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General Recommendations
Just For You! -- Women's Lives in Fiction
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouWR2
Created on:
Aug 19, 2020
9 items
This Just For You! list is for readers who enjoy fiction that focuses on women's lives. Try listening to some of these titles f...
1 like
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Just For You! -- Mysteries with Memorable Settings
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouWR2
Created on:
Feb 18, 2021
7 items
If you like a gentler mystery with a setting that brings the story to life you should find something to love on this list.
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Just For You! -- Compelling Fiction with Memorable Characters
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouCL
Created on:
Sep 05, 2020
8 items
A list for fans of good storytelling, compelling plots and well-developed characters.
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VPL - Books Just For You - Award Winners, Historical Accounts and Tales of Hope and Morality
Created on:
Aug 31, 2023
18 items
A specially curated list of titles that offer a blend of historical settings, thought-provoking themes and engaging storytellin...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Romantic Tales, Mysterious Happenings and Things That Go Bump in the Night
Created on:
Jul 27, 2023
13 items
A personalized list of recommended book titles for a patron interested in this summer's popular reads. The titles included in t...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Sci-Fi and Stories with Political Themes
Created on:
Aug 13, 2024
16 items
This specially curated list was created for a person that is looking for their next great read. Titles included in this list we...
2 likes
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VPL - Books Just for You - Fantasy, Chinese Cuisine, BC Fiction and Everything in Between!
Created on:
Jun 14, 2024
14 items
This specially curated list was made for a reader that is looking for their next great read. Created by the reading specialists...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just for You - Fiction and Nonfiction Titles
Created on:
Apr 30, 2023
18 items
This is a personalized reading list inspired by James Ellroy, Toni Morrison, Jonathan Hickman, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Vonnegut....
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VPL - Books Just For You - Wealthy Exploits, Mystery, and Fantastical Adventure Manga
Created on:
Feb 27, 2025
15 items
This Books Just For You List was put together by a VPL staff member for a patron who requested titles with romance, comedy, and...
1 like
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VPL -Books Just For You -Historical and Canadian Fiction -eBook Format
Created on:
Jul 24, 2023
10 items
This Books Just For You personalized reading list was prepared by a Vancouver Public Library employee for a reader with an inte...
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VPL -Books Just For You -Fantasy, Thrillers, and Historical
Created on:
Oct 03, 2022
10 items
This Books Just For You personalized reading list was prepared by a VPL staff member for a patron who likes Fantasy, Thrillers,...
1 like
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Just For You! - Thrilling Suspense and Mystery
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouAR2
Created on:
Jun 17, 2020
6 items
Everyday life spills over in thrilling suspense and mystery in these books, with writing that will take any age reader on a wil...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Humour, Romance and Sci-Fi
Created on:
Aug 08, 2024
13 items
This is a personalized reading list for someone who likes Mindy Kaling, The Hunger Games, Virgin River (TV) and Sweet Magnolias...
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Love Lines
By:
JeffcoMoviesTV
JeffcoMoviesTV
Created on:
Feb 04, 2018
17 items
Quote-worthy romantic movies perfect for Valentine's Day!
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 - 2025 Booker Prize Longlist
Created on:
Aug 07, 2025
15 items
From the Booker Prize Website:
"The ‘Booker Dozen’ features five British authors, while also encapsulating a vast range ...
1 like
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VPL Picks: 2SLGBTQIA+ Fiction
Created on:
Apr 04, 2025
35 items
"2SLGBTQIA+: An acronym (sometimes also called an initialism) used to refer to Two-Spirit (2S), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Tr...
2 likes
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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: Heist Fiction
Created on:
Jan 23, 2022
20 items
Heist fiction is any work which centres around an organized, large-scale robbery or theft which requires next level planning an...
2 likes
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VPL - Black Excellence Day
Created on:
Jan 14, 2022
27 items
To celebrate Black Excellence Day, VPL has put together a list of phenomenal Black writers. We are all fortunate to access thes...
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VPL - The Social Novel
Created on:
Dec 30, 2019
27 items
The social novel, also called social problem novel, is a work of fiction in which a prevailing social problem, such as gender, ...
1 like
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VPL - New Adult Fiction
Created on:
Aug 24, 2018
20 items
Hallmarks of New Adult fiction:
- protagonists usually between the age of 18-25, often attending college
- emotionally-intense ...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just For You - Inspiring and Romance Graphic Novels & Books
Created on:
Feb 17, 2026
13 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For a patron who likes: "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig, "Out of My Mi...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Female Leads, Historical Fiction, and Mysteries
Created on:
Nov 22, 2025
11 items
This list was prepared by VPL staff for a reader interested in mystery and general fiction. Their favourite works/authors inclu...
