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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!
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VPL - Books Just for You - Time Warps, Mysteries and Other Strange Things
Created on:
Apr 20, 2022
12 items
This is a personalized booklist inspired by Killing Eve, Lost, and 12 Monkeys. It includes award winning titles, science fictio...
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VPL -Books Just For You- For a Reader Who Likes Ted Chiang, Coraline, Peter Pan, and Marine Biology
Created on:
Dec 04, 2025
11 items
This Books Just For You personalized reading list was prepared by a Vancouver Public Library employee for a reader whose enjoys...
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VPL -Books Just For You -Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Humor
Created on:
Dec 31, 2024
22 items
This Books Just For You personalized reading list was prepared by a Vancouver Public Library employee for a reader seeking Fant...
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VPL -Books Just For You -Fantasy, Horror, Historical, and Thrillers
Created on:
Sep 19, 2022
12 items
This Books Just For You personalized reading list was prepared by a Vancouver Public Library staff member for a patron whose fa...
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VPL -Books Just For You -Magical Realism, Mystery, and Horror
Created on:
Mar 31, 2022
12 items
This Books Just For You list was prepared by Vancouver Public Library staff for a patron whose favorite authors include Paulo C...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Horror and Thrillers
Created on:
Oct 29, 2024
12 items
This is a personalized reading list for someone who wants to try horror or thriller books. Enjoy!
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VPL - Ghost Stories
Created on:
Oct 12, 2022
22 items
Ghost stories belong to supernatural fiction and feature ghosts or unseen forces that characters in the story believe are manif...
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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...
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VPL Picks: Alternative Historical Fiction
Created on:
Mar 04, 2021
22 items
A sub-genre of speculative fiction, alternate or alternative historical fiction is positioned around the what-ifs. Alternative ...
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VPL Picks: Horror Short Stories
Created on:
Apr 21, 2020
18 items
Horror fiction’s most basic definition is that it is designed to scare the reader.
The novice reader should be aware that uns...
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VPL Picks: Contemporary Short Stories
Created on:
Jan 28, 2020
25 items
A short story is "an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at uni...
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VPL Picks: Thrillers
Created on:
Jan 24, 2019
13 items
The genre label Thriller describes books that give readers feelings of heightened anxiety, suspense, anticipation, and surprise...
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VPL Picks: Horror Fiction
Created on:
Oct 17, 2018
24 items
Horror fiction’s most basic definition is that it is designed to scare the reader.
The novice reader should be aware that uns...
2 likes
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VPL - Books Just For You - Historical, General, Dystopian & Thriller Books & Downloadable Audiobooks
Created on:
Sep 11, 2025
14 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For a patron who likes: "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, "Remarkably Bright ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Dark & Intense Audiobooks
Created on:
Nov 03, 2024
10 items
A list made for someone that loves A Court of Mist & Fury, Where the Crawdads Sing, and shows by Mike Flanagan. This is for...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Fantasy, Horror & Sci Fi
Created on:
May 08, 2024
12 items
This personalized list was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who wants books in the fantasy, horror, and science fi...
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VPL - Books Just For You - General Fiction, Literary Fiction & Memoirs About Grief & Loss
Created on:
Feb 15, 2024
15 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For a patron that wants books that make you cry.
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VPL - Books Just For You - Award Winning, Inspiring and Funny Novels and Short Stories
Created on:
Mar 04, 2021
10 items
This list was created for a patron who enjoys the work of Khaled Hosseini, Rick Riordan, Dan Brown, and John Green. They also l...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thrillers, Adventure, Classic & General Fiction
Created on:
Oct 04, 2019
9 items
Created by VPL's reading experts, this list was compiled for a reader who has enjoyed Game of Thrones, Frankenstein, Murder on ...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Read-a-Likes for Your Fantasy Favourites
Created on:
Mar 20, 2017
10 items
A book list comprised of books chosen by VPL's Reading Experts based on your love of "The Gentleman Bastard", "T...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Memoirs & Thrillers
Created on:
Dec 01, 2017
10 items
This list of ebooks was compiled by VPL's reading experts for a reader interested in award-winning bio/memoirs and thrillers.
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VPL – Books Just for You – Literary Fiction, Mystery, New & Popular
Created on:
Jan 08, 2026
14 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader interested in literary fiction, mystery, and new & popular. Fa...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Fast-Paced Thrillers
Created on:
Jan 07, 2026
9 items
Created for someone who is looking for thrillers with short chapters that are easy to binge read. They have previously enjoyed ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Mystery, Horror & General Books, Ebooks & Downloadable Audiobooks
Created on:
Dec 09, 2025
13 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For an ESL patron who is Reading Level 5.
