12 stories
The Latina Librarian | La Bibliotecaria
A quiet librarian's life changes when a regular patron starts leaving love poems in the books she recommends
Saida Sea Castle | قلعة صيدا البحرية
She preserves manuscripts in Saida's old library. He's the rare book dealer who arrives with a suspicious collection. Between crumbling pages, they uncover truths worth protecting. 'Inti akthar min ay ktab' (أنتِ أكثر من أي كتاب).
The Islamic Bookshop | مكتبة الكتب الإسلامية
A rare Islamic texts dealer in Cairo. A scholar who needs what only she can find. Their search for manuscripts becomes a search for something more.
مجلد الكتب | The Bookbinder of Fez
A traditional bookbinder discovers passion with a rare book collector in the ancient city of Fez.
חום ברחוב הרצל | Herzl Street Heat
Every city in Israel has a Herzl Street. On one of them, a bookstore owner finds love with an unlikely customer.
Kouba Kindle
Soumia runs a used bookshop in Kouba. When literary translator Henrik arrives seeking out-of-print Algerian works, she shows him that some books read their readers. 'El ktab y'aref qarih' (الكتاب يعرف قاريه) - The book knows its reader.
The Librarian's Late Return
Miss Evelyn has run the Westside Branch Library for thirty years. When a patron returns a book twenty years overdue along with an apology, she discovers some stories have happy endings.
The Library Love
Librarian Fatima works late cataloguing Urdu texts. When researcher Kamran starts requesting books just to see her, their quiet exchanges become something worth writing about.
The Park Bench Promise
Every Sunday, Hira reads in the same park, on the same bench. When Rashid starts appearing with his own book, their literary connection becomes a love story of its own.
The Book Club Meeting
She runs a Somali women's book club in Harlesden. He's the author whose book they're discussing—showing up unexpectedly because his aunt is a member. When the book talks about desire and the club gets heated, she finds herself alone with him after.
The Bookbinder
Rare restoration. Careful hands. She binds more than pages.
The Librarian
Overdue books. Overdue desires. The late fees are worth it.