How CLE Are You: Essential CLE Reads

1. Crooked River Burning by Mark Winegardner — The critically acclaimed 1969 epic tells a compelling love story among the decline of a once prosperous city. 

2. Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant — One of the last great works by Cleveland's defining storyteller, this 112-page graphic novel mixes Cleveland's history with autobiographical elements and profiles of its most interesting characters.

3. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng — The 2018 novel documents life in Shaker Heights, ruminating on class disparity and race relations through multiple narrators.

4. Playing With Fire by Michael Symon and Douglas Trattner — Carnivorous cooking at its finest, the city's iconic chef and prolific food writer combine to showcase Cleveland BBQ on the grill, smoker and fireplace. 

5. Super Boys by Brad Ricca — The culmination of 10 years of research in Cleveland's libraries, the city's homegrown superhero and his makers get the biography treatment in this definitive history. 

6. You’re Welcome, Cleveland: How I Helped LeBron James Win a Championship and Save a City by Scott Raab — The follow-up to his LeBron-bashing debut, Whore of Akron, this sports-fan memoir is a celebration of the end of the city's 52-year championship drought told in Raab's signature self-deprecating style. 

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