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Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonHackers by Steven LevyThe Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford StollGhost in the Wires by Kevin D. MitnickElon Musk by Ashlee Vance
Silicon Valley History
237 books — 436 voters
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
956 books — 378 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanTales of the City by Armistead MaupinThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanChina Blues by Ki Longfellow
San Francisco Bay Area Fiction
463 books — 351 voters
The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy SpaldingAna of California by Andi TeranEverything Leads to You by Nina LaCourOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManusLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
Young Adult Fiction set in California
360 books — 87 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
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardMy Ailing Champion by Demetrius Koubourlis
California Memoirs
287 books — 73 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 RichardsSeason of the Witch by David Talbot
Northern Californian history (nonfiction)
123 books — 36 voters
Season of the Witch by David TalbotThe Bohemians by Ben TarnoffSan Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries by Beth WinegarnerThe Barbary Coast by Herbert AsburyBART by Michael C. Healy
San Francisco History
193 books — 30 voters

Good Lookin' by T.L. BequetteTelegraph Avenue by Michael ChabonLoose Change by Sara DavidsonLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko TamakiAt Berkeley in the Sixties by Jo Freeman
Berkeley, California
173 books — 27 voters
Cult Girls by Natalie GrandLola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie PerkinsWallbanger by Alice ClaytonNothing Personal by Rosalind JamesSafe Harbour by Danielle Steel
Best Contemporary Romance Set in San Francisco
66 books — 22 voters

Good Lookin' by T.L. BequetteThe Customer Is Always Wrong by Mimi PondThere There by Tommy OrangeOver Easy by Mimi PondThe Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Oakland California Books
153 books — 22 voters
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickAdaptation by Malinda LoAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganRegarding Ducks and Universes by Neve MaslakovicDoctor Dead by Tyler Tork
Sci-Fi in San Francisco
53 books — 12 voters

Pop's Bridge by Eve BuntingMaybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Lee BurtonCelebrating Chinese New Year by Diane Hoyt-GoldsmithThe Blessing Cup by Patricia PolaccoBully by Patricia Polacco
San Francisco Picture Books
87 books — 12 voters
Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von BlanckenseeLast Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko TamakiSquad by Maggie Tokuda-HallLavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen
Queer Books Set in the San Francisco Bay Area
71 books — 9 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
Slave to Sensation by Nalini SinghAmaury's Hellion by Tina FolsomThe Fire Rose by Mercedes LackeySamson's Lovely Mortal by Tina FolsomBranded by Fire by Nalini Singh
Fog: Best Paranormal Romances Set in San Francisco
32 books — 6 voters

White Boy in Watts by Karl WigginsGurus in the Parking Lot by Michael Blair SchleyerEccentrics, Heroes, and Cutthroats of Old Berkeley by Richard SchwartzBerserkeley by Alice OlszewskiMy Dog Spot by Bob Cox
Left At La Jalla
105 books — 5 voters
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonDay Out of Days by Sam ShepardThe Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
San Francisco Gate 2010 100 recommended books
100 books — 4 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanA Place for Us by Fatima Farheen MirzaOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaLucky Boy by Shanthi SekaranThe Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Books set in the Bay Area
37 books — 4 voters
Harem Scarem in El Cerrito by Neva Calvert CarpenterI Was Their American Dream by Malaka GharibThese Thy Gifts by Vincent PanettiereCalifornia's Contra Costa County an Illustrated History by George EmanuelsEl Cerrito by El Cerrito Historical Society
El Cerrito, California
7 books — 3 voters

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesBlue Nights by Joan Didionlost in language & sound by Ntozake ShangeA Thousand Lives by Julia ScheeresThe Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo
San Francisco Gate 2011 100 recommended books
100 books — 3 voters
Bad Feminist by Roxane GayAll the Birds, Singing by Evie WyldAll Our Names by Dinaw MengestuThe Assassination of Margaret Thatcher and Other Stories by Hilary MantelAstonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
San Francisco Gate 2014 100 recommended books
100 books — 2 voters

Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline WoodsonFine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine by Diane WilliamsThe Girls by Emma ClineMister Monkey by Francine ProseNight Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
San Francisco Chronicle 2016 100 recommended books
100 books — 2 voters
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth StroutThe Best of Us by Joyce MaynardDear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun LiSticky Fingers by Joe HaganAdvice from the Lights by Stephen Burt
San Francisco Chronicle 2017 100 recommended books
100 books — 2 voters

ABC Oakland by Michael WertzOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Picture Books of the East Bay
2 books — 1 voter
Refinery Town by Steve EarlyIn the Shadow of Lies by Mary AdlerKing of the Bottom by William C. GordonCalifornia's Contra Costa County an Illustrated History by George Emanuels
Richmond, California
4 books — 1 voter

Albany by Karen SorensenStories of Albany by Catherine J. WebbAlbany, California by Albany Chamber of Commerce
Albany, California
3 books — 1 voter
Queen of the Hills by Evelyn Craig PattianiThe Buildings of Oakland, with a Section on Piedmont by Robert C. BernhardiPiedmont... Our Town by League of Women Voters of P...A Regular Guy by Laura ShumakerAdam by Ariel Schrag
Piedmont, California
5 books — 1 voter

Goat Mountain by David VannThe Fun Parts by Sam LipsyteFever by Mary Beth KeaneEnon by Paul HardingEleven Days by Lea Carpenter
San Francisco Gate 2013 100 recommended books
100 books — 1 voter
Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia PierpontThe Animals by Christian KieferBarefoot Dogs by Antonio Ruiz-CamachoBeatlebone by Kevin BarryBeauty Is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan
San Francisco Chronicle 2015 100 recommended books
100 books — 1 voter

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