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Topic Guide
Cross-Dressing - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Feb 11, 2015
22 items
Men and women have cross-dressed over the years for a variety of reasons. While some of them live full lives as the opposite ge...
1 like
General Recommendations
New LGBTQIA Fiction - 2020
By:
SFPL_KevinD
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...
General Recommendations
SFPL's 15TH ANNUAL ONE CITY ONE BOOK 2019 SHORT LIST
Created on:
Feb 14, 2019
13 items
San Francisco's One City One Book candidates for 2019.
2 likes
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
Genre Guide
Experimental Fiction Selection from SFPL
By:
SFPL_LisaF
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Mar 12, 2015
20 items
These books all play with what we think of as a 'novel,' using experimental narrative, structure, language, etc... They are oft...
9 likes
Topic Guide
Novels that Take Place in San Francisco
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
Jan 23, 2022
16 items
San Francisco has been celebrated in some excellent novels. Here's a list of some of the best novels set in San Francisco that ...
General Recommendations
Somewhere in Time historical fiction book club
Created on:
Sep 14, 2021
21 items
Do you enjoy some history with your fiction? Mark your calendar for the last Monday evening of the month from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m....
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...
4 likes
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.
4 likes
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
Classics Reimagined
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Nov 10, 2020
17 items
If you want a new take on some classic stories, check out these titles available from SFPL to Go.
1 like
General Recommendations
A Viva Literature Trip
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Aug 05, 2020
24 items
Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with a trip through the pages of Latin America. Check one out from SFPL today!
1 like
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
Golden Gate Park
By:
SFPL_Adults
SFPL_Adults
Created on:
Apr 01, 2020
28 items
Golden Gate Park has delighted San Franciscans for 150 years. Check out some of these books available from SFPL and learn more ...
1 like
General Recommendations
"Big Books" to tackle now that you have time
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Mar 24, 2020
14 items
With busy lives "big books" - not only classics but any long book - can be intimidating to tackle but if other entert...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Staff Picks of 2019
Created on:
Dec 12, 2019
32 items
SFPL's favorites published in 2019, available at your library.
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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...
1 like
General Recommendations
New LGBTQ+ Fiction Fall 2018
By:
SFPL_KevinD
SFPL_KevinD
Created on:
Dec 13, 2018
39 items
New additions to the LGBTQ+ Fiction Collection at the Main Library of SFPL from Fall 2018.
If You Liked ...
The Shirley Letters From the California Mines, 1851-1852
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Sep 25, 2017
10 items
Selections from SFPL about the other '49rs of California's gold rush, the quest for fortune, adventure and survival on the fron...
1 like
General Recommendations
Mission Bay Book Club
Created on:
Aug 01, 2016
55 items
Join the lively Mission Bay Branch book club! Mission Bay book club meets bimonthly on the last Wednesday of the month from 6:3...
1 like
Topic Guide
Take a trip around Asia
Created on:
Apr 27, 2016
41 items
A list of novels available at SFPL set in Asian countries in celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
3 likes
Genre Guide
Excelsior Branch Staff Mystery Recommendations
Created on:
Feb 28, 2015
17 items
Mysteries recommended to SFPL patrons by Excelsior Branch staff
2 likes
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.
2 likes
General Recommendations
The Golden Gate: Children's Books About San Francisco (3rd to 6th Grade)
Created on:
Feb 23, 2015
17 items
SFPL Main Children's librarians recommend a few San Francisco-themed fiction and non-fiction books for elementary and middle sc...
