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- Location(s): San Francisco
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Present looking back 5 years
“There’s something I have to explain, my love,” he says, taking your hand in his. “That wasn’t a dream. It was an upload.” Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. The man...
- Location(s): Paris, Los Angeles, New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
Deserted by his father at the age of four and raised by his voodoo queen mother on the fringes of Skid Row, Los Angeles street artist Virgilio Santos believes it his mission to save the down-and-outers in his neighborhood....
- Location(s): New York State, Russia, San Francisco
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 20th Century and 2011
A Russian grand duchess and an English journalist. Linked by one of the world’s greatest mysteries . . . Love. Guilt. Heartbreak. 1914 Russia is on the brink of collapse, and the Romanov family faces a terrifyingly uncertain future....
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
From the author of Daisy Jones & The Six—an entrancing novel “that speaks to the Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor in us all” (Kirkus Reviews), in which a legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top...
- Location(s): London, Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance
Can true love ever die? Julian lives a charmed life in Los Angeles. Surrounded by friends, he is young, handsome, and runs a successful business. Everything changes after he has a fateful encounter with a mysterious young woman named...
- Location(s): San Francisco, Cinque Terre
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern day
Twenty-nine-year-old Ella Walker strives to live her best life. When tragedy strikes at both work and home, her world spirals out of control. She confides in her best friend, Tara Collins, who helps her confront her fears. With Tara...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
When Claire Fontaine learns that her ex-husband Simon is marrying again, to a woman with a teenage daughter, her blood runs cold. She is sure that years ago Simon molested her own daughter and was responsible for her mysterious...
- Location(s): California, Turkey
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1915 and 1990s
When Orhan’s brilliant and eccentric grandfather Kemal—a man who built a dynasty out of making kilim rugs—is found dead, submerged in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits the decades-old business. But Kemal’s will raises more questions than it answers....
- Location(s): California
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1969
Evie Boyd is desperate to be noticed. In the summer of 1969, empty days stretch out under the California sun. The smell of honeysuckle thickens the air and the sidewalks radiate heat. Until she sees them. The snatch of...
- Location(s): Kabul, San Francisco
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s to 2000s
The Kite Runner of Khaled Hosseini’s deeply moving fiction debut is an illiterate Afghan boy with an uncanny instinct for predicting exactly where a downed kite will land. Growing up in the city of Kabul in the early 1970s,...
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