Black History Month: Picture Books
For Black History Month 2024, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is celebrating the Black experience in art, centering both Black artists and subjects. Join us as we honor the Black experience through book displays, resources, library programs and community events happening this February and throughout the year!
Genre Guide – Yuri Anime and Manga
Yuri anime and manga focus on the intense relationship – sometimes but not always romantic – between two women. Although full of popular “types” and tropes like much pop culture, … Continued
Genre Guide – Regency Romance
Put up your Dukes for these lighthearted tales of courtship set between 1811 and 1820! You can sign up for a free library card here. If you are new to our eResources, … Continued
Genre Guide – Modern Noir & Crime Fiction
If you like your prose tough, your verbs punchy, your settings seedy and darkly lit, your plots twisty and unpredictable, and your protagonists utterly, irrevocably doomed, you’re probably a fan … Continued
Genre Guide – A Newbie’s Guide to Modern Fantasy
There’s a lot of things that come to mind that people think of when they think of Fantasy books: Magic, Faraway Places, Castles, Fairies, Dragons, Magical Creatures, Journeys Across Vast … Continued
Genre Guide – Holiday Romance
‘Tis the Season to read romance! No matter what holiday or holidays you’ll be celebrating as the weather gets cooler, there’s a romance novel to meet your festive reading needs. … Continued
Genre Guide – Gothic Fiction
Welcome to the world of dark and stormy nights, gloomy mansions, family secrets, passionate yearnings, and (mostly) doomed romances. Help yourself to these old-school treats and contemporary tricks of the … Continued
Genre Guide – Paranormal Romances featuring Witches
Looking for love in all the weird places? In matters of the heart, magical mishaps make things a little more complicated, but a lot more fun! Paranormal Romance is a … Continued
Genre Guide – Body Horror
Body Horror often features gross and terrifying transformations happening to humans. Like a rash, from Kafka’s The Metamorphosis to today, body horror is spreading! These selections using the body or … Continued
CLP’s Best of 2023 – Staff Favorites
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The season when we are bestowed with the greatest gift: Best of the year book lists. We love browsing every list from … Continued