From the Book - First edition.
Introduction: Alexandria is still burning
Guest author: Neil Gaiman
America's first lending library: The Library Company of Philadelphia
Guest author: Amy Dickinson
A library of mud: Steve Tinney and the Tablet Room at the University of Pennsylvania
Guest author: Cory Doctorow
To serve everybody: Nick Higgins, Rikers Island, and the Brooklyn Public Library
Guest author: Jeff Vandermeer
The little library that tried: Mary Anne Antonellis and the M. N. Spear Memorial Library, Shutesbury, Massachusetts
Guest author: John Scalzi
History you can hold: Julie Bartlett Nelson and the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library, Northampton Massachusetts
Guest author: Jude Deveraux
Guest author: Amanda Palmer
The American Girl: Briony Zlomke Beckstrom and the Franklin Public Library, Franklin, Wisconsin
Guest author: Nancy Pearl
Bringing the library to you: Bretagne Byrd and the Lewis & Clark Bookmobile, Montana
Guest author: Paula Poundstone
Guest author: Sara Farizan
A Public Space: Tina Ely and the Greybull Public Library, Wyoming
Guest author: Peter Sagal
The Cathedral of Learning: Candice Mack and the Los Angeles Central Library
Guest author: Samira Ahmed
Archiving the past: Texas A&M and the University of Iowa: plus George R. R. Martin gives me some thoughts on libraries
Guest author: Sangu Mandanna