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Topic Guide
We Love Diverse Books! SFPL Teen Librarian Picks
By:
SFPL_Teen
Created on:
Dec 14, 2016
20 items
We LOVE diverse books and hope you do too! Here is a list of teen reads chosen by SFPL librarians to open windows into the beau...
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
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
General Recommendations
SFPL's Weird Pets - Fiction about something OTHER than cats and dogs
By:
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...
Genre Guide
SFPL's Books for Reluctant 4th-6th Grade Readers: Animal Stories, Adventure
Created on:
Apr 30, 2015
8 items
Topic Guide
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Apr 15, 2015
25 items
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 Most Disturbing Fiction
By:
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Feb 24, 2015
17 items
Looking to explore the dark side of humanity? Check out one of these books. WARNING: All of these books contain disturbing cont...
6 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
General Recommendations
Translators - Unsung Heroes
By:
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Sep 06, 2023
9 items
Translators are the unsung heroes of the literary world, allowing us to read fiction from countries where we don't know the lan...
1 like
Topic Guide
Novels that Take Place in San Francisco
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
Jan 23, 2022
16 items
San Francisco has been celebrated in some excellent novels. Here's a list of some of the best novels set in San Francisco that ...
General Recommendations
West Portal Branch: Staff Recommendations 2022
Created on:
Jan 16, 2022
55 items
Items selected by SFPL staff at West Portal Branch Library during 2022.
1 like
Genre Guide
Best Travel Books To Inspire Wanderlust
By:
SFPL_SunsetLib
Created on:
Oct 16, 2021
11 items
These wanderlust-inspiring reads are a mixture of fiction and nonfiction, old and new, classics and easy beach reads. But what ...
General Recommendations
Stupendous Graphic Novels by People of Color
By:
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Aug 09, 2019
20 items
A collection of must read Graphic Novels for Adults, all written by people of color and available for check out at SFPL!
2 likes
General Recommendations
Queer Latinx Fiction
By:
SFPL_KevinD
Created on:
Jul 31, 2019
10 items
From classic titles to recently published new books, this list offers a sampling of queer fiction by Latinx authors available t...
1 like
Genre Guide
Chapter Books for Graphic Novel Fans
Created on:
May 15, 2019
22 items
You love graphic novels like Dog Man, Smile, Babysitters Club, Amulet and you've read them ALL. Like five times. If you can't g...
6 likes
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
If You Liked ...
The Shirley Letters From the California Mines, 1851-1852
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Sep 25, 2017
10 items
Selections from SFPL about the other '49rs of California's gold rush, the quest for fortune, adventure and survival on the fron...
1 like
General Recommendations
American Indians in Young Adult Literature
By:
SFPL_Teen
Created on:
Nov 03, 2016
6 items
The American Indian tribes across North American are rich with diverse culture, beliefs, and histories. Explore their diverse e...
1 like
Topic Guide
Nuts for Squirrels
By:
SFPL_SarahS
Created on:
Dec 04, 2015
13 items
Forget whales, bunny rabbits, and poetic gorillas: squirrels are now *the* hip animal of children's literature. SFPL has many...
General Recommendations
15 Newbery winners that have not been made into movies
By:
SFPL_SarahS
Created on:
Sep 22, 2015
17 items
All of these books have won the Newbery Medal and have not (yet) been adapted for the big screen. You'll find recent and older...
General Recommendations
2015 SFUSD Recommended Summer Reading, Grades 3-5
By:
SFPL_Family
Created on:
May 06, 2015
19 items
SF Unified School District and SFPL have partnered to bring you this list of amazing tales and true stories for kids entering 3...
3 likes
Genre Guide
Summer Listening List for Kids
By:
SFPL_LauraL2
Created on:
Mar 17, 2015
16 items
Tackle your summer reading by listening! Enjoy the great audiobooks SFPL has to offer.
1 like
General Recommendations
Joyce Carol Oates Writes for Young Adults!
By:
SFPL_Teen
Created on:
Mar 07, 2015
4 items
Joyce Carol Oates writes most excellent books for teens. We have them at SFPL.
Genre Guide
Top Science Fiction Picks
Created on:
Mar 05, 2015
20 items
SFPL librarians pick some classics of the Sci-Fi genre, along with some newer works
5 likes