SF Public Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Girl Before Her
Line Papin
Tomorrow 3/25, 11AM. A not to miss conversation with Line Papin, discussing her new book, #TheGirlBeforeHer, a coming-of-age talke of dislocation and inherited trauma from acclaimed French Vietnamese novelist. A partnership w @dia_CRITICS. https://t.co/IbjbDxPUNW https://t.co/RJgypXzLZ0
Paperback, 2023
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Obit
Victoria Chang
Mon. 8/8, 7 pm, Virtual. Writers Victoria Chang @VChangPoet & Kristin Keane @kitenearsink discuss Chang's recent, powerful,works exploring longing, grief & memory, Obit, Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence and Grief and The Trees Witness Everything. https://t.co/QaKDsL1nCm https://t.co/WGclehrB4c
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brothers in Pen
San Quentin Nine
TONIGHT, 12/12, 7PM, Online, a #OneCityOneBook @earhustlesq event. San Quentin's #BrothersInPen, Reading & Discussion - Hear funny, intense, surprising & memorable works of memoir & fiction, w time for dialogue & questions on writing in prison. Reg. now. https://t.co/hPRSwfiuIP https://t.co/6QcEvlRwrH
Paperback, 2007
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On the Rooftop
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Nothing like a juicy batch of fresh #LuckyDay books. Spotted on the #NoeValley Branch shelves: On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson and many, many more 📚📚📚📚 https://t.co/uOWWP5iegI
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
If I Grow Up
Todd Strasser
.@warriors brining the good times to our Western Addition Branch w/ activities and a special storytime with #GSW dancer Kiara and .@mosesmoody whose favorite books = If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser & Tiki by @TikiBarber. Still time to join the fun. Ends at 5:30 p.m. #DubNation❤️📚 https://t.co/Xtxl3JQY1Q
Paperback, 2010
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blackmail and Bibingka
Mia P. Manansala
Get Hooked on BLACKMAIL AND BIBINGKA by Mia P. Manansala. Pick up the award-winning Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series at SFPL and see @MPMtheWriter at the 6th Filipino American Int'l Book Festival, Oct 15-16, Main Library. https://t.co/0cYHr1qBUz @filbookfestival @FriendsSFPL https://t.co/18WPxYwRCA
Paperback, 2022
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement
Suzanne Cope
TODAY at Noon, #SummerStride Lunchtime Author Talk, @suzannecope_phd on her book, #PowerHungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer, and their Fight to Feed a Movement, in convo w @PainterCleo one of the book's subjects. Watch on @YouTube https://t.co/MwfQ3RN510
Hardcover, 2021
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dust Child
Mai Phan Que Nguyen
@nguyen_p_quemai w @NPR's @nprscottsimon on her novel #DustChild.https://t.co/fVdYoGWLEy Quế Mai will be in convo this week 3/16, @therubysf. @GreenAppleBooks @dia_CRITICS https://t.co/OCCwlwJCxv https://t.co/ntU629PAbd
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Mercies
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Marina Readers Book Club meets the fourth Sunday every month from 2 - 3:30 pm at the Marina Branch, 1890 Chestnut Street. This month we're reading The Mercies, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. New members are always welcome! #WhatToReadNext #LibrariesForAll https://t.co/nWpEvJtxMK
Paperback, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
Traci N. Todd
Get Hooked on... NINA: A STORY OF NINA SIMONE by Traci N. Todd (@Neuborne ) #SummerStride #GetHookedOnABook #WhatToReadNext https://t.co/MZASkvQsLX
Hardcover, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book