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Just for You! - Strong Female Historical Fiction
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Created on:
Mar 24, 2022
7 items
If you loved the works of Kristin Hannah, Sara Donati and Diana Gabaldon, with strong female leads and adventure, these books m...
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VPl - Books Just for You - Historical Fiction, International Stories, 2SLGTBQ+ Reads
Created on:
Mar 01, 2024
18 items
A personalized reading list for a reader that is looking to get out of a reading slump. Titles found in this list are inspired...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Historical Fiction
Created on:
Feb 21, 2024
11 items
This is a personalized booklist for someone interested in uplifting, humorous historical fiction. Enjoy!
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VPL - Books Just for You - New and Popular Fiction and Nonfiction
Created on:
Mar 27, 2023
14 items
This is a personalized booklist inspired by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Colleen Hoover, Emily Griffin, Fleabag (TV show) and Spare by ...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Indigenous Joy & Others
Created on:
Nov 18, 2021
16 items
This is a booklist with stories that centre on Indigenous joy. There are other books inspired by Halfbreed by Maria Campbell, O...
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VPL - Books Just For You - If You Enjoy the Writings of Cormac McCarthy and Alan Watts
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Jul 14, 2023
14 items
A personalized list for a reader looking to explore new titles with an emphasis on BC Fiction. The titles included were inspire...
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VPL -Books Just For You- Conservation, Social Justice, Indigenous, and World Fiction
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Feb 22, 2023
10 items
This Books Just For You personalized reading list was selected by a Vancouver Public Library staff member for a patron with an ...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Literary Fiction
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Jun 06, 2025
12 items
This is a personalized reading list for someone who likes Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Unearthing by Kyo Macl...
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VPL - Top 5 Staff Picks - September 2025
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Aug 28, 2025
6 items
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: Romance Fiction
Created on:
Jun 05, 2024
24 items
Romance novels feature two people who are attracted to each other but experience conflict and misunderstanding along the way, t...
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VPL Picks: 2SLGBTQIA+ Romance
Created on:
Aug 14, 2023
24 items
Romance novels feature two people who are attracted to each other but experience conflict and misunderstanding before reaching ...
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VPL - Celebrating Emancipation Day
Created on:
Jul 26, 2023
11 items
VPL presents a list of books and films which celebrate Emancipation Day.
"On March 24, 2021, the House of Commons voted ...
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VPL - Book Bingo - Travel Books
Created on:
Jul 26, 2023
20 items
Get ready for VPL's Adult Summer Challenge Book Bingo with these excellent travel books.
For more information on VPL's Adult ...
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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 - What Vancouver Is Reading, Spring 2023
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Apr 21, 2023
25 items
The City of Vancouver is a city of readers. Vancouver Public Library asked what our residents are currently reading, and receiv...
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VPL Picks: World War II Fiction
Created on:
Oct 06, 2022
44 items
Covering a wide range of perspectives and genres, these historical novels tell stories of soldiers, spies, and ordinary people ...
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VPL - Top 21 Staff Picks for 2021
Created on:
Nov 02, 2021
22 items
We made it to the end of the year and as a special treat we've collected 21 of our favourite books published in 2021. Compiled ...
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VPL Picks: 2SLGBTQIA+ Memoir
Created on:
Apr 22, 2020
28 items
2SLGBTQIA+ is an acronym that stands for Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexu...
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VPL - Transgender Memoirs
Created on:
Feb 26, 2020
22 items
This curated list focuses on memoirs by transgender people, their family members, and their communities. Choose one or more of ...
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VPL Picks: History Non-Fiction
Created on:
Jun 11, 2019
18 items
History writing involves research and interpretation of past events by examining primary documents (e.g. newspapers, letters, i...
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VPL - Gay Fiction
Created on:
May 31, 2019
25 items
Gay fiction has all the same characteristics as other literature genres, but with male homosexuality central to the story. Clas...
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VPL - Twenty-Five of our Favourite Canadian Novels
Created on:
Feb 06, 2019
26 items
Like CBC's "100 Novels that Make You Feel Proud to Be Canadian," VPL staff have selected twenty-five of our favourite...
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VPL Picks: Trans, Non-Binary, and Two-Spirit - Biographies and Memoirs
Created on:
Apr 23, 2017
22 items
For those not familiar with these terms...
Transgender - An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expre...
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VPL- Books Just For You - Fantasy, Science Fiction and Literary Fiction Books & EBooks
Created on:
Jul 09, 2025
14 items
Selected by a VPL reading specialist. For a patron who likes: the science fiction of "Discworld" author Terry Pratche...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Read and Reflect: Inspiring and Heartwarming Reads
Created on:
Dec 16, 2022
9 items
This list was created by VPL's reading experts for a patron who is looking for notable nonfiction as well as literary fiction. ...
