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VPL - Books Just For You - Award Winners, Historical Accounts and Tales of Hope and Morality
Created on:
Aug 31, 2023
18 items
A specially curated list of titles that offer a blend of historical settings, thought-provoking themes and engaging storytellin...
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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 - 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: 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 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 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 - Biography/Memoir, Award Winning & Historical Fiction Books
Created on:
Jan 20, 2026
15 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For a patron who likes: "The Postcard" by Anne Berest, "A Gentleman in Mos...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Thrillers with Big Twists & Page-Turner Romances
Created on:
Aug 15, 2023
14 items
This list was selected for a VPL reader who enjoys Fairy Tale, Foe and other titles by Ian Reid, Verity, and Rock, Paper, Sciss...
2 likes
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VPL - Books Just for You - General Fiction, Literary Fiction, World Fiction and Romance
Created on:
Feb 14, 2026
9 items
Some suggestions for a reader who enjoys reading general fiction, literary fiction, world fiction and romantic fiction
Created...
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VPL - Books Just For You - General, Historical and Literary Fiction
Created on:
Oct 09, 2025
12 items
This personalized list was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who has previously enjoyed "Remarkably Bright Cre...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Fantasy, Sci-Fi, & Historical Fiction
Created on:
Oct 07, 2025
12 items
This personalized list was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who has enjoyed the novel "Funny Story" by ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - The Historical, the Literary, and the Just Plain Weird
Created on:
Dec 19, 2024
15 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader interested in literary fiction, historical fiction, surrealism, an...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just For You - World War II Historical Fiction in eBook Format
Created on:
Dec 17, 2024
16 items
Selected by our wonderful team of reading experts, this list was created for a reader who requested recommendations for WWII fi...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just For You - Award-winners, General & Historical Fiction
Created on:
Sep 17, 2024
12 items
This personalized list was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who has previously enjoyed the writing of Mé́lissa Da ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Historical & Literary Fiction + Short Stories
Created on:
May 30, 2024
15 items
This personalized list was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who has enjoyed The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Nor...
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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 - Literary fiction, espionage, and mysteries with deep characters
Created on:
Aug 29, 2023
18 items
This ebook list was created for a reader looking for Literary Fiction, espionage, and mystery titles. This patron has previousl...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Biographies, Classics, General Fiction, Literary Fiction and books on Art
Created on:
May 27, 2023
9 items
Some suggestions for a reader who enjoys general fiction, biographies, classics, literary fiction and books on art. Created by ...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just For You - Historical and Literary Fiction
Created on:
Jul 19, 2022
22 items
Our wonderful team of reading experts at the Vancouver Public Library have curated a book list for readers who love, historica...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Biography/Memoir & Nonfiction + LGBTQ2+, Erotic & General Fiction
Created on:
Apr 21, 2022
12 items
This list was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who has enjoyed Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Americ...
2 likes
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VPL - Books Just For You - Graphic Novels, Mystery, Romance, Thrillers & International / World
Created on:
Jan 31, 2022
12 items
This e-book list was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who likes Murakami Haruki & Sayaka Murata, as well as th...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Award-Winning Fiction and Inspiring Non-Fiction
Created on:
Oct 10, 2021
11 items
A personalized list of award-winning general fiction and inspiring memoirs and non-fiction. This booklist was created for someo...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Queer, Paranormal Romance, and Humour
Created on:
Mar 10, 2020
14 items
This list was created for a reader who is a fan of Anne Rice, Charlaine Harris, Neil Gaiman, and the TV show "Gilmore Girl...
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VPL -Books Just for You - Award winning, Literary & General Fiction
Created on:
Oct 15, 2018
9 items
with a touch of humor.
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Most Anticipated Books of 2021, Part 2
By:
JeffcoBooks
JeffcoBooks
Created on:
Jan 19, 2021
14 items
Wondering what titles to put on your "must-read" list in 2021? Look no further with this compilation of highly antici...
