New books from San Francisco Bay Area authors, listed by release date.
New in Hardcover
THE IN-BETWEEN
By Katie Van Heidrich (Oakland)
(Alladin, January 17)
A middle grade memoir in verse chronicling a young girl and her family who must start over after losing their home.
AN ASSASSIN IN UTOPIA
By Susan Wels (Mill Valley)
(Pegasus Books, February 7)
This true-crime odyssey explores the connections between a free-love community in upstate New York and the 1881 assassination of President James Garfield.
THE SUN WALKS DOWN
By Fiona McFarlane (Berkeley)
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, February 14th)
The many-voiced, many-sided story of a boy lost in colonial Australia.
IN THE EVENT OF DEATH
By Kimberly Young (Atherton)
(Post Hill Press, February 14th)
When the Recession crushes their splashy event business in Silicon Valley, Liz Becker and Gabbi Rossi realize that parties are on hold—but funerals must go on.
ELBERT IN THE AIR
By Monica Wesolowska (Berkeley)
(Dial Books, February 21)
Shortly after he is born, Elbert floats into the air. Soon his mother has to stretch to reach him in this story about love and acceptance.
LASAGNA MEANS I LOVE YOU
By Kate O’Shaughnessy (El Cerrito)
(Knopf Books for Young Readers, February 21st)
What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own recipe.
HILO BOOK 9: GINA AND THE LAST CITY ON EARTH
By Judd Wince (San Francisco)
(Random House Graphic, February 28)
With the help of D.J., Hilo, one warrior cat, one warrior cat’s annoying little brother, one flying Bearacat, lots of magic, lots of action, lots of laughs, and a whole world that believes in her, Gina is ready to save the world once and for all.
New in Paperback
NO MIRACLES NEEDED
By Mark Z. Jacobson (Stanford)
(Cambridge University Press, February 2)
A professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program at Stanford University explores how today’s technology can save our climate and clean our air.
BOOTH
By Karen Joy Fowler (Santa Cruz)
(Putnam, Feb 7)
Long-listed for the Booker Prize, a novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth.
MOMO ARASHIMA STEALS THE SWORD OF THE WIND
By Misa Sugiura (Santa Clara)
(Labyrinth Road, February 28)
A middle-grade fantasy series about a girl who sets out to save her Shinto goddess mother—and the world—by facing down demons intent on bringing chaos.
THIS IS HOW THE TELL ME THE WORLD ENDS
By Nicole Perlroth (Stanford)
(Bloomsbury Publishing, February 21)
Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, the untold story of the cyberweapons market—the most secretive, government-backed market on earth—and a look at a new kind of global warfare.
THE DBT WORKBOOK FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION
by Laura J. Petracek (Berkeley)
(Jessica Kingsley Pub, February 21)
A workbook to help regulate your emotions, develop self-management skills, reduce anxiety and stress, and feel yourself again.