Annie Spence

“A smart, funny, forthright librarian in book form.” —Kirkus Reviews

“...will attract anyone who, upon walking into someone’s house, first side-eyes the bookshelves.” —Library Journal (Starred Review)

“...fellow bibliophiles will swoon at her well-articulated feelings about her favorites; all will find the breakup notes oddly cathartic...” —Booklist (Starred Review)

“Annie Spence, I’m fairly certain, is my soul mate.” —Bustle, “11 Books All About Books

A librarian's laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and breakup notes to the books in her life.

In Dear Fahrenheit 451, librarian Annie Spence has crafted love letters and breakup notes to the iconic and eclectic books she has encountered over the years. From breaking up with The Giving Tree (a dysfunctional relationship book if ever there was one), to her love letter to The Time Traveler’s Wife (a novel less about time travel and more about the life of a marriage, with all of its ups and downs), Spence will make you think of old favorites in a new way. Filled with suggested reading lists, Spence’s take on classic and contemporary books is very much like the best of literature—sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes surprisingly poignant, and filled with universal truths.