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Days of Distraction

Days of Distraction
  • Author(s): Alexandra Chang
  • Location(s): San Francisco, New York State
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A wry, tender portrait of a young woman–finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if she knows herself well enough to choose wisely–from a captivating new literary voice The plan is to leave. As for how, when,...

Dead Lawyers Don’t Lie

Dead Lawyers Don’t Lie
  • Author(s): Mark Nolan
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Era(s): Present Day

A mysterious killer who calls himself The Artist is assassinating wealthy lawyers in San Francisco. When photo-journalist Jake Wolfe accidentally takes his picture during a murder, The Artist adds Jake to his kill list and he becomes a target...

Followives

Followives
  • Author(s): Irene Perali
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2010s

Viola, Bianca, Luna, Giada, and Aurora have just started to discover their career paths in vibrant Milan. These five women don’t have a lot in common until the men in their lives decide to chase their dream jobs in...

Frog Music

Frog Music
  • Author(s): Emma Donoghue
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1870s

Frog Music is an atmospheric and gripping novel by Emma Donoghue, author of the multi-million-copy bestseller Room, adapted as a major motion picture directed by Lenny Abrahamson. San Francisco, 1876: a stifling heat wave and smallpox epidemic have engulfed...

Going Back

Going Back
  • Author(s): Rachael English
  • Location(s): Dublin, San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

How do you know where you belong? In June 1988, Elizabeth Kelly’s parents think she belongs at home in Ireland. Her boyfriend is certain of it. Unwilling to settle down just yet, she decides to spend the summer in...

Golden Gate (City Spies)

Golden Gate (City Spies)
  • Author(s): James Ponti
  • Location(s): San Francisco, Bondi Beach, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

In this second installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies returns for another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for...

Kidnap on the California Comet

Kidnap on the California Comet
  • Author(s): M G Leonard, Sam Sedgman
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Board the California Comet and help Harrison Beck to solve another heart-stopping mystery in the second Adventures on Trains story, Kidnap on the California Comet, from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. After the excitement of his adventures...

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Last Night at the Telegraph Club
  • Author(s): Malinda Lo
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 1950s

Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America...

Life’s A Drag

Life’s A Drag
  • Author(s): Janie Millman
  • Location(s): San Francisco
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Present

Roz and Jamie have moved to leafy Suffolk from London in search of a quiet life so it is a surprise to find that the village is embarking on its riotous annual drag competition. Fuelled by large quantities of...

LIVES APART

LIVES APART
  • Author(s): Anne M McLoughlin
  • Location(s): County Clare, Boston, Martha's Vineyard, San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 1800s to 1926

LIVES APART tells the story of young Johanna McNamara, who, in 1877 leaves her quiet life on the family farm in County Clare and emigrates to America to join her successful businessman brother Hugh. Full of hope, she is...

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