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Topic Guide
SFPL Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2017
By:
SFPL_JohnG
Created on:
Mar 16, 2017
10 items
SFPL adult books on Asian Pacific Americans
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General Recommendations
New LGBTQIA Fiction - 2020
By:
SFPL_KevinD
Created on:
Nov 03, 2020
29 items
A selection of some of the most interesting queer fiction titles published in the past year. All titles are available to check...
1 like
General Recommendations
What are you reading? Right Now
Created on:
Jul 29, 2022
24 items
This is what SFPL staff are reading Right Now!
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Genre Guide
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
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.
General Recommendations
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!
Genre Guide
Experimental Fiction Selection from SFPL
By:
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...
10 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
Palestinian Voices: A Fiction Collection
Created on:
Oct 24, 2023
17 items
Discover the compelling narratives of Palestinian authors that transcend borders and capture the essence of the Palestinian exp...
6 likes
General Recommendations
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...
General Recommendations
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
Topic Guide
Novels that Take Place in San Francisco
By:
s
SFPLBernal
Created on:
Jan 23, 2022
16 items
San Francisco has been celebrated in some excellent novels. Here's a list of some of the best novels set in San Francisco that ...
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.
1 like
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...
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
Classics Reimagined
By:
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.
1 like
General Recommendations
Staff Picks of 2019
Created on:
Dec 12, 2019
32 items
SFPL's favorites published in 2019, available at your library.
1 like
General Recommendations
LGBTQ+ Fiction by Black authors
Created on:
Dec 04, 2019
16 items
A collection of recent and older Fiction titles by African American authors, featuring LGBTQ+ themes. All available for checkou...
1 like
Top Picks
NaNoWriMo Inspo: Successful NaNo Books
By:
s
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...
1 like
General Recommendations
New LGBTQ+ Fiction Fall 2018
By:
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
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
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