15 books like Babycakes

What to read after Babycakes — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Further Tales of the City Armistead Maupin · 1982 · ★ 4.0 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Tales of the City is a series of novels by Armistead Maupin. Shares: Gays, San Francisco, City and town life, California

More Tales of the City Armistead Maupin · 1980 · ★ 4.0 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Interlinking tales based around the lives of a San Francisco household. Shares: Gays, San Francisco, City and town life, California

Sure of You Armistead Maupin · 1989 · ★ 4.3 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny, Sure of You could only come from Armistead Maupin. Shares: San Francisco, City and town life, California

Significant Others Armistead Maupin · 1987 · ★ 4.2 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A significant other is a partner in an intimate relationship. Shares: San Francisco, City and town life, California

Eye of the Storm Marcia Muller · 1988 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Eye (cyclone), a region of calmer weather found at the center of strong tropical cyclones Shares: San Francisco, California

The Shape of Dread Marcia Muller · 1989 · 282p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: San Francisco, California

The Fire Rose Mercedes Lackey · 1995 · ★ 4.3 · 433p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Lackey's story of a young turn of the century female who is brought to the wilds of San Francisco to read books for a reclusive alchemist recreates the fable of the monster who wins the heart of a young woman yet forbids her to view him. For the monster here is a magician caught in a werewolf spell, and the young girl is a destitute young woman with no other choices. A retelling of Beauty and the… Shares: San Francisco, California

Degree of guilt Richard North Patterson · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 540p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past...Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past: as a young investigator in Washington he unearthed a scandal that brought ruin to the President – and an abrupt end to his affair with journalist Mary Carelli. Now, fifteen years later, Carelli is a famous TV journalist in New York and Paget is leading a relatively tranquil life… Shares: San Francisco, California

Second generation Howard Fast · 1978 · ★ 4.4 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Born to enormous wealth and social standing, Barbara Lavette leaves her sumptