Book description
All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories they carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the library, even the language in which they were first written.
The greatest story can reach the stars . . .
This is the start of an incredible…
Why read it?
2 authors picked The Book That Wouldn't Burn as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Books are what connect us to the past and remind us of the present.
My love for Mark Lawrence’s work began when I saw the cover for King of Thorns at a bookstore. I went ahead and ordered Prince of Thorns the same day and never looked back. So it comes with a heavy heart when I say that this has taken the spot as my favorite book by Mark.
What a beautiful, simple idea to base a story around the library of Babel. Pop culture still invokes imagery regarding the library of Alexandria. Books, and by extension, libraries, connect…
From Kian's list on think about humanity's legacy.
I love this book because it’s about a library the size of a city, built within a mountain, withstanding war and time and world-ending events, and who in their right mind would not want to be trapped in a wonderful place like that?
I love the book’s random depth, like how the facts in memory may remain intact, but the emotion of them dry like ink and cease to gleam. Or about how we all sometimes realize that nothing matters, that we’re all just ticking clocks, trying to avoid pain until our time runs out, but purpose, however briefly, can…
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Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…
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