The Library Book
by Susan Orlean
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Recommended by 4 notable people, including Ryan Holiday and Reese Witherspoon
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Ryan Holiday, Most Recommended Books, and Writing.
On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, Once that first stack got going, it was Goodbye, Charlie. The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degre...
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