This week on the bookish internet

• Megan O’Grady wonders if we’re in a golden age of historical fiction and what it might mean. (The New York Times)
• I am fascinated by the idea of commonplace books, though I think John Locke’s method takes a little of the fun and serendipity out of it. (Public Domain Review)
• Alice Nuttal’s post on atmospheric British libraries has just added a few new things to my bucket list. (Book Riot)
• Anita Felicelli rounds up 13 Asian and Pacific Islander American’s memories of seeing themselves in fiction. (Bustle)
• Peter Feuerherd relates an account of that one time New Yorkers rioted over Macbeth. (Daily JSTOR)
• Friedrich Nietzsche had a really weird typewriter. (OpenCulture)
• Priyanka Sacheti writes about a library in Bangalore for ragpickers. (LitHub)
• Book titles are hard. (Book Riot)