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Genre Guide
Fiction that transports you through time
By:
Danibrarian
Created on:
May 22, 2014
32 items
These historical novels will make you feel like you're experiencing a different time period, but without the disease, filth or ...
General Recommendations
Best Books of 2020
By:
ChiPubLib_Adults
ChiPubLib_Adults
Created on:
Nov 20, 2020
100 items
Chicago Public Library recommends these titles as the best books published in 2020.
14 likes
General Recommendations
October 2020 Staff Picks
By:
ChiPubLib_Adults
ChiPubLib_Adults
Created on:
Sep 25, 2020
18 items
Check out this month's recommendations from Chicago Public Library. Visit our Books page for previous lists of recommendations.
General Recommendations
Favorite Books I Read in 2025
By:
JCLChrisK
JCLChrisK
Created on:
Dec 20, 2025
26 items
Read, not published, in 2025, though on the recent side for the most part. "When people write reviews, they are really wri...
3 likes
General Recommendations
New Adult Fiction: June 2025
Created on:
Jun 03, 2025
100 items
Check Out These New Adult Fiction Titles For June 2025. - April MCFL
General Recommendations
DPL Staff Picks: Some of Our 2024 Favorites
By:
DPLbooklists_CR
DPLbooklists_CR
Created on:
Dec 17, 2024
59 items
Created December 2024. Have a look at some of Deschutes Public Library staff members' favorites that were released in 2024. Boo...
1 like
General Recommendations
Our Favorite Books of 2024
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ChiPubLib_Adults
ChiPubLib_Adults
Created on:
Nov 15, 2024
100 items
The Chicago Public Library proudly presents our favorite books of the year.
24 likes
General Recommendations
LGBTQ+ History Month: Fiction and Nonfiction
Created on:
Sep 24, 2024
34 items
Check out these stories of LGBTQ+ folks in times past, both historical fiction and nonfiction. Annotations from NoveList, unles...
Genre Guide
Seattle Picks: Horror 2022
Created on:
Jan 28, 2023
57 items
From creepy to eerie to downright terrifying, here's a diverse selection of recently published horror fiction recommended by ou...
4 likes
General Recommendations
4th Grade 40 Book Challenge
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OPLKIDSBOOKLISTS
OPLKIDSBOOKLISTS
Created on:
Jul 26, 2019
68 items
For fourth grade classrooms doing a 40 book genre challenge. Suggestions from the Childrens staff at Olathe Indian Creek Libra...
6 likes
General Recommendations
Black History Month 2025
Created on:
Feb 05, 2019
70 items
Every February, people across Canada participate in Black History Month events and festivities that honour the legacy of Black ...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Book of the Week 2018-2020
By:
PPL_CityOfReaders
Created on:
Oct 22, 2018
100 items
Our snapshots from the stacks are shared every Monday by our Reader's Advisory Staff. We'll highlight new nonfiction and fictio...
1 like
General Recommendations
Miss Sara Recommends: Top Picks for Teachers (2016)
Created on:
Jan 01, 2017
63 items
Titles published in 2016 that educators won't want to miss. Including both fiction and non-fiction, these titles are well-writt...
General Recommendations
SFPL West Portal Mother-Daughter Book Club Suggested Titles
Created on:
Aug 04, 2015
100 items
A list of books we've read and discussed and would recommend to our friends ages 9-12
17 likes
General Recommendations
New Timeline, New Me
By:
JCLCatherineS
JCLCatherineS
Created on:
Dec 30, 2024
32 items
Titles to transport you--through time travel, magic, love, or other worlds--as the new year begins.
5 likes
General Recommendations
Let's Go on an Adventure!
Created on:
Apr 10, 2024
13 items
Whether you are diving into a fiction book featuring time traveling, magic, and distant places, or traveling vicariously throug...
2 likes
General Recommendations
CHPL Staff Picks: Best Books of 2025 - Adults
Created on:
Dec 04, 2025
32 items
Curious which 2025 books CHPL staff can’t stop talking about? Your wait is over! From sci-fi adventures to moving nonfiction, s...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Storytime With Roy G. Biv
Created on:
May 06, 2025
14 items
Read your way through the colors of the rainbow with this collection of novels.
1 like
General Recommendations
2025 ALSC Notable Children's Books — Middle
Created on:
Apr 10, 2025
26 items
Each year a committee of ALSC identifies the best of the best in children's books. According to the Notables Criteria, "no...
General Recommendations
Best Fiction for Older Readers of 2024
By:
ChiPubLib_Kids
ChiPubLib_Kids
Created on:
Nov 14, 2024
25 items
We recommend these as the very best fiction published for kids in 4th through 8th grade in 2024.
3 likes
General Recommendations
National Pomegranate Month - November
By:
DBRL_BethS
DBRL_BethS
Created on:
Nov 02, 2024
12 items
"Once when I was living in the heart of a pomegranate, I heard a seed
saying, 'Someday I shall become a tree, and the wind...
4 likes
General Recommendations
Historical Fiction 101
By:
MCPL_Fiction
MCPL_Fiction
Created on:
Sep 24, 2024
23 items
Historical fiction through the ages from antiquity to modern times.
List created by Rachel from the Blue Springs South Branch ...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Courageous Characters
By:
TacomaLibrary
TacomaLibrary
Created on:
Mar 26, 2024
12 items
Check out these titles that have brave characters who forge ahead through danger and pain.
General Recommendations
Multiple POV
By:
OPLTEENBOOKLISTS
OPLTEENBOOKLISTS
Created on:
Sep 20, 2023
100 items
If you like hearing stories from the other side, these books are for you! See things from a whole new perspective when these st...
1 like
General Recommendations
You Are Kenough
By:
DBRL_ReginaF
DBRL_ReginaF
Created on:
Sep 19, 2023
29 items
The blockbuster Barbie movie this summer has sparked so many conversations, the topic of male empathy being just one of them th...
4 likes
