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Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Novels Set in California
921 books — 370 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanTales of the City by Armistead MaupinThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettChina Blues by Ki LongfellowMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
San Francisco Bay Area Fiction
445 books — 337 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughStoner by John WilliamsFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Campus Days
401 books — 298 voters
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangAl Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer CholdenkoSmile by Raina TelgemeierGrandfather's Journey by Allen SayOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
YA & Children's Books Set in the San Francisco Bay Area
353 books — 82 voters

Ishi in Two Worlds by Theodora KroeberSan Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries by Beth WinegarnerThe World Rushed In by J.S. HollidayHistoric San Francisco by Rand RichardsThe Anza Trail and the Settling of California by Vladimir Guerrero
Northern Californian history (nonfiction)
123 books — 36 voters
Telegraph Avenue by Michael ChabonLoose Change by Sara DavidsonLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko TamakiAt Berkeley in the Sixties by Jo FreemanBerkeley Bohemia Artists and Visionaries of the Early 20th Ce... by Ed Herny
Berkeley, California
171 books — 21 voters

Cult Girls by Natalie GrandSlouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan DidionUnbound by Dina Gu BrumfieldA Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence FerlinghettiSeason of the Witch by David Talbot
Bay Area books
15 books — 8 voters
Resilient by Rick HansonDare to Lead by Brené BrownThe Happiness Curve by Jonathan RauchThe Deepest Well by Nadine Burke HarrisRage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly
Greater Good's Our Favorite Books of 2018
13 books — 4 voters

ABC Oakland by Michael WertzOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Picture Books of the East Bay
2 books — 1 voter

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