This week on the bookish internet

• The folks over at The Public Domain Review have rounded up some of the best book covers from between 1820 and 1914 and they are amazing.
• Jessa Crisin discusses the deep history that explains why some authors have lied about their own biographies to sell books or increase their own mystique. (The Outline)
• Visitors to this Indiana hotel write notes to each other in the books in the hotel’s library. (Chicago Tribune)
• Eliza Brooke answers a question I’ve often wondered about: why do so many works of fiction have “a novel” appended to their titles? (Vox)
• I love hearing awful stories about library patrons and Romeo Rosales delivers the goods. (Book Riot)