![]() ![]() ![]() But if you take comfort in reading Stephen King and Shirley Jackson on a stormy night or watching medical procedures on YouTube or you were the kind of kid who stole off to the occult section of the library (130 in the Dewey Decimal System, if I remember correctly), then Megan Rosenbloom’s strange history might be for you. “ Dark Archives,” a deep dive into the history and mechanisms of sourcing, tanning and binding human skin into books, won’t be everybody’s cup of tea. ![]() That a librarian has written a book about rare leather-bound books and a major literary imprint has published it is a triumph for bibliophiles everywhere - especially when you consider the source of the hide. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skinįarrar, Straus and Giroux: 288 pages, $26 ![]()
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