KY State Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich
2022 Pulitzer Prize winners and nominated finalists will be announced today. Interested in reading last year’s fiction winner, The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich? Request the eBook/eAudiobook through KY Libraries Unbound - https://buff.ly/375KYoY https://t.co/gnNBquPH8G
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Happy birthday to novelist, essayist & poet Barbara Kingsolver! Ms. Kingsolver grew up in Eastern KY. Check out her latest acclaimed novel, Demon Copperhead, a modern retelling of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield set in Appalachia - https://t.co/4N7h5456Z5 https://t.co/GIhgJbnizH
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
Hampton Sides
Christopher “Kit” Houston Carson was born this week on 12/24/1809 in Madison County, KY. Carson was perhaps the most famous trapper and guide in the West. Check out the Carson biography Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West by Hampton Sides. - https://t.co/dVD2NGnUbk https://t.co/vlAwiWSntc
Paperback, 2007
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book