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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
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...
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General Recommendations
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
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...
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General Recommendations
Somewhere in Time historical fiction book club
Created on:
Sep 14, 2021
19 items
Do you enjoy some history with your fiction? Mark your calendar for the last Monday evening of the month from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m....
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...
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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...
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General Recommendations
85 Notable German Novels of the 20th and 21st Centuries
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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
Classics Reimagined
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Nov 10, 2020
17 items
If you want a new take on some classic stories, check out these titles available from SFPL to Go.
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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
"Big Books" to tackle now that you have time
By:
SFPL_danielay
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Mar 24, 2020
14 items
With busy lives "big books" - not only classics but any long book - can be intimidating to tackle but if other entert...
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Top Picks
NaNoWriMo Inspo: Successful NaNo Books
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SFPLBernal
Created on:
Sep 16, 2019
47 items
These writers started their books during NaNo. If they did it, so can you. SFPL has materials in multiple formats - book, ebook...
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General Recommendations
Teen Recommended Books
By:
s
SFPL_AnzaTeen
Created on:
Aug 26, 2019
11 items
A list of books curated, reviewed, and recommended by SFPL Anza teen volunteers
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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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General Recommendations
New LGBTQ+ Fiction Fall 2018
By:
SFPL_KevinD
SFPL_KevinD
Created on:
Dec 13, 2018
39 items
New additions to the LGBTQ+ Fiction Collection at the Main Library of SFPL from Fall 2018.
General Recommendations
Merced Book Club - Reading List
Created on:
Jan 22, 2018
58 items
The Merced Branch Library Book Club meets bimonthly, and new members are always welcome. For more information, please contact ...
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General Recommendations
UK Guardian Readers' Decolonized Reading List
By:
SFPL_danielay
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...
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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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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
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.
3 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
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.
Genre Guide
Diez Grandes Novelas Recientes en Español
By:
SFPL_RicardoA
SFPL_RicardoA
Created on:
Feb 04, 2015
10 items
Excelentes novelas publicadas en los últimos 10 años por escritores de Latinoamérica y España. SFPL
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