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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
The Orphan Master's Son Read Alikes
Created on:
Jan 05, 2016
10 items
Welcome to this first Read Alike list of 2016. SFPL invites you to explore these items - similar to The Orphan Master's Son in...
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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!
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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...
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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
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NoName Book Club Selections 2022
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Sep 12, 2022
15 items
Noname’s Book Club, started by rapper Noname (Fatimah Warner) is “an online/irl community dedicated to uplifting POC voices.” T...
6 likes
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¡VIVA! 2022: Must Reads
Created on:
Jul 22, 2022
18 items
Get these must-read fiction books by Latinx authors, available at SFPL.
5 likes
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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
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.
4 likes
General Recommendations
Jólabókaflóð - A Book for Everybody
By:
SFPL_CDO2
Created on:
Dec 03, 2020
27 items
Jólabókaflóð is the Icelandic holiday tradition of giving books as presents. In this spirit, here are some recommendations from...
1 like
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...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Excelsior Book Club 2019/2020 Titles
By:
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 ...
3 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
General Recommendations
UK Guardian Readers' Decolonized Reading List
By:
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Oct 27, 2017
14 items
UK Guardian readers suggested books by black and ethnic minority writers that should be studied as part of Cambridge University...
2 likes
Topic Guide
Excelsior Branch Book Club 2017 Titles
By:
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...
2 likes
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...
1 like
Topic Guide
Take a trip around Asia
Created on:
Apr 27, 2016
41 items
A list of novels available at SFPL set in Asian countries in celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
4 likes
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.
1 like
General Recommendations
World Literature Book Club
By:
SFPL_JohnS
Created on:
Jan 12, 2016
100 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...
33 likes