Famous Book Hoarders:
Karl Lagerfeld: 300,000 books
George Lucas: 27,000 books+
Jay Walker: 20,000 books
Michael Jackson: 10,000 books+
Ernest Hemingway: 9,000 books+
William Randolph Hearst: 7,000 books+
Thomas Jefferson: 6,487 books
Nigella Lawson: 6,000 books
Harry Houdini: 5,000 books+
Hannah Arendt: 4,000 books
David Markson: 2,500 books
Frederick Douglass: 2,000 books+
Oprah: 1,500 books
Charles Darwin: 1,480 books
George Washington: 1,200 books
Marilyn Monroe: 400 books+
(Ref: https://lithub.com/10-famous-book-hoarders/
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Recommended Movies About Rare Books, Book Heists, Authors,
Writing, Language, and Book Collecting:
- The Shining (Horror/Mystery, 1980)
- Dead Poet’s Society (Comedy/Thriller, 1989)
- Misery (Horror/Crime, 1990)
- The Pillow Book (Erotic/Romance, 1996)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
(Comedy/Adventure, 1998)
- The Ninth Gate (Mystery/Thriller, 1999)
- Midnight in Paris (Comedy/Romance, 2001)
- Secret Window (Mystery/Thriller, 2004)
- Reprise (Comedy/Drama, 2006)
- The Voynich Code – The World’s Most
Mysterious Manuscript (Documentary, 2009)
- Bright Star (Romance/Thriller, 2009)
- Letters to Juliet (Comedy/Romance, 2010)
- Mary Shelley (Romance/Thriller, 2017)
- Colette (Drama/Thriller, 2018)
- American Animals (Crime/Thriller, 2018)
Current Library:
- Adams, D. (1979). The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy.
- Adams, D. (1980). The restaurant at the end of the universe.
- Adams, D. (1982). Life, the universe and everything.
- Adams, D. (1984). So long, and thanks for all the fish.
- Adams, D. (1992). Mostly harmless.
- Addonizio, K. (2007). My dreams out in the street.
- Aesop. Aesop’s fables.
- Ahlquist, D. (2002). Moon spells.
- Ahlquist, D. (2017). Moon magic.
- Alighieri, D. (2003 del Prado publishing). The divine comedy: hell.
- Alighieri, D. (2003 del Prado publishing). The divine comedy: purgatory.
- Alighieri, D. (2003 del Prado publishing). The divine comedy: paradise.
- American Institute of Floral Designers, The (2008). The AIFD guide to floral design: terms, techniques, and traditions.
- Anderson, L.H. (2009). Wintergirls.
- Ando, N. (2020). There’s something wrong with us; volume 3.
- Ando, N. (2017). There’s something wrong with us; volume 1.
- Ando, N. (2017). There’s something wrong with us; volume 2.
- Armentrout, J.L. (2020). A kingdom of flesh and fire.
- Armentrout, J.L. (2020). From blood and ash.
- Armentrout, J.L. (2021). The crown of gilded bones.
- Armentrout, J.L. (2022). The war of two queens.
- Armstrong, K. (2008). The summoning.
- Atkins, M. (2007). Tour smart and break the band.
- Atwood, M. (1969). The edible woman.
- Austen, J. (1813). Pride and prejudice.
- Baker, J. (undated). Mushroom growing business.
- Barentine, J.C. (2016). The lost constellations: a history of obsolete, extinct, or forgotten star lore.
- Barrie, J.M. (1987). Peter pan.
- Barrie, J.M. (2004 del Prado publishing). The adventures of peter pan.
- Bingham, B. (2022). Death interrupted: how modern medicine is complicating the way we die.
- Bitterman, M. (2010). Salted. A manifesto on the world’s most essential mineral, with recipes.
- Bitterman, M. (2013). Salt block cooking.
- Black, H. (2006). Valiant.
- Black, H. (2008). Ironside.
- Black, H. (2008). Tithe.
- Black, H. (2015). The darkest part of the forest.
- Black, H. (2018). The cruel prince.
- Black, H. (2018). The lost sisters.
- Black, H. (2019). The queen of nothing.
