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General Recommendations
Just For You! - Civil War and the Victorian Times
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouAR
Created on:
Apr 23, 2020
7 items
For those who enjoy the Victorian Era, including the American Civil War, here are titles with interesting characters and riveti...
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Just For You! - They Might Be Classics
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouAR
Created on:
Apr 21, 2020
8 items
Included here are notable adult fiction that might be considered classic reading someday, especially if you enjoyed A Gentleman...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Literary Fiction
Created on:
Jun 06, 2025
12 items
This is a personalized reading list for someone who likes Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Unearthing by Kyo Macl...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just for You - Fantasy, Indigenous and Nonficiton
Created on:
May 09, 2025
14 items
This is a personalized reading list for someone who likes Sally Rooney, The Hunger Games and Fourth Wing. Enjoy!
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VPL - Books Just for You - Literary Fiction
Created on:
Sep 15, 2024
11 items
This is a personalized reading list for someone who enjoyed The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Normal People by Sally Rooney, a...
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VPL - Books Just for You - 2SLGBTQ+ and Asian Experiences
Created on:
May 07, 2024
11 items
This is a personalized booklist for someone who enjoys reading about Asian and Asian Canadian/American experiences (e.g. Celest...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Female-Driven Narratives & Compelling Nonfiction
Created on:
Sep 09, 2021
15 items
This is a personalized booklist inspired by the Neapolitan series by Elena Ferrante, Into the Wild by John Krakauer, Michael Po...
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Winter Reading: Diverse Stories
By:
JeffcoBooks
JeffcoBooks
Created on:
Jan 14, 2026
11 items
Earn a Winter Reading badge and expand your cultural horizons with these must-reads featuring folks from BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ ...
2 likes
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Brilliant Black Literature
By:
JeffcoBooks
JeffcoBooks
Created on:
Feb 09, 2018
24 items
From fantastical worlds to gritty thrillers and heartrending family sagas, these world-class Black authors have written it all!
2 likes
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VPL Picks: Fictional Accounts of Real Life Stories
Created on:
Mar 12, 2026
23 items
Unlike biographies or memoirs, these stories take inspiration from real-life events and people. Some are meticulously researche...
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VPL - Top 5 Staff Picks - February 2026
Created on:
Jan 28, 2026
6 items
VPL staff choose their top five favourite books read this past month. Compiled by our librarians, bibliotherapists, and avid re...
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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 ...
1 like
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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...
2 likes
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VPL - Top 10 Staff Picks for 2024
Created on:
Dec 10, 2024
11 items
We made it to the end of the year and as a special treat we've collected 10 of our favourite books published in 2024. Compiled ...
3 likes
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VPL Picks: Romance Fiction
Created on:
Jun 05, 2024
24 items
Romance novels feature two people who are attracted to each other but experience conflict and misunderstanding along the way, t...
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VPL - Top 5 Staff Picks - April 2024
Created on:
Apr 12, 2024
6 items
VPL staff choose their top five favourite books read this past month. Compiled by our librarians, bibliotherapists, and avid re...
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VPL Picks: New Adult Fiction
Created on:
Nov 21, 2023
26 items
"New Adult" is a literary genre that offers stories that resonate with the unique challenges and experiences faced by...
1 like
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VPL Picks: 2SLGBTQIA+ Erotica
Created on:
Jun 21, 2023
27 items
Erotica has always been taboo, and trends tend to reflect (and transgress) cultural mores. While any book has the potential to ...
3 likes
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VPL Picks: Mystery
Created on:
Apr 26, 2023
24 items
The genre label Mystery describes detective or crime fiction. Plots revolve around professional or amateur detectives investiga...
2 likes
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VPL Picks: Fantasy
Created on:
Nov 13, 2022
22 items
The genre label "fantasy" applies to novels whose plots, themes or settings feature supernatural phenomena and magica...
4 likes
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VPL - Top 5 Staff Picks - August 2022
Created on:
Aug 17, 2022
6 items
VPL staff choose their top five favourite books read this past month. Compiled by our librarians, bibliotherapists, and avid re...
1 like
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VPL Picks: Time Travel, Time Slip and Time Loop
Created on:
May 22, 2022
27 items
In a time-travel novel, a character uses science to deliberately visit another time.
In a time-slip novel, a character accide...
3 likes
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VPL - Women's Literature
Created on:
Oct 29, 2020
20 items
Key distinguishable features of women's literature:
- critically acclaimed or award-winning works, often accompanied by second...
3 likes
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VPL Picks: Fiction and Literature by Women
Created on:
Oct 14, 2020
20 items
A selection of books written by women, from popular to award winning fiction and literature.
Get started with these titles rec...
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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...
2 likes
