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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
What SFPL Staff Is Currently Reading
Created on:
Jul 07, 2015
18 items
Want to know what the members of the SFPL Readers' Advisory team is currently reading? Check it out here!
4 likes
Topic Guide
The LGBT Community in Germany, Before and During the Holocaust - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Feb 12, 2015
22 items
There was a well-developed LGBT subculture in urban areas of Germany before the rise of the Nazi Party. However, gay men, in pa...
1 like
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...
1 like
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...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Archived Staff Recommendations
Created on:
Nov 06, 2017
95 items
SFPL's West Portal Staff recommendations.
General Recommendations
The Gods of Tango Read-a-Likes
Created on:
Nov 17, 2016
8 items
If you enjoyed reading The Gods of Tango, SFPL's November-December 2016 On the Same Page selection, you also may enjoy these ti...
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General Recommendations
Audiobooks You Can Really Sync Your Ears Into [SFPL]
By:
SFPL_Adults
SFPL_Adults
Created on:
Oct 13, 2016
23 items
Yes, listening to books counts as a type of reading, at least in this librarian's "book." Of course, it really matt...
5 likes
Genre Guide
Experimental Fiction Selection from SFPL
By:
SFPL_LisaF
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...
9 likes
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...
1 like
General Recommendations
Bay Area points of historical interest with literary tie-ins : for students
Created on:
Dec 01, 2021
42 items
A school librarian had a great idea: they read the Port Chicago 50 and then took the students there to visit the site. Then the...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Book Club: West Portal 2021-2022
Created on:
Aug 23, 2021
17 items
Join SFPL staff & Ms. Christine as she meets virtually with West Portal neighbors to discuss a fiction or non-fiction selec...
General Recommendations
Books on Russian History
By:
g
ggvadultlib
Created on:
Mar 18, 2021
81 items
Nonfiction books on the history of Russia at SFPL
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...
4 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
Indigenous Peoples' - Books
Created on:
Sep 30, 2020
25 items
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' by reading stories, poetry and histories written by Native Americans available from SFPL.
General Recommendations
Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month 2020: Fiction
Created on:
Apr 17, 2020
23 items
SFPL curated selection of eResources celebrating and honoring Asian Pacific Islander American authors, culture and heritage.
1 like
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...
2 likes
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
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 ...
3 likes
Genre Guide
Historical Fiction for Teens
By:
SFPL_JenW
SFPL_JenW
Created on:
Jan 08, 2017
13 items
Travel back in time with these popular historical fiction titles. Recommended by a SFPL Teen Librarian.
K-12 Study Guide
Teen essentials - suggestions from @SFpubliclibrary Instagram followers
By:
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...
1 like
Genre Guide
Historical Fiction
Created on:
Feb 26, 2015
18 items
A compilation of classic and contemporary novels where the plot is set in the past. Check them out at SFPL.
2 likes
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...