- Black, H. (2019). The wicked king.
- Black, H. (2020). How the king of elfhame learned to hate stories.
- Bogle, M.A.; H.M. Rowe Company, the (1999). Rowe college business English; third edition.
- Bourdain, A. (2000). Kitchen confidential.
- Breton, R. (2023). The drolatic dreams of pentagruel.
- Brown Morrow, S. for Williams-Sonoma (2002). Potato.
- Bull, R.; Bilby, C.; Cooke, C.; and Grant, T. Criminal psychology.
- Burch, M. (2019). The ultimate guide to home butchering: how to prepare any animal or bird for the table or freezer.
- Burgess, M. (1996). Smack.
- Buyens, J. (2003). Faster smarter: beginning programming.
- Byrne, R. (1991). Safecracking: tales and techniques of the master criminals.
- Cain, J.M. (1934). The postman always rings twice.
- Cain, S. (2013). Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that won’t stop talking.
- Calley, R. (2013). The playboy and the rat: the story of James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
- Carlson, R. (1997). Don’t sweat the small stuff…and it’s all small stuff.
- Carroll, L. (1917, P.F. Volland Company). New adventures of “Alice”.
- Carroll, L. (1982, Chancellor Press). The complete illustrated works of Lewis Carroll.
- Carroll, L. (1994, B&N). The complete works of Lewis Carroll.
- Carroll, L. (2015). 150th anniversary deluxe edition, the annotated Alice.
- Carroll, L. (2015, Puffin). Alice’s adventures in wonderland.
- Carus, P. (Kessinger Legacy Reprints). The history of the devil and the idea of evil.
- Chang, A. (2024). 888 love and the divine burden of numbers.
- Ciccarelli, S.K.; and White, J.N. (2009). Psychology: second custom edition for college of the canyons.
- Clemens, R. and Harkness, D. (2016, Yale). The voynich manuscript.
- Cline, E. (2011). Ready player one.
- Cline, E. (2013). The importance of being Ernest.
- Cline, E. (2015). Armada.
- Cline, E. (2020). Ready player two.
- Cogman, G. (2016). The invisible library.
- Cogman, G. (2016). The masked city.
- Cogman, G. (2017). The burning page.
- Cogman, G. (2018). The lost plot.
- Cogman, G. (2018). The mortal world.
- Cogman, G. (2020). The dark archive.
- Cogman, G. (2020). The secret chapter.
- Cogman, G. (2021). The untold story.
- Cooper, J.F. (Lovell Brothers & Company). The last of the mohicans.
- Crichton, M. (1990). Jurassic park.
- Crisp, T. (1990). Dream dictionary.
- Crispin, A.C. (1997). The paradise snare; star wars: the han solo trilogy.
- Culinary Institute of America, The (2024). The professional chef; 10th edition.
- Czerski, H. (2016). Storm in a teacup.
- Dante (2008; B&N). The divine comedy.
- Davis, L. (1998). Candy: a novel of love and addiction.
- Davis, S.R. (2000). C++ for dummies; fourth edition.
- De Mane, E. for Williams-Sonoma (2001). Pasta.
- Defoe, D. (2016). The political history of the devil.
- Dermalogica (2019). The book.
- Dickens, C. A tale of two cities.
- Dietz, W.C. (2003). Halo: the flood.
- Dini, P. and Timm, B. (2009). Batman: mad love and other stories.
- DK London (2008). Signs & Symbols: an illustrated guide to their origins and meanings.
- Doig, A. (2022). This mortal coil: a history of death.
- Dostoevsky, F. (2006). Crime and punishment.
- Doyle, A.C. (1892). The adventures of sherlock holmes.
- Dr. Oetker Verlag (2013). German cooking today. The original.
- Dumas, A. (P.F. Collier and Sons Publishing). The count of monte cristo.
- Dutton, J.T. (2009). Freaked.
- Ellis, B.E. (1991). American psycho.
- Federle, T. (2013). Tequila mockingbird: cocktails with a literary twist.
- Fleming, I. (1953). Casino royal.
- Fleming, I. (1954). Live and let die.
