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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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Topic Guide
SFPL Black History Month 2017 New Books
By:
SFPL_JaneG
Created on:
Jan 09, 2017
34 items
Many excellent lists celebrate Black History Month. This list features some books in the SFPL collection published over the pa...
General Recommendations
SFPL The Year of the Rabbit 2023: Rabbits in Literature
By:
SFPL_CDO2
Created on:
Jan 20, 2023
16 items
The Year of the Rabbit starts on January 22nd so why not add a novel with a rabbit to your reading list. All available from SFP...
1 like
General Recommendations
James Joyce Biographies & Letters at SFPL
By:
SFPL_JohnS
Created on:
Apr 27, 2022
38 items
The Irish author James Joyce published his groundbreaking modernist novel Ulysses in 1922, an event that profoundly influenced ...
General Recommendations
Oscars 2022: SFPL
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Jan 31, 2022
26 items
2022 Academy Award nominations (winners indicated). DVDs, and books they were based on, and music offered by SFPL.
4 likes
General Recommendations
SFPL Explorer Guide Sunset Branch Library
Created on:
Oct 01, 2021
10 items
A few of the top picks by SFPL staff that represent their neighborhood.
General Recommendations
SFPL's New Adult Graphic Novels from Spring 2018
By:
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Jun 19, 2018
15 items
Here's a selection of some of the Graphic Novels we ordered at SFPL from March - June 2018
General Recommendations
Adult SFPL Summer Stride 2018
Created on:
May 15, 2018
11 items
Libraries are an essential resource, offering a gathering space for adults to share and learn. This summer at SFPL we've filled...
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General Recommendations
SFPL's New Adult Graphic Novels from Winter 2017 - 2018
By:
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Mar 15, 2018
15 items
A selection of some Graphic Novels added to the SFPL collection from December 2017 - March 2018
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General Recommendations
SFPL_The City by the Bay
Created on:
Nov 09, 2017
16 items
Immerse yourself in all things San Francisco. Available at SFPL.
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Topic Guide
SFPL_Libros escritos originalmente en español para niños
By:
SFPL_YesicaH
Created on:
Aug 01, 2016
20 items
SFPL recomienda esta lista de libros que no son traducidos de otros lenguajes. Son libros en español por autores que escriben e...
4 likes
General Recommendations
SFPL One City One Book Selections
By:
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...
Topic Guide
Medical Issues Affecting the LGBTQI Communites - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
May 26, 2015
21 items
Because medical advances happen all the time, your doctor should be your primary resource for medical information. However, the...
Topic Guide
Young People Dealing with Bullying, Abuse and Trauma - An SFPL Resource Guide
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
May 15, 2015
10 items
From physical and/or emotional abuse, bullying, rape, violence, the effects of drug use, and more - these young people struggle...
Topic Guide
The LGBT Experience - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide for Teens
Created on:
Apr 20, 2015
23 items
These fiction and nonfiction resources explore the range of LGBTQ life as experienced by young people, as well as provide an in...
4 likes
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...
1 like
Topic Guide
Everything Sherlockian - an SFPL Booklist
By:
SFPL_NancyS
Created on:
Mar 26, 2015
13 items
Fascinated with Sherlock Holmes? So are a lot of other people. Here are fictional titles inspired by Holmes, a couple of biogra...
1 like
Topic Guide
Children and Gender Identity - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Mar 17, 2015
15 items
More and more very young children are being very vocal about the fact that they are transgender, and there is now a lot of supp...
2 likes
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
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Topic Guide
Are you a Human AND /OR a Robot? Books & movies for human rumination about humanoids [SFPL]
By:
SFPL_Adults
Created on:
Nov 03, 2015
32 items
Robots, cyborgs, androids, humanoids, artificial humans, bionic men and women, and last but we hope not least, very human human...
5 likes
General Recommendations
New LGBTQIA Fiction - 2020
By:
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...
1 like
General Recommendations
Women of Color in Politics
By:
SFPL_CDO2
Created on:
Aug 13, 2020
23 items
Kamala Harris made history this week when she became the Democratic vice presidential candidate. Learn more about her and other...
1 like
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
Previous Selections 2021: On the Same Page
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Apr 05, 2021
8 items
Every other month SFPL chooses a book--with the help of your suggestions--to encourage San Franciscans to read and discuss the ...
1 like