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General Recommendations
Just for You! - Dark & Twisty Historical Fiction
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouL2Y
Created on:
Jan 10, 2022
7 items
These novels will take you back in history, while you hide under the covers - or at least double check that shadow in the corner!
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Just for You! – Queer Joy Fiction
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouED
Created on:
Aug 12, 2021
6 items
Readers who enjoy happy Queer stories with feisty characters might enjoy these other picks.
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VPL - Books Just For You - Funny Anecdotes, Fictitious Stories, and Thrilling Tales
Created on:
Nov 10, 2023
15 items
A personalized reading list for a reader that is looking for something new and exciting to read that pairs nicely with a cozy b...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Space Operas, Cozy Sci-Fi, General and Literary Fiction
Created on:
Mar 22, 2024
17 items
A specially curated list for a reader that is looking for something new and fresh to add to their Spring/Summer reading list. T...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just for You - Playing with Reality
Created on:
Jun 09, 2022
16 items
This is a personalized booklist inspired by The Midnight Library, Gone Girl, Shutter Island, The Silent Patient, and The Truman...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just for You - Character-driven Stories
Created on:
Feb 28, 2022
13 items
This is a personalized booklist inspired by The Hatchet, The Kite Runner, The Alice Network, Inception (movie), and All the Lig...
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VPL -Books Just For You -Character Driven Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Feminist Fiction
Created on:
Feb 12, 2024
13 items
This Books Just For You personalized reading list was prepared by a Vancouver Public Library staff member for a patron with an ...
1 like
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Brilliant Black Literature
By:
JeffcoBooks
JeffcoBooks
Created on:
Feb 09, 2018
24 items
From fantastical worlds to gritty thrillers and heartrending family sagas, these world-class Black authors have written it all!
2 likes
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VPL Picks: Thrillers
Created on:
Apr 10, 2026
20 items
The genre label 'thriller' describes books that give readers feelings of heightened anxiety, suspense, anticipation, and surpri...
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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 Picks: New Adult Fiction
Created on:
Nov 21, 2023
26 items
"New Adult" is a literary genre that offers stories that resonate with the unique challenges and experiences faced by...
1 like
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VPL Picks: Mystery
Created on:
Apr 26, 2023
24 items
The genre label Mystery describes detective or crime fiction. Plots revolve around professional or amateur detectives investiga...
2 likes
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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...
3 likes
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VPL Picks: Humorous Science Fiction
Created on:
Nov 30, 2021
18 items
Humorous science fiction is a sub genre of science fiction in which comedy, the absurd, and silliness abound. While these novel...
1 like
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VPL Books Just for You - YA e-Audiobooks: Award-Winning, Historical, and Mystery
Created on:
Feb 21, 2024
11 items
This is a list for a teen who is a fan of Sex Education, the Office, and the Rookie. All titles can also be found in written fo...
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VPL - Books Just For You - General Fiction & Science Fiction
Created on:
Jun 06, 2025
14 items
This personalized list was created for a reader who enjoys the writing of Becky Chambers, N.K. Jemisin, and Emma Newman. They w...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just for You - Award Winning International Fiction
Created on:
Apr 13, 2025
11 items
This list was prepared by VPL staff for a reader interested in award winnning interational fiction – some funny, some intense. ...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Fantasy, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+, Mystery & SciFi Books
Created on:
Nov 09, 2022
13 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For a reader who likes Ian M. Banks (science fiction), "The Good Place" TV seri...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Mystery, New and Popular, World/International
Created on:
Oct 05, 2022
9 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader looking for general, mystery, new/popular, some nonfiction, and wo...
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VPL - Books Just for You - General Fiction, Historical Fiction & Fantasy
Created on:
Feb 16, 2022
12 items
A selection of suspenseful fiction and fantasy with a dash of the unusual. Created by VPL’s reading experts for a patron who en...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Indigenous, Mystery, Family and Humour
Created on:
Dec 16, 2018
9 items
This booklist was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who wants to read indigenous, adventurous, humorous, and popula...
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VPL - Books Just for You - ebooks Historical and Mystery fiction
Created on:
Jul 27, 2017
10 items
Complied by the VPL reading experts.
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VPL Books Just for You - YA general, humour, lgbtqa2s+
Created on:
Feb 13, 2023
11 items
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VPL - Books Just For You - General Fiction, Mystery, and World Fiction
Created on:
Dec 24, 2025
16 items
This list was selected for a VPL reader who enjoys the The Great, Imposter, and Shogun. They are looking for general fiction , ...
2 likes
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VPL – Books Just for You – Classics, Horror, Literary Fiction
Created on:
Nov 19, 2025
18 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader interested in classics, horror, and literary fiction. Favourite re...
