Book Lists

Whether you prefer historic tales, modern-day mysteries, or flat-out horror, you’ll find something to chill your bones in this list.

Looking for the gross and gory, but not the jump scares? These novels deliver on all the guts, chainsaws, and retro camp of your favorite 80s slasher movie.

PPS kids and teens in grades 5 through 12 can participate in this team trivia contest based on books. Battles are broken up by grade level: 5th Grade Battle, 6-…

Check out what your friendly Library staff at CLP – Mt. Washington are reading and recommending.

Check out these stories of murder and intrigue where saying “Look, I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not what it looks like!” just won’t cut it!

Nothing’s quite as fun as outsmarting a protagonist and solving an investigation before they do. Check out these twisty mysteries (twisteries?), sure to keep yo…

The days are getting shorter and darker. The colder it gets, the more we bundle up. It’s that time of year again: it’s getting easier to conceal a murder weapon…

There’s nothing like Pittsburgh horror! Our city has a rich history in the horror genre, spanning all the way back to George Romero’s original zombie classic. C…

Falling under the crime fiction umbrella, caper and heist novels focus on the planning and execution of crimes, usually robberies. Half the fun of reading them …

Explore grim Scandinavian crime fiction from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and beyond with dark, gripping mysteries that define classic Nordic noir.

Competitive readers, it is time to wipe off your reading glasses, sharpen your pencils and put on the coffee: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is pleased to annou…

If you like your prose tough, your verbs punchy, your settings seedy and darkly lit, your plots twisty and unpredictable, and your protagonists utterly, irrevoc…