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VPl - Books Just for You - Historical Fiction, International Stories, 2SLGTBQ+ Reads
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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- 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 Picks: Romance Fiction
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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: 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 - 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
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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
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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
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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 Picks: History Non-Fiction
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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 - Twenty-Five of our Favourite Canadian Novels
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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 - Books Just For You - Women Making Art
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Jun 18, 2024
9 items
This list was created for a VPL reader who is interested in memoirs and biographies of women artists who managed to create desp...
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VPL - Books Just For You – Non-Fiction, Thrilling and Award-winning
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Jul 20, 2021
13 items
This booklist was created for a reader who enjoyed reading The Cold Vanish and Into the Wild.
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VPL - Books Just For You – Fiction, Non-fiction and Biographies
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Jul 12, 2021
16 items
This list was created for a reader who enjoyed reading Educated by Tara Westover, The Vanishing Half, Girl With a Pearl Earring...
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VPL - Books Just For You - eBooks - Family Secrets and Coming-of-Age in Mystery and Historical Fiction
Created on:
Jan 31, 2021
12 items
Some recommendations for a reader seeking mystery and historical fiction, and enjoyed "Where the Crawdads Sing" by De...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Award-winning & Uplifting Fiction & Nonfiction
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Aug 13, 2020
11 items
This list was created by VPL's reading experts for a fan of Ben Aaronovitch, Trevor Noah, Christopher McDougall, Bill Bryson, J...
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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 - Inspirational, Award Winning, Biography / Memoir
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Jun 01, 2025
18 items
Here is a curated list of books that blends inspirational, award-winning, and biography/memoir titles, keeping in mind the pers...
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VPL - Books Just For You - General Fiction - Historical Fiction - Mystery
Created on:
Oct 11, 2024
15 items
For a Reader who has enjoyed the books "Still Life", "Life After Life", and "Ten Thousand Doors of Jan...
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VPL – Books Just for You – 2SLGBTQ+, Biography & Memoir, Canadian Fiction
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Jun 26, 2024
13 items
This list was prepared by VPL's reading experts for a reader interested in some 2SLGBTQ+, biography/memoir, and Canadian fictio...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Biography/Memoir, Historical Fiction, and Mystery
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May 28, 2024
15 items
This personalized list was created by VPL's reading experts for a reader who enjoys the writing of Mary Oliver, Graham Green, a...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Canadian Fiction, Award Winning, and Classics
Created on:
May 22, 2024
21 items
Our wonderful team of reading experts at the Vancouver Public Library have curated a book list for readers want to delve into a...
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VPL - Books Just For You - General Fiction and World/International Fiction
Created on:
May 21, 2024
12 items
For a reader who has enjoyed "The Unbearable Lightness of Being ", "The Woman Destroyed", and "Call Me...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Memoirs, Historical Fiction, Classics
Created on:
Feb 13, 2024
12 items
Selected by our wonderful team of reading experts, this list was created for the discerning reader who requested memoirs, biogr...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Nonfiction: Social Media Impact, Biography / Memoir, New & Popular. Self help.
Created on:
Jan 12, 2024
25 items
This booklist was created for a reader looking for books published after the year 2000, focusing on social /generational impact...
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VPL - Books Just For You - Biographies And Memoirs; New & Popular Canadian Fiction
Created on:
Jan 02, 2024
10 items
Selected by our wonderful team of reading experts, this list was created for a reader who is interested in new and popular Cana...
