I am attempting to make this a one stop place to find book signings in the San Francisco Bay Area!  I will mostly focus on YA books, but I will also include some general fiction if I think it will be of interest.  I think this is an extensive list, but there is always the possibility that I missed an event (Hey, I'm human).  If you think there is an event that I should include, please leave me a note in the comments section.  Thanks.

All graphics have links to GoodReads so you can check them out.

As always, it is a good idea to call the store a day or two before to confirm that the scheduled event is still on.  I have learned that these events change constantly.

If you want to see this in a calendar, please go to the Events page on my blog: SF Bay Area Events

Updated July 17th, 2016







Book:  Red Swarm  
Author:  David Massengill
Location:  A Great Good Place For Books
Address:  6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland, CA  
Tel: (510) 339-8210

This is a pulp fiction novel about a plague of deadly bugs.  Sounds like a creepy good time!






Books:  Outrun The Moon & The Crown's Game
Authors:  Stacey Lee & Evelyn Skye
Location:  Hicklebee's  
Address:  1378 Lincoln Avenue, San Jose, CA
Tel:  (408) 292-8880

This is a joint event with both authors!  I've read Outrun The Moon and it is a wonderful historical fiction novel about the San Francisco 1906 earthquake.  The Crown's Game has been on my TBR for a while now.



Book:  The Trouble With Lexie
Author:  Jessica Anya Blau
Location:  Book Passage
Address:  51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA
Tel:  (415)0 927-0960 (800) 999-7909

This book seems to be about the conflict between playing it safe and taking risks.  It looks like a fine summer read.




Book:  Baba Yaga's Assistant
Author:  Marika McCoola
Location:  Books Inc.
Address:  1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Tel:  (510) 525-7777

 This is a graphic novel that is aimed at middle grade readers.  It looks fun with great art work.  





Book:  The Land Of Stories (Book 5): An Author's Odyssey
Author:  Chris Colfer
Location:  Michaan's Auction House Theater
Address:  2751 Todd Street, Alameda, CA
Tel:  (415) 643-3400 Extension 14 (Books, Inc.)

This is a ticketed event to see the popular actor (he was in Glee) and author.  He will not be doing what I would consider a regular book signing.  Your ticket will give you a pre-signed copy of his book.

Please see the Books, Inc. website for tickets and more information.
 



Book:  Valley of the Moon  
Author:  Melanie Gideon  
Location:  A Great Good Place For Books  
Address:  6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland, CA  
Tel: (510) 339-8210

Note:  This author is making multiple appearances throughout the Bay Area.

This is a launch party for this book!  It has some of the elements of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (people living in a time bubble) but the main characters are adults and it's set in Sonoma.
 



Book:  Monstress, Volume 1  
Authors: Marjorie Lui & Sana Takeda
Location:  Books, Inc.  
Address: 1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA  
Tel:  (510) 525-7777

This is a steam-punk graphic novel that looks really beautiful.




Book:  Black Jack Ketchum
Authors:  Brian Schirmer & Jeremy Saliba
Location:  Barnes & Noble 
Address:  5604 Bay Street, Emeryville, CA
Tel:  (510) 547-0905

This is a graphic novel series that the authors will be discussing and signing.  It looks like a cool mix of Fantasy and Western.





Book:  Valley Of The Moon  
Author:  Melanie Gideon
Location:  Books Inc.
Address:   74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA
Tel:  (650) 321-0600

Note:  This author is making multiple appearances throughout the Bay Area.

This book is a fantasy and has some of the elements of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (people living in a time bubble) but the main characters are adults and it's set in Sonoma.
 






Book: Expect Deception    
Author: JoAnn Smith Ainsworth.    
Location:  Barnes & Noble  
Address:  5709 Lone Tree Way, Antioch, CA
Tel: (925) 978-1031

This looks like a cool book with Nazis, spies, and wizards!  Historical fiction mixed with fantasy.

