Now Trending – Books in the News – January 2026

Kristin
Kristin

Even Library staff can struggle to keep up with all the bookish news out there. From social media to local papers, books are a hot topic. In this monthly post we are highlighting some regional literary news and connecting you with our library collections so you can keep your finger on the pulse of Pittsburgh. Check out what was trending and topical this past month.

In the Catalog

Nobody's Psychic

Nobody’s Psychic

Finding & Losing Yourself

Dani Lamorte

“In Nobody’s Psychic, Dani Lamorte sets out to define his sense of self and the world in a discordant collection of memories both vivid and surreal.”

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Lydia Lydia Lydia

Lydia Lydia Lydia

A Collection of Photographs

Lydia B Kollins

“Did someone say her name three times!? In 2025, Lydia B Kollins rose to international fame after appearing on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 and All Stars 10. Back home in Pittsburgh, Ava Grace and her camera were there to document this meteoric rise from bedroom queen to Drag Race fan favorite.”

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Flight Plan

Flight Plan

Poems

M. Soledad Caballero

“M. Soledad Caballero urges us to remember that women’s aging bodies are evocative, that disease is a hungry creature, and that the interstices of blood and flesh are universes teeming with possibility.”

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From Hoopla
The Forgotten Teachers

The Forgotten Teachers

How Nature Wrote the Story of Life

Brian Isett

“Interweaving science and storytelling, spirituality and art, a neuroscientist and an artist guide us toward a deeper understanding of how radically interconnected all of life is.”

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From Hoopla
The Wanderer's Curse

The Wanderer’s Curse

A Memoir

Jennifer Hope Choi

This probing memoir follows Choi through her many former homes, from a crumbling Chinatown tenement to a haunted museum in Georgia.”

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