Top 12 Stories About Books Updated 04 /2024

I think books inside books are very interesting. What better place to learn about literature than inside books? Let's start with the book itself. It's a story, real or made up, told with 26 letters that make up sentences, pages, chapters, and so on. It's not pretentious to start with the book itself. In itself, that's a pretty cool thing. There are piles of paper, but there are also feelings, emotions, and actions that make up the "maze." Stories and books are the foundations of our way of living. Before paper, we used clay tablets. The only thing that's older than the book is the drawing, but that's a whole different story.

And then there's another book that lives inside that book – a whole new maze!

Novels make people think they're living. They aren't real, but sometimes I have a sense that something in my writing is haunting me, not least because the publishing process can be hard.

Every day, a lot of books written by people who aren't well-known get sent to publishing houses in France. Everybody wants to be published and writes novels. Only a small number of people make it. Over the past 10 years, I've been fascinated by the mysterious and fascinating world of publishing. My first book deal was for The Portrait, which I wrote about 10 years ago. "Write about what you know," they say. For a long time, I've been planning to write a book about that world, how stories are chosen for publication, and how authors interact with their publishers and their own books. What would happen if you were one of the few people who had their work read by other people? and then you just go away? You've signed your contract and the book is about to come out, but you can't be found. Imagine how scared the publishers would be.

Nine novels and one nonfiction book are in the list below. I think they give us a glimpse into the weird world of writing books, the weird job of being a novelist, and the magic that can happen (sometimes literally) in the books we read.

The Dumas Club by Arturo Perez-Reverte

There are some very weird things in this story by Perez-Reverte. He is a book dealer called Lucas Corso. He wants to find a book that was printed in Venice, Italy, in the 16th century. But this book has engravings that, if you follow a certain procedure, can bring the devil to you.

Lila, Lila by Martin Suter

My favorite book by Suter. If you're shy, don't try to fool the woman you love into thinking you're the author of a book that was written by a dead person. Instead, try to pass it off as your own to impress her. The book is published and makes him a lot of money. He can't write a second one, of course. A person who claims to be the author starts sending threats.

A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne

Young Maurice Swift happens to run into the famous author Erich Ackerman in a hotel in Berlin. Ackerman talks about his dark past with Swift, who doesn't believe him. Swift quickly steals the story of Ackerman's life, which ends up destroying him, but also makes him the famous author he's always wanted to be, because Swift is a con artist. It's been years since Swift has been looking for new ways to get ideas. If they keep making his name, it doesn't matter who they are or how he got them. These stories will make him lie, steal, or do something even worse.

In Praise of Lies by Patricia Melo

Jose Guber uses a lot of American pseudonyms to shamelessly pitch classic plots to his editor, who doesn't seem to know what he's talking about. The Stranger and Crime and Punishment are getting turned down more and more often because of their weak narratives. During his research for his next best-selling book, he meets Melissa, who is married and has a lot of snakes. When they start having sex, it turns into a passionate relationship. Melissa, who thinks Jose is a genius, has found the perfect man to plan the murder of her husband.

Death by Publication by Jean-Jacques Fiechter

A very good crime novel that has a very clever literary revenge. It has been hard for a well-known publisher to keep his friendship with one of his most long-term authors going because of jealousy, slights, and betrayal. His Machiavellian revenge will convince the author that his most recent prize-winning work is in fact a work of plagiarism, so he'll stop writing it.

The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester

A real story. In the fall of 1896, Dr. James Murray, the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, decides to visit a man named Dr. Minor, who lives in Crowthorne, Berkshire, and has been sending him helpful and well-written contributions to the dictionary for years. In fact, Dr. Minor lives in Crowthorne, where he is in prison for murder.

Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes

Gustave Flaubert is a doctor Geoffrey Braithwaite is very into. He wants to make a pilgrimage to the land of his favorite author. This happens when he goes to the Flaubert museum in Rouen and sees the very parrot that inspired Loulou in the story A Simple Heart. But at Flaubert's home, Croisset, there is yet another stuffed bird. The curator says that this is the real Loulou. Which is the real Loulou? A book with a lot of humor and interesting things that happen.

Hocus Bogus by Émile Ajar

Romain Gary explains how he was able to win the Prix Goncourt twice by writing La Vie Devant Soi under a pseudonym and hiring the son of his cousin to play Émile Ajar. This is the book that explains how he did this. A fascinating and thought-provoking look at the relationship between fiction and identity.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Montag is a fireman from the future, but he only burns books. Right up until the day when he decides to read a book instead of burn it, he doesn't like the state-approved happiness and dreams of a world where literature and imagination aren't banned by the government. Bradbury's best work.

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

In a secret library in Barcelona, a young boy finds a book called "Carax" by an unknown author. Attracted by the book, he looks for more work by Carax, and tries to learn more about the author. Carax's books are also being sought by a man who wants to burn them.

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