A Washington Post survey this summer found that people's reading habits are closely tied to the reality of living during a pandemic and a racial reckoning.

Top picks, books about race and social justice. Also popular, books about dystopian societies, pandemics, and self-help books.

For all those who reached for books that reflected the times, there were just as many looking to escape it.

Today on All Sides Weekend: Books with Christopher Purdy: Columbus libraries' Quick Picks are back. And there is a new service called My Next Read.

Guests:
Kassie Rose, WOSU book critic
Kris Hickey, youth services manager, Columbus Metropolitan Library Whetstone branch
David Weaver, executive director, Ohioana Library Association