The library is a place for all ages to connect to information and technologies, exchange ideas, and interact in a safe environment. Our adult programs seek to provide intellectually and socially stimulating activities for all to enjoy. We are constantly exploring new opportunities for programs, and invite feedback from community members and those interested in partnering with the library. Please contact Caleb Conover, Public Services Librarian, at cconover@boylepublib.org or by phone at (859) 238-7323, ext. 120.
Southern Fried Funeral
Check out some of the books in our collection before heading to Pioneer Playhouse for a performance of Southern Fried Funeral, by Osborne and Eppler!
Taken from Pioneer Playhouse:
Dewey Frye is dead, and the rest of his family is left to pick up the pieces – if they don’t kill each other first! Not only must Dorothy Frye deal with sudden widowhood, she must also contend with a snake-in-the-grass brother-in-law, a nosy church lady, and a couple of grown daughters who’ve decided to act like toddlers. Funerals bring out the worst, the best…and the funniest in people! A big-hearted comedy about family – Southern style! Rated G.
Visit the Pioneer Playhouse website for more information!
Sweet Potato Soul
Jenne Claiborne
Farm Fresh Southern Cooking
Tammy Algood
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fannie Flagg
The Beach House Cookbook
Mary Kay Andrews
Learn to Cook 25 Southern Classics 3 Ways
Jennifer Brule
This is where I Leave You
Jonathan Tropper
Magnolia Table
Joanna Gaines, Marah Stets
The Southern Living Party Cookbook
Elizabeth Heiskell
Is He Dead?
Mark Twain
The Good Book of Southern Baking
Kelly Fields, Kate Heddings
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Edward Kelsey Moore
SOUL
Todd Richards
The Glory of Southern Cooking
James Villas
The Almost Sisters
Joshilyn Jackson
Smoke and Pickles
Edward Lee
Whiskey in a Teacup
Reese Witherspoon
The Blue Grass Cook Book
John Fox, Minnie C. Fox, Toni Tipton-Martin
The Persian Pickle Club
Sandra Dallas
A Culinary History of Kentucky
Fiona Young-Brown
Tasting Kentucky
Maggie Green
Mountain Country Cooking
Mark F. Sohn
The Kentucky Bourbon Cookbook
Albert W. A. Schmid
Social Justice Reading List
Books in the following list are referenced by one or more of the following: We Need Diverse Books' Resources for Race Equity and Inclusion, the National Book Foundation's National Book Award, or the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards or book list (specifically the Coretta Scott King Award, Morris Award, and the Amelia Bloomer Book List.
All of these books are available to check out from the library's print or digital collections using the Libby or Hoopla apps.
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
Dear Martin
Nic Stone
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
Long Way Down
Jason Reynolds
Monday's Not Coming
Tiffany D. Jackson
Monster
Walter Dean Myers
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X, Malcolm Little, Alex Haley
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Fatal Invention
Dorothy Roberts
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
March
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell
March
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin
March
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell
The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Stamped
Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds
This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell
