Best books about books from Little Women and The Book Thief to Fahrenheit 451
Obsessive personalities don’t do things by halves.
If they’re into a particular band, they’ll learn the lyrics to every song until we’re word-perfect. The same goes for TV series: the more intricate, the better. All waking hours will become dedicated to binge-watching every scene and consuming all character lore and wild online fan-fiction.
When it comes to literature, true bookworms get their kicks by exploring literature which is about the very concept of literature. Though the genre ‘metafiction’ is typically used to describe texts which self-consciously refer to their own fictional nature for satirical or parodic purposes, it’s also fitting when talking about books which are themselves about books.
We’re talking about fiction and non-fiction texts which are about everything from the act of storytelling, a sincere love of books, the power of reading, the nature of language, the upkeep of modern and historical libraries, the censorship of literature throughout time, and so much more.
Those who enjoy a literary yarn tend to find themselves in existential crises thinking about the sheer number of books in circulation, and the inability to read even a minute selection of them in a lifetime. Engaging in stories which reflect
