‘Breaking Bad’ withdrawal? Glendale library has a book list for you

For those going through “Breaking Bad� withdrawal, the Glendale Public Library has a possible antidote: a reading list inspired by the hit AMC show that ended on Sunday.

The list includes “Leaves of Grass,� the Walt Whitman book of poems that plays a key role in leading police to connect the main character, Walter White, to a massive meth operation, and “Winter’s Bone,� a novel about another family in a financial bind that cooks and deals meth.

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Glendale Library Arts and Culture Director Cindy Cleary said the list was inspired by the New York Public Library, which created a similar reading list related to another popular AMC show, “Mad Men.�

“As always, we want to promote reading and literacy, so this is one of many ways that we do that,� Cleary said, noting that the library plans to do more pop-culture-inspired reading lists.

Here’s the list as published on the library’s Facebook page:

“Leaves of Grass�
Read the book that tipped Hank off to Walt. Besides the obvious connection to the show some of the poem titles have been used to title episodes.
“Killing Pablo�
Walt gives this book to his son Flynn after Hank is shot. See if you can find parallels between Pablo Escobar’s story and “Breaking Bad.�

“Difficult Men�
This book looks at the antihero protagonists of “Mad Men,� The Sopranos,� “The Wire,� and most important, “Breaking Bad.�

“Desert America: Boom and bust in the new Old West�
In “Desert America,� Rubén Martínez evokes a new world of extremes: outrageous wealth and devastating poverty, sublime beauty and ecological ruin.

“Winter’s Bone�
Read about another family that resorts to cooking and dealing meth when their chips are down.

“To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War�
Get the real story of the drug war in Mexico. This book covers the political, social and economic effects of the war on drugs.

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