Pima County Public Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet JacobsPima County Public LibraryFolks know about Frederick Douglass or TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE, but might not be as familiar with INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL by Harriet Jacobs, which is definitely a necessary read! #AskALibrarian https://t.co/IpfQsurR4y
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On a Sunbeam
Tillie WaldenPima County Public LibraryWe read ON A SUNBEAM by Tillie Walden for our #RainbowReads book club last weekend and it was a DELIGHT! Couldn't put it down. #AskALibrarian https://t.co/hpUP97fQgc
Paperback, 2018
$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance
Hanif AbdurraqibPima County Public LibraryStill reading THE 1619 PROJECT because it is LONG and intense, but also just started listening to A LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICA: NOTES IN PRAISE OF BLACK PERFORMANCE by Hanif Abdurraqib, which is a much more joyful look at Black history in the US. #AskALibrarian https://twitter.com/PrinceWmLibrary/status/1496893762701824004
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Iola Leroy or Shadows Uplifted
E. W. Harper Frances E. W. HarperPima County Public LibraryFrances Ellen Watkins Harper, a long-neglected voice in the Black canon. And we got a LOT of her work, including IOLA LEROY, OR SHADOWS UPLIFTED, considered one of the earliest influences for Black romance, when we added hoopla to our resources! Hooray! #AskALibrarian https://t.co/5GXDDHJV10
Paperback, 2007
$19.95Member price:$17.96 + Free shipping10% off
African-American Six Book Treasury - The Souls of Black Folk, Up From Slavery, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,: Incidents in the Life of
W. E. B. Du BoisPima County Public LibraryFolks know about Frederick Douglass or TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE, but might not be as familiar with INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL by Harriet Jacobs, which is definitely a necessary read! #AskALibrarian https://t.co/IpfQsurR4y
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Angel in the Rubble: The Miraculous Rescue of 9/11's Last Survivor
Genelle Guzman-McMillanPima County Public Library@alexaplaybts1 Hi! Sorry this got lost in our notifications but we have some great recommendations. Angel in the Rubble by Genelle Guzman-McMillan tells the story of the last survivor pulled from the 9/11 Ground Zero debris.
Paperback, 2014
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Love Hypothesis
Ali HazelwoodPima County Public LibraryWe agree, THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS is great! We also recommend THE SOULMATE EQUATION by Christina Lauren, THE FASTEST WAY TO FALL by Denise Williams, and RAMON AND JULIETA by Alana Quintana Albertson, which just came out! #AskALibrarian https://twitter.com/opl_bpo/status/1489293475963154439
Paperback, 2021
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Yesterday Is History
Kosoko JacksonPima County Public LibraryKosoko Jackson's YESTERDAY IS HISTORY and Tiffany Reisz's THE NIGHT MARK are two favorites in this office (JP) #AskALibrarian https://t.co/H8R3dIauWu
Paperback, 2022
$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Music Is History
QuestlovePima County Public LibraryOn our website: Drum Roll, Please: Join Big Library Read & Enjoy Questlove’s “Music Is History” https://t.co/S95NBGOibi
Paperback, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ordinary Heroes: A Memoir of 9/11
Joseph PfeiferPima County Public Library@alexaplaybts1 Ordinary Heroes by Joseph Pfeifer is a memoir from former assistant chief of the New York City Fire Department who was working that day.
Hardcover, 2021
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book