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Popular Reading

Best sellers, popular fiction, and non-fiction are available at the Parnassus Library. Newspapers and current magazines are available at both Parnassus and Mission Bay.
  • Popular Reading books are located on the north side of the current journals section on the main (3rd) floor of the Parnassus Library.
  • Newspapers and current magazines are available next to the books.
  • Newspapers and popular magazines are also available at the Mission Bay Library. UCSF personnel and students may check out books for 4 weeks.
  • Any library user may read the books, newspapers, and magazines in the library.
  • The Popular Reading collection is constantly updated by adding new titles each month and returning ones that are no longer popular.
  • Newspapers are kept for 2 days, weekly magazines are kept for 6 months, and monthly magazines are kept for 1 or 2 years.