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Celebrating YA LGBTQ+ Voices

Posted about 6 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, For Teens, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, teenreads, yabooks

Happy Pride Month from Richmond Public Library! Celebrate by checking out some of our diverse YA books written by LGBTQ+ authors and/or featuring LGBTQ+ main characters.

Check out these new or updated booklists

Posted about 7 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with #rplrecommends, book recommendations, reading suggestions

Sometimes you need a little help finding titles you really want to read It’s Not Easy Working for a Living fiction about working for our corporate overlords Just a Cog […]

In honor of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage month, check out these new or updated fiction booklists:

Posted about 7 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Adult, Asian American, Book Reviews | Tagged with #bookrecs, book recommendations, reading suggestions

Asian-American Fiction: Dark or Dystopian Asian-American Fiction: Literary Asian-American Fiction: Mysteries and Historical Fiction Asian-American Fiction: Rom-Coms Check out the RPL Readers page for more lists. Or, if you’d prefer a hand-crafted, […]

Let’s Hear it for the Ladies

Posted about 9 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Fiction, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Women's History | Tagged with #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, reading suggestions

In honor of Women’s History Month, check out these newly updated biographical fiction booklists: Let’s Hear It For Bad Girls and Nasty Women: Ladies We Love to Loathe Let’s Hear […]

The (Possibly Loveable) Oddball

Posted about 10 months ago by Danny

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with book recommendations, reading suggestions

Thanks to Barry Keoghan and his performance in Saltburn, weirdos are enjoying their time in the spotlight. Why read about Prince Charming and his heroic adventures when you can enjoy […]

How it All Began – Series Starters

Posted about 1 year ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, books in series, Fiction, reading suggestions

Are you mad for books in series? Me, too! I love books in series, but also have a compulsion that I. Must. Read. Series. In. Order. Sometimes this proves difficult. […]

RPL has the “For Dummies” series!

Posted about 1 year ago by Alfreda Payton

Posted in Adult, diverse reads, eContent, Health and Wellness, Hoopla, How-To, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Technology, Teens | Tagged with book recommendations, self care

The first For Dummies instructional guidebook was cautiously offered to the public in 1991 by bookstore owners who were convinced the public would be insulted by its title. DOS for […]

Juneteenth

Posted about 1 year ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Juneteenth | Tagged with Alice Faye Duncan, Angela Johnson, book recommendations, Floyd Cooper, Glenda Armand, Juneteenth, Van G. Garrett, Vaunda Micheaux

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed by Congress in 1865 so “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude” would be legal in the United States. However, the amendment would pass […]

Earth Day 2023 – Invest in Our Planet

Posted about 2 years ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Earth Day, environment, Events, Families, Fiction, Health and Wellness, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, celebrations, currentevents, health and wellness

It all started with a book by Rachel Carson. Silent Spring was originally published in 1962, and became a New York Times bestseller. It raised awareness about the links between […]

International Transgender Day of Visibility

Posted about 2 years ago by Nico D'Archangel

Posted in Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with book recommendations, Current Events

What is this day, why does it exist, and how does one celebrate it? I’m glad you asked! The What This day (often shortened to TDoV) celebrates trans, nonbinary, agender, […]