Books set primarily in California
California
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Colored Television: A Novel
by Danzy Senna
Hardcover: Sep 2024
A brilliant dark comedy about love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial- identity-industrial complex from the bestselling author of Caucasia.
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Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America's Forgotten People and Pets
by Carol Mithers
Hardcover: Aug 2024
Rethinking Rescue boldly confronts two of the biggest challenges of our time — poverty and homelessness — in asking the question: Who deserves the love of a pet?
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There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories
by Ruben Reyes
Hardcover: Aug 2024
An electrifying debut story collection about Central American identity that spans past, present, and future worlds to reveal what happens when your life is no longer your own.
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California Golden: A Novel
by Melanie Benjamin
Hardcover: Aug 2023
Paperback: Aug 2024
Two sisters navigate the thrilling, euphoric early days of California surf culture in this dazzling saga of ambition, sacrifice, and the tangled ties between mothers and daughters.
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The Golden Gate: A Novel
by Amy Chua
Hardcover: Sep 2023
Paperback: Aug 2024
Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change.
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Time's Mouth: A Novel
by Edan Lepucki
Hardcover: Aug 2023
Paperback: Aug 2024
From New York Times bestselling author Edan Lepucki comes an enthralling saga about family secrets that grow more powerful with time, set against the magical, dangerous landscape of California
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Liars: A Novel
by Sarah Manguso
Hardcover: Jul 2024
A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all—from the author of Very Cold People and 300 Arguments.
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Bury Your Gays
by Chuck Tingle
Hardcover: Jul 2024
Bury Your Gays is a heart-pounding new novel from USA Today bestselling author Chuck Tingle about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead.
Misha knows that chasing success in Hollywood can be hell.
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
by Gabrielle Zevin
Hardcover: Jul 2022
Paperback: Jun 2024
In this exhilarating novel by the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry two friends - often in love, but never lovers - come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, ...
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One of Our Kind: A Novel
by Nicola Yoon
Hardcover: Jun 2024
Thrilling with insightful social commentary, One of Our Kind explores the ways in which freedom is complicated by the presumptions we make about ourselves and each other.
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Orphan Bachelors: A Memoir
by Fae Myenne Ng
Hardcover: May 2023
Paperback: May 2024
From the bestselling and award-winning author of novels Bone and Steer Toward Rock, Fae Myenne Ng's Orphan Bachelors is an extraordinary memoir of her beloved San Francisco's Chinatown and of a family building a life in a country bent on their ...
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Blue Skies: A Novel
by T.C. Boyle
Hardcover: May 2023
Paperback: May 2024
From best-selling novelist T. C. Boyle, a satirical yet ultimately moving send-up of contemporary American life in the glare of climate change.
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