Infinity

A library with no books: oral traditions and the songlines

The pleasure of books

The last days of Alexandria: ancient books and their storage

Books in bed

In pursuit of perfection: the rise of the codex

Fools in love

"A damned sewerful of men": Renaissance rediscoveries

Mean-spirited collectors

Free for all: the abundance of books in the printing era

Curiosities

"What the Barbarians did not do": the Vatican Library

Delicacies

Secret histories: tricks and treasures in library design

Found

Keepers of books: the best and worst librarians in history

Vandals

The quintessence of debauchery: Heber, Byron, and Barry

Writers' libraries

Execration upon Vulcan: libraries destroyed by fire and war

Library fauna

The Count: book looters and thieves

Book wheels and machines

"The interior of a library should whisper": The Pierpont Morgan Library

When disaster strikes

For the glory: The Folger Shakespeare Library

Birth

Killing a monk: fantasy libraries

Death

A love letter: libraries for the future

Afterlife.