The Monster Match
What do you do when you’re working in the lab late at night, and your eyes behold a DREAMY site!? These picks are for those who are looking for their … Continued
Genre Guide – Culinary Cozies
Mix the scrumptious descriptions of a foodie’s favorite treats with the intrigue of a murder mystery, and you get the perfect pairing that is the culinary cozy. From ice cream … Continued
Genre Guide – Time Travel Sci-Fi
Whether it’s a chance to peruse the past, go back to the future, or hit “restart” on your life, stories about traveling through time remain perennial favorites. Here’s a selection … Continued
Battle of the Books 2024
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 announce that Adult Battle of the Books, the book-based trivia showdown, will return for 2024. … 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 – 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 – Cozy Mysteries: The Ones That Won’t Keep You Up at Night
If they were a food, cozy mysteries (also known as cozies) would be the grilled cheese and tomato soup of the mystery genre. For the most part you know what … Continued
Spooky Middle Grade Books
It’s officially spooky season, so there is no better time than now to curl up with a good, scary book. Prepare to meet malevolent ghosts, terrifying shape-shifting spirits, murderous scarecrows and more in these stories. That is, if you think you’re brave enough.
Coffee & Book Pairings
Looking for the perfect book to usher in pumpkin spice season? Check out these perfect pairings and pick up a cup from Yinz Coffee!
Black Joy
Check out these books that highlight the joy, comfort, love, creativity and other positive experiences that are integral parts of the full humanity of Black lives.