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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...
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General Recommendations
SFPL Ocean View Branch Staff Picks - March 2024
By:
SFPL_HelenN
Created on:
Oct 29, 2021
10 items
Recommendations by SFPL librarians who love to share the joy of reading, watching documentaries and cooking.
Topic Guide
SFPL Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2017
By:
SFPL_JohnG
Created on:
Mar 16, 2017
10 items
SFPL adult books on Asian Pacific Americans
1 like
Topic Guide
SFPL's Banned Book List
Created on:
Jul 21, 2015
26 items
In honor of banned book month, here are a number of titles that have either been banned or heavily challenged. SFPL supports ...
8 likes
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!
5 likes
Topic Guide
War - An SFPL Resource Guide for Teens
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
May 19, 2015
16 items
The nonfiction and fiction items in this list explore the effects of war and ethnic conflicts on young people around the world....
1 like
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...
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Topic Guide
Picture Books about War - An SFPL Booklist
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
Apr 07, 2015
16 items
Picture books about war, from the Civil War to the present day. See also the separate list of books about the Holocaust. An SF...
Topic Guide
Beyond Anne Frank: More About the Holocaust - An SFPL Booklist
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
Apr 02, 2015
19 items
Teens will be interested in these nonfiction and fiction stories of terror, struggle, death, and survival. An SFPL Booklist.
Topic Guide
Classic (Pre-Stonewall) LGBT Fiction - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Mar 25, 2015
17 items
These titles were written before, and mostly published before the Stonewall Riots which represent the burgeoning era of gay and...
3 likes
Topic Guide
The LGBT Community in Germany, Before and During the Holocaust - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Feb 12, 2015
22 items
There was a well-developed LGBT subculture in urban areas of Germany before the rise of the Nazi Party. However, gay men, in pa...
2 likes
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
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
SFPL West Portal Mother-Daughter Book Club Suggested Titles
Created on:
Aug 04, 2015
91 items
A list of books we've read and discussed and would recommend to our friends ages 9-12
13 likes
Top Picks
Indigenous Voices for Children & Tweens
By:
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
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
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
General Recommendations
The Gods of Tango Read-a-Likes
Created on:
Nov 17, 2016
8 items
If you enjoyed reading The Gods of Tango, SFPL's November-December 2016 On the Same Page selection, you also may enjoy these ti...
1 like
General Recommendations
SFPL-Chinatown Branch Library Staff Picks for Winter/Spring 2024
Created on:
Feb 08, 2024
12 items
Curl up with a good book, warm blanket and hot cup of tea!
3 likes
General Recommendations
SFPL Richmond Branch : Staff Recommendations October 2021
By:
sfplmarinas
Created on:
Oct 02, 2021
9 items
Reading selections by your Richmond Branch library staff for the month of October 2021
General Recommendations
Audiobooks You Can Really Sync Your Ears Into [SFPL]
By:
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
SFPL's Books for Reluctant 4th-6th Grade Readers: Realistic and Historical Fiction
Created on:
Apr 30, 2015
24 items
1 like
Genre Guide
Experimental Fiction Selection from SFPL
By:
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...
10 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
Topic Guide
Jewish Fiction - an SFPL Booklist
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
Jan 27, 2015
12 items
Some classics, some new titles, all good reads.
1 like