibliophile tendencies, seek out Passion for Books.
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