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Southside Reads: Recommended Reads

Food (December)

Welcome to Southside Reads! We’re challenging you to read a variety of books in 2022 by assigning a different category to every month, but don’t worry! The categories are broad enough to put your own spin on them.

For December, we want you to read a book that’s about foods. Go out and find a book, but if you want some suggestions to get you thinking, check out the list below (with information about local library availability*):

Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Arsenic and Adobo book cover with link to Goodreads description page
The Book of Salt book cover with link to Goodreads description page
With the Fire on High book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Bailey's Cafe book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Number One Chinese Restaurant book cover with link to Goodreads description page
A Proposal They Can't Refuse book cover with link to Goodreads description page
This Is My Brain in Love book cover with link to Goodreads description page
North of Happy book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Forbidden book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Tomorrow There will be Apricots book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Crawfish Dreams cover with link to Goodreads description page
A Pince of Ooh La La book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Dancing on the Edge of the Roof book cover with link to Goodreads description page
The Family Chao book cover with link to Goodreads description page
A Pho Love Story book cover with link to Goodreads description page
She's So Money book cover with link to Goodreads description page
Nuclear Family book cover with link to Goodreads description page
All My Tomorrows book cover with link to Goodreads description page

Key for Local Library Availability

Locations:

  • CVRL - Central Virginia Regional Library
  • LU - Longwood University: Greenwood Library
  • HSC - Hampden-Sydney College: Bortz Library

Services:

*LU Overdrive is available for current students, faculty and staff only.