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  • 6 Titles to Grow Your Feminist Philosophy: An Interview with a Steinem Sisters Feminist

    Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Steinem Sisters Collection (and Gloria Steinem's 90th birthday!) in interviews with local feminists! Our second interview features Steinem Sisters Advisory Board member Ayla.

  • Top 8 Titles to Celebrate International Women’s Day

    March 8 is International Women's Day. Learn about influential women from around the world with these titles.

  • Level Up Your Role-Playing: Essential Books for Games Masters

    Check out these fantastic books to make your best-ever RPG campaigns. Games night will never be the same!

  • Cooking and Storytelling Unite: Discover the Most Entertaining Cookbooks on the Shelves

    The Library has so many cookbooks it can be hard to keep up! We have so much more than the usual famous chefs and social media empire offerings.

  • Dangerous Liaisons on the Upper East Side: 25 Years of Delicious Cruelty

    25 years ago, Buffy met Elle Woods in a steamy story by an 18th-century French novelist. The 1990s were weird.

  • 10 Books to Read If You Support Women’s Rights and Women’s Wrongs

    Well-behaved women seldom make history and make for rather boring novels. Lucky for you, these novels feature morally grey female protagonists.

  • 15 Comic Artists to Check Out for Women’s History Month

    We wouldn’t have comics without talented women. These 15 artists are among the best.

  • 120 Years of Dr. Seuss

    That's a lot of rhyming!

  • 7 Books to Launch Your Feminist Journey: An Interview with a Steinem Sisters Feminist

    Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Steinem Sisters Collection (and Gloria Steinem's 90th birthday!) in interviews with local feminists!

  • Fairy Tales Are For Everyone!

    Readers of all ages are welcome to celebrate Tell a Fairy Tale Day.

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  • 10 Best Flash Comics

    Get ready for the Flash’s first solo movie with these 10 great comics featuring the Scarlet Speedster.

  • 15 Youth Titles for Appreciating Audiobooks

    I love physical books as much as the next person, but audiobooks are preferable while driving. Check out these titles and get lost in some new soundscapes.

  • Blink-182 is Back! Check Out These Pop Punk Classics Before Seeing Them on Tour

    So, you thought pop punk died out in the early 2000s? Think again.

  • 5 Books to Help You Start Composting

    Celebrate Learn How to Compost Day!

  • 5 Books to Remind You to Stop Reading and Go Ride a Bike

    Don't read these books while on a bicycle.

  • Better Than All The Rest: Remembering Tina Turner

    From Nutbush to Thunderdome and beyond, superstar Tina Turner put her indelible stamp on American music and American culture.

  • 10 Great Books for Wine (and Grape) Enthusiasts

    These books are Dionysus-approved.

  • 10 Recommended Fairy Tale Retellings for Adults

    10 books that might start with once upon a time, but don't always end with happily ever after.

  • History of Crayons

    Crayons have been around for a long time! Here are some great titles featuring crayons and their history.

  • 10 Best Spider-Man Comics

    Prepare to once again enter the Spider-Verse with some of our favorite Spidey comics!

  • 15 Great Underground Hip Hop Albums

    Whether you’ve avoided hip hop in the past or are simply looking for something fresh for your playlist, these artists’ approach to production, rhythm, flow, and lyrics are sure to send you down the endless rabbit hole of independent and underground hip hop. 

  • 10 Excellent Comics to Read for the Debut of American Born Chinese on Disney+

    With American Born Chinese debuting on Disney+, now is a great time to read other comics by and about Asian and Asian-American authors and characters.

  • 5 Photography Books to Help You Capture the Moment

    Take all the pictures.

  • 10 Books to Help Your Vegetable Garden Planning and Planting

    May 19th is Plant a Vegetable Garden Day. Check out these books for some inspiration.

  • Celebrate National Mystery Month with 10 New Mysteries

    Catch the killer, uncover the truth, or solve the puzzle!

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Toledo Lucas County Public Library's logo located in the bottom left corner. When clicked, this icon brings you back to the website's homepage. The logo is made of a red square with a white T and L inside the square. This is to the left of stacked black text that reads "Toledo Lucas County Public Library."

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