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Fiction set in San Francisco

  1. The Maltese Falcon by 

    4 stars

    Classic noir. Private detective Sam Spade is hired to search for a valuable, gem-encrusted antique in the shape of a …

  2. Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore by 

    4 stars

    The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and into the aisles …

  3. The Joy Luck Club by 

    4 stars

    Four mothers, four daughters, four families, whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's telling the stories. In …

  4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by 

    4 stars

    It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, …

  5. Interview with the Vampire by 

    4 stars

    This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. …

  6. Smile: from the #1new york timesbestselling author by 

    4 stars

    Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely …

  7. Tales of the City by ,

    4 stars

    San Francisco, 1976. A naïve young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave new world of laundromat …

  8. Altered Carbon by 

    4 stars

    It's the twenty-fifth century, and advances in technology have redefined life itself. A person's consciousness can now be stored in …

  9. All Tomorrow's Parties by 

    4 stars

    From his cardboard box in the Tokyo subway, connected to the Internet, a clairvoyant cyberpunk mobilizes his friends to avert …

  10. The Man in the High Castle by 

    4 stars

    The Man in the High Castle is an alternate history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Published and set …

  11. Little Brother by ,

    4 stars

    After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on …

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