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General Recommendations
SFPL One City One Book Selections
Created on:
Jun 09, 2016
19 items
SFPL has been selecting One City One Book titles for our citywide reading program for the past 15 years. Here is a look at our ...
4 likes
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
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
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
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
General Recommendations
What are you reading? Right Now
Created on:
Jul 29, 2022
24 items
This is what SFPL staff are reading Right Now!
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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
SFPL-Chinatown Branch Library Staff Picks for Spring 2023
Created on:
Feb 24, 2023
20 items
Check out these Spring 2023 Staff Picks by Chinatown Branch Library staff. Your next great read is just around the corner!
General Recommendations
Juneteenth at SFPL
Created on:
Jun 14, 2020
26 items
Juneteenth commemorates the day the last enslaved Black lives were emancipated in the United States on June 19, 1865. It was on...
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
Friday Bookends 2023 Selections
Created on:
Nov 29, 2022
13 items
Reading through the year together
General Recommendations
Romance: Adults and YA
Created on:
Dec 15, 2023
10 items
This SFPL librarian created list explores love's complexities and joys with these romance reads! If you’re a fan of love at fir...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Palestinian Voices: A Fiction Collection
Created on:
Oct 24, 2023
17 items
Discover the compelling narratives of Palestinian authors that transcend borders and capture the essence of the Palestinian exp...
6 likes
General Recommendations
First Person: Native American Heritage 2023 Kids Books
Created on:
Sep 21, 2023
18 items
New children's books at SFPL that affirm and celebrate the history and experience of Indigenous people.
1 like
General Recommendations
Some Recent Debuts You Might Have Missed
By:
SFPL_CDO2
Created on:
Feb 24, 2023
24 items
Want to be among the first to discover a new author? Here are some recent debut novels that you might have missed. All are avai...
General Recommendations
West Portal Branch: Staff Recommendations 2023
Created on:
Feb 10, 2023
45 items
Items selected by SFPL staff at West Portal Branch Library during 2023.
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
LGBTQIA+ reads
By:
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 ...
3 likes
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
Bay Area points of historical interest with literary tie-ins : for students
Created on:
Dec 01, 2021
44 items
A school librarian had a great idea: they read the Port Chicago 50 and then took the students there to visit the site. Then the...
4 likes
General Recommendations
Filipino American History Month 2021 - Fiction, Poetry & Graphic Novels
Created on:
Sep 08, 2021
16 items
Available here at SFPL, a selection of fiction, poetry, and graphic novel titles by Filipino or Filipino American authors prese...
5 likes
General Recommendations
Summer Stride 2021 Author Line Up
Created on:
Jun 27, 2021
32 items
SFPL has author talks all Summer long, get the books, hear the author. http://bit.ly/SS21Events
2 likes
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...
7 likes