Called "the talk of librarian circles" (New York Times) and immortalized as an action figure, librarian Nancy Pearl has recommended books to readers for decades. Her bestselling book, Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason contains nearly 2,000 recommendations. She has worked as a librarian and bookseller in Detroit, Tulsa, and Seattle, and is a regular literary commentator on Morning Edition. Awards for her contributions to the world of books include Library Journal’s Librarian of the Year award and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Lifetime Achievement Award. With her Book Lust Rediscoveries Series, she is republishing her most beloved, presently out-of-print books. The first two books in the series are Merle Miller's A Gay and Melancholy Sound and After Life by Rhian Ellis.