Unshelved Series by Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum, Jennifer L. Holm

4.05 · 86 ratings
  • Unshelved (Unshelved #1)
    #1

    Unshelved (Unshelved #1)

    Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2004

    Welcome to Unshelved, the world's only daily comic strip set in a public library! Writer Gene Ambaum (the made-up name of a real-life librarian) and co-writer and artist Bill Barnes have been publishing since February 16, 2002. Some of the stories are made up, some of them are based on real life, and some are absolutely true stories sent to us from our readers. And the stranger the story, the more likely it is to be true.

  • What Would Dewey Do? (Unshelved #2)
    #2

    What Would Dewey Do? (Unshelved #2)

    Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2004

    Dewey and his fellow librarians confront the FBI, psychic fairs, poetry slams, crashed hard drives, identity theft, and of course each other. Features introduction by librarian, bestselling author, and action figure model Nancy Pearl plus pages of never-before-published comics.

  • Library Mascot Cage Match (Unshelved #3)
    #3

    Library Mascot Cage Match (Unshelved #3)

    Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2005

    What's so funny about a library? Just about everything, as you'll find out in Library Mascot Cage Match, the third Unshelved collection. In addition to a year's worth of comic strips featuring library mascots duking it out and the return of the masked mystery man known only as "the Shusher," LMCM features the all-new full-color graphic novelette Empire County Strikes Back. Can Mallville's librarians defeat the mother of all bookmobiles?

  • Book Club (Unshelved #4)
    #4

    Book Club (Unshelved #4)

    Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2006

    What happens in the library stays in the library. But oh, what happens in the library! Dewey has a book club, and you do not talk about Book Club. Colleen has a blog, but she doesn't know everyone can read it. Someone gave vegan Tamara a membership to the ham-of-the-month-club. And Merv reserved every copy of the new Harry Potter for purposes nefarious... more

  • Read Responsibly (Unshelved #5)
    #5

    Read Responsibly (Unshelved #5)

    Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2007

    Read Responsibly is the biggest, funniest, and most colorful Unshelved collection yet! The fifth year of strips includes the famous "Pimp My Bookcart" sequence and a year's worth of full-color full-page "Unshelved Book Clubs" featuring the greatest books every written. Plus, never-before published strips and more!

  • Frequently Asked Questions (Unshelved #6)
    #6

    Frequently Asked Questions (Unshelved #6)

    Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2008

    No one gets asked questions more frequently than a librarian, and no librarian answers them with more attitude than Dewey! The latest Unshelved collection features a year's worth of daily comics and Conference Tips, plus the full-color Unshelved Book Club. Also features the Great Plastic Coffee Cup Lid Challenge between Unshelved and Sheldon, refereed by comics journalist Gary Tyrrell.

  • Reader's Advisory (Unshelved #7)
    #7

    Reader's Advisory (Unshelved #7)

    Gene Ambaum

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2009

    If Cheers had taken place in a public library it might have been something like the hugely popular Internet-only comic strip Unshelved. Follow the adventures of a young librarian named Dewey, his dysfunctional coworkers, and the people they're supposed to be helping. With no continuity and the best art and writing of the series, this latest collection is a great place for new readers to jump in and discover an unfamiliar side of a very familiar place.

  • Large Print (Unshelved #8)
    #8

    Large Print (Unshelved #8)

    Gene Ambaum, Bill Barnes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2010

    What do you get when you mix adults, teenagers, children, babies, seniors, professionals, parents, teachers, students, homeschoolers, and the homeless? That very funniest of places, your local public library, home of the hugely popular Web comic Unshelved.

  • Too Much Information (Unshelved #9)
    #9

    Too Much Information (Unshelved #9)

    Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum, Jennifer L. Holm

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2012

    These days information is easy to come by - too easy, perhaps. In the newest Unshelved collection our stalwart staff of library workers help Mallville's citizens make sense of it all, while dealing with their increasingly worrisome budget problems. Meanwhile Dewey's girlfriend Cathy has a big surprise for him, and his life will never be the same again!

  • Bibliovores (Unshelved #10)
    #10

    Bibliovores (Unshelved #10)

    Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2013

    The new Unshelved collection begins where Too Much Information left off, with the birth of Dewey's adorable daughter, Trillian. It also features:The on-the-job education of Mallville Public Library's newest employee, Dyna the clerk Dewey explaining plagiarism to an unrepentant Merv The mystery patron who won't leave the bathroom Dewey's NDA review copy of a hot new YA novel by his favorite author Library Day Camp Staff self-assessments .. more

  • Reads Well With Others (Unshelved #11)
    #11

    Reads Well With Others (Unshelved #11)

    Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2015

    Our very first full-color collection, Reads Well With Others features stirring tales of library derring-do, often inspired by, and occasionally blatantly documenting, true stories from librarians around the world. In this volume you'll find strips about:Unattended childrenCreepsStaff trainingsWebsite redesignsReading LevelsConfidentialityBookstoresCoffee... and much more, including Conference Tips never seen on our site.

  • Overdue: The Final Unshelved Collection (Unshelved #12)
    #12

    Overdue: The Final Unshelved Collection (Unshelved #12)

    Gene Ambaum

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2017

    Unshelved entertains tens of thousands of library workers, teachers, and book nerds around the world with tales of what really goes on behind the desk, between the stacks, and in the staff lounge of your local public library. In this, the final collection, you'll find over two years of full-color comic strips including the third Unshelved graphic novella, Lights Out.

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