Looking for a good read? When you visit Main Library, browse the Staff Picks display in our Popular Culture division. We keep the display filled with books that staff have read. . . . and liked!
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Staff mystery and thriller picks show the range of the genres–from cozy to traditional to historical and even something set in Scandinavia! The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths English archaeologist Ruth Galloway is once again called in to determine whether some old bones are really ancient or a more recent murder. Good for those of [...]
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Life Itself: A Memoir by Roger Ebert The Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic tells the full, dramatic story of his life and career, including his recovery from alcoholism and the complications from thyroid cancer treatment. The Ballad of Bob Dylan: A Portrait by Daniel Mark Epstein A vivid, full-bodied portrait of one of the most influential artists [...]
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What do librarians read on their own time? Here are the Popular Culture librarians’ choices for their best of 2011 reads. Some may appear on other “best of” lists, while others are under-the-radar choices. We include only titles first published in 2011. This post covers some of our favorite fiction for the year. Later posts will cover nonfiction [...]
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What do librarians read on their own time? Here are the Popular Culture librarians’ choices for their best of 2010 reads. Some appear on many other “best of” lists, while others are under the radar choices. We include only titles first published in 2010. Most are fiction, but we’ve slipped in a few nonfiction titles. Robin [...]
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Vacation reading is by definition light, entertaining fare, despite all our resolves to finally complete “War and Peace.” Here are a few of the books in our beach bags this summer. Some are indeed light, but others might surprise you. Bad boy of the kitchen Anthony Bourdain’s new foodie memoir, Medium Raw, will accompany one staff member [...]
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This group of staff picks ranges from Afghanistan to Las Vegas to 19th century America. Well, it’s one way to get away from home. We’d love to hear about what you’ve been reading, so drop us a comment. The Good Son by Michael Gruber manages to combine discussion of the collisions between East and West, faith and [...]
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Two new books, tenuously connected by being biographical, are Bob’s picks for “Good Reading” this week. The first is the new book by James L. Haley, Wolf: The Lives Of Jack London. Jack London was for many years the single most popular American writer, both in the States and around the world (even eclipsing Mark Twain). [...]
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The Crimson Rooms by Katharine McMahon – Still haunted by the death of her only brother, James, in the Great War, Evelyn Gifford is completely unprepared when a young nurse and her six-year-old son appear on the Giffords’ doorstep one night. The grief-stricken Giffords take them both in; but Evelyn, a struggling attorney, must now support [...]
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Here are still more recommended Popular Culture staff reads. As always, we’d love to read about your recommendations, so drop us a line. Conspirata : a novel of ancient Rome by Robert Harris is the second in his Roman trilogy following the career of Cicero. First in the series is Imperium. The Three Weissmanns of Westport by [...]
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