SUNDAY
Alec Byrne: “London Rock – The Unseen Archive,” Diesel, A Bookstore, Brentwood; 3 p.m.; wwwdieselbookstore.com.
Joyce Maynard, Sylvia Brownrigg and Sarah Ladipo Manyika: “The Best of Us – A Memoir,” “Pages for Her” and “Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun,” Book Passage, Corte Madera, 5:30 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
MONDAY
Barbara McVeigh: “Redemption – How Ronald Reagan Nearly Ruined My Life,” Book Passage San Francisco, 6 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
Juli Berwald: “Spineless – The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone,” Omnivore Books, San Francisco; 7 p.m., www.omnivorebooks.com.
TUESDAY
Chloe Benjamin: “The Immortalists,” Book Passage Corte Madera, 1 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
Ellen Petry Leanse: “The Happiness Hack,” Book Passage Sausalito, 6 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
Joe Biden: “Promise Me, Dad – A Year of Hope, Hardship and Purpose,” JCC San Francisco, 7 p.m., $75-$600, www.jccsf.org.
Mike Lewis: “When to Jump – If the Job You Have Isn’t the Life You Want,” in conversation with Sheryl Sandberg; Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto; 7 p.m., $32-$36 book included, www.booksinc.net.
Marilyn Yalom: “The Amorous Heart – An Unconventional History of Love,” Kepler’s Books, Menlo Park, 7:30 p.m., www.keplers.org.
Marie Reginato: “Alternative Vegan – Healthy Plant-Based Recipes That Break the Rules,” Books Inc. Berkeley, 7 p.m., www.booksinc.net.
Simeon Marsalis: “As Lie Is to Grin – A Novel,” City Lights Books, San Francisco; 7 p.m., www.citylights.com.
Chloe Benjamin: “The Immortalists,” Green Apple Books on the Park, San Francisco; 7:30 p.m., www.greenapplebooks.com.
WEDNESDAY
Chloe Benjamin and Georgia Hunter: “The Immortalists” and “We Were the Lucky Ones,” Towne Center Books, Pleasanton luncheon event; 11:30 a.m., $15; www.townecentercooks.com.
Mike Denney: “Nobody’s Boy,” Book Passage Sausalito, 6 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
Chloe Benjamin and Jessica Shattuck: “The Immortalists” and “Women in the Castle,” Rakestraw Books, Danville, 7 p.m., www.rakestraw.com.
Marie Lu: “Batman – Nightwalker,” A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland; 7 p.m., www.ggpbooks.com.
Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner: “Unearthed,” Kepler’s Books, Menlo Park, 7 p.m., www.keplers.org.
Gary Wasserman: “The Doha Experiment,” Book Passage Corte Madera, 7 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
Joanne R. Douglas and Alfred Renna: “Negotiating New York – Life, Love and the Pursuit of Real Estate,” Books Inc. Opera Plaza, San Francisco; 7 p.m.; www.booksinc.net.
Doniga Markegard: “Dawn Again – Tracking the Wisdom of the Wild,” Books Inc. Palo Alto, 7 p.m., www.booksinc.net.
THURSDAY
David Bacon: “In the Fields of the North,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco; 6 p.m.; $7-$20; www.commonwealthclub.org.
Selena Bartlett: “Smashing Mindset,” Book Passage Sausalito, 6 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
Seanan McGuire: “Beneath the Sugar Sky,” Borderlands Books, San Francisco; 6 p.m.; www.borderlandsbooks.com.
Aeeshah and Kokomon Clottey, Geoffrey Leigh, Celina Belmarce Pina: “Eternal Quest for Happiness,” “Rekindling Our Cosmic Spark,” “5 Keys to Emotional Oneness,” Barnes and Noble Emeryville, 7 p.m.; www.stores.barnesandnoble.com/store 2072.
Rob Davidson, Lynn Freed, Jared Joseph Harvey, Shawna Kay Rodenberg, Colin Windete, Rebecca Winterer: “Spectators – Flash Fictions,” “The Romance of Elsewhere,” “Drowsy, Drowsy Baby,” an untitled memoir, “The Job of the Wasp” and “The Singing Ship,” Why There Are Words, Studio 333, Sausalito; 7 p.m.; www. whytherearewords.com.
Thomas Mann: “One Nation After Trump,” Book Passage, Corte Madera, 7 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
Claire Rice, Charlie Jane Anders, Nick Baker, Sarah Blake, Annie Crawford and Alan Leggitt: Competing in the Shipwreck Literary Erotic Fanfiction event, riffing on Alan Moore’s “Watchmen,” The Booksmith, San Francisco; 7 p.m., $12-$15; www.booksmith.com.
Monica Sharma: “Radical Transformational Leadership,” Bookshop Santa Cruz, 7 p.m., www.bookshopsantacruz.com.
Richard Robbins: “Overtaken by the Night – One Russian’s Journey Through Peace, War, Revolution & Terror,” Green Apple Books on the Park, San Francisco, 7:30 p.m., www.greenapplebooks.com.
Beverly Daniel Tatum and Julie Lythcott-Haims: “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria” and “Real American – A Memoir,” Kepler’s Books, Menlo Park, 7:30 p.m., www.keplers.org.
Lewis Wilkins: “A Reckoning in the Back Country – A Samuel Craddock Mystery,” Mrs. Dalloway’s, Berkeley; 7:30 p.m., www.mrsdalloways.com.
FRIDAY
Rebecca Tinsley: “When the Stars Fall to Earth,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco; noon; members free, $20 general public; www.commonwealthclub.org.
Troy Jollimore, Dean Rader and Ismail Muhammad: Featured at “Art and Resistance Amid Turmoil” for the ZYZZYVA Winter 2018 release party, East Bay Booksellers, Oakland; 7 p.m.; www.ebbooksellers.com.
Nelson George: “To Funk and Die,” Moe’s Books, Berkeley; 7 p.m.; www.moebooks.com.
SATURDAY
Katherine Bolger Hyde: “Bloodstains with Bronte,” Book Passage Sausalito, 1 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
Marie Reginato: “Alternative Vegan – Healthy Plant-Based Recipes That Break the Rules,” Omnivore Books, San Francisco; 3 p.m.; www.omnivorebooks.com.
Marilyn Yalom: “The Amorous Heart,” Book Passage Corte Madera, 4 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
Margaret Stawowy: “Keeper of the Pond,” Book Passage Sausalito, 5 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
Jay Humphrey: “The Day You Love Me,” Book Passage Corte Madera, 7 p.m., www.bookpassage.com.
Amelia Gray, Rob Reid, Brontez Purnell, Kate Elliott and Frances Stroh: “Isadora,” “After On,” “Since I Laid My Burden Down,” “The Court of Fives” and “Beer Money,” Writers With Drinks; The MakeOutRoom, San Francisco; 7:30 p.m.; $5-$20; www.writerswithdrinks.com.
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