Excelsior Book Club 2019/2020 Titles | San Francisco Public Library

The Marrow Thieves

by Dimaline, Cherie

Book - 2017

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Afterlife

A Novel

by Alvarez, Julia

Book - 2020

Excelsior Book Club October selection. A retired professor has to cope with her husband's unexpected death, the possible mental illness of one of her three sisters and an undocumented couple on the farm next door. Excelsior Book Club October selection. A retired professor has to cope with her husband's unexpected death, the possible mental illness of one of her three sisters and an undocumented couple on the farm next door. Show less

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Reincarnation Blues

A Novel

by Poore, Michael

Book - 2017

Excelsior Book Club September selection. A fantasy novel about reincarnation that tries to answer the question, what is a good life? Excelsior Book Club September selection. A fantasy novel about reincarnation that tries to answer the question, what is a good life? Show less

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The Home Place

Memoirs of A Colored Man's Love Affair With Nature

by Lanham, J. Drew

Book - 2016

Excelsior Book Club August 2020 selection. An African American ornithologist on how his family's history has shaped his love of nature. Excelsior Book Club August 2020 selection. An African American ornithologist on how his family's history has shaped his love of nature. Show less

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Five-carat Soul

by McBride, James

Book - 2017

Excelsior Book Club July 2020 selection. A brilliant short story collection by the author of "Deacon King Kong" and "The Good Lord Bird." Excelsior Book Club July 2020 selection. A brilliant short story collection by the author of "Deacon King Kong" and "The Good Lord Bird." Show less

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Girl, Woman, Other

by Evaristo, Bernardine

eBook - 2019

Excelsior Book Club June 2020 selection. Interconnected stories with characters of varying backgrounds and identities from a 93-year-old woman living on a farm to a nonbinary social media influencer told in beautiful prose. Excelsior Book Club June 2020 selection. Interconnected stories with characters of varying backgrounds and identities from a 93-year-old woman living on a farm to a nonbinary social media influencer told in beautiful prose. Show less

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Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune

by Lim, Roselle

Book - 2019

Excelsior Book Club May 2020 selection. A breezy feel-good book about a young woman who inherits her grandmother's restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown and attempts to heal the neighborhood with food. Excelsior Book Club May 2020 selection. A breezy feel-good book about a young woman who inherits her grandmother's restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown and attempts to heal the neighborhood with food. Show less

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Secondhand

Travels in the New Global Garage Sale

by Minter, Adam

Book - 2019

Excelsior Book Club April 2020 selection. A look at the our relationship to the stuff we accumulate and the market in secondhand items around the globe. Excelsior Book Club April 2020 selection. A look at the our relationship to the stuff we accumulate and the market in secondhand items around the globe. Show less

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The Testaments

by Atwood, Margaret

Book - 2019

Excelsior Book Club March 2020 alternate selection for those that have read "The Handmaid's Tale." Excelsior Book Club March 2020 alternate selection for those that have read "The Handmaid's Tale." Show less

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The Handmaid's Tale

by Atwood, Margaret

Book - 1986

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The World Doesn't Require You

Stories

by Scott, Rion Amilcar

Book - 2019

Excelsior Book Club February 2020 selection. A short story collection mainly set in the fictional town of Cross River, Md., the location of the only successful slave revolt in America. Excelsior Book Club February 2020 selection. A short story collection mainly set in the fictional town of Cross River, Md., the location of the only successful slave revolt in America. Show less

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Feast your Eyes

by Goldberg, Myla

Book - 2019

Excelsior Book Club January 2020 selection. This novel follows a fictional photographer in New York in the 1950s and 1960s and examines how artistic choices influences the photographer's and her daughter's lives. Excelsior Book Club January 2020 selection. This novel follows a fictional photographer in New York in the 1950s and 1960s and examines how artistic choices influences the photographer's and her daughter's lives. Show less

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We Are the Weather

Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast

by Foer, Jonathan Safran

Book - 2019

Excelsior Book Club November 2019 selection. Publisher's Weekly writes "Foer's message is both moving and painful, depressing and optimistic, and it ...Show more Excelsior Book Club November 2019 selection. Publisher's Weekly writes "Foer's message is both moving and painful, depressing and optimistic, and it will force readers to rethink their commitment to combating "the greatest crisis humankind has ever faced." Show less

