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General Recommendations
Transgender Fiction at SFPL
By:
SFPL_KevinD
SFPL_KevinD
Created on:
Jul 23, 2018
11 items
Recommended fiction featuring transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming characters, written by transgender, non-binary...
1 like
General Recommendations
What We Read This Winter - Middle Grade Edition Vol. 3
By:
SFPL_Teen
SFPL_Teen
Created on:
Feb 05, 2021
12 items
"Discover new and familiar books curated from T(w)een Winter Read participants and reviewers. Pick them up through SFPL To...
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 presents One City One Book 2022: Longlist
Created on:
Feb 18, 2022
25 items
This is a list of books read and discussed by the One City One Book selection committee.
6 likes
General Recommendations
SFPL's Weird Pets - Fiction about something OTHER than cats and dogs
By:
SFPL_LisaF
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...
Topic Guide
Jewish Fiction - an SFPL Booklist
By:
SFPL_NancyS
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
Jan 27, 2015
12 items
Some classics, some new titles, all good reads.
1 like
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
Celebrate Friendship this Valentine's Day
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
Jan 31, 2022
27 items
Celebrate your friendships on Valentine's Day. The books on this list have friendship as a central theme - some fiction, some n...
1 like
General Recommendations
What We Read This Winter - High School Edition
By:
SFPL_Teen
SFPL_Teen
Created on:
Jan 20, 2022
10 items
Discover new and familiar books curated from T(w)een Winter Read 2021 participants and reviewers. Pick them up at your local SF...
General Recommendations
Most translated books from South America
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Aug 13, 2021
11 items
According to Preply, these are the books from South America translated into the most languages. Check them out from SFPL in pap...
General Recommendations
¡VIVA! 2021 LGBTQIA
Created on:
Jul 20, 2021
18 items
A selection of books by queer Latinx authors available from SFPL in celebration of ¡VIVA! Latinx Heritage Month, September 15th...
1 like
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
Jólabókaflóð - A Book for Everybody
By:
SFPL_CDO2
SFPL_CDO2
Created on:
Dec 03, 2020
27 items
Jólabókaflóð is the Icelandic holiday tradition of giving books as presents. In this spirit, here are some recommendations from...
1 like
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
Contemporary Romance
By:
l
LibrarianJenJW
Created on:
Oct 08, 2020
7 items
Contemporary romances are a subgenre of romances featuring realistic & complex characters with settings & situations th...
If You Liked ...
America Is Not the Heart
Created on:
Sep 20, 2020
15 items
These books are stylistically complex and nonlinear, and they have the themes immigrant experiences. Elaine Castillo and Americ...
General Recommendations
Viva 2020
Created on:
Jul 30, 2020
24 items
SFPL celebrates Latinx Heritage Month with books, authors, art and community.
1 like
General Recommendations
A Touch of Magic -- Books on Magical Realism
By:
SFPL_LorettaC
SFPL_LorettaC
Created on:
Jul 15, 2020
15 items
These books at SFPL will shuttle you into a world between fantasy and reality.
3 likes
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
Mental Health Awareness Month 2020: Fiction Picks
Created on:
May 22, 2020
16 items
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month - in honor of this SFPL offers some adult Fiction books with mental health themes
General Recommendations
Jewish American Writers
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
May 11, 2020
30 items
May is Jewish American Heritage Month. Celebrate it by reading one of these novels available in eFormats from SFPL right now.
General Recommendations
Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month 2020: Fiction
Created on:
Apr 17, 2020
23 items
SFPL curated selection of eResources celebrating and honoring Asian Pacific Islander American authors, culture and heritage.
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
