CITY · UNITED STATESBooks set in San Francisco
37.775, -122.419
19 books · 16 authors · 1872–2025
19 books here
Most-set authors
Isabel Allende (2) · Amy Tan (2) · William Gibson (2) · Jennifer Egan (1) · Jules Verne (1) · Annalee Newitz (1)
Genres
literary fiction (7) · historical fiction (1)
Books set here
Set in San Francisco (12)
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
Automatic Noodle
Annalee Newitz
primary future setting
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
post-apocalyptic city setting
Leverage
Amran Gowani
hedge fund thriller setting
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan
Bookstore and tech world base
My Name Is Emilia del Valle
Isabel Allende
Emilia born, journalist at the Examiner
The Bonesetter's Daughter
Amy Tan
Ruth and LuLing modern home
The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende
primary setting throughout
The Temple of My Familiar
Alice Walker
contemporary character storylines
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
Joy Luck Club meetings
Virtual Light
William Gibson
Squatter community on Bay Bridge
All Tomorrow's Parties
William Gibson
post-quake shantytown on the Bridge
Also featuring San Francisco (7)
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan
1970s punk rock scenes
Silent Witness
Richard North Patterson
Tony Lord attorney office
The Bastard of Istanbul
Elif Shafak
Armenian-American family chapters
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Tom Wolfe
Acid Tests and Trips Festival
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Secondary setting: exile years, protagonist's American home
The Mars Room
Rachel Kushner
Protagonist's pre-prison San Francisco life
The Volcano Daughters
Gina Apostol
Consuelo pursues art career
Nearby books
Ruth Run
Elizabeth Kaufman
0 km · San Francisco, California
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
2 km · Chinatown, San Francisco
Automatic Noodle
Annalee Newitz
3 km · Noe Valley
All Tomorrow's Parties
William Gibson
4 km · San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Virtual Light
William Gibson
4 km · San Francisco Bay Bridge
There There
Tommy Orange
13 km · Oakland
Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon
15 km · Temescal, Oakland
Microserfs
Douglas Coupland
44 km · Palo Alto, California