The Bookworm's Guide to Second-Hand Bookshops is at its core a reference book, but Fu's charming style of writing also helps it serve as a very literary history book. It also introduces a new breed of literature collector: collectors like Fu, to whom books come in all different kinds, not just "old" and "new."
《蠹魚頭的舊書店地圖》是一本工具書，但因著傅月庵動人的文字魅力，它又是文學性十足的歷史讀物，並開創出「蒐集文學」的新寫法。