So Many Books, 2nd Edition

Translated by Natasha WimmerIntroduction by Robin SloanIllustrations by Grant Silverstein 152-page paperback / 4.25" x 7" / ISBN 9781589882072Publication Date: 10/7/2025 (now shipping)A charming new edition of a much-loved book about books "A playful celebrant of literary proliferation."—New Yorker (on the first edition) “This slim volume is above all a book about vastness; about oceanic tides of language, about the feelings they produce, for writer and reader alike. About how words work in the marketplace, and how they fail to work, too. About books and the internet and culture itself.”—From Robin Sloan’s Introduction In So Many Books, Gabriel Zaid offers his observations on the literary condition: a highly original analysis of the predicament that readers, authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and teachers find themselves in today—when there are simply more books than any of us can contemplate. Translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer, this second edition includes a new