This year's fall reading list comes to you courtesy of some mighty Bay Area pen-wielders, including a few who are making magic of the memoir.
Step inside the one-track dirty mind of a teenage boy with Daniel Handler; empathize with the childhood trauma of Amy Tan; find your "logical family" with Armistead Maupin; go through cancer with Joyce Maynard; and let Dave Eggers tell your kids the real story of the Statue of Liberty.
You've got a lot of reading to do.
Daniel Handler'sAll the Dirty Parts(Bloomsbury UK) penetrates the sex-crazed minds of teenage boys. See Handler live, in conversation with Peggy Orenstein, at Nourse Theater on October 2nd (tickets at cityarts.net).
▲When former New Yorker Dave Eggers took his family to visit the Statue of Liberty in 2015, he noticed something new: "The lady was on the move." Get the story in Her Right Foot (Chronicle Books), illustrated by Shawn Harris, and meet the authors at Book Passage in Corte Madera on October 14th (bookpassage.com).
▲Her beautifully rendered characters have made you laugh and cry. Now get ready for the ultimate in Amy Tan's revealing personal memoirWhere the Past Begins (Ecco Press). Then, go for a reading and book signing at Dominican University of California in San Rafael on October 23rd ($40 tickets at bookpassage.com).
▲Easily one of San Francisco's most iconic authors, Armistead Maupin has recently penned his own personal tale of finding his Logical Family (Harper) in the city. On October 11th, spend the evening with Maupin at the Jewish Community Center of SF (tickets at jccsf.org).
▲We'd like to propose a toast to cocktail master Thad Vogler (Bar Agricole, Trou Normand) upon the occasion of his first book, By the Smoke and the Smell: My Search for the Rare and the Sublime on the Spirits Trail (Ten Speed Press).
▲A native San Franciscan who put down roots in Paris in the '80s and has become an expert on the City of Light, David Downie writes about some of our favorite things in A Taste of Paris: A History of the Parisian Love Affair with Food (St. Martins Press). Catch the author in conversation with Kimberley Lovato at Book Passage in Sausalito on October 11th (bookpassage.com).
▲The master of the graphic novel, Paul Madonna's Close Enough For the Angels is a divinely illustrated mystery. See him in conversation with publisher Andy Weiner in Corte Madera on September 30th (bookpassage.com).
▲Social entrepreneur and philanthropist (and former 7x7 cover girl) Leila Janah, founder of Mission-based Samasource, adds author to her impressive resume with the release of Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time. Hear her speak on October 3rd at the Commonwealth Club (tickets at commonwealthclub.org).
▲Joyce Maynard is getting up close and personal in The Best of Us (Bloomsbury), the story of her late-in-life marriage that was tragically cut short by illness.
▲Isabel Allende does her thing in In the Midst of Winter (Atria Books), a love story between two 60-somethings who've been brought together by unexpected circumstances. Join Allende for a Literary Luncheon at Book Passage in Corte Madera on October 31st (bookpassage.com).
▲Nosh your way through Kimberley Lovato's Unique Eats & Eateries of San Francisco (Reedy Press), and meet the author at the Ferry Building on November 13th (bookpassage.com).
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