Blogs and Online Magazines Just for Readers
So many blogs! Check out some of these personal web pages curated by ravenous readers.
Free E-Books and Other E-Content
Who doesn't love free?
"I Know the Cover Was Blue!"
When you can't remember the author or the title, but you really want to find the book!
Organize Your Reading Lists
If you have trouble keeping track of all the books in your To Be Read pile, these sites will help you keep your reading lists organized.
Reviews, Recommendations, Plot Summaries, and More
See what review sources are saying about books.
Series and Sequels
Read books in the right order!
That Personal Touch
Concierge services for readers - get personalized recommendations just for you.
When You've Got to Own the Book
When you just have to own the book, these sites will help you find the best price.
Allure: Hollywood Heyday: The Glamour and the Grittiness
"Hollywood isn't a place, it's a way of life" -- Helene Hanff
Always Drink Upstream From the Herd
"The Real West" - cowboy fiction bringing history to life
Among the Missing
Fictional tales of children gone missing.
Bad Girls & Nasty Women
Fiction featuring ladies we love to loathe.
By the Numbers
Fiction you can count on.
Cooking Up a Mystery
Culinary Whodunits
Danger! Plot Twists Ahead!
Fiction with unexpected twists and turns, propulsive plots, and some surprise endings.
Dear Diary
Fiction in the form of diary entries, journals,
screenplays, marginalia, and more.
Disobedient: Women Who Stepped Out of Line
"Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere". -- Mae West
Don't Squat With Your Spurs On
genre mash-up: westerns plus: horror, fantasy, science fiction, and more!
Epistolary Fiction
Fiction in the form of letters, notes, and other correspondence.
Foodie Fiction
fiction good enough to eat!
Funny How It All Began
Titles that are all first in a series, but various fiction genres: mysteries, romance, science fiction, and more. All of them are also very, very funny.
Go Where There is no Path and Leave a Trail
Fiction with classic "Old West" themes
He's a Cowboy, Ain't He?
Western romance: historical, contemporary, and more
An Illusion of Magicians
Fiction featuring magic and magicians.
Indomitable: Women Who Survived (and Thrived) Against All Odds
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will" -- Mahatma Ghandi
Kind of Like a Love Story
Contemporary fiction that gets to Happily Ever After. Eventually.
Majesty: Queens, Princesses, Consorts, and other Royal Women
"heavy is the head that wears the crown"
Modern Noir
Mostly Southern, a little bit redneck gothic,
kinda gritty, somewhat bleak; but all good.
"Most Ardently" - Jane Austen Re-mixed
Prequels, sequels, re-imaginings, modern day re-tellings, and other homages to Jane Austen classics.
Muse: Wife, Mother, Sister, Daughter
Women we know (or think we know) in the orbit of famous men.
Never The Same River Twice
Fiction titles that are perfect to read right here in "River City".
O.M.G.!!!
Decidedly irreverent fiction featuring angels, demons, assorted lesser gods and deities, and even the Big Guy upstairs.
Political Families
Political power is ... relative
Political Fiction
Historical, Literary, or Satirical
Political Plot Twists
Not Quite Historically Accurate
Political Thrillers
Pulse-pounding DC beltway suspense
Political Wives
First Ladies (or First Lady adjacent)
Popcorn, Peanuts, Cotton Caaaaandy!!
Fiction with circus themes or settings.
Professional Food
fiction set in restaurants, bakeries, and cooking schools
A Taste of Love
delicious love stories
These are NOT "how-to" Books
fiction with misleading titles
Scandalous: Ladies With Less-Than-Perfect Reputations
"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea" -- Henry Fielding
Silenced: She Has Secrets
"Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever" -- Liane Moriarity
Too Much Tumbleweed in Their Blood to Settle Down
Contemporary fiction with classic western themes, settings, or characters
The Truth Is Slippery
Unreliable narrators in fiction. Can you ... trust them? Believe anything they say?
What happens when you catch them in a lie?
"Who you gonna believe? Me or your lying eyes?"
When the Secret Ingredient is ... Magic
fiction with food, and a little bit of magic
Will of Avon; or, The Bard, Re-mixed
Prequels, sequels, re-imaginings, modern day re-tellings, and other homages to the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare.
Adult Children, Aging Parents
Swapping roles with dignity, humor, and respect.
The African-American Experience in Richmond
The Black Family: Representation, Identify, and Diversity
Celebrating Black History Month 2021.
Costing the Earth
How to live greener and more cheaply
Families Sure are Funny
Memoirs of unconventional upbringings
Family Secrets
Memoirs about things we don't talk about.
First, Do No Harm
True tales of medical mysteries and histories.
Gap Year for Grown-Ups
Very few of us have the time (or privilege) to take a year off from work or family obligations. But we can read some true accounts of people who did.
Get it Together
Organizational tips for the wildly successful procrastinator.
Getting Above Your Raising
Memoirs of overcoming toxic childhoods
The Ignominy of Abundance, the Plight of Plentitude; or, First World Problems
A problem at odds with most of the world -- that of having too many things, too many choices -- an abundance of stuff.
It's Simple, Really
Our lives are frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify. - Thoreau
Lost Time is Gone Forever
It's your only time, spend it wisely.
Money! Money! Money!
Books to help you get your financial house in order - whether you are managing millions, or living paycheck to paycheck.
Passport Not Necessary
Humorous travel memoirs. Stay home with your feet up while you explore the world.
RPL - Moments in History
Bestsellers and more from important years in RPL history
So You Want to Be a Writer
Resources for the budding wordsmith
What a Disaster:
True tales of the fury and splendor of Mother Nature, man made disasters, and their survivors and victims.
What Doesn't Kill You
Stress can find you at home, at work, at play.
ASIAN LIT
Contemporary romance fiction by and about Asians and Asian-Americans.
BRIT LIT
From 20-somethings just starting on careers (and romance!) to finding love at any age, the Brits know how to do contemporary fiction.
CHICA LIT
Contemporary Latina fiction with romance, humor, sadness, and hope.
DESI LIT
Contemporary romance featuring Indian and Indian-Americans.
HEN LIT
Contemporary fiction, mostly romantic, humorous, and featuring "ladies of a certain age".
LAD LIT
Contemporary fiction featuring players, geeks, nerd boys, hipsters, dude bros, and just regular guys.
MOM LIT
What happens after "Happily Ever After"?
RAINBOW LIT
Contemporary fiction with LGBTQ+ characters.
WOC LIT
Contemporary romance fiction by and about women of color.
Africa
Fiction from the "cradle of humankind", also called "the Mother continent."
Antarctica
Fiction from the most inhospitable place on Earth, which has no permanent human residents.
Asia
Fiction from the continent with all the superlatives: the oldest civilizations, biggest land mass, most people, most languages, highest mountains, tallest buildings.
Europe
Fiction from the continent with less than 10% of the world's population - but they consume 50% of the world's chocolate!
North America
Fiction from the only continent that includes all of the major "biomes" (types of "climate").
Oceania and Australia (Australasia)
Fiction from the continent with two (or maybe three) names.
South America
Fiction from the home of the Amazon rainforest, the world's most biodiverse place, containing 40% of the world's plant and animal species.