Don’t You Wish This Were a Real Library?
Here’s a fun little website I came across: www.invisiblelibrary.com According to the website, “the Invisible Library is a collection of books that only appear in other books. Within the library’s catalog you will find imaginary books, pseudobiblia, artifictions, fabled tomes, libris phantastica, and all manner of books unwritten, unread, unpublished, and unfound. “
For example, I found listed Old Words and Names in the Shire, by Meriadoc Brandybuck (mentioned in Fellowship of the Ring), numerous articles by Sherlock Holmes, and Fighting Sailor, a biography of Fleet Admiral William Halsey, by Jack Ryan (from Hunt for Red October).
You can also find information on websites and books of a similar nature on the Reference Shelf in the Librarian’s Office. The Invisible Library is an ongoing project and is always looking for more contributions. Now, if only we could actually read the books…