Do you have bookish books (books about books) on your bookshelf? How many bookish books do you read in one year?
Susan @ BlogginBoutBooks posted her 2025 Bookish Books Reading Challenge, and I immediately knew that this was a perfect way to track all the books about books I read in a year. Do you love a challenge that you know you’ll master before you start?! I’m not great about remembering to link up monthly, so this will be all the books about books I’ve read so far in 2025 and will be my June entry. See my 2024 Bookish Books Wrap Up here.
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Bookish Books I’ve Read From January Through June (2025)
- The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 5 Stars
- Kate & Frida by Kim Fay 5 Stars
- The Book of Kindness by Stephanie Butland 4.5 Stars
- The Paris Bookshop for the Broken Hearted by Rebecca Raisin 4 Stars
- Victory for the Foyles Bookshop Girls by Elaine Roberts 4 Stars
- The Storytellers by Sue Heath 4 Stars
- A Bookseller in Madrid by Mario Escobar 4 Stars
- A Foundling at the Wartime Bookshop by Lesley Eames 4 Stars
- The Forgotten Book Club by Kate Storey 4 Stars
- The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson 4 Stars
- The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton 4 Stars
- The Bookshop of Secrets by Kerry Barrett 4 Stars (a bookshop is one of the settings but minimal book talk)
- The Memory Library by Kate Storey 3.5 Stars
- A New Chapter at the Borrow a Bookshop by Kiley Dunbar 3 Stars
- The Bookstore Family (short, short story; part of a 4-book series) by Alice Hoffman (minimal book talk) 3 Stars
- The Bookstore Keepers (short, short story; part of a 4-book series) by Alice Hoffman (very minimal book talk) 2 Stars
So far this year, I’ve read sixteen books about books. How many bookish books have you read?
ICYMI:
See 2024’s list of bookish books here.
Bookish Books QOTD:
Books About Books are so fun!
Do you have a favorite?
I’m linking up with Deb @ Deb’s World, Sue @ Women Living Well After 50, Donna @ Retirement Reflections, and Jo @ And Anyways… for the June installment of #WhatsOnYourBookShelfChallenge.
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I do love a bookish book. Thanks for linking up.
Hi, Carol – Thank you for linking up with us. Books about books sound very appealing to me, but…when I review my recent reads on Goodreads, I really don’t seem to read many of them at all. I have no idea why that is. I did recently read ‘No Two Persons’ which is kinda a book about a book. I highly recommend it!
I love No Two Persons!
I love books about books!
So fun!
I have only read three of your bookish books, Carol! Now I am wondering just how many other books about books I have read this year. Great post. 💖📚
I’m sure I’ve read a few of your recs!
I love books about books too! I’ve read 8 so far this year including the one I’ve just finished, Book Boyfriend by Lucy Vine.
It’s seems like there are so many lately! Or maybe a new marketing gimmick…put the word book in the title and it’s a magnet for readers!
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Thanks! 🌻🙌📚
I enjoy a good Bookish Book. I am not keeping track this year, but last year read or listened to 47.
Wow! 🙌
It seems like there are lots available right now!
Hi Carol so many books to select from in your post! Thanks for joining us and sharing at What’s On Your Bookshelf? I hope you can join in with us next month. I love the idea of Bookish Books! Happy Reading. Sue L x
Bookish books are extra helpings of fun for avid readers! Thanks for commenting! 📚
Hi Carol, I’ve only read one of these on your list which really surprises me! What a great idea to look at books about books, when I have a moment I’ll have a look at my lists and see if I can add any! Thanks for joining us for #WOYBS, it’s always great to have your posts.
Bookish books are my Kryptonite! 😂