The Greatest Books of All Time Set in San Francisco

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17152 The Glory Of Their Times Lawrence Ritter 1966 American English
17152 The Complete Armchair Book Of Baseball John Thorn 2004 American English
17152 Out Of Their League Dave Meggyesy 1971 American English
17152 The Story Of American Golf Herbert Warren Wind 1975 American English
17152 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17152 The Fall Of Roe Elizabeth Dias, Lisa Lerer 2024 Unknown English
17152 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17152 Rizal In Saga Nick Joaquin 1996 Philippine English
17152 The Power Of Myth Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers 1988 American English
17152 The Fifth Sacred Thing Starhawk 1993 American English
17152 How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll Elijah Wald 2009 American English
17152 The Magician Michael Scott 2008 Irish English
17152 Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007 American English
16970 Trout Fishing In America / The Pill Vs. The Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar Richard Brautigan 1967 American English
17152 Mindhunter John E. Douglas 1995 American English
17152 Diego & Frida J. M. G. Le Clezio 1993 French French
17152 Nexus Ramez Naam 2012 American English
17152 Last Boat Out Of Shanghai Zia, Helen 2019 Unknown English
17152 The Loneliest Americans Jay Caspian Kang 2021 American English
17152 What Tech Calls Thinking Daub, Adrian 2020 Unknown English
17152 Grandfather’s Journey Allen Say 1993 American English
17152 Zpověď Maxe Tivoliho Andrew Sean Greer 2004 American English
17152 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English
17152 Threshold Rob Doyle 2020 Irish English
17152 Still Pictures Janet Malcolm 2023 American English
17152 Thought To Exist In The Wild Derrick Jensen 2007 American English
17152 The Last Days Of Cafe Leila Donia Bijan 2017 Unknown English
17152 Because Internet Gretchen McCulloch 2019 Canadian English
17152 Percy Jackson 5 Books Collection And The Demigod Files / The Red Pyramid Rick Riordan 2005 American English
17152 The Necromancer Michael Scott 2010 Irish English
17152 The Man With Night Sweats Thom Gunn 1992 British English
17152 Enron Lucy Prebble 2009 British English
17152 From A Far Land Robert S. Elegant 1986 Unknown English
17152 Thanks A Thousand A. J. Jacobs 2018 American English
17152 For Blood And Money Nathan Vardi 2023 Unknown English
17152 Judgment At Tokyo Gary J. Bass 2023 Unknown English
17152 The Dictionary People Sarah Ogilvie 2023 Unknown English
17152 Going Infinite Michael Lewis 2023 American English
17152 A Man Of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen 2023 American English
17152 American Visions Edward L. Ayers 2023 American English
17152 American Gun Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson 2023 Unknown English
17152 India’s Techade Nalin Mehta 2023 Unknown English
17152 Digital Empires Anu Bradford 2023 Unknown English
17152 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17152 Paved Paradise Henry Grabar 2023 Unknown English
17152 Holding Pattern Jenny Xie 2023 Unknown English
17152 Milton Friedman Jennifer Burns 2023 Unknown English
17152 The Wedding Dress Danielle Steel 2020 American English
17152 Stolen Thoughts Tim Tigner 2015 Unknown English
17152 Hedge Fund Market Wizards Jack D. Schwager 2012 American English
17152 Colossus Niall Ferguson 2004 British English
17152 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17152 The Bitcoin Standard Saifedean Ammous 2018 Unknown English
17152 Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl Andrea Lawlor 2017 American English
17152 Walkable City Rules Jeff Speck 2018 American English
17152 The Female Brain Louann Brizendine 2006 American English
17152 Trekka Round The World John Guzzwell 1979 British English
17152 The Four Hour Body Tim Ferriss 2010 American English
17152 Tim Ferriss the four hour workweek 2007 Unknown English
17152 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 1994 American Unknown
17152 Look Alive Out There Sloane Crosley 2018 American English
17152 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English
17152 I'm Feeling Lucky Douglas Edwards 2011 American English
17152 Losing The Signal McNish, Jacquie, Silcoff, Sean 2015 Canadian English