Book Review: The Personal Librarian

The Personal Librarian is based on the true story of Belle da Costa Green, a fair-skinned Black woman who passed for white during the early 1900s and became the personal librarian to financier J.P. Morgan.

It’s a pretty wild story!

It’s a really great read.  I don’t care for fiction that much, but I did like this book!

The story also reminded me of The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe, which was also about a passing Black woman who worked for the Boston Public Library.

Here is an interview with the authors.