Events

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

The QUICK & THE READ SHORT STORY BOOK CLUB will discuss Cathedral by RAYMOND CARVER.

The NIGHT OF THE LIVING BOOK CLUB will discuss The Exorcist by WILLIAM BLATTY

The FIRST FICTION BOOK CLUB will discuss Crow Lake by MARY LAWSON.

The FIRST SATURDAY BOOK CLUB will discuss Incendiary by CHRIS CLEAVE.

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Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut will take place at Books Inc. in the Marina.

Mountain View Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Mountain View.

The DOWN TO A SCIENCE BOOK CLUB will discuss Dr.

The BOOK BUSTERS MIDDLE READER BOOK CLUB (ages 9-12) will discuss George’s Secret Key to the Universe

FRANCES DINKELSPIEL talks about Towers of Gold, in which the early days of California are seen through the life of a man who started out as a simple store owner only to become Cal

The JCCSF presents ATUL GAWANDE, author of  The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right.

DR. PAUL LINDE discusses Danger to Self, a work that injects a healthy dose of compassion into the practice of medicine and psychiatry.

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

The San Francisco Waldorf High School Lecture Series presents, DANIEL H.

The YOUNG@HEART BOOK CLUB will discuss An Abundance of Katherines by JOHN GREEN.

The WILD GIRLS MOTHER DAUGHTER BOOK CLUB will discuss Also Known as Harper by ANN HAYWOOD LEAL.

The FOREIGN INTRIGUE BOOK CLUB will discuss A Deadly Paradise by GRACE BROPHY.

The JCCSF presents RICHARD BOLLES discussing What Color Is Your Parachute?, the bestselling job-hunting book in the world for more than three decades.

The SF Travel Book Club and Lecture Series presents DAVID ELLIOT COHEN, author of One Year Off: Leaving It All Behind for a Round-the-World Journey with O

Mountain View Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Mountain View.

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut will take place at Books Inc. in the Marina.

Are you writing a novel? Or have you finished your novel but haven’t been able to get a literary agent?

The WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL BOOK CLUB will discuss Mountains Beyond Mountains by TRACY KIDDER.

The World Affairs Council (WAC) presents visiting scholar from UC Berkeley, RAJ PATEL, discussing The Value of Nothing.

The FOURTH TUESDAY (MARGIE’S) BOOK CLUB will discuss In the Skin of a Lion by MICHAEL ONDAATJE

Meet GRETCHEN RUBIN, author of The Happiness Project, a story that will inspire readers to embrace the pleasure in their lives and remind them how to have fun.

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City Arts and Lectures presents JAMES BALOG, author of Extreme Ice Now.

The GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK CLUB will discuss Uncanny X-Men: Manifest Destiny by ED BRUBAKER.

The OTHER REALMS FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB will discuss Leviathan by

CLASSICS I FORGOT TO READ will discuss

The DESERT ISLAND BOOK CLUB will discuss this month’s reading selection.

City Arts and Lectures presents PATTI SMITH, who recently penned Just Kids.

THEODORE ROSZACK discusses The Making of an Elder Culture: Reflections on the Future of America's Most Audacious Generation.

City Arts and Lectures presents JOEL GREY with STEVEN WINN.

The JCCSF presents DAVID SAX, author of Save the Deli, part culinary travelogue, part cultural history.

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.