- Fleming, I. (1955). Moonraker.
- Fleming, I. (1956). Diamonds are forever.
- Fleming, I. (1957). From Russia with love.
- Fleming, I. (1958). Dr. No.
- Fleming, I. (1959). Goldfinger.
- Fleming, I. (1960). For your eyes only.
- Fleming, I. (1961). Thunderball.
- Fleming, I. (1962). The spy who loved me.
- Fleming, I. (1963). On her majesty’s secret service.
- Fleming, I. (1964). You only live twice.
- Fleming, I. (1965). Octopussy and the living daylights.
- Fleming, I. (1965). The man with the golden gun.
- Foer, J.; Thuras, D.; and Morton, E. (2016). Atlas obscura.
- Fotinos J. (2026). The book of stoicism.
- Frankfurt, H.G. (2004). The reasons of love.
- Freud, S. (1899). Dream psychology.
- Funke, C. (2000). The thief lord.
- Gaiman, N. (2009). Neverwhere.
- Genge, N.E. (2002). The forensic casebook.
- Gennaro, R.J. (2020). Mind and brain. A dialogue on the mind-body problem; second edition.
- Gibran, K. (2023 reprint). Collected works of Kahlil Gibran.
- Gibson, W. (1984). Neuromancer.
- Gibson, W. (1987). Count zero.
- Gibson, W. (1988). Mona lisa overdrive.
- Goswin, P. (2020). Sea of ruin.
- Gruen, S. (2006). Water for elephants.
- Guerber, H.A. (2006). Tales of norse mythology.
- Haining, P. (1993). Sweeney todd: the real story of the demon barber of fleet street.
- Halsey, F. (1914). Seeing Europe with famous authors: France and the Netherlands; part 2.
- Halsey, F. (1914). Seeing Europe with famous authors: Germany, Austria, Switzerland; part 1.
- Halsey, F. (1914). Seeing Europe with famous authors: Germany, Austria, Switzerland; part 2.
- Halsey, F. (1914). Seeing Europe with famous authors: Italy and Greece; part 1.
- Halsey, F. (1914). Seeing Europe with famous authors: Italy and Greece; part 2.
- Halsey, F. (1914). Seeing Europe with famous authors: Russia, Scandinavia, and the Southeast.
- 132. Halsey, F. (1914). Seeing Europe with famous authors: Spain and Portugal.
- Halsey, F.W. (1914). Seeing Europe with famous authors: France and the Netherlands; part 1.
- Halsey, F.W. (1914). Seeing Europe with famous authors: Great Britain and Ireland; part 1.
- Halsey, F.W. (1914). Seeing Europe with famous authors: Great Britain and Ireland; part 2.
- Harris, T. (1981). Red dragon.
- Harris, T. (1988). Silence of the lambs.
- Harris, T. (1999). Hannibal.
- Harvard Lampoon, The (2009). Nightlight.
- Hawking, S. (1988). A brief history of time.
- Hawthorne, N. (The Spencer Press). The scarlet letter.
- Hendrix, G. (2014). Horrorstor.
- Hensperger, B. for Williams-Sonoma (2002). Bread.
- Herbert, F. Dune.
- Heward, L.; and Bacon, J.U. (2006). Cirque du soleil: the spark: igniting the creative fire that lives within us all.
- Hine, P. (2010). Condensed chaos: an introduction to chaos magic.
- Homer (2023). The odyssey.
- Homer; translated by Fagles, R. (1996). The odyssey.
- Hoover, C. (2014). Ugly love.
- Hoover, C. (2016). It ends with us.
- Hoover, C. (2021). Verity.
- Hopkins, E. (2004). Crank.
- Hopkins, E. (2013). Smoke.
- Hopkins, E. (2006). Burned.
- Hopkins, E. (2007). Glass.
- Hopkins, E. (2007). Impulse.
- Hopkins, E. (2009). Tricks.
- Hopkins, E. (2010). Fallout.
- Hopkins, E. (2012). Tilt.
- Hopkins, E. (2015). Love lies beneath.
- Hopkins, E. (2015). Traffick.
- Hugo, V. (1987). Les miserables.
