LITERARY GUIDE

SUNDAY

Sophie Calle “Rachel Monique.” 7 p.m. City Lights, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com. Dev Petty “Claymates.” 3 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. (510) 704-8222. www.mrsdalloways.com. Poetry Flash Andrena Zawinski and Cathleen Calbert. 3 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com. David Sedaris “Theft by Finding.” 4 p.m. $30.50. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 9270960. www.bookpassage.com.

MONDAY

Amelia Gray, Rosecrans Baldwin Gray’s “Isadora” and Baldwin’s “The Last Kid Left.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com. Kim Scott, Jenny Dearborn Scott’s “Radical Candor” and Dearborn’s “Data Driven.” 7 p.m. $8-$50. Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Thrity Umrigar “Everybody’s Son.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.

TUESDAY

Kelsey Crowe, B.J. Miller Jr. “There Is No Good Card for This.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Camille T. Dungy “Guidebook to Relative Strangers.” 7 p.m. City Lights, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 3628193. www.citylights.com. Roxane Gay “Hunger.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com. David Gessner “Ultimate Glory.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. David Gregory “Spoonbenders.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 339-8210. www.ggpbooks.com. Gabe Habash, Julie Buntin Habash’s “Stephen Florida” and Buntin’s “Marlena.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Lee Kravetz, Julie Lythcott-Haims, Roni Habib Kravetz’s “Strange Contagion” and Lythcott-Haims’ “How to Raise an Adult.” 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com. Paul Madonna “On the Next Dream.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Stephen Most “Stories Make the World: Reflections on Storytelling and the Art of the Documentary.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 525-7777. www.booksinc.net. Northern California Book Awards 5:30 p.m. Free. Koret Auditorium at San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St., S.F. (510) 525-5476. poetryflash.org.

WEDNESDAY

Cara Black “Murder in Saint-Germain.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View. (650) 4285-1234. www.booksinc.net. Steve Clifford “The CEO Pay Machine.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 9270960. www.bookpassage.com. Amy Ettinger “Sweet Spot: An Ice Cream Binge Across America.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1344 Park St., Alameda. (510) 522-2226. www.booksinc.net. Roxanne Gay “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body.” 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 3244321. www.keplers.com. Daryl Gregory “Spoonbenders.” 6 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. borderlands-books.com. Laura Kamoie, Stephanie Dray “America’s First Daughter.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. Laurie R. King “The Anatomy of Innocence.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. Lee Daniel Kravetz “Strange Contagion: Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 339-8210. www.ggpbooks.com. Catharine Lacey “The Answers.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Arundhati Roy “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.” 7:30 p.m. Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 3924400. www.cityarts.net. Kaitlin Solimine, Warren Read Solimene’s “Empire of Glass” and Read’s “Ash Falls.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com. Thrity Umrigar “Everybody’s Son.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. (650) 321-0600. www.booksinc.net.

THURSDAY

Anastasia Aukerman, Deborah Treisman, Paul Yamazaki “Dream Colonies, Painterlands, and the Intersection of Curating with Creation.” 7 p.m. City Lights, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com. Josh Barkan “Mexico.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Barry Eisler “Zero Sum.” 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com. Siobhan Fallon “The Confusion of Languages.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Al Franken “Giant of the Senate.” 5 p.m. $31. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Roxanne Gay “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body.” 7 p.m. $25-$55. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd., Santa Rosa. (707) 546-3600. lutherburbankcenter.org. Liyana Silver “Feminine Genius.” 6:30 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com.

FRIDAY

Rachel Ballinger “101 Things That Piss Me Off.” 7 p.m. $18.35. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. (707) 762-0563. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Jennifer Kitses “Small Hours.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Ct., Santa Rosa. (707) 578-8938. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Linda Joy Myers “Song of the Plains.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Laurie Polich Short “When Changing Nothing Changes Everything.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1344 Park St., Alameda. (510) 522-2226. www.booksinc.net.

SATURDAY

Amy Ettinger “Sweet Spot.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. Yuri Herrera “Kingdom Cons.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Tad Williams “The Witchwood Crown.” 3 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. borderlands -books.com.