''Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason'' was written by

Nancy Pearl Nancy Pearl (born January 12, 1945) is an American librarian, best-selling author, literary critic and the former Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book at Seattle Public Library.Rebekah DennNancy Pearl trading the quiet confi ...

, former Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book and inspiration for the Librarian action figure. It was published in 2003 by

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and during its first year of publication it went into its fourth printing with over 90,000 copies.

Impact

Will Manley, in an ''

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'' article, wrote of Pearl's book, "Just when I was ready to put the last nail in the coffin of reader's advisory services, up pops the best book ever written on the subject." With books sorted by topics ranging from

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ines to cat crazy and

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s to

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and author spotlights such as Jonathan Lethem: Too Good to Miss, ''Book Lust'' serves as a reader's advisory tool for public librarians. The 304-page book organizes topics alphabetically and explores topics in narrative form.

References

*Pearl, Nancy. ''Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason''. Seattle: Sasquatch Press, 2003. *Manely, Will. "Book Lust: A celebration of the Written Word". ''American Libraries'', v. 35 no. 2 (February 2004) p. 72. *Mangel, K. "Book Lust in Chicago". ''Illinois Library Association Reporter'', v. 22 no. 2 (April 2004) p. 14-16. *Hughes, K. "Book Lust: An interview with Nancy Pearl". ''Public Libraries'', v. 42 no. 6 (November–December 2003) p. 358-9.

External links

Nancy Pearl
official site * C-SPAN Video Library: *
More Book Lust
October 2, 2005 (3 minutes) *
2004 Woman's National Book Association Award Presentation to Nancy Pearl
January 28, 2005 (27 minutes) Books about books 2003 non-fiction books Sasquatch Books books