Fictional books in a New York Exhibition

Unless you are a fan of fictional books that only appear inside real books of fiction, you may not realise that there is more than one person (me) interested in this esoteric branch of fiction. In fact, just as there are many people who have a deep interest in model railways, collecting postage stamps featuring different breeds of duck, or growing every single species of hellebore, there are lots of people fascinated by books that don’t exist.

And, oh look, here’s an article in The Guardian about an an exhibition in New York City.  I wish I could get there, out of interest… but mostly massive nosiness. But it’s not going to happen. So here’s a thing about the exhibition. And here’s what Wikipedia has to say about the Grolier Club.

And since unless we live in New York we have little chance of visiting this exhibition, here’s a snippet from the digital version available online. This shows fictional books created by Dorothy L Sayers in her Lord Peter Wimsey books. I have posted about many of her fictional books, including the prolific output of Sir Julian Freke. But I’m not convinced about Harriet Vane’s Study of Le Fanu since I wasn’t sure she ever even wrote the book. Her research seemed more like a front to cover her investigation at Shrewsbury College. However…

And yes, while I have written about some of the fictional books featured in the exhibition, some of them yet to be published, I will certainly look at those I didn’t know about or have yet to write about. There are many many books to consider in the world of fictional books.