Free to the People

When I temporarily relocated to Pittsburgh a few years ago, I was happy to discover a library just blocks away from the house we were subletting, a branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP), whose tagline is “Free to the People.”

My top reason for borrowing versus buying a book is that I’m not sure I’ll like it enough for it to join the other books on my bookshelves. I borrowed each of these books from the CLP and liked them so much that I bought a copy at a later date. Another thing these books they have in common is that they’re all quiet novels in their own way. So, if you enjoy quiet novels, I encourage you to check them out!

You can learn more about the above titles, or buy them from my Bookshop.org bookshelves (where 10 percent of your purchase will support independent bookstores).