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General Recommendations
Just For You! — Young Women's Lives in Literature
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouGN
Created on:
Jul 29, 2021
7 items
If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, you'll love some of these titles!
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VPL - Books Just for You - Light-Hearted Reads, Character-Driven Plots and Stories of Achievement
Created on:
Jun 20, 2024
17 items
This specially curated list was created for a reader looking for their next great beach read. Titles included in this list were...
1 like
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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 - Historical Fiction, Things that Go Bump in the Night, and Forbidden Romances
Created on:
Oct 23, 2023
16 items
This list was specially curated list for a reader that is looking to add to their Autumn To-Be-Read list. Books included in th...
1 like
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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 - Funnies, Graphic Novels, and Biographies
Created on:
Aug 06, 2024
16 items
This list was specially curated for a reader that is looking for something new and refreshing to read. Titles included on this ...
1 like
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VPL - Books Just for You - Classic and Fiction
Created on:
Mar 02, 2026
10 items
This is a personalized booklist for someone who likes East of Eden, The Secret History and Mad Men. Enjoy!
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VPL - Books Just For You - Award-Winning Titles, Historical and Literary Fiction and Canadian Fiction Too!
Created on:
Apr 27, 2023
14 items
A personalized list specially created for an avid reader who has recently enjoyed titles such as, "Young Mungo", &quo...
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VPL - Books Just for You - Stories on Audiobook
Created on:
Jun 15, 2022
16 items
This is a booklist inspired by Toni Morrison, Diana Gabaldon, Adrienne Maree Brown, Octavia Butler and Isabel Allende. Enjoy!
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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 - Books to inspire, General fiction & Nonfiction
Created on:
Jun 04, 2025
12 items
This Books Just For You reading list was composed by VPL's readers advisory staff for patrons who are fans of "Little Miss...
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VPL -Books Just For You -Suspense, Drama, and True Stories
Created on:
Jun 28, 2022
10 items
This Books Just For You list was prepared by a Vancouver Public Library staff member for a patron interested in fast paced stor...
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VPL -Books Just For You -Romance, Humor, Medical, and Historical Fiction
Created on:
Jun 21, 2022
9 items
This Books Just For You list was prepared by a Vancouver Public Library Staff member for a patron with an interest in Romance, ...
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Just For You! - Civil War and the Victorian Times
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouAR
Created on:
Apr 23, 2020
7 items
For those who enjoy the Victorian Era, including the American Civil War, here are titles with interesting characters and riveti...
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Just For You! - They Might Be Classics
By:
j
JeffcoJustForYouAR
Created on:
Apr 21, 2020
8 items
Included here are notable adult fiction that might be considered classic reading someday, especially if you enjoyed A Gentleman...
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Winter Reading: Diverse Stories
By:
JeffcoBooks
JeffcoBooks
Created on:
Jan 14, 2026
11 items
Earn a Winter Reading badge and expand your cultural horizons with these must-reads featuring folks from BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ ...
2 likes
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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 - 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 - 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...
2 likes
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VPL Picks: Contemporary Literary Fiction
Created on:
Mar 01, 2020
31 items
In publishing, literary fiction novels are regarded as having more literary merit than most commercial or "genre" fic...
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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 - Short Literary Reads - Under 200 Pages
Created on:
May 14, 2019
22 items
Here is a list of brilliant, literary novels - written by award-winning authors - you can read in a day, all under 200 pages. ...
3 likes
