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General Recommendations
Oscars 2022: SFPL
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
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.
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Topic Guide
SFPL Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2017
By:
SFPL_JohnG
SFPL_JohnG
Created on:
Mar 16, 2017
10 items
SFPL adult books on Asian Pacific Americans
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General Recommendations
2015 SFPL On The Same Page / One City One Book
Created on:
Jul 07, 2015
6 items
Join San Francisco's biggest book club. Here are our On The Same Page Picks for 2015!
Top Picks
Indigenous Voices for Children & Tweens
By:
SFPL_Family
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...
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General Recommendations
Previous Selections 2019: On the Same Page
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Feb 22, 2019
5 items
Every other month SFPL chooses a book--with the help of your suggestions--to encourage San Franciscans to read and discuss the ...
General Recommendations
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
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...
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General Recommendations
First Person 2021 Adult Fiction
Created on:
Sep 20, 2021
9 items
Recommended reads in conjunction with Native American Heritage Month at SFPL.
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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.
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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...
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General Recommendations
From Page to Screen: Books Being Adapted Into Films in 2020
By:
SFPL_SherryW
SFPL_SherryW
Created on:
Jun 23, 2020
20 items
Do you read the book before watching the movie? If so, this list is for you. All these books have recently been released or a...
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 ...
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General Recommendations
West Portal Staff Picks: March 2020
Created on:
Feb 19, 2020
7 items
Items selected by SFPL's West Portal Librarians for the month of March 2020.
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General Recommendations
Staff Picks of 2019
Created on:
Dec 12, 2019
32 items
SFPL's favorites published in 2019, available at your library.
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General Recommendations
Excelsior Book Club 2019/2020 Titles
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Jan 23, 2019
24 items
The Excelsior Branch Book Club meets at SFPL's Excelsior Branch on the fourth Tuesday of every month from 7-8 p.m. New members ...
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Topic Guide
Excelsior Branch Book Club 2017 Titles
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Mar 13, 2017
12 items
The Excelsior Branch Book Club meets at SFPL's Excelsior Branch on the fourth Tuesday of every month from 7-8 p.m. Our goal for...
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Topic Guide
Writers Resist
By:
SFPL_KevinD
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
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K-12 Study Guide
Teen essentials - suggestions from @SFpubliclibrary Instagram followers
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SFPL_Teen
SFPL_Teen
Created on:
Sep 13, 2016
24 items
We recently asked our @SFPubliclibrary Instagram followers to suggest books they recommend for all young people to read. This ...
General Recommendations
Mission Bay Book Club
Created on:
Aug 01, 2016
55 items
Join the lively Mission Bay Branch book club! Mission Bay book club meets bimonthly on the last Wednesday of the month from 6:3...
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Topic Guide
Summer Stride: Read, Create, Explore
Created on:
Apr 21, 2016
12 items
SFPL staff recommend these thought-provoking titles to explore different points of view and faraway places. All ages can sign ...
General Recommendations
The Golden Gate: Children's Books About San Francisco (3rd to 6th Grade)
Created on:
Feb 23, 2015
17 items
SFPL Main Children's librarians recommend a few San Francisco-themed fiction and non-fiction books for elementary and middle sc...
General Recommendations
West Portal Book Club: Great Reads from the Past
Created on:
Feb 17, 2015
49 items
Past selections for West Portal Book Club. Recommended by a SFPL Librarian.
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Top Picks
Great Recent Russian Books in Russian
Created on:
Feb 06, 2015
16 items
Bestselling authors and recent literary prize winners from Russia! Selected by the SFPL International Center.
General Recommendations
Friday Bookends 2021 selections
Created on:
Nov 23, 2020
22 items
Reading throughout the year together
General Recommendations
World Literature Book Club
By:
SFPL_JohnS
SFPL_JohnS
Created on:
Jan 12, 2016
86 items
Our group meets on the first Thursday of each month, 6:00-7:30 p.m. We are meeting online, using the Zoom platform, unless othe...
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