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General Recommendations
Just for You! - Classics for Teens
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouWR2
Created on:
Jul 01, 2024
7 items
For teens who enjoy classics, philosophy and wilderness settings.
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just for You - Desert Island Books
Created on:
Aug 06, 2025
14 items
This is a personalized booklist for someone who wants to read people's "desert island" books. Enjoy!
General Recommendations
Magical Realism
By:
JeffcoBooks
JeffcoBooks
Created on:
Feb 04, 2021
19 items
Remind yourself of the enchantment and magic in the everyday by immersing yourself in one of these magical but realistic titles...
4 likes
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Weekend Reads
By:
JeffcoBooks
JeffcoBooks
Created on:
Sep 01, 2020
16 items
Satisfying, quick reads you can devour in one sitting. Sometimes it’s because they’re short, other times because they’re grippi...
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just For You - Science Fiction, Erotica & Books to Inspire/Uplift
Created on:
Aug 06, 2025
10 items
This Books Just For You reading list has been compiled by a member of VPL's readers advisory team for readers seeking Sci-Fi, B...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Fantasy, Historical Fiction & Nonfiction
Created on:
Jun 06, 2024
10 items
This is a personalized booklist for someone who enjoys The Chosen by Chaim Potok, Staff & The Sword series by Patrick Carr,...
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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...
1 like
General Recommendations
Just for You! - Memorable Historical Fiction
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouEV2
Created on:
Jun 15, 2020
6 items
A selection of historical and young adult fiction that features vivid characters and world building. This list was created by ...
General Recommendations
VPL Picks: Up Lit & Gentle Reads - Empathy, Kindness, and Hope in Darker Times
Created on:
Mar 05, 2020
19 items
Up Lit and Gentle Reads main emphasis is on empathy and family bonds, acts of kindness to strangers, the human spirit, gentler ...
5 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 Picks: Fiction to Inspire
Created on:
Nov 19, 2019
19 items
Any good book can be an inspiration, but the books selected below include fictional characters who either overcome adversity or...
4 likes
General Recommendations
VPL Books Just For You - Endangered species, short stories, award winning, etc.!
Created on:
Jan 11, 2022
10 items
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just for You - Fantasy, Thrillers and Memoirs
Created on:
Feb 04, 2025
13 items
Created for a reader who likes Harry Potter, Camilla Läckberg and biographies of famous athletes and people. Selected by VPL st...
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just For You - A Collection of Sad Fiction
Created on:
Sep 01, 2022
12 items
This list was created for a VPL reader looking for new and popular books in the Indigenous, Science Fiction, World Literature, ...
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just for You - Offbeat Families, First Nations & War, Fairy Tales Retold, & Quirky Romance
Created on:
Jan 12, 2022
10 items
Carefully selected by a Vancouver Public Library reading specialist. Selected for a reader who has previously enjoyed "Gee...
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just For You - Horror, Mystery, or Thriller with a Literary Fiction, or Short Story Genre - Ebook
Created on:
Aug 05, 2021
18 items
For a reader who enjoys the works of Haruki Murakami, and Nikolai Gogol, and novels including "Crime and Punishment",...
General Recommendations
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.
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just For You - eBooks: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Historical and Romance, General Fiction
Created on:
Dec 02, 2020
12 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader who enjoys authors Judith Merkle Riley, Ellen O'Connell, Robin McK...
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just For You - A Mixture of Genres
Created on:
Apr 16, 2019
11 items
This booklist was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who would like to read adventure, fantasy, historical, mystery ...
Topic Guide
VPL - Books Just for You - Ebooks similar to Auster, Gaiman & Murakami.
Created on:
Sep 23, 2015
10 items
General Recommendations
KCLS BookMatch: Fantasy, Character/Plot, Scott Lynch, Naomi Novik, Rowling
By:
KCLSReads01
KCLSReads01
Created on:
Dec 16, 2015
13 items
This list was created by a Librarian with the King County Library System for a reader. Would you like to receive your own pers...
Genre Guide
KCLS BookMatch: Science Fiction Twist
Created on:
Oct 16, 2015
11 items
This list was created by a librarian with the King County Library System for a reader. Would you like to receive your own perso...
Topic Guide
KCLS BookMatch: Magical Realism
By:
KCLSReads
KCLSReads
Created on:
Jul 02, 2015
8 items
This list was created by a librarian with the King County Library System for a reader. Would you like to receive your own pers...
1 like
General Recommendations
VPL - Books Just For You - Literary, World and Indigenous Fiction & Women's Health & Environmental Books
Created on:
Dec 12, 2025
15 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For a patron who likes: "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel, and the works of CHimamand...
General Recommendations
VPL – Books Just for You – Fantasy
Created on:
Jun 05, 2025
15 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader interested in expanding their fantasy reading. Favourite reads inc...