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There There

by Orange, Tommy

Book - 2018

Excelsior Book Club October 2019 selection. San Francisco's One City One Book selection for 2019. Excelsior Book Club October 2019 selection. San Francisco's One City One Book selection for 2019. Show less

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America Is Not the Heart

by Castillo, Elaine

Book - 2018

Excelsior Book Club September 2019 selection. A moving immigrant family saga set in the Bay Area, illuminating the troubled political history of the Philippines, and growing up Filipino in America. Excelsior Book Club September 2019 selection. A moving immigrant family saga set in the Bay Area, illuminating the troubled political history of the Philippines, and growing up Filipino in America. Show less

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All the Pretty Horses

by McCarthy, Cormac

Book - 1992

Excelsior Book Club August 2019 selection. Library Journal calls it "a simple story (the first in a trilogy) of three Texas youths whose flight to Me...Show more Excelsior Book Club August 2019 selection. Library Journal calls it "a simple story (the first in a trilogy) of three Texas youths whose flight to Mexico on horseback in 1949 traverses far more than geographical borders, marking a descent into the deeper forces of friendship, love, and cruelty." Show less

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The Feather Thief

Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

by Johnson, Kirk W.

Book - 2018

Excelsior Book Club July 2019 selection. What compels someone to break into a museum to steal priceless endangered bird specimens? This real-life crime thriller will tell you. Excelsior Book Club July 2019 selection. What compels someone to break into a museum to steal priceless endangered bird specimens? This real-life crime thriller will tell you. Show less

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The God of Small Things

by Roy, Arundhati

eBook - 2008

Excelsior Book Club June 2019 selection. The story of twins Esthappen and Rahel who try to craft a childhood for themselves amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory. Excelsior Book Club June 2019 selection. The story of twins Esthappen and Rahel who try to craft a childhood for themselves amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory. Show less

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The Woman Who Smashed Codes

A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies

by Fagone, Jason

Book - 2017

Excelsior Book Club May 2019 selection. The true story of an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of cryptology together and us...Show more Excelsior Book Club May 2019 selection. The true story of an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of cryptology together and used it to confront the evils of their time, solving puzzles that unmasked Nazi spies and helped win World War II. Show less

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Convenience Store Woman

by Murata, Sayaka

Book - 2018

Excelsior Book Club April 2019 selection. Daily life as an employee at a convenience store is comfortable and routine for Keiko until she encounters Shiraha, a former Smile Mart employee who was let go owing to his own peculiar behavior. Excelsior Book Club April 2019 selection. Daily life as an employee at a convenience store is comfortable and routine for Keiko until she encounters Shiraha, a former Smile Mart employee who was let go owing to his own peculiar behavior. Show less

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Anna Karenina

by Tolstoy, Leo

Book - 2014

Excelsior Book Club March 2019 selection. In honor of Women's History Month we are reading this classic of Russian literature. Excelsior Book Club March 2019 selection. In honor of Women's History Month we are reading this classic of Russian literature. Show less

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Anna Karenina

DVD - 2013

Excelsior Book Club March 2019 selection. Read the book or watch any of the many movie adaptions of this classic, e.g. this one with a screenplay by Tom Stoppard and Keira Knightley in the title role. Excelsior Book Club March 2019 selection. Read the book or watch any of the many movie adaptions of this classic, e.g. this one with a screenplay by Tom Stoppard and Keira Knightley in the title role. Show less

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Between the World and Me

by Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Book - 2015

Excelsior Book Club February 2019 selection. May serve as a primer for black parents, particularly those with sons, as well as a provocative read for anyone interested in a candid perspective on being black in America. Excelsior Book Club February 2019 selection. May serve as a primer for black parents, particularly those with sons, as well as a provocative read for anyone interested in a candid perspective on being black in America. Show less

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Flight Behavior

A Novel

by Kingsolver, Barbara

Book - 2012

Excelsior Book Club January 2019 selection. Global warming, poverty, self-fulfillment and environmentalism are all themes of this novel about butterflies descending on a small town. Excelsior Book Club January 2019 selection. Global warming, poverty, self-fulfillment and environmentalism are all themes of this novel about butterflies descending on a small town. Show less

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