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General Recommendations
Just For you! Fiction with Great Characters
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouSL2
Created on:
Feb 03, 2021
8 items
With a wide variety of settings and protagonists, these titles have great character development and engrossing story lines.
1 like
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VPl - Books Just for You - Historical Fiction, International Stories, 2SLGTBQ+ Reads
Created on:
Mar 01, 2024
18 items
A personalized reading list for a reader that is looking to get out of a reading slump. Titles found in this list are inspired...
3 likes
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Just For You! - Some Super(natural) Suspense
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouSL2
Created on:
Feb 13, 2022
7 items
If you like your mystery with some legend and some history, try these.
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just for You - Classic and Fiction
Created on:
Mar 02, 2026
10 items
This is a personalized booklist for someone who likes East of Eden, The Secret History and Mad Men. Enjoy!
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VPL - Books Just for You - Romance, Fantasy and Psychological Fiction
Created on:
Jul 23, 2025
14 items
This is a personalized booklist for someone who likes Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney, The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo, and...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Complex Character Stories
Created on:
Jan 16, 2023
11 items
This is a personalized booklist inspired by Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, Circe by Made...
2 likes
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VPL - Books Just for You - Playing with Reality
Created on:
Jun 09, 2022
16 items
This is a personalized booklist inspired by The Midnight Library, Gone Girl, Shutter Island, The Silent Patient, and The Truman...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just for You - Spies, Mysteries and Historical Fiction
Created on:
Sep 25, 2021
13 items
Prepared by VPL's reading experts for a patron who likes atmospheric, historical fiction and mysteries with an international sp...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just For You - Queer Romance and Erotica in Multiple Genres
Created on:
Feb 02, 2026
11 items
This VPL Books Just For You list was selected by a Vancouver Public Library staff member for a patron with an interest in queer...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just For You - Tragic Tales, Moral Greyness, & Retellings in eBook Format
Created on:
Jan 24, 2025
15 items
This Books Just For You List was put together by a VPL staff member for a patron with an interest in emotionally devastating co...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just For You -Self Help, New And Popular Fiction, Books to Inspire or Uplift.
Created on:
Oct 22, 2024
14 items
This Books Just For You list was selected by a Vancouver Public Library staff member for a patron with an interest in new and p...
1 like
Genre Guide
VPL - Books Just for You - Literary fiction
Created on:
Feb 10, 2016
8 items
Enjoy these literary fiction novels selected just for you by the VPL Reading Experts.
General Recommendations
VPL - Top 5 Staff Picks - January 2026
Created on:
Dec 30, 2025
6 items
VPL staff choose their top five favourite books read this past month. Compiled by our librarians, bibliotherapists, and avid re...
General Recommendations
VPL Picks: Indigenous Fantasy and Science Fiction
Created on:
Jul 21, 2022
17 items
A list highlighting inventive fantasy and science fiction novels from Indigenous authors.
Science fiction and fantasy books f...
3 likes
General Recommendations
VPL Picks: Ancient Greece Mythological Fiction
Created on:
Jun 14, 2022
15 items
Ancient Greece mythological fiction is fantasy that concerns the heroes and heroines, gods and goddesses, fabled creatures, epi...
1 like
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VPL Picks: Fairy Tales for Adults
Created on:
Nov 04, 2020
16 items
Fairy tales are a world-wide folklore genre that explores the human condition, typically in the form of a short story. Origin...
4 likes
General Recommendations
VPL Picks: Romantic and Victorian Classics
Created on:
Dec 13, 2019
24 items
"A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say," wrote Italo Calvino in his book, Why Read th...
1 like
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just for You - Stories from Around the World
Created on:
Oct 09, 2024
11 items
This is a personalized reading list for someone who likes Mad Men, Paradise Lost, and The Irishman. Enjoy!
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just for You - Romance
Created on:
Jun 09, 2023
10 items
This is a booklist inspired by Mieko Kawakami, Parade by Hiromi Kawakami, and Me Before You. Enjoy!
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just For You - Rom-Coms, Thrillers, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy
Created on:
Oct 06, 2025
15 items
This list was selected for a VPL reader who enjoys Stephen King, CJ Tudor, Rom-Coms, and Project Hail Mary . They are looking f...
1 like
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just For You - Feminist Dystopia, LGBTQ2S+ Romance & Feminist Thriller Books
Created on:
Jan 28, 2024
15 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. for a patron who likes: "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, "Winner ...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just for You - Inspirational, International, Award Winning & Classics
Created on:
Feb 18, 2021
13 items
Designed for a reader who enjoys Pablo Neruda & John Steinbeck, and the novels: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, The Stranger &a...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Fiction & Non-Fiction
Created on:
Feb 13, 2021
12 items
with a focus on Fantasy, Literary Fiction and Biography. Along with LGBTQ2S+ and World Fiction. Created by VPL Reading Experts.
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VPL - Books Just for You - Non-Fiction & Biography, New, Popular, Literary, and World Fiction
Created on:
Aug 09, 2019
10 items
This is a booklist for those who appreciate Peter Hessler, Atul Gawande, Weike Wang, Ottessa Moshfegh, Ian Hacking. Created by ...
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just for You - Canadian, Classic, New + Popular, and International Fiction
Created on:
Jul 10, 2019
8 items
This is a booklist with classic fiction, international fiction, new and popular fiction, award winners, Canadian fiction. For ...
