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General Recommendations
SFPL Explorer Guide Portola Branch Library
Created on:
Oct 04, 2021
5 items
A few of the top picks by SFPL staff that represent their neighborhood.
General Recommendations
MIddle Eastern Heritage Celebration- books from SFPL
By:
SFPL_Adults
Created on:
Aug 10, 2017
12 items
SFPL holds many titles about the lives and experiences of US Americans who have immigrated from the Middle East, or have family...
General Recommendations
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
General Recommendations
SFPL-Chinatown Branch Library Staff Picks for Winter 2022
Created on:
Dec 14, 2022
27 items
Check out these Winter 2022 Staff Picks by Chinatown Branch Library staff. Hope you find your next great read!
2 likes
Topic Guide
LGBT San Francisco - an SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Feb 11, 2015
24 items
These materials focus on the LGBT Community in San Francisco, today and historically. They feature events and people important ...
1 like
General Recommendations
New and Noteworthy Biographies and Memoirs, Autumn 2023
By:
SFPL_PaulaH
Created on:
Oct 25, 2023
23 items
Selected from SFPL's General Collections & Humanities Center.
2 likes
General Recommendations
Literature in Translation
By:
SFPL_CDO2
Created on:
Dec 30, 2022
52 items
World Literature Today posted a list of 75 notable translations of 2022. Broaden your reading horizon in 2023 and check one out...
3 likes
General Recommendations
General Collections Staff Picks, Winter 2022 to 2023
By:
SFPL_BrianW
Created on:
Dec 29, 2022
33 items
These are recommended titles from the collections managed by staff in the General Collections & Humanities Center at the SF...
1 like
General Recommendations
New and Noteworthy Biographies and Memoirs, Autumn 2022
By:
SFPL_PaulaH
Created on:
Nov 21, 2022
18 items
Selected from SFPL's General Collections & Humanities Center.
4 likes
Topic Guide
Bay Area Chefs, Past and Present
Created on:
Nov 16, 2022
46 items
Home cooks will find a myriad of options, from easy-to-prepare to adventuresome, traditional recipes to surprisingly appropriat...
General Recommendations
More Than A Month 2023: Essays and Histories of Black Resilience
Created on:
Sep 20, 2022
16 items
Essays and histories of resistance and resilience presented on this list are historical accounts interwoven with personal exper...
General Recommendations
General Collections Staff Picks, Summer 2022
By:
SFPL_BrianW
Created on:
Jun 22, 2022
19 items
These are recommended titles from the collections managed by staff in the General Collections & Humanities Center at the SF...
1 like
General Recommendations
Books on Russian History
By:
g
ggvadultlib
Created on:
Mar 18, 2021
81 items
Nonfiction books on the history of Russia at SFPL
Topic Guide
Read Around Africa
By:
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 ...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Around the World in 17 Books
By:
SFPL_CDO2
Created on:
May 28, 2020
17 items
Taking inspiration from the Jules Verne classic, here is a trip around the globe that you can take from the comfort of your own...
1 like
General Recommendations
Nature While Staying Home
By:
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Apr 03, 2020
21 items
Miss the outdoors? Check out some of these books and documentaries from SFPL.
General Recommendations
Merced Book Club - Reading List
Created on:
Jan 22, 2018
71 items
The Merced Branch Library Book Club meets bimonthly, and new members are always welcome. For more information, please contact ...
4 likes
General Recommendations
Selected Titles: SCOWAH Collection
Created on:
Nov 22, 2017
21 items
A vain man, a frightened man, a bigoted man, or an angry man, cannot laugh at himself or be laughed at; but the man who can lau...
General Recommendations
General Collections Staff Picks, Fall 2017 *
By:
SFPL_BrianW
Created on:
Oct 02, 2017
13 items
Recommended titles from the collections managed by staff in the General Collections & Humanities Center at the SFPL Main Li...
General Recommendations
General Collections Staff Picks, Summer 2017*
By:
SFPL_BrianW
Created on:
Jun 23, 2017
8 items
Recommended titles from the collections managed by staff in the General Collections & Humanities Center at the SFPL Main Li...
Topic Guide
Writers Resist
By:
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
Genre Guide
General Collections Staff Picks, Fall 2016 *
By:
SFPL_BrianW
Created on:
Sep 30, 2016
16 items
Recommended titles from the collections managed by staff in the General Collections & Humanities Center at the SFPL Main Li...
Topic Guide
Middle Eastern Heritage for Teens
By:
SFPL_Teen
Created on:
Aug 11, 2016
21 items
The Middle East is so much more than what we see in the news. Experience the diverse history, cultures, and stories of the Midd...
2 likes
Topic Guide
Troublemakers, Trendsetters and Gadflys
Created on:
Sep 25, 2015
13 items
SFPL books (and one dvd!) about visual and performance artists who have bravely challenged the status quo..
3 likes
Genre Guide
Laugh Out Loud Audiobooks
By:
SFPL_KevinD
Created on:
Sep 02, 2015
9 items
A selection of wacky, wonderful, and, yes, funny, audiobooks available at SFPL.