Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Published in 2003, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a collection of ZZ Packer’s stories, which were published everywhere from Seventeen to The New Yorker and embodies the writer’s astonishing rise in … Continued
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young Read-Alikes
Are you waiting for the popular memoir by Pittsburgh native Damon Young?
Upgrade Soul: a Graphic Novel
Daniels author calls his work “a tale of transhuman evolution”, unspooling the story of an elderly couple, Hank and Molly, who decide to submit to a genetic upgrade from a … Continued
Women’s History Month
Children’s biographies are an especially great way to gain appreciation for the lives of individuals through a short, engaging narrative.
We Cast A Shadow
Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s novel asks its reader to consider whether the dystopia he describes is our reality now. Although set in an alternate America where people of color get surgery … Continued
Tasty Bites: Small Books You Can Binge in One Sitting
There’s something so satisfying about a one-sit wonder.
Becoming Read-Alikes
Are you waiting for the intimate and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States?
Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now
This emotional roller coaster features our teen heroine, Tiffany Sly, whose life is upended when she is forced to move in with strangers–the family of the father she has never met.
Finding Langston: A Novel by Lesa Cline Ransome
Discovering a book of Langston Hughes’ poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
Battle of the Books 2019: 7th & 8th Grade Booklist
7th & 8th Grade Battle February 26th, 2019 CLP – East Liberty | CLP – Main | CLP – Squirrel Hill Learn more and register at www.carnegielibrary.org/battleofthebooks If you’re interested … Continued