- Hyland, M.J. (2006). Carry me down.
- Iland, P.; Bruer, N.; Edwards, G.; Caloghiris, S.; and Wilkes, E. (2013). Chemical analyses of grapes and wine: techniques and concepts; second edition.
- Isaacson, W. (2017). Leonardo da vinci.
- Isokauppila, T. (2017). Healing mushrooms: a practical culinary guide to using mushrooms for whole body health.
- Iverson, J. (2009). Home winemaking step by step: a guide to fermenting wine grapes.
- Jackson, R.S. (2014). Wine science: principals and applications; fourth edition.
- Jamsa, K. and Klander L. (1998). C/C++ programer’s bible: the ultimate guide to c/c++ programming.
- Johnathan Swift (2019). Gulliver’s travels.
- Johnson, C.V. (2017). The dialogues: conversations about the nature of the universe.
- Jordan, D. (2015). Crash.
- Jordan, D. (2016). Expose.
- Jordan, D. (2016). Hide.
- Kalb, A. (2010). Stuff every woman should know.
- Kang, L. and Pedersen, N. (2017). Quackery: a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything.
- King, S. (1990). Four past midnight.
- King, S. (1990). The shining.
- King, S. (1993). Night shift.
- King, S. (2000). On writing: a memoir of the craft.
- King, S. (2002). From a buick 8.
- King, S. for Williams-Sonoma (2002). Fish.
- Kingsley, F.W. for Williams-Sonoma (2003). Asian.
- Kratz, R.F. (2011). Botany for dummies.
- LaBerge, S. and Rheingold, H. (1990). Exploring the world of lucid dreaming.
- Laessoe, T. (1996, DK London). Mushrooms: how to identify and gather wild mushrooms and other fungi.
- Largo, M. (2014). The big, bad book of botany.
- Le Foll, C. (2008). Blinis and crepes.
- Lee, T. (2009). Tommyland.
- Levin, J. (2016). Black hole blues: and other songs from outer space.
- Librairie Larousse (2009). Larousse gastronomique. The world’s greatest culinary encyclopedia.
- Long, B.; Harrington, R.; and Luna, O. (2008). Aperture 2: professionally manage digital photographs.
- Lopez, D. (2018). Kawaii tarot: a 78 card deck of magic and cute.
- Lovecraft, H.P. (2016). The complete Cthulhu mythos tales.
- Lucasfilm Ltd.; Greve, D.; Brockley, R.; and Marx, J. (2010). The jedi path.
- Luceno, J. (2012). Darth plagueis.
- Maas, S.J. (2015). A court of thorns and roses.
- Maas, S.J. (2016). A court of mist and fury.
- Maas, S.J. (2017). A court of wings and ruin.
- Maas, S.J. (2018). A court of frost and starlight.
- Maas, S.J. (2021). A court of silver flames.
- Maas, S.J. (2021). Crescent city.
- Maccioni, S. (2012). A table at le cirque.
- MacHale, D.J. (2002). Pendragon: book one, the merchant of death.
- Madeleine, M. (2012). We love madeleines.
- Mahurin, S. (2019). Serpent & dove.
- Marieb, E.; Wilhelm, P.; Mallatt J. (2017). Human anatomy; eighth edition.
- Mars, M.; Lee, T.; Sixx, N.; Neil, V. (2001). The dirt: confessions of the world’s most notorious rock band.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2015). After the rain; volume 1.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2015). After the rain; volume 2.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2015). After the rain; volume 5.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2016). After the rain; volume 3.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2017). After the rain; volume 4.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2019). Kowloon: generic romance; volume 2.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2019). Kowloon: generic romance; volume 4.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2020). Kowloon: generic romance; volume 3.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2021). Kowloon: generic romance; volume 5.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2022). Kowloon: generic romance; volume 1.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2024). Kowloon: generic romance; volume 6
- Mayuzuki, J. (2024). Kowloon: generic romance; volume 7
- Mayuzuki, J. (2024). Kowloon: generic romance; volume 8
- Mayuzuki, J. (2025). Kowloon: generic romance; volume 9.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2025). Kowloon: generic romance; volume 10.
