A running treasury of book dedications

(Community project)

A running treasury of pleasing book dedications. To be continued, ad infinitum.

Email me if you have a good one to contribute to the pile: mollybethyoung at gmail.com. Let me know if you wish to include a link with your name.

Jason Mott, Hell of a Book

Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land

Jessica Helfand, Paul Rand: American Modernist

Steve Martin, Cruel Shoes

Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends

Charles Bukowski, Pulp / Arthur C. Clarke,

Summer Brenner, Do You Ever Think of Me?

Michelle Tea, Modern Tarot

Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love / David Abram, The Spell of the Sensuous

Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

Rose Macaulay, Crew Train / Anaïs Nin, The Novel of the Future

Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards / Imogen Binnie, Nevada

Rita Mae Brown, Alma Mater

Norman Rush, Subtle Bodies

Summer Brenner / Studs Terkel, Working

Machado de Assis, Epitaph of a Small Winner. Courtesy of Tim Berge.

Lucy Lippard, I See / You Mean. Courtesy of Anna Furman.

Lawrence Klauber, Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. Courtesy of Earl Adams.

Harlan Ellison, Love Ain’t Nothing But Sex Misspelled

Daryl Qilin Yam, Be Your Own Bae. Courtesy of boogiewonderwrites.

Benjamin Lewin (ed.), Gene Expression Volume 3: Plasmids and Phages. Courtesy of Tim Berge.

Edy Poppy, Anatomy. Monotony. Courtesy of Tim Berge.

Jane Ward, The Tragedy of Heterosexuality. Courtesy of Paul Spirito.

(To be continued, ad infinitum. Email me if you have a good one to contribute to the pile: mollybethyoung@gmail.com. Let me know if you wish to include a link with your name.)