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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 Western Addition Branch Library
Created on:
Sep 30, 2021
10 items
A few of the top picks by SFPL staff that represent their neighborhood.
General Recommendations
MIddle Eastern Heritage Celebration- books from SFPL
By:
SFPL_Adults
SFPL_Adults
Created on:
Aug 10, 2017
12 items
SFPL holds many titles about the lives and experiences of US Americans who have immigrated from the Middle East, or have family...
Topic Guide
Doing Gender: Public Personas, Public Performance - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Apr 14, 2015
19 items
Explores the worlds of those who perform drag. An SFPL LGBT Booklist.
1 like
Topic Guide
LGBT Aging - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Mar 19, 2015
14 items
These titles explore the lives of LGBT middle-aged and senior citizens, now and in the past, with a focus on how we create com...
1 like
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
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
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
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...
2 likes
Topic Guide
Black Gay Men - an SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
May 13, 2015
26 items
These books and films explore the black gay male experience through literature and nonfiction.
5 likes
Topic Guide
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Apr 15, 2015
25 items
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
Must-Listen Memoirs for Women's History Month
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
Feb 28, 2022
18 items
For Women's History Month, listen to a memoir. Check out this list for inspiration.
SFPL's downloadable audiobook collection ...
1 like
General Recommendations
Celebrate Friendship this Valentine's Day
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
Jan 31, 2022
27 items
Celebrate your friendships on Valentine's Day. The books on this list have friendship as a central theme - some fiction, some n...
1 like
Topic Guide
Ulysses at 100
By:
SFPL_JohnS
SFPL_JohnS
Created on:
Dec 08, 2021
100 items
The Irish author James Joyce published his groundbreaking modernist novel Ulysses in 1922, an event that profoundly influenced ...
General Recommendations
The Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2021
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
Nov 30, 2021
10 items
If you like checking out curated "best of" lists, here is the New York Times list of best fiction and non-fiction boo...
2 likes
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
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...
1 like
General Recommendations
Blu-Ray Selections
Created on:
Nov 15, 2020
97 items
Recent Blu-ray releases at SFPL
General Recommendations
From Page to Screen: Books Being Adapted Into Films in 2020
By:
SFPL_SherryW
SFPL_SherryW
Created on:
Jun 23, 2020
20 items
Do you read the book before watching the movie? If so, this list is for you. All these books have recently been released or a...
General Recommendations
Black Stories Matter: Picture Book Films for Kids
By:
SFPL_Family
SFPL_Family
Created on:
Jun 04, 2020
20 items
These picture books-turned-films, some fictional and some historical, are important and enduring documents of stories that don'...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Excellent Graphic Novels by Women Writers
By:
SFPL_LisaF
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Jul 30, 2019
17 items
A collection of Graphic Novels written by ladies! All owned at SFPL. Adult and Teen content :)
2 likes
General Recommendations
Merced Book Club - Reading List
Created on:
Jan 22, 2018
58 items
The Merced Branch Library Book Club meets bimonthly, and new members are always welcome. For more information, please contact ...
3 likes
General Recommendations
LGBTQIA Center New Aquisitions
Created on:
Dec 20, 2017
100 items
Titles recently added to the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center Collection at SFPL, most of which are newly-published and some of w...
1 like
General Recommendations
Selected Titles: SCOWAH Collection
Created on:
Nov 22, 2017
22 items
A vain man, a frightened man, a bigoted man, or an angry man, cannot laugh at himself or be laughed at; but the man who can lau...
