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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 -Magical Realism, Mystery, and Horror
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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: 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 – Books Just for You – Literary Fiction, Mystery, New & Popular
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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.
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VPL - Books Just for You - History, Mystery, & Sci-Fi for the Descerning Teen Reader
Created on:
Oct 07, 2025
15 items
This is a booklist for a teen who has enjoyed The Institute, Ready Player One, and All the Light We Cannot See.
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VPL – Books Just for You – Mysteries
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Sep 05, 2025
16 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader interested in mysteries, including historical detective stories. F...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Fantasy, Romance and Reality TV Spoof Books & Downloadable AudioBooks
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Jul 22, 2025
15 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For a patron who likes: "The Hunger Games" book by Suzanne Collins, and the tv ...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Fiction & Mysteries
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Nov 26, 2024
11 items
Created for a reader who likes Jodi Picoult, Agatha Christie and the TV series "Criminal Minds". Selected by VPL staff.
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VPL – Books Just for You – Horror and Literary Fiction
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Jun 18, 2024
17 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader interested in horror and literary fiction, including cozies. Favou...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Fantasy, Sci Fi, & Thrillers
Created on:
Mar 21, 2024
15 items
This personalized list was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader looking for recommendations in the fantasy, sci fi, an...
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VPL – Books Just for You – Horror, Thrillers, Mysteries, and True Crime
Created on:
Feb 21, 2024
22 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader interested in horror, thrillers, mysteries, and true crime in audi...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Thrillers, Fantasy, and Humor
Created on:
Jan 08, 2024
16 items
Selected by our wonderful team of reading experts, this list was created for a reader who requested books from the Thrillers, F...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Literary Fiction, Absurdism and Romance
Created on:
Oct 20, 2023
12 items
A list created by a VPL Readers Advisory staff member for a reader interested in award-winning and literary fiction, as well as...
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VPL - Books Just For You - General Fiction, Horror, Thriller, and Mystery
Created on:
Jul 26, 2022
12 items
This list was created for a VPL reader looking for recommendations in the general fiction, horror, thriller, and mystery genres...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Mysteries, Science Fiction, Thrillers and World Fiction
Created on:
Jun 27, 2022
11 items
Created for a reader who likes Dan Brown, "The Heights", "The Kite Runner", Sherlock Holmes and "Stran...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Humorous, Inspiring & Romantic Fiction
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Jun 22, 2022
12 items
This personalized reading list was created for a reader who has enjoyed all of Jonathan Tropper's books, The Reader's of Broken...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Little bit of everything: general fiction, horror, humour, mystery & romance
Created on:
Apr 25, 2022
10 items
For a reader who has liked post-apocalyptic, nonfiction, self-help, fantasy and the postmodern novel, and looking for reads in ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, and General Fiction
Created on:
Mar 30, 2022
11 items
This list was created for a VPL reader who is looking for a mix of thrillers, historical fiction, nonfiction, and general ficti...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Biography, Historical Fiction, Mysteries & Police Procedurals
Created on:
Oct 05, 2021
12 items
Inspired by the writers Joseph Kanon, Ben MacIntyre, and Scott Turow, and the TV series The Queen's Gambit (also a book), and T...
