New York: Simon & Schuster, (2018). First edition - An investigation of the most devastating library fire in US history - that of 29 April 1986 at the Los Angeles Public Library, which destroying more than 400,000 books, and which is still unsolved. Orlean uses this event as "a lens through which to tell the story of all libraries - their history, their meaning and their uncertain future as they adapt and redefine themselves in a digital world." 310 pp.