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VPL Picks: Adventure Fiction
Created on:
Dec 24, 2019
23 items
Adventure fiction usually features an action-packed narrative with a protagonist who must navigate high-energy (and often dange...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Well-Researched Biographies and History Writing
Created on:
Oct 18, 2024
10 items
Created for someone who is looking for biographies and non-fiction from around the world, particularly Africa and Asia. They ha...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Contemporary Fiction, Relationships, Love and World History
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Jul 25, 2025
10 items
For a fan of "Dear Dolly" and "Good Material" by Dolly Alderton, the "Hunger Games" series, "...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Biographies, Classics, Historical Fiction
Created on:
Nov 21, 2023
22 items
This booklist was created for a reader looking for biographies / memoirs, classics, general and historical fiction. They have ...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Funny or Inspiring Adventure and Travel Writing and one Novel
Created on:
Feb 24, 2021
9 items
For a fan of Bill Bryson, "Wild" and "Only Two Seats Left"; and a reader of adventure, nature, and travel b...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Historical Mysteries & Real People
Created on:
Dec 30, 2020
13 items
Designed for a patron who likes Lindsay Davis, Eva Ibbotson, Jane Austen, Rosemary Rowe
and Lucy Worsley. She is interested in ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Literary Historical eBooks
Created on:
May 04, 2020
10 items
Designed for a VPL patron who enjoyed John Boyne, Amor Towles, Melanie Benjamin and
Carol Rifka Brunt. Created by a VPL librarian.
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VPL - Books Just for You - Fiction to Take You out of the Everyday
Created on:
Jun 07, 2019
11 items
For fans of Chaim Potok, Geraldine Brooks, Marilynne Robinson, J. R. R. Tolkien and Rohinton Mistry. Moving books with many cha...
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White Race Traitors (complimentary) in Historical America
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hannahburtness
Created on:
Apr 06, 2026
99 items
The vast majority of white people in the Americas have actively created, maintained, or supported the violence of colonialism, ...
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In Memory of Nat Turner, And in the Spirit of Rebellion
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AARLReference
AARLReference
Created on:
Oct 27, 2025
25 items
On November 11th, 1831, Nat Turner was executed for leading what would come to be known as the most famous slave revolt in U.S....
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Fake Relationships, Real Good Romance
Created on:
Feb 19, 2021
16 items
I love a good fake-relationship-turns-real romance. Here are just a few fantastic romances featuring a fake relationships mixed...
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Fake Relationships, Real Good Romances
Created on:
Jan 12, 2021
16 items
I love a good fake-relationship-turns-real romance. Here are just a few fantastic romances featuring a fake relationships mixed...
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Lonely Books Club Biographies for Kids
Created on:
Oct 23, 2023
46 items
With so many options to choose from at the library, sometimes fantastic items go unnoticed. Check out these lonely biographies ...
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NPR's Book of the Day Podcast 2023
Created on:
Feb 15, 2023
28 items
In need of a good read? Or just want to keep up with the books everyone's talking about? NPR's Book of the Day gives you today'...
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Storyvine: Traditional Storytelling Tales for Kids (K-5)
Created on:
Apr 16, 2020
53 items
Tell us a story! If you've ever joined us for a Storyvine, you know that the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library loves traditional st...
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Mysterious
By:
DBRL_MichaelR
DBRL_MichaelR
Created on:
Dec 09, 2025
100 items
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."
~ Albe...
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Omaha Picks: August 2022 What We're Reading
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OMAHA LIBRARIANS
OMAHA LIBRARIANS
Created on:
Aug 12, 2022
94 items
Take a look at what OPL employees across the city are reading (or listening to or watching) this month and find out what some o...
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WEH-Month 1/September-Introductory Level
By:
r
ReadingRebigers
Created on:
May 30, 2022
84 items
Partial book list (what’s available through MORE) for the introductory level of Well Educated Heart rotation.
September
-1500s:...
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CRRL My Librarian: Bicycling
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CRRL_EdwardD
CRRL_EdwardD
Created on:
May 26, 2020
13 items
Books and films by, for, and about bikers.
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What I Read in 2019
By:
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mindy_reads
Created on:
May 23, 2019
100 items
My list of everything I read in 2019 (excluding picture books & easy readers, but including everything else). Goal 100 book...
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Black History Month
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DPL_KatL
DPL_KatL
Created on:
Jan 08, 2019
97 items
Books to read for Black History Month.
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The Full Dewey: A Non-fiction Sampler
Created on:
Oct 31, 2017
23 items
Tired of fiction? Keep it real with some books drawn from real life.
The library organizes non-fiction books by the main subje...
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Fantastic history books
Created on:
Sep 01, 2017
62 items
History books that really put you in that place and time. Roughly in reading level order. See my other lists on character devel...
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Homage to Hajj: Sacred and Significant Journeys
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SandiB_KCMO
SandiB_KCMO
Created on:
May 18, 2025
38 items
This June 2025 book list is inspired by the Hajj Season and the diverse ways of developing and demonstrating spiritual and pers...
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Travel Books
By:
KCPL_Nicole
KCPL_Nicole
Created on:
May 28, 2024
9 items
Use your new passport to travel the world, or just read about it!
