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Reading Without Borders: Stories of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience
By:
b
books_cats_plants
Created on:
Aug 07, 2019
22 items
Immigrants and refugees, along with their children, have long shared their stories with the world. Moving through cultures, acr...
2 likes
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Browse the new bookshelf with us!
By:
c
Chapel_Hill_TracyB
Created on:
Mar 08, 2021
50 items
Do you miss browsing through CHPL's new bookshelf? We miss you being here to do it! May we show you some of the new books you w...
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New Adult Fiction: June 2025
Created on:
Jun 03, 2025
100 items
Check Out These New Adult Fiction Titles For June 2025. - April MCFL
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Horse-Centered Fiction: Novels where the bond between human and horse drives the story.
By:
waslibrary
waslibrary
Created on:
May 14, 2025
29 items
These novels celebrate the powerful bond between humans and horses. Whether you're drawn to historical fiction, quiet ranch dra...
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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.
21 likes
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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...
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New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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CMLReads_Alex
CMLReads_Alex
Created on:
Jul 18, 2024
100 items
The New York Times compiled a list of the best books of the 21st Century so far, and you can find them all at the library! Lear...
15 likes
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NY Times: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Created on:
Jul 08, 2024
100 items
In July 2024, the New York Times published this soon-to-be-obsolete list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, as voted on...
6 likes
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Winter tales, treats, and mystery
Created on:
Nov 30, 2023
24 items
Food, love, murder...#WCCLS #HillsboroLibrary
1 like
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Europa Editions
Created on:
Nov 28, 2023
52 items
Independent Publishing At It's World Wide Best - MCFL Katrina
1 like
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February 2021 Staff Picks
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ChiPubLib_Adults
ChiPubLib_Adults
Created on:
Jan 22, 2021
18 items
Check out this month's recommendations from Chicago Public Library. Visit our Books page for previous lists of recommendations.
1 like
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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
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Novelists at War
By:
JeffcoBooks
JeffcoBooks
Created on:
Nov 02, 2018
11 items
World War I formed some of the finest writers of the 20th century and has fascinated novelists for over 100 years.
1 like
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Cultural Heritage Through Fiction
Created on:
Mar 01, 2022
100 items
Representation and Understanding - MCFL Katrina
8 likes
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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.
4 likes
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The List of 45 Great Classics
Created on:
Dec 17, 2020
45 items
A classic is a book accepted as being exemplary or noteworthy, for example through an imprimatur such as being listed in a list...
7 likes
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Through the Looking Glass
By:
DCLadults
DCLadults
Created on:
Sep 23, 2021
14 items
Celebrate your unbirthday and Mad Hatter Day with these portal fantasies and twists on 'Alice in Wonderland.'
2 likes
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Stories in the Spotlight - A Wrinkle in Time
Created on:
Aug 28, 2025
20 items
The classic young adult science fiction/fantasy novel, A Wrinkle in Time, encompasses the forces of good and evil, travel throu...
1 like
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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
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Women Write Historical Fiction
By:
DBRL_ReginaF
DBRL_ReginaF
Created on:
Apr 09, 2025
35 items
“History, too often, has been told from only certain perspectives. This is not good enough. History is a collective phenomenon....
1 like
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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
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The Lives They Lived
By:
SnoIsleLib_KateM
SnoIsleLib_KateM
Created on:
Oct 31, 2023
29 items
Remembering those who died in 2023 through the books and stories they left behind. (Most titles available in multiple formats.)
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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
Fierce Females, Historical Fiction
Created on:
Feb 23, 2023
31 items
Fierce female characters reach through history and around the world to offer inspiration. Thirty-one titles to celebrate thirty...
6 likes
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Family Life: In Chapter and Verse
Created on:
Oct 20, 2022
61 items
Multi Voice Family Dynamics As Seen Through Fiction - MCFL Katrina
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