The Book of Doors: A Novel by Gareth Brown

If you think you’re not into reading fantasy, allow The Book of Doors to persuade you otherwise. For one, it’s a book about books and those who love them. And we’re always up for a good bookworm tale. Second, it’s a story of good versus evil, and those never go out of style. Third, it goes from a bookshop in New York, where a lovely older man dies, leaving behind a book that employee Cassie keeps to remember him by…to the Scottish Highlands, as that book brings Cassie into contact with a gaunt Scottish librarian—and the amazing library of powerful books he protects (and a feared woman he must protect against). Reading like The Midnight Library as written by V.E. Schwab, it’s a glorious mix of magic-tinged adventure and charming worldbuilding, with a cast of characters that feel new yet comfortingly familiar—from the ordinary woman who goes on an extraordinary journey, to the disparate personalities united by high stakes and a love of books.