The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
A true tale of literary obsession set in the world of rare books (plus 4 other book recommendations for you)
More than 4,300+ people trust me to bring them my absolute best book recommendations each week, and here are my five main book recommendations from my latest newsletter:
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, by Allison Hoover Bartlett
What’s In It For Them?, by Joe Polish
Is This Anything?, by Jerry Seinfeld
The Six-Word Secret to Success, by Earl Nightingale
I don’t want to keep you here all day (I’ve got reading to do), so let’s get right into them!
“He estimates that from the end of 1999 to the beginning of 2003, John Gilkey stole about $100,000 worth of books from dealers around the country. In the past decade, no other thief has been anywhere near that prolific.
What was even more unusual, though, was that none of the items Gilkey stole later showed up for sale on the Internet or at any other public venue.
It was this, combined with the inconsistency of…
