Book Lists
Staff Picks
Adult Winter Reading: Meet Your Hero
Meet a few interesting people through memoirs and biographies that prove an interesting life makes for a very good story.
Staff Picks
Freedom to Read – Banned Books
Banned Books Week is October 4th – 10th, 2026. As CLP celebrates the right to read, check out the list of titles that have been challenged.
Staff Picks
Freedom to Read – Teen Banned Books
Banned Books Week is October 4th – 10th, 2026. CLP celebrates the right to read. Check out the list of teen titles that have been challenged.
Staff Picks
Freedom to Read – Children’s Banned Books
Banned Books Week is October 4th – 10th, 2026. CLP celebrates the right to read. Check out the list of children’s titles that have been challenged.
Staff Picks
October Staff Picks from CLP – Squirrel Hill
Check out what Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh staff at our Squirrel Hill location are recommending this month.
Staff Picks
Weird Woodlands and Forest Fiction
A booklist featuring fiction where characters explore strange woodland environments.
Staff Picks
You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
Love isn’t just a lighthearted romp in these lit fic pick
Genre Guides
Genre Guide – Reality Show Romance
Missing Love Island? Fall in love on- and off-set with these romances and their reality show elements!
Staff Picks
Memoirs of Sex and Self
Relationship memoirs offer readers bold narratives that often expose (sometimes quite literally!) one’s true self.
Staff Picks
New Novels Set in the 1990s
The books featured here cover a wide span of genres and worldviews, but all are firmly set in the ‘90s with characters navigating the cultural and political uph…