August 2016

  

Book:  Valley Of The Moon  
Author:  Melanie Gideon  
Location:  Book Passage  
Address:  51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA
Tel: (415)0 927-0960 (800) 999-7909

Note:  This author is making multiple appearances throughout the Bay Area.
 
This book is a fantasy and has some of the elements of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (people living in a time bubble) but the main characters are adults and it's set in Sonoma.
 



Book:  You Will Know Me
Author:  Megan Abbott
Location:  Book Passage
Address: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA 
Tel: (415)0 927-0960 (800) 999-7909 







Book:  You Will Know Me
Author:  Megan Abbott
Location:  Books, Inc. (Opera Plaza Store)

Tel: (415) 776-1111












Book:  Pancakes In Paris
Author:  Craig Carlson
Location:  Books, Inc., (Palo Alto)
Address:  855 El Camino Real #74,  Palo Alto, CA
Tel:   (650) 321-0600

 

Book:  The Immigrant Princess  
Author:  Variny Yim
Location:  Book Passage  
Address:  51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA
Tel: (415) 927-0960   (800) 999-7909

Note:  This author is making multiple appearances throughout the Bay Area. 

This looks like a wonderful story of the culture clash that many children of immigrants face. 




Book:  Girl In The Afternoon
Author:  Serena Burdick
Location:  Book Passage
Address: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA
Tel:  (415) 927-0960   (800) 999-7909

Art & Paris during the Impressionist age.  Need I say more?























Book:  Reliance, Illinois
Author:  Mary Volmer
Location:  A Great Good Place For Books
Address:  6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland, CA  
Tel: (510) 339-8210

 





Book:  Eileen
Author:  Ottessa Moshfegh
Location:  A Great Good Place For Books
Address:  6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland, CA  
Tel: (510) 339-8210


This seems like a suspenseful, scary story of a disturbed women working at a juvenile facility in the 60's and how she gets obsessed with  one of the counselors.


Book:  Between Two Fires
Author:  Mark Noce
Location:  Burlingame Public Library
Address:  480 Primrose Road, Burlingame, CA
Tel: (650) 558-7400

Historical novel set in Medieval Wales.  If you like Game Of Thrones, you will probably enjoy the intrigue and settings.










 



Book:  Here I Am
Author:  Jonathan Safran Foer
Location:  Book Passage
Address: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA
Tel:  (415) 927-0960   (800) 999-7909

 

  September 2016

Book:  The Empress Of Tempera
Author: Alex Dolan
Location: Barnes & Noble
Address:   313 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, CA
Tel:  (415) 927-9016
 
Set in the art world, this book looks to be great for those who enjoy books such as The Last Painting of Sara deVos. 




 
Book:  Truly Madly Guilty  
Author: Laine Moriarty  
Location:  Book Passage
Address:  51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA
Tel: (415)0 927-0960 (800) 999-7909

Oh, I loved Big, Little Lies!  This new book should be awesome.  Since this is an author that lives in Australia (and I doubt she gets to the U.S. often), I will definitely try to attend this event.
 



Book:  Leave Me  
Author:  Gayle Forman
Location:  Books, Inc. (Opera Plaza Store)  
Address:  601 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA  
Tel: (415) 776-1111
 
This is Gayle Forman's first adult fiction.  Given the popularity of her many YA books, this should be a big event. 






Note: This is a City Arts & Lectures Event.  You must buy tickets.

Book:  Here I Am
Author:  Jonathan Safran Foer
Tickets: City Arts & Lectures
Location:  Nourse Theater
Address:  275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA
Tel: (415) 563-2463



Book:  The Nightingale
Author: Kristin Hannah
Location:  Book Passage
Address:  51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA
Tel: (415)0 927-0960 (800) 999-7909

This is one of my favorite books that I have read this year, and I am so excited that she will be coming to the Bay Area!!!

October 2016 

From the author of Gorky Park, this takes place in the closing months of WWII and is about a Jewish woman escaping the Nazis.