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VPL - Books Just for You - Fantasy, Chinese Cuisine, BC Fiction and Everything in Between!
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Jun 14, 2024
14 items
This specially curated list was made for a reader that is looking for their next great read. Created by the reading specialists...
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VPL -Books Just For You -Literature and Some Literary Science Fiction
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Dec 31, 2024
11 items
This Books Just For You personalized reading list was prepared for a Vancouver Public Library staff member for a reader whose f...
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VPL Picks: 2SLGBTQIA+ Fiction
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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 Picks: Literary Lesbian Reads
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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
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Mar 18, 2020
25 items
Fiction novels that feature 2SLGBTQ+ characters or are written by 2SLGBTQ+ authors.
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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 - horror fiction, thrillers, fantasy
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Feb 12, 2026
16 items
For someone who likes the TV series "Haunted hotel" and "The Boys", the film "Midsommar", religio...
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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 - Canadian Fiction - Historical Fiction - World / International Fiction
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Nov 23, 2023
18 items
For a reader who has enjoyed historical fiction based in Italy, as well as "The Island of Sea Women", by Lisa See, an...
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VPL – Books Just for You – Award Winning & Popular Audiobooks
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Aug 13, 2022
13 items
Created by the Vancouver Public Library’s reading specialists for a patron who historical fiction and memoir like “Pillars of t...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Getting Into the Holiday Spirit with Romance, Historical, and General Fiction
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Nov 10, 2021
15 items
This list was created for someone who is looking for books that take place during the Christmas holidays or wintertime. They ha...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Erotic, Mystery Science Fiction, Thrillers and Non-Fiction.
Created on:
May 18, 2019
9 items
for a reader who likes Game of Thrones and Girl on a Train. Complied by the VPL Reading Experts.
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VPL - Stories That Take Place in a Single Day
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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 - Biographies, Memoirs, General Fiction, and Mystery
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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 - Dystopian, Funny, and Literary Fiction
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May 29, 2025
16 items
This list was selected for a VPL reader who enjoys Chuck Palahniuk, Dostoevsky, and John Keats. They are looking for books to i...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Fantasy, Mystery, Thrillers & Young Adult Books
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Nov 14, 2024
15 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For a patron who likes: the "Caraval" series by Stephanie Garber, "the Unm...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Found & Dysfunctional Families, Depression & Campus Novel Streaming AudioBooks
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Sep 06, 2023
14 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For a patron who likes: Augusten Burroughs, Anais Nin, and Sylvia Plath. Found families, ...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Art and Artists
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Mar 30, 2023
7 items
For a fan of "Ninth Street Women" by Mary Gabriel and books about the lives of artists. Carefully selected by a readi...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Awards, Biographies, Canadian, Classics and Historical Fiction
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Jan 03, 2023
14 items
This list was created for a reader looking for some new reading from Award winners to Canadian fiction to Historical fiction. T...
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VPL - Books Just for You - LGBTQ2S+ Diverse, Character-driven Fiction
Created on:
Dec 06, 2022
11 items
Created for someone who is looking for general, literary or international fiction and short stories. They have previously enjoy...
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VPL Books Just for You - YA Espionage, Mystery, SciFi, Humour
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Sep 27, 2022
14 items
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VPL - Books Just for You - Character-driven, Atmospheric Literary Fiction
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Aug 30, 2022
11 items
Created for someone who enjoys "bildungsroman novels, retellings of Greek mythology and historical fiction" and is al...
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VPL - Books Just For You - General Fiction, Mystery, and Thrillers
Created on:
Aug 09, 2022
9 items
This list was created for a VPL reader looking for a great mystery, thriller, or general fiction novel. In the past, they have ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Award Winning And Nominated Literary Fiction and Mystery
Created on:
Jul 28, 2022
20 items
Our wonderful team of reading experts at the Vancouver Public Library have curated a book list for readers who love, award win...
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VPL - Books Just For You - YA Love and Laughs
Created on:
Jul 05, 2022
20 items
Our wonderful team of reading experts at the Vancouver Public Library have curated a book list for readers who enjoy young adu...
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