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VPL - Books Just for You - Thrillers, Mystery, Romance and Sci-Fi Too!
Created on:
Feb 01, 2024
14 items
A specially curated list for a reader that is looking to meet their reading goal in the first half of the year! Titles include...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Uplifting Tales, Humourous Anecdotes and Steamy Stories
Created on:
Dec 08, 2023
14 items
This is a personalized list for a reader looking to expand their reading catalogue. Titles in this list were inspired by the wo...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Canadian Fiction and others
Created on:
Jan 07, 2026
10 items
This is a personalized booklist for someone who likes Jane Austen, The River has Roots, and Miriam Toews. Enjoy!
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VPL - Books Just for You - Complex Characters
Created on:
May 18, 2022
16 items
This is a booklist inspired by A Gentleman in Moscow, Elena Ferrante, Kate Atkinson, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Station El...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Engaging Stories
Created on:
Apr 04, 2022
15 items
This is a personalized booklist inspired by jodi Picoult, Shetland (drama), Flash Forward, Robert James Waller, and Louise Penn...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Biographies, Historical Fiction, and Literary Fiction
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Jul 31, 2024
16 items
This VPL Books Just For You list was selected by a Vancouver Public Library staff member for a patron with an interest in biogr...
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VPL - Books Just for You - 2SLGBTQ+ & Science Fiction
Created on:
Jul 22, 2024
12 items
This is a personalized booklist for someone interested in trans and queer literature, climate- and land-based science fiction, ...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Female-Driven Narratives & Compelling Nonfiction
Created on:
Sep 09, 2021
15 items
This is a personalized booklist inspired by the Neapolitan series by Elena Ferrante, Into the Wild by John Krakauer, Michael Po...
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VPL - Giller Prize Longlist Nominations, 2024
Created on:
Sep 05, 2024
13 items
From the Giller Prize Website:
"Twelve outstanding Canadian authors have been named to the 2024 Giller Prize longlist. T...
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VPL - International Transgender Day of Visibility
Created on:
Mar 12, 2024
18 items
Enjoy these fiction titles selected by the reading experts at Vancouver Public Library to celebrate International Transgender D...
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VPL - Celebrating Mennonite Heritage Week, 2023
Created on:
Aug 02, 2023
22 items
Celebrate the third annual Mennonite Heritage Week with this VPL list of titles.
"On May 29, 2019, the Government of Cana...
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VPL Picks: Contemporary Canadian Literary Fiction
Created on:
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: Indigenous Autobiographies and Memoirs
Created on:
Mar 21, 2023
21 items
The genre labels 'autobiography' and 'memoir' refer to books that recount important experiences in a person's life. Unlike biog...
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VPL Picks: Intersex Fiction
Created on:
Jul 14, 2021
12 items
Intersex fiction has all the same characteristics as other literature genres, but with intersexuality or an intersex character ...
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VPL Picks: Manitoba Fiction
Created on:
Apr 09, 2021
19 items
This list is comprised of novels set in Manitoba, written by a Manitoba writer, or published in Manitoba.
Classics in the gen...
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VPL - 2SLGBTQ+ Fiction
Created on:
Mar 18, 2020
25 items
Fiction novels that feature 2SLGBTQ+ characters or are written by 2SLGBTQ+ authors.
Get started with these titles carefully se...
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VPL Picks: Indigenous Fiction
Created on:
Jul 23, 2019
22 items
Indigenous fiction includes works written by or about Indigenous people in Canada and the United States. These works may fall u...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Biographies, Transgender Issues and Experimental Fiction
Created on:
Nov 09, 2018
16 items
This list was created for a patron who enjoyed Roberto Bolano's 2666, Patti Smith's M Train & Just Kids, Vivek Shraya's I'm...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Other Places and Other Times
Created on:
Jul 05, 2025
9 items
This list was prepared by VPL staff for a reader looking for general recommendations. Their favourite books include: "If a...
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VPL - Books Just For You - BIPOC & LGBT+ Stories
Created on:
Mar 02, 2025
9 items
For a reader looking for a mix of BIPOC and Queer experiences at the front, and lieks Bellies by Nicola Dinan, and Family Meal ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Complex Canadian Women
Created on:
Jan 09, 2025
9 items
This is for a reader that enjoyed Lullabies for Little Criminals, Hotline, and Power Politics (Margaret Atwood). This is for so...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Canadian and General Fiction
Created on:
Nov 02, 2022
11 items
with Award Winning, Indigenous and World Fiction.
For a reader who likes, Helen Humphreys - Machine Without Horses, The Bean ...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Award Winning and General Fiction
Created on:
Sep 02, 2022
10 items
with Biography, Indigenous & LGBTQ2S+ titles. For a reader who likes, La Fiancee Américaine, Eric Dupont. Washington Black,...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Ebooks: Women's Lives in Fiction
Created on:
Jun 21, 2020
10 items
Designed for a reader who likes Jenny Colgan, Jane Austen, Margaret Atwood, Donna Morrissey and Eden Robinson.
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VPL - Books Just for You - Gender Expression Ficton
Created on:
Dec 17, 2019
9 items
indigenous, humorous and fantasy titles written or about Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian, Transgendered, and Queer people.
