Only show lists that contain:
List Type
- General Recommendations (77)
- Topic Guide (12)
- Genre Guide (7)
- Top Picks (4)
- If You Liked ... (2)
Creator type
- Library staff (92)
- Community users (10)
Library
- Users at my Library (101)
Form/Genre
Topic
Region
General Recommendations
The Mix At SFPL Recommends
Created on:
Feb 13, 2015
22 items
The Mix At SFPL is an AWESOME new Teen Center at the Main Library.
The books on this list are recommended reads from the teens...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Oscars 2022: SFPL
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Jan 31, 2022
26 items
2022 Academy Award nominations (winners indicated). DVDs, and books they were based on, and music offered by SFPL.
4 likes
General Recommendations
SFPL's New Adult Graphic Novels from Spring 2018
By:
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Jun 19, 2018
15 items
Here's a selection of some of the Graphic Novels we ordered at SFPL from March - June 2018
General Recommendations
SFPL One City One Book Selections
By:
SFPL_joanl
Created on:
Jun 18, 2015
11 items
SFPL has been selecting One City One Book books for our citywide reading program for the past 10 years. Here is a look back at ...
General Recommendations
SFPL One City One Book selections through the years
Created on:
Jun 11, 2015
13 items
SFPL has been selecting One City One Book books for our citywide reading program for the past 10 years. Here is a look back at...
Topic Guide
World War II on the Home Front - an SFPL Booklist for Children
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
Apr 09, 2015
14 items
These books give readers an idea of what it was like to live through World War II in the United States. An SFPL Booklist for Ch...
1 like
Topic Guide
Everything Sherlockian - an SFPL Booklist
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
Mar 26, 2015
13 items
Fascinated with Sherlock Holmes? So are a lot of other people. Here are fictional titles inspired by Holmes, a couple of biogra...
1 like
General Recommendations
SFPL Parkside Mother-Daughter Bookgroup Suggested Titles
By:
SFPL_ParksideLib
Created on:
Aug 04, 2021
72 items
Books we've read and discussed
5 likes
General Recommendations
New LGBTQIA Fiction - 2020
By:
SFPL_KevinD
Created on:
Nov 03, 2020
29 items
A selection of some of the most interesting queer fiction titles published in the past year. All titles are available to check...
1 like
Genre Guide
Somewhere in Time historical fiction book club
Created on:
Sep 14, 2021
38 items
Do you enjoy some history with your fiction? Mark your calendar for the fourth Sunday afternoon of the month from 3:30 to 4:30 ...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Previous Selections 2021: On the Same Page
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Apr 05, 2021
8 items
Every other month SFPL chooses a book--with the help of your suggestions--to encourage San Franciscans to read and discuss the ...
1 like
General Recommendations
Bill Gates Summer Book Recommendations 2020
By:
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
May 21, 2020
14 items
The Corona pandemic didn't stop Bill Gates from publishing his annual list of summer book recommendations. See the links to his...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Previous Selections 2020: On the Same Page
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Feb 27, 2020
10 items
Every other month SFPL chooses a book--with the help of your suggestions--to encourage San Franciscans to read and discuss the ...
General Recommendations
Previous Selections 2019: On the Same Page
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Feb 22, 2019
5 items
Every other month SFPL chooses a book--with the help of your suggestions--to encourage San Franciscans to read and discuss the ...
General Recommendations
The Round House Read-Alikes
Created on:
Feb 17, 2016
5 items
If you like Louise Erdrich, try these authors selected by SFPL.
General Recommendations
SFPL Parkside Boys' Bookgroup Suggested Titles
By:
SFPL_ParksideLib
Created on:
Feb 26, 2022
28 items
Books we've read and discussed
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...
1 like
General Recommendations
SFPL's Weird Pets - Fiction about something OTHER than cats and dogs
By:
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Mar 13, 2020
19 items
Here's a selection of novels about all the other types of pets we humans sometimes have - birds, fish, various wildlife! All av...
General Recommendations
SFPL SANKOFA Griot Circle
By:
3rdFloorManager
Created on:
Feb 16, 2019
11 items
In honor of Black History Month and in celebration of Environmental Champions of the African Diaspora , NorcalMLK Foundation an...
General Recommendations
SFPL_Best of 2016 eBooks
Created on:
Dec 14, 2016
13 items
The best of fiction and non fiction of 2016.
Genre Guide
SFPL's Favorite Western Novels
Created on:
Mar 04, 2015
18 items
A compilation of classic and contemporary stories about the West
3 likes
Topic Guide
SFPL's Seafaring Books and Movies
By:
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Feb 24, 2015
21 items
Escape on the vast ocean with this list of books and movies about sea journeys, sailors, pirates, scallywags, and other things ...
6 likes
General Recommendations
Book Award Winners - Black Authors
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Sep 25, 2022
14 items
Black authors were well represented in several fall 2022 local book awards, including the 41st Annual Northern California Book ...
4 likes
General Recommendations
Celebration of Black Artists: Beloved Picks from Library Users
Created on:
Feb 06, 2024
38 items
This SFPL lists is created from all of your favorite Black Artist recommendations.
2 likes
General Recommendations
Give me mystery but make it cozy!
By:
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Jan 24, 2024
14 items
Want to stimulate your little gray cells with a murder mystery? Here are some recent ones that you can enjoy with a nice cup of...
5 likes