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Revisiting Greek Mythology Again and Again…and Again

Posted about 10 months ago by Kate McCarthy

Posted in Fiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, Greek mythology, mythology, reading suggestions, retellings

So you’ve read Madeline Miller’s Song of Achilles or Circe and are hungry for more… Or maybe you’re a fan of the Percy Jackson series or quite possibly you’ve just […]

Olympics at the Library!

Posted about 10 months ago by Lauren London

Posted in Children's, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, olympics

The Olympics are here, and we are here to help you celebrate! Want to learn more about a sport? We’ve got non-fiction! Want to read a story about your favorite […]

YA Summer Reads

Posted about 10 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, For Teens, Teens | Tagged with #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, booksforteens, reading suggestions, summerreads, teenreads, youngadult

July is winding down, and the end of Summer Break is looming on the horizon. Not ready to let go of those summer vibes just yet? Soak up that summer […]

July Book Chat with the Young Adult Team

Posted about 10 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, For Teens, Teens | Tagged with #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, reading suggestions, teenreads, yabooks, yareads

Don’t know what to read next? Looking for YA book recommendations? Welcome to the Book Chat with the Young Adult Team. Each month, the YA Team recommends one book from […]

Celebrate Disability Pride Month with RPL’s YA Collection

Posted about 11 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, Disability Pride Month, diverse reads, For Teens, Teens | Tagged with #rplrecommends, #yareads, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, reading suggestions, teenreads, yabooks

Disability Pride Month is celebrated annually during the month of July, commemorating the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. This landmark civil rights law prohibits discrimination based […]

Adventure Begins @ Your Library!

Posted about 11 months ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Adult, Travel | Tagged with #camping, #travel, book recommendations, exploration, hiking

Summer is here and if you are thinking of adding a bit of adventure to your summer there is no better place to start than at your local Richmond Public […]

Celebrate Juneteenth with RPL’s YA Collection

Posted about 11 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Book Reviews, celebrations, diverse reads, For Teens, Juneteenth, Teens | Tagged with book recommendations, booksforteens, teenreads, yabooks

Juneteenth marks a very important day in American history. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger and around 2,000 Union troops ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation […]

Celebrating YA LGBTQ+ Voices

Posted about 12 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 1 year 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 1 year 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, […]