- Mayuzuki, J. (2026). Kowloon: generic romance; volume 11.
- McDonnell, K.C. (2021). The stranger times.
- Meyer, S. (2005). Twilight.
- Meyer, S. (2006). New moon.
- Meyer, S. (2007). Eclipse.
- Meyer, S. (2008). Breaking dawn.
- Meyer, S. (2020). Midnight sun.
- Michalun, M.V. and Dinardo, J.C. (2015). Milady skin care and cosmetic ingredients dictionary; fourth edition.
- Milady (2012). Standard cosmetology.
- Milady (2019). Standard esthetics.
- Mitchell, M. (1936). Gone with the wind.
- Moore, J.T. (2011). Chemistry for dummies.
- Morson, L.I. (1997). Morson’s English guide for court reporters.
- Munroe, R. (2014). What if?
- Murota, M. (2014). Tokyo: cult recipes.
- Murphy-Hiscock, A. (2017). The green witch: your complete guide to the natural magic of flowers, essential oils, and more.
- Nabokov, V. (1989). Lolita.
- Natalis Press (1993). April 3 happy birthday.
- Newton, M. (2004). The encyclopedia of unsolved crimes.
- Nietzsche, F. Beyond good and evil.
- Nullings, M. (2016). Tales of the peculiar.
- Nylund, E. (2001). Halo: the fall of reach.
- Nylund, E. (2003). Halo: first strike.
- O’Nan, S. (2007). Last night at the lobster.
- Oppenheim, C. (2025). Ride. The most iconic wheels of the silver screen.
- Osland, T. (2022). The isdal woman operation isotopsy: death in ice valley, based on a true story.
- Paolini, C. (2003). Eragon.
- Perez-Reverte, A. (1993). The club dumas.
- Philips, G. and Tervalon, J. (2005). The cocaine chronicles.
- Pinkerton, M.H. (2013). Commercial mushroom growing.
- Plague, Z. (2008). Boring boring boring boring boring boring.
- Poe, E.A. (2006). The complete tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe.
- Poyet, E. (2004). The little black book of wine.
- Presley, P.B. (2022). Elvis and me.
- Princess Cruises (2002). Courses: a culinary journey.
- Prost, A. and Rousselot, P.F. (1989). Competition driving.
- Raab, S. (2005). Five families: the rise, decline, and resurgence of america’s most powerful mafia empires.
- Rea, B. (2019). Death wins a goldfish: reflections from a grim reaper’s yearlong sabbatical.
- Redzepi, R. (2026). The noma guide to building flavor.
- Rice, A. (1976). Interview with the vampire.
- Rice, A. (1985). The vampire Lestat.
- Rice, A. (1988). The queen of the damned.
- Riggs, R. (2011). Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children.
- Roach, M. (2003). Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers.
- Röckenwagner, H. (2014). Das cookbook. German cooking…California style.
- Rowling, J.K. (1997). Harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone.
- Rowling, J.K. (1998). Harry potter and the chamber of secrets.
- Rowling, J.K. (1999). Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban.
- Rowling, J.K. (2000). Harry potter and the goblet of fire.
- Rowling, J.K. (2003). Harry potter and the order of the phoenix.
- Rowling, J.K. (2005). Harry potter and the half-blood prince.
- Rowling, J.K. (2007). Harry potter and the deathly hallows.
- Rowling, J.K. (2016). Hogwarts: an incomplete and unreliable guide.
- Rowling, J.K. (2016). Short stories from Hogwarts of heroism, hardship, and dangerous hobbies.
- Rowling, J.K. (2016). Short stories from Hogwarts of power, politics, and pesky poltergeists.
- Salinger, J.D. (1951). The catcher in the rye.
- Salisbury, M. (2016). Alice in wonderland: an illustrated journey through time.
- Sansouci, J. (2020). The rebel’s apothecary: a practical guide to the healing magic of cannabis, cbd, and mushrooms.
- Sebold, A. (1999). Lucky.
- Sendak, M. (1962). Nutshell library.
- Sever, S. (2012). Marshmallow Madness!
- Shaw, V. (2017). Strange practice.
- Shaw, V. (2018). Dreadful company.
- Shaw, V. (2019). Grave importance.
- Sheff, N. (2009). Tweak: growing up on methamphetamines.
- Sheff, N. (2011). We all fall down: living with addiction.
- Shelley, M. (2003). Frankenstein.
- Sherrill, S. (2000). The minotaur takes a cigarette break.
- Sherrill, S. (2016). The minotaur takes his own sweet time.
- Siegfried, D.R. (2002). Anatomy & Physiology for dummies.
- Sixx, N. (2007). The heroin diaries: a year in the life of a shattered rockstar.
- Sixx, N. (2011). This is gonna hurt: music, photography, and life through the distorted lens of Nikki Sixx.
- Sixx, N. and Gittins, I. (2007). The heroin diaries: a year in the life of a shattered rock star.
- Smith, T.B. (2007). Betwixt.
- Snicket, L. (1999). The bad beginning.
- Snicket, L. (1999). The reptile room.
- Snicket, L. (2000). The austere academy.
- Snicket, L. (2000). The miserable mill.
- Snicket, L. (2000). The wide window.
- Snicket, L. (2001). The ersatz elevator.
- Snicket, L. (2001). The hostile hospital.
- Snicket, L. (2001). The vile village.
- Snicket, L. (2002). The carnivorous carnival.
- Snicket, L. (2002). The unauthorized autobiography.
- Snicket, L. (2003). The slippery slope.
- Snicket, L. (2004). The grim grotto.
- Snicket, L. (2005). The penultimate peril.
- Snicket, L. (2006). The end.
- Snicket, L. (2007). Horseradish
- Sothern, M.S.; Kristian von Almen, T; and Schumacher, H. (2001). Trim kids.
- Spieler, M. for Williams-Sonoma (2002). Vegetable.
- Stamets, P. (2000). Growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms; third edition.
- Stein, G. (2008). The art of racing in the rain.
- Steinbeck, J. (1965). Of mice and men.
- Stevenson, R.L. (2000). Treasure island.
- Stewart, A. (2009). Wicked plants: the weed that killed lincoln’s mother and other botanical atrocities.
- Stewart, A. (2013). The drunken botanist: plant that create the world’s great drinks.
- Stoker, B. (1897). Dracula.
- Strauss, N. (2001). Motley Crue: the dirt.
- Strickland, C. (2017). The annotated mona lisa: a crash course in art history from prehistoric to the present.
- Takaki, R. (2022). A different mirror. A history of multicultural america.
- Thompson, H.S. (1971). Fear and loathing in las vegas and other American stories.
- Thorne, M. (2024). Hunting, butchering, and cooking: wild game bible.
- Tooth, P. (2010). The art of the racing motorcycle: 100 years of designing for speed.
- Trachtman, J.P. (2013). The tools of argument: how the best lawyers think, argue, and win.
- Trudeau, J. (1995). Programming starter kit for macintosh.
- Tyson, Neil deGrasse (2017). Astrophysics for people in a hurry.
- Tzu, S. (2015). The art of war.
- Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam (Japanese print edition). Face to face with van gogh.
- Vaughn, D. (2004). Medical terminology 350; second edition.
- Walker, M. (2002). Mick Walker’s Japanese grand prix racing motorcycles.
- Warren, F. (2005). Postsecret.
- Weir, A. (2017). Artemis.
- Wells, H.G. (2017). The invisible man.
- Wiess, L. (2007). Such a pretty girl.
- Wiess, L. (2009). How it ends.
- Williams, C. (1980). Free will and determinism. A dialogue.
- Wolfert, P. (1983). The cooking of Southwest France. Recipes from France’s magnificent rustic cuisine.
- Wood, S.E.; and Green Wood, E.R. (2002). The world of psychology.
- Worthington, D.R. for Williams-Sonoma (2003). French.
- Yamamori, M. (2015). Tsubaki chou lonely planet.
- Yates, R. (1961). Revolutionary road.
- Zahler, K.G. (1993). Taste of New York. Signature dishes of the best restaurants.
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