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VPL - Top 5 Staff Picks - July 2025
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Jun 27, 2025
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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: Contemporary Canadian Literary Fiction
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May 08, 2023
35 items
Contemporary Canadian Literature is as diverse as the country's abundance of multicultural voices. This selection of recently ...
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VPL Picks: Newfoundland Fiction
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Mar 08, 2020
10 items
A selection of titles set in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Enjoy the flavor of Atlantic Canada with these...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Canadian Fiction, Classics and More - eBooks
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Apr 04, 2024
14 items
Created for a reader who likes "The Vaster Wilds", "Frankenstein" and "The Watch That Ends the Night&q...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Historical Fiction, Mystery and Nonfiction in eBook
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Sep 08, 2023
20 items
This list is created by a VPL staff for a reader that enjoys a mix of things.
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VPL - Books Just For You - Mysteries, Award Winners, and Memoirs
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Sep 07, 2023
14 items
This list was selected for a VPL reader who enjoys Elizabeth Berg, Margaret Atwood, and Manifest. They are looking for Award Wi...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Literary Fiction and Mysteries
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Apr 16, 2019
10 items
A selection of books chosen for you based on your reading likes. Many of the books chosen feature complex themes. Some are writ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Canadian Fiction, Historical Fiction, and Mystery
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Nov 24, 2025
16 items
This list was selected for a VPL reader who enjoys Iona Whishaw, Kate Ellis, and Genevieve Graham. They are looking for Canadia...
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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 - General Fiction, Award Winning
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Dec 08, 2024
15 items
This booklist was created for a reader who has previously enjoyed John Steinbeck, Jerome Klinkowitz, and Jonathan Franzen.
Car...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Uplifting, Humourous and Science Fiction
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Nov 07, 2024
9 items
For a reader who likes the books, Maybe you Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb, Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey and the...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Canadian Fiction, General Fiction and 2SLGBTQ+1
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Oct 11, 2024
9 items
Some suggestions for a reader who enjoys Canadian fiction, general fiction and 2SLGBTQ+1 titles.
Created by VPL's reading experts
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VPL - Books Just For You - Biography/Memoir + Historical & Literary Fiction
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Jan 25, 2024
15 items
This personalized list was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who has enjoyed A Fine Balance, Fall on Your Knees, a...
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VPL - Books Just For You - General & Indigenous Fiction + Short Stories
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Jul 27, 2023
12 items
This personalized booklist was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who requested recommendations of general fiction, ...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Award Winning, Historical & Mystery Fiction.
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May 19, 2023
10 items
For a reader who likes, The Murder Club and Broadchurch, the author Karin Slaughter and the books, Fayne and Lessons in Chemist...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Award Winning, Uplifting, Memoirs, Canadian & Historical Fiction
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Feb 18, 2023
10 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For a patron who likes "The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek," Barbara Kingslover...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Canadian Literary Fiction
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Mar 04, 2022
11 items
This book list was selected for a reader searching for exemplary Canadian literary fiction. In the past, they have enjoyed book...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Award-winning, General, Canadian, & Historical Fiction
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Feb 24, 2022
12 items
Recommendations from VPL's reading experts for a reader who has enjoyed the writing of Carol Shields, Isabel Allende, Kate Atki...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Eclectic Literary Fiction
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Aug 19, 2020
11 items
Designed for a patron who liked "Normal People" by Sally Rooney, "I'm Thinking of Ending Things," by Iain R...
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VPL - eBooks Just for You - Award-Winning and Buzzworthy B.C. and Canadian Fiction
Created on:
Jul 02, 2020
9 items
For readers looking for award-winning and buzzworthy local literary fiction with historical notes. - VPL Reading Experts
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VPL - Books Just for You - Moving Works of Literary and Mystery Fiction
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May 19, 2020
9 items
For readers who enjoy moving and compelling works of fiction with some wit and mystery. - VPL Reading Experts
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VPL - Books Just for You - Historical Fiction, Marine Life and Biography
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Mar 11, 2020
9 items
This list is for readers who appreciate the historical works of Hilary Mantel, Annie Proulx and Ian McEwan, enjoy award-winning...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Award-winning mysteries, thrillers, and dramatic tales
Created on:
Aug 02, 2018
9 items
This list was created by the VPL Reading Experts for a reader interested in award-winning reads.
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VPL - Books Just For You - Magical Realism, Historicals, Canadian and Novels with Sweeping Plots
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Aug 30, 2017
10 items
This list was made for someone who enjoys Madeline Thien, Thomas King, and Paulo Coelho; as well as education and neuroscience...
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Visual pictures and fully fleshed-out characters by Multcolib My Librarian Diana
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Created on:
Nov 26, 2024
11 items
This list was created for a reader who really cares about nature and art. Whether she's reading fiction or nonfiction, she want...
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