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The Less Deceived
Philip Larkin
The 1955 poetry collection that made his name - Larkin was a librarian at the University of Hull.
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A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L’Engle
Her 1962 sci-fi/fantasy classic (rejected by many publishers) - L’Engle worked as a librarian in New York.
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The Aleph and Other Stories
Jorge Luis Borges
The Nobel Prize winner was a municipal librarian in Argentina - this 1949 collection is one of his best.
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Little Big Man
Thomas Berger
This 1964 novel became a movie in 1970. Berger worked as a librarian and journalist.
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Star Man’s Son
Alice Mary Norton
A post-apocalyptic tale from 1952 - Norton was a librarian in Cleveland and the Library of Congress.
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Out Stealing Horses
Per Petterson
An ex-librarian AND bookseller, Petterson’s novel was one of the NY Times’ books of the year in 2007.
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The Accidental Tourist
Anne Tyler
This former librarian won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1985 with this novel.
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The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot
Angus Wilson
A librarian in the British Museum, Wilson’s 1958 novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
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At Mrs Lippincote’s
Elizabeth Taylor
Taylor was a governess, teacher and librarian - At Mrs Lippincotes was her debut novel in 1945.
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Eagle in the Snow
Wallace Breem
Breem was a legal manuscripts librarian in London - a Roman General is the hero of this historical novel.
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