Arlington Reads
Our signature series brings authors and readers together to talk about the important topics of our time.
Arlington Reads returns with a big heart ❤️! A genre largely written by women for women, romance has exploded on the scene to include a wide diversity of authors and stories.
The 2025 Arlington Reads series will feature five acclaimed writers starting with Julia Quinn (Feb. 13), Curtis Sittenfeld (Apr. 10), Casey McQuiston (Aug. 14) and David and Nicola Yoon (Nov. 6).
The author talk series kicks off at Kenmore Middle School with Julia Quinn on February 13, 2025. Quinn is the author of the “Bridgerton” series which has been adapted into one of the most-watched television series by Netflix.
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Explore our romance book list.
While many books have romantic elements, a true romance book has the relationship as the main plot and ends with a Happily Ever After (or at least a Happy For Now). Romance has several sub-genres, including historical, paranormal, suspense, and contemporary.
Arlington Reads promotes literacy, the joy of reading and intergenerational participation. Since its inception in 2006, Arlington Reads has featured both national and international fiction and nonfiction authors and cultural icons, such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Wendell Berry, Katherine Boo, Matthew Desmond, Anthony Doerr, Richard Ford, Roxane Gay, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Colum McCann, Tim O’Brien, Ann Patchett, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Zadie Smith, Elizabeth Strout, Colson Whitehead and many more.
Arlington Reads is made possible in part through the generous support of the Friends of the Arlington Public Library.