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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 ...
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SFPL Explorer Guide to Bayview Branch Library
Created on:
Oct 06, 2021
6 items
A few of the top picks by SFPL staff that represent their neighborhood.
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Black History Month SFPL 2018, Teens
Created on:
Dec 29, 2017
10 items
In honor of Black History Month, here are some books that speak of the black experience in America. Most of these titles are av...
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Season Of The Witch Read-Alikes
Created on:
Aug 05, 2015
29 items
Did you love SFPL's 2015 One City, One Book selection Season of the Witch? Here are a handful of similar items and tie-ins that...
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SFPL-Chinatown Branch Library Staff Picks for Summer 2023
Created on:
Jul 26, 2023
12 items
Summer is still here, dive into a good book! Checkout our Staff Picks by Chinatown Branch Library.
Topic Guide
Japanese American Literature
By:
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emmabridges1
Created on:
Jan 15, 2024
45 items
Other recommendations not currently owned by SFPL:
Haunted by Waters - Robert T. Hayashi
Nature Behind Barbed Wire - Connie Y....
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Toward a Black Aesthetic: Black Women, Style and African Liberation
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Jan 09, 2024
22 items
The street photography of Kenneth P. Green Sr., the first Black photographer at the Oakland Tribune, captured the style and res...
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Authors of Banned Teen Books Speak Out
Created on:
Aug 03, 2023
9 items
What do authors of challenged teen books have to say about book banning, the freedom to read, and the power of empathy? This aw...
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African Americans in San Francisco and California
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Apr 05, 2023
16 items
Check out these resources at SFPL to get a history of African Americans in San Francisco and California from the Gold Rush to p...
3 likes
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Weaving Stories AANHPI 2023: Kids
Created on:
Mar 10, 2023
21 items
A list of SFPL kids books celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander cultures.
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There Are Trans People Here: Celebrating Transgender History Month
Created on:
Jul 25, 2022
31 items
August is Transgender History Month in San Francisco! This list offers a selection of books and films by transgender, nonbinar...
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Topic Guide
Racial Restrictive Covenants and the Politics of Property and Racism
Created on:
Jun 30, 2022
23 items
This SFPL list is a compilation of important works on race and property rights, the history of racial restrictive covenants, an...
8 likes
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New and Noteworthy Biographies and Memoirs, Spring 2022
By:
SFPL_PaulaH
Created on:
May 15, 2022
15 items
Selected from SFPL's General Collections & Humanities Center
1 like
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AANHPI 2022: Children's Books Celebrating
Created on:
Mar 17, 2022
31 items
SFPL highlights these children's books that celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage.
4 likes
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African American Center Author Talk Booklist
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Nov 05, 2021
20 items
This SFPL booklist was inspired by a reading of novelist, essayist and short story writer Dr. Keenan Norris' latest novel, &quo...
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Bad Indians
Created on:
Oct 26, 2021
13 items
SFPL selections because these books express the life stories of Indigenous folks and communities.
2 likes
General Recommendations
Excelsior Branch Book Club 2021/22 Titles
By:
SFPL_danielay
Created on:
Jan 29, 2021
22 items
The Excelsior Branch Book Club meets - currently virtually - at 7pm on the fourth Tuesday of the month. Please contact SFPL's E...
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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
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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
DVD Selections
Created on:
Nov 15, 2020
100 items
Recent DVD releases at SFPL (Movie descriptions via IMDB)
5 likes
General Recommendations
November Holidays
By:
SFPL_CDO2
Created on:
Nov 02, 2020
30 items
Make every day in November special with some of the unusual and quirky national days that you can celebrate with books and othe...
1 like
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Indigenous Peoples'
Created on:
Sep 30, 2020
26 items
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' by reading stories, poetry and histories written by Native Americans available from SFPL.
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Author Talk: Ruha Benjamin, 8/5/20, 4PM
Created on:
Aug 02, 2020
18 items
SFPL presents Ruha Benjamin. Reservations required: https://bit.ly/RBenjamin8-5-20
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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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More Than a Month - Children's
Created on:
Nov 25, 2019
15 items
A diverse collection of titles from SFPL for children that celebrate Black history, culture and heritage.