When it comes to books, I am straight-up greedy. I offer no apologies, only slow, regretful sighs that I cannot own all the books I want to read. Or read all the books I want to read. I could probably spend all of my waking time reading, until it carried over into my dreams, making my life a soft, sweet, contented whirl of words. Other people’s words. Oh. At this point, I would cease to be a writer. Maybe this isn’t such a good idea after all, but you get my drift. Books-I need them in my life. These are the volumes and literary-related goodies making me drool and pant and dream. Enjoy!

FOR MY INNER LIT GEEK:

• Bookshelf by Alex Johnson
• The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal
• One Word a Day: A Most Concise Journal
• Word, 144 Crossword Puzzles That Prove It’s Hip to Be Square by Natan Last
• The Wicked Wit of Charles Dickens Edited by Shelley Klein
• The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde Edited by Maria Leach
• From the Library of…Stamp (this is really a stamp)
• Book Covers Notecards
• Books Make  a Home: Elegant Ideas for Storing and Displaying Books by Damian Thompson
• Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield
• Forever Paris: Twenty-five Walks in the Footsteps of Chanel, Hemingway, Picasso, and More by Christina Henry de Tessan

FICTION:

• Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James (I’m iffy about this one)
• Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd (ditto)
• To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal
• The Girl Who Would Speak for the Dead by Paul Elwork
• Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
• The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesy
• Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut
• Emily, Alone by Stewart O’Nan

NON-FICTION:

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
• Lost New York by Marcia Reiss
• A Year in the Village of Eternity: The Lifestyle of Longevity in Campodimele, Italy by Tracey Lawson
• Was Beethoven a Birdwatcher? A Quirky Look at Birds in History and Culture by David Turner
• Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
• Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life by Natalie Dykstra
• An Extraordinary Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher by Anne Zimmerman
• Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir by Agatha Christie Mallowan
• Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by The Countess of Carnarvon

BONUS ODDITY:

• The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart