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Topic Guide
SFPL Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2017
By:
SFPL_JohnG
SFPL_JohnG
Created on:
Mar 16, 2017
10 items
SFPL adult books on Asian Pacific Americans
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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
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
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
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
General Recommendations
New Fiction - 2020
Created on:
Dec 08, 2020
31 items
Sadly there's no in-person browsing at this time. In the meantime, take advantage of some virtual browsing. Here is a sampling...
1 like
General Recommendations
LGBTQIA+ reads
By:
SFPL_ParksideLib
SFPL_ParksideLib
Created on:
Jun 24, 2022
14 items
SFPL Parkside branch's LGBTQIA+ book recommendations for teens and adults. Books range from the 1800s through 2021 and include ...
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
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
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...
4 likes
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
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
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
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.
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 ...
3 likes
General Recommendations
UK Guardian Readers' Decolonized Reading List
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Oct 27, 2017
14 items
UK Guardian readers suggested books by black and ethnic minority writers that should be studied as part of Cambridge University...
1 like
Topic Guide
Writers Resist
By:
SFPL_KevinD
SFPL_KevinD
Created on:
Jan 15, 2017
15 items
A selection of titles you can find at SFPL by writers participating in the Writers Resist movement.
#writeourdemocracy
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
General Recommendations
Remembering Books: Raschka Reads
Created on:
Apr 09, 2015
10 items
Did you miss the 2015 Effie Lee Morris Lecture? These are the titles Chris Raschka mentioned in his talk "Remembering Book...
General Recommendations
West Portal Book Club: Great Reads from the Past
Created on:
Feb 17, 2015
49 items
Past selections for West Portal Book Club. Recommended by a SFPL Librarian.
1 like
Top Picks
Great Recent Russian Books in Russian
Created on:
Feb 06, 2015
16 items
Bestselling authors and recent literary prize winners from Russia! Selected by the SFPL International Center.
