One Book, One Community

Book cover with title, author, mountains and an old map

Shared Experiences Draw People Together. 

Share a Book. 

Share an Experience.

Share a book with Pitt Public Health through our One Book, One Community program featuring 

The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America's Eastern Wilderness by Andrew Moore.

 

 

Read the book, discuss it with your colleagues and classmates and participate in our 2026-27 programming. 

Join us for our first event:

Wild Connections: One Health, Planetary Health, and Sustainability

Wednesday, September 9, 3-5:30 p.m., University Club

Join the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, the Office of Sustainability in the Health Sciences, and the School of Public Health for a keynote conversation with author Andrew Moore and a panel discussion exploring the connections between One Health, Planetary Health, and Sustainability. Dean Lichtveld will be one of the panelists. Read more and register

Shop Local

The Tiny Bookstore

Located in Ross Township's Pines Plaza. 

The Tiny Bookstore
White Whale Bookstore

Located in Bloomfield

White Whale Bookstore
Pitt Library System
Physical Book or Ebook

Or you can check out various options from Pitt's libraries. Contact Candise Branum with questions about the Health Sciences Library System. 

Beasts of the East at the Library

One Book, One Community Planning Committee 2026-27

Reach out to us with questions or with ideas for engagement and resources during our academic year with Beasts of the East.

  • Marcie Johnson-Spratt, Director of Special Projects
  • Candise Branum, Research and Instruction Librarian
  • Cindy Bryce, Associate Dean for Enrollment, Faculty in HPM
  • Jason Deakings, Director, Health Equity Certificate, Faculty in BCHS and the Center for Health Equity
  • Ying Ding, Associate Dean for Graduate Academic Affairs, Faculty in Biostatistics, Past President, Faculty Senate
  • Beth Hoffmann, Assistant Professor in BCHS, President-Elect for Pitt Public Health Faculty Senate
  • Jill Ruempler, Events Manager
  • Ada Youk, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, Faculty in Biostatistics and Epi

Previous Pitt Public Health OBOC Selections

  • American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics (2025-26)
  • The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist’s Warning by Peter Hotez (2023-24)
  • Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H. Murthy (2022-23)
  • The Story of More: How we Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren (2021-22)
  • Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth by Dána-Ain Davis (2020-21)
  • What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna (2019-20)
  • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (2018-19)
  • The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee (2017-18)
  • Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert D. Putnam (2016-17)
  • Dreamland by Sam Quinones (2015-16)
  • Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire, and Bring out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You by Betsy Myers (2014-15)
  • Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss (2013-14)
  • Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (2012-13)
  • The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (2011-12)
  • Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen (2010-11)
  • Smallpox The Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer by D.A. Henderson (2009-10)