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Freedom to Read: Nonfiction

We're celebrating the freedom to read with these works of nonfiction about books and reading.

Chicago Public Library

23 items

  • Bibliophile

    An Illustrated Miscellany

    Mount, Jane,
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2018] — Z1003.M94 2018
  • BookKansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2019] — PN6737.T85B66 2019
  • Book Lust

    Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason

    Pearl, Nancy
    BookSeattle : Sasquatch Books ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2003. — Z1035.9.P38 2003
  • BookNew York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2018. — Z5916.A45 2018
  • The Bookseller of Florence

    the Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance

    King, Ross, 1962-
    BookNew York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021. — Z345.6.F5K56 2021
  • The Curious Reader

    a Literary Miscellany of Novels & Novelists

    BookSan Rafael, CA : Weldon Owen, [2021] — Z1034.C87 2021
  • BookNew York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2020] — Z1035.9.K35 2020
  • How to Read Literature Like a Professor

    a Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

    Foster, Thomas C.,
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017. — PN45.F585 2017
  • How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

    a Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between

    Foster, Thomas C.,
    PaperbackNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — ZA3075.F68 2020
  • I'd Rather Be Reading

    the Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

    Bogel, Anne, 1978-
    BookGrand Rapids : BakerBooks, 2018. — Z1003.B685 2018
  • The Madman's Library

    the Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities From History

    Brooke-Hitching, Edward,
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2021. — Z1021.B8 2021
  • The Most Dangerous Book

    the Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses

    Birmingham, Kevin
    BookNew York : The Penguin Press, 2014. — PR6019.O9U6257 2014
  • Read Dangerously

    the Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times

    Nafisi, Azar,
    BookNew York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2022] — PN511.N337 2022
  • Read Until You Understand

    the Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature

    Griffin, Farah Jasmine,
    BookNew York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] — PS153.N5G74 2021