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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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General Recommendations
SFPL One City One Book Selections
By:
SFPL_joanl
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...
Top Picks
Indigenous Voices for Children & Tweens
By:
SFPL_Family
SFPL_Family
Created on:
Oct 30, 2020
24 items
Check out these recent titles by Native authors, about the Native experience, from board books to novels to nonfiction. All ava...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
General Recommendations
Audiobooks You Can Really Sync Your Ears Into [SFPL]
By:
SFPL_Adults
SFPL_Adults
Created on:
Oct 13, 2016
23 items
Yes, listening to books counts as a type of reading, at least in this librarian's "book." Of course, it really matt...
5 likes
General Recommendations
Bay Area points of historical interest with literary tie-ins : for students
Created on:
Dec 01, 2021
42 items
A school librarian had a great idea: they read the Port Chicago 50 and then took the students there to visit the site. Then the...
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General Recommendations
Excelsior: Winter Holiday Books
Created on:
Nov 19, 2021
44 items
A list of winter holiday books available at SFPL to accompany the Youth Art Exchange 2021 holiday window project. They reflect ...
1 like
General Recommendations
Filipino American History Month 2021 - Fiction, Poetry & Graphic Novels
Created on:
Sep 08, 2021
16 items
Available here at SFPL, a selection of fiction, poetry, and graphic novel titles by Filipino or Filipino American authors prese...
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General Recommendations
Contemporary Scandinavian Fiction
By:
g
ggvadultlib
Created on:
Mar 11, 2021
90 items
Works of fiction from Sweden, Norway and Denmark, with additional titles from Iceland and Finland. 1945 to 2021. Some may be av...
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General Recommendations
85 Notable German Novels of the 20th and 21st Centuries
By:
g
ggvadultlib
Created on:
Feb 10, 2021
85 items
Notable German-language novels written roughly in the last hundred years. Some are also available as ebooks or in German at SFPL.
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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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General Recommendations
If you liked THAT, now read THIS - juvenile fiction read-a-likes
Created on:
Oct 28, 2020
37 items
Have you ever finished reading a chapter book and had a hunger for the sequel that just doesn't exist? Satisfy that desire by a...
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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...
Topic Guide
Read Around Africa
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Jun 04, 2020
40 items
A trip through literature around Africa's 40 most populous countries. Books are available from SFPL mostly in eFormats. Pick a ...
2 likes
Topic Guide
For the budding artist
Created on:
Nov 17, 2019
22 items
A small selection of children's picture stories at SFPL that are inspired by the fictionalized lives of famous artists or their...
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Top Picks
NaNoWriMo Inspo: Successful NaNo Books
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
Sep 16, 2019
47 items
These writers started their books during NaNo. If they did it, so can you. SFPL has materials in multiple formats - book, ebook...
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General Recommendations
Teen Recommended Books
By:
s
SFPL_AnzaTeen
Created on:
Aug 26, 2019
11 items
A list of books curated, reviewed, and recommended by SFPL Anza teen volunteers
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General Recommendations
Excelsior Book Club 2019/2020 Titles
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Jan 23, 2019
24 items
The Excelsior Branch Book Club meets at SFPL's Excelsior Branch on the fourth Tuesday of every month from 7-8 p.m. New members ...
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General Recommendations
Merced Book Club - Reading List
Created on:
Jan 22, 2018
59 items
The Merced Branch Library Book Club meets bimonthly, and new members are always welcome. For more information, please contact ...
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Genre Guide
Historical Fiction for Teens
By:
SFPL_JenW
SFPL_JenW
Created on:
Jan 08, 2017
13 items
Travel back in time with these popular historical fiction titles. Recommended by a SFPL Teen Librarian.
K-12 Study Guide
Teen essentials - suggestions from @SFpubliclibrary Instagram followers
By:
SFPL_Teen
SFPL_Teen
Created on:
Sep 13, 2016
24 items
We recently asked our @SFPubliclibrary Instagram followers to suggest books they recommend for all young people to read. This ...
Topic Guide
Summer Stride: Read, Create, Explore
Created on:
Apr 21, 2016
12 items
SFPL staff recommend these thought-provoking titles to explore different points of view and faraway places. All ages can sign ...
General Recommendations
Our Stories: Children's Books on the Native North American Experience
By:
SFPL_Kids
SFPL_Kids
Created on:
Jul 28, 2015
18 items
Read about young people from many different Native North American nations in these books for babies through high school studen...
1 like
Genre Guide
Historical Fiction
Created on:
Feb 26, 2015
18 items
A compilation of classic and contemporary novels where the plot is set in the past. Check them out at SFPL.
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