Books

Librarians Tammy Jones of St. Louis County Library and Megan Temple of St. Louis Public Library will share their favorite books released in 2022.

"The Memory Keeper of Kyiv" is set in both modern-day Illinois and 1930s Ukraine, when 3.9 million people died due to Stalin's efforts at forced collectivization.

Michael Loynd’s “The Watermen” digs into the early days of Olympic swimming.

Webster Groves got a black eye from "16 in Webster Groves" — but author Don Corrigan says the municipality learned from its moment in the national spotlight.

St. Louis author Gabe Montesanti details in her new memoir how roller derby helped her come to terms with the trauma of her childhood and find a new way to live.

Ben Westhoff was paired with Jorell Cleveland through Big Brothers Big Sisters in St. Louis. Eleven years later, Cleveland was murdered.

St. Louis-based poet Jason Sommer’s book “Shmuel’s Bridge” explores his father’s experience surviving the Holocaust — and that of an uncle who died just outside Auschwitz.

Wash U professor John Hendrix depicts the Holy Spirit as a friendly blue ghost in his new graphic novel.

Teachers PJ and Jamie Creek put their classroom knowledge to work creating posters, and now authoring a book, about American history.

St. Louis journalist Kathy Gilsinan wrote her book about the COVID-19 pandemic while in its midst.