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VPL - Books Just For You - Science Fiction, Short Stories & Grappling with Purpose
Created on:
Aug 18, 2025
9 items
This Books Just For You reading list has been compiled by VPL's readers advisory staff. This list has been put together for pat...
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VPL -Books Just For You -Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Humor
Created on:
Dec 31, 2024
22 items
This Books Just For You personalized reading list was prepared by a Vancouver Public Library employee for a reader seeking Fant...
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VPL -Books Just For You -Fantasy, Thrillers, and Historical
Created on:
Oct 03, 2022
10 items
This Books Just For You personalized reading list was prepared by a VPL staff member for a patron who likes Fantasy, Thrillers,...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Really Good Writing
Created on:
Oct 30, 2025
14 items
This is a personalized booklist for someone who likes Margaret Atwood, Alan Hollinghurst, Ursula Le Guin, and David Sedaris. Th...
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VPL - 2025 Booker Prize Longlist
Created on:
Aug 07, 2025
15 items
From the Booker Prize Website:
"The ‘Booker Dozen’ features five British authors, while also encapsulating a vast range ...
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VPL Picks: 2SLGBTQIA+ Fiction
Created on:
Apr 04, 2025
35 items
"2SLGBTQIA+: An acronym (sometimes also called an initialism) used to refer to Two-Spirit (2S), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Tr...
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VPL - Top 21 Staff Picks for 2021
Created on:
Nov 02, 2021
22 items
We made it to the end of the year and as a special treat we've collected 21 of our favourite books published in 2021. Compiled ...
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VPL - Literary Lesbian Reads
Created on:
Nov 04, 2020
26 items
A survey of lesbian literary fiction. While the genre can be traced back to the Greek poet Sappho on the Island of Lesbos in 63...
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VPL - 2SLGBTQ+ Fiction
Created on:
Mar 18, 2020
25 items
Fiction novels that feature 2SLGBTQ+ characters or are written by 2SLGBTQ+ authors.
Get started with these titles carefully se...
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VPL Picks: Contemporary Literary Fiction
Created on:
Mar 01, 2020
31 items
In publishing, literary fiction novels are regarded as having more literary merit than most commercial or "genre" fic...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Witty, Coming-of-Age Fiction and Graphic Novels
Created on:
Feb 06, 2025
11 items
Created for someone who is looking for humorous general fiction and graphic novels. They have previously enjoyed "Batshit ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Feminist Dystopia, LGBTQ2S+ Romance & Feminist Thriller Books
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Jan 28, 2024
15 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. for a patron who likes: "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, "Winner ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - General Fiction and Historical Fiction with Social Issues and Secrets
Created on:
Jul 11, 2023
14 items
This list was selected for a VPL reader who enjoys Downton Abbey, Blue Bloods, Birdman, Inception as well as the Detective Warw...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Classics, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories, and Thrillers
Created on:
May 26, 2021
12 items
This list was created for a reader who enjoys the spooky supernatural thrillers of Stephen King, the strong philosophical overt...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Fantasy & Thrillers
Created on:
Mar 27, 2021
10 items
with award winning and popular fiction. Created by VPL reading experts.
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VPL - Books Just for You - Thrillers, Historical Fiction and More
Created on:
Jun 13, 2018
10 items
This list was created for a patron who enjoys Harry Potter, All the Light We Cannot See, Truly, Madly, Guilty, Little Fires Eve...
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VPL - Stories That Take Place in a Single Day
Created on:
Feb 20, 2025
16 items
These books are circadian novels, stories that take place within a 24-hour period. Maybe these characters have the same number ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Award Winning Fantasy and Fiction
Created on:
Jun 18, 2021
10 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader interested in award winners, fantasy, classics, general fiction, a...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Award Winners, Literary Fiction, and Biographies/Memoirs
Created on:
Feb 05, 2026
13 items
This personalized list was created for a reader who enjoys Kristin Hannah, Louise Penny, and Margaret Atwood. They are looking ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Biographies, Memoirs, General Fiction, and Mystery
Created on:
Jan 12, 2026
18 items
This list was selected for a VPL reader who enjoys the The Paris Apartment, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and City of Gir...
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VPL - Books Just for You - New Literary Fiction
Created on:
Jul 12, 2025
10 items
Created for someone who is looking for new & popular literary fiction. They have previously enjoyed "James," &quo...
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VPL - Books Just For You - General Fiction - Historical Fiction - Mystery
Created on:
Oct 11, 2024
15 items
For a Reader who has enjoyed the books "Still Life", "Life After Life", and "Ten Thousand Doors of Jan...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Humourous titles and books that showcase other cultures
Created on:
Aug 31, 2024
10 items
Some suggestions for a reader who enjoys humourous books and reading about other cultures.
Created by VPL's reading experts
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VPL - Books Just For You - General Fiction & Humour About the Lives of Women
Created on:
May 22, 2024
15 items
This personalized list was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who wants to read about female protagonists figuring o...
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VPL - Books Just For You - 2SLGBTQ+ and General Fiction
Created on:
Apr 19, 2024
16 items
This list was selected for a VPL reader who enjoys Howls Moving Castle, If We Were Villains, and Peaces. They are looking for 2...
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