The Library Book
by Susan Orlean
Published 2018
Review by Kaitlin
Available at Downtown Library
Spring 1986 alarms sounded at the Los Angeles Public Library and a heavy smoke billowed out of the great building. Hundreds of thousands of books were lost and even more damaged. To this day, the mystery of who started the legendary fire, remains unsolved.
The Library Book combines a mix of many different subjects to create an exquisitely woven, page-turning novel. Starting with the fire itself, running through the history of the Los Angeles Public Library and its many librarians and finishing up with the future of the library in the years to come, The Library Book has a little bit for everyone, as do modern libraries today.