diverse reads
(category archive)
Black History Books: A 2023 Review
Posted about 2 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
Posted in
Adult, Award Winners, Black History Month, diverse reads, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, Black History Month, nonfiction, reading suggestions
In Virginia, it is generally believed that African American History began with the importation of West Africans into Jamestown in 1619. After the Civil War, the Daughters of the Confederacy […]
Continue Reading
RPL Staff’s Most Anticipated Reads of 2023
Posted about 2 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
Posted in
Adult, diverse reads, Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens
| Tagged with #2023books, #mostanticipated, book recommendations, newyearnewbooks, reading suggestions, readingrecommendations, rplreads, staff picks
With a new year brings lots of excitement surrounding the release of new books. And, no one is more excited for these than our staff here at Richmond Public Library. […]
Continue Reading
Common Book Reading List
Posted about 7 months ago by Meg Raymond
Posted in
Adult, Award Winners, book discussions, Book Reviews, diverse reads, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, VCU Common Book
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, health and wellness, nonfiction, reading suggestions
We hope you are looking forward to the upcoming programs that the Richmond Public Library has planned in support of the 2022 VCU Common Book, The Organ Thieves. Whether you […]
Continue Reading
By Teens, For Teens – A Study in Scarlet, Robinson Crusoe & Animal Farm
Posted about 7 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
Posted in
Adult, Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, mystery, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, teenreads, volunteen
This week for our By Teens, For Teens blog post, VolunTEEN David G., age 14. has written a few book reviews for you. If you are a lover of classic […]
Continue Reading
By Teens, For Teens – Junk Boy & The Hate U Give
Posted about 11 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
Posted in
Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, teenreads, volunteen
Are you enjoying our By Teens, For Teens blog posts? We sure hope so! We have two new contributions this week. First up, a book review of Junk Boy by Tony […]
Continue Reading
By Teens, For Teens – A Thousand Splendid Suns & The Last Thing He Told Me
Posted about 11 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
Posted in
Adult, Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, mystery, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, teenreads, volunteen
This week for our By Teens, For Teens blog post, VolunTEEN Elaina S., age 15. has written two book reviews for you. Although both of these books are classified as […]
Continue Reading
You must be logged in to post a comment.