My bookseller/future librarian self absolutely devoured this book. While there were too many characters (my only critique), Adams is an incredible character developer. I feel for every single person in this story. They were all complex and funny and vulnerable and relatable. About a non-reader librarian and her new friendship with a recently widowed grandfather when he finds himself at a library in an effort to connect to his late wife and the librarian gives him books from a list she randomly found in a book, Adams perfectly captures the beauty of stories-- the way they bring people together, they way they help people escape, they way their challenge and teach people, the way they make people feel less lost and alone. There were several times I cried and even more times I laughed out loud. There were several plot points that absolutely shocked me and I loved the structure of weaving people together through a connection to a list of seemingly random books. Plus, Adams is Indian and an intimate look at Indian family dynamics really touched me in this story. I LOVE BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS!