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SFPL One City One Book Selections
Created on:
Jun 09, 2016
18 items
SFPL has been selecting One City One Book titles for our citywide reading program for the past 15 years. Here is a look at our ...
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Topic Guide
SFPL Black History Month 2017 New Books
By:
SFPL_JaneG
SFPL_JaneG
Created on:
Jan 09, 2017
34 items
Many excellent lists celebrate Black History Month. This list features some books in the SFPL collection published over the pa...
General Recommendations
SFPL Explorer Guide to Bayview Branch Library
Created on:
Oct 06, 2021
6 items
A few of the top picks by SFPL staff that represent their neighborhood.
General Recommendations
Black History Month SFPL 2018, Teens
Created on:
Dec 29, 2017
10 items
In honor of Black History Month, here are some books that speak of the black experience in America. Most of these titles are av...
General Recommendations
What SFPL Staff Is Currently Reading
Created on:
Jul 07, 2015
18 items
Want to know what the members of the SFPL Readers' Advisory team is currently reading? Check it out here!
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Topic Guide
LGBT Experience During the Harlem Renaissance - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Mar 09, 2015
18 items
The Harlem Renaissance was a time and place where black American artists and intellectuals blossomed. While few people associat...
General Recommendations
What librarian Elizabeth is reading 2021
Created on:
Jan 05, 2021
38 items
SFPL Main Children's Center Librarian Elizabeth LOVES telling you what she's read in kids fiction, both the good, bad, and not ...
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General Recommendations
The African American Experience: documentaries available to stream
By:
SFPL_Adults
SFPL_Adults
Created on:
Jun 25, 2020
12 items
A selection of essential documentaries to educate, honor and celebrate the complexities of the African American experience. The...
General Recommendations
What librarian Elizabeth is reading 2020
Created on:
Mar 31, 2020
70 items
SFPL Main Children's Center Librarian Elizabeth LOVES telling you what she's read in kids fiction, both the good, bad, and not ...
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General Recommendations
Season Of The Witch Read-Alikes
Created on:
Aug 05, 2015
29 items
Did you love SFPL's 2015 One City, One Book selection Season of the Witch? Here are a handful of similar items and tie-ins that...
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General Recommendations
Summer 2022: Black Music Appreciation Month at SFPL
Created on:
Apr 18, 2022
19 items
Across the generations, Black music has pioneered the way we listen to music while preserving Black cultural traditions and sha...
General Recommendations
Juneteenth at SFPL
Created on:
Jun 14, 2020
26 items
Juneteenth commemorates the day the last enslaved Black lives were emancipated in the United States on June 19, 1865. It was on...
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General Recommendations
There Are Trans People Here: Celebrating Transgender History Month
Created on:
Jul 25, 2022
26 items
August is Transgender History Month in San Francisco! This list offers a selection of books and films by transgender, nonbinar...
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Topic Guide
Racial Restrictive Covenants and the Politics of Property and Racism
Created on:
Jun 30, 2022
22 items
This SFPL list is a compilation of important works on race and property rights, the history of racial restrictive covenants, an...
General Recommendations
New and Noteworthy Biographies and Memoirs
By:
SFPL_PaulaH
SFPL_PaulaH
Created on:
May 15, 2022
15 items
from SFPL's General Collections & Humanities Center, Spring 2022
General Recommendations
Juneteenth and Beyond: A Celebration of Black Liberation
By:
SFPL_AACL
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Apr 26, 2022
25 items
In June 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. The now federal holiday has bee...
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General Recommendations
General Collections Staff Picks, Spring 2022
By:
SFPL_BrianW
SFPL_BrianW
Created on:
Apr 08, 2022
24 items
These are recommended titles from the collections managed by staff in the General Collections & Humanities Center at the SF...
General Recommendations
AANHPI 2022: Children's Books Celebrating
Created on:
Mar 17, 2022
31 items
SFPL highlights these children's books that celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage.
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If You Liked ...
Bad Indians
Created on:
Oct 26, 2021
13 items
SFPL selections because these books express the life stories of Indigenous folks and communities.
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General Recommendations
First Person 2021 Adult Fiction
Created on:
Sep 20, 2021
9 items
Recommended reads in conjunction with Native American Heritage Month at SFPL.
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General Recommendations
42nd Annual American Book Award Winners
Created on:
Sep 17, 2021
18 items
The Before Columbus Foundation recognizes the winners of the 42nd Annual American Book Awards. The American Book Awards were cr...
General Recommendations
Book Club: West Portal 2021-2022
Created on:
Aug 23, 2021
19 items
Join SFPL staff & Ms. Christine as she meets virtually with West Portal neighbors to discuss a fiction or non-fiction selec...
General Recommendations
Excelsior Branch Book Club 2021/22 Titles
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Jan 29, 2021
18 items
The Excelsior Branch Book Club meets - currently virtually - at 7pm on the fourth Tuesday of the month. Please contact SFPL's E...
General Recommendations
Jólabókaflóð - A Book for Everybody
By:
SFPL_CDO2
SFPL_CDO2
Created on:
Dec 03, 2020
27 items
Jólabókaflóð is the Icelandic holiday tradition of giving books as presents. In this spirit, here are some recommendations from...
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General Recommendations
More Than a Month 2021 - Adult
Created on:
Nov 22, 2020
45 items
Contemporary books, fiction and non-fiction written by Black author available at SFPL. More Than a Month is SFPL's Black Histor...
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