由于文字和故事越来越多地通过数字化手段进行传播，书作为物品——无论是原始的收藏品还是残破的文物——的意义也越来越大。《打开我的图书馆:作家和他们的书》聚焦于13位****的小说家的个人图书馆，他们与读者分享他们的收藏。令人惊叹的照片提供了图书馆的全貌和每卷书的特写：初版、破旧的教科书、崭新的精装本和童年的伙伴。

在她的引言中，Leah Price深入思考了书架的历史和未来，她问道，书籍能向我们传递它们主人的什么信息，关于他们的收藏，读者能告诉我们什么。普莱斯对每位作家的采访对照片进行了补充，探究了写作与阅读、收藏和整理书籍的关系。每位作家都提供了一份十本最喜欢的书籍清单，讲述了个人的独特历史，同时给每位书友提供了建议。

《打开我的图书馆:作家和他们的书》介绍了艾莉森·贝奇德尔、斯蒂芬·卡特、朱诺特·迪亚斯、丽贝卡·戈德斯坦和史蒂文·平克、列夫·格罗斯曼和索菲-吉、乔纳森·莱特姆、克莱尔·梅苏德和詹姆斯·伍德、菲利普·普尔曼、加里·施泰因加特和埃德蒙·怀特的个人图书馆。

This gorgeous second volume in the popular Unpacking My Library series explores the bookshelves of favorite novelists

As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object—whether pristine collectible or battered relic—is growing as well. Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favorite novelists who share their collections with readers. Stunning photographs provide full views of the libraries and close-ups of individual volumes: first editions, worn textbooks, pristine hardcovers, and childhood companions.

In her introduction, Leah Price muses on the history and future of the bookshelf, asking what books can tell us about their owners and what readers can tell us about their collections. Supplementing the photographs are Price's interviews with each author, which probe the relation of writing to reading, collecting, and arranging books. Each writer provides a list of top ten favorite titles, offering unique personal histories along with suggestions for every bibliophile.

Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books features the personal libraries of Alison Bechdel, Stephen Carter, Junot Díaz, Rebecca Goldstein and Steven Pinker, Lev Grossman and Sophie Gee, Jonathan Lethem, Claire Messud and James Wood, Philip Pullman, Gary Shteyngart, and Edmund White.