12 Books about Books that I Still Want to Read Dec31 By the Book: A Reader’s Guide to Life by Ramona Koval. Reviewed by kimbofo at Reading Matters. Bequest of Wings: A Family’s Pleasure with Books by Annis Duff. Phantoms on the Bookshelves by jacques Bonnet, reviewed at Stuck in a Book. Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home by Susan Hill. Recommended by Beth at Weavings. Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passions by Leona Rostenberg & Madeleine Stern. Recommended at Book Psmith. A Passion for Books by Harold Rabinowitz and Rob Kaplan. Recommended by FatalisFortuna. Reading the OED by Ammon Shea. Recommended at The Book Lady’s Blog. Soldier’s Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point by Elizabeth D. Samet. Also recommended at Random Wonder. Walking a Literary Labyrinth by Nancy Malone. Recommended at Indextrious Reader. When I Was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson. A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes. Buried in Books: A Reader’s Anthology by Julie Rugg, reviewed at A Bookish Affair. Don’t all of these sound delicious? What are your favorite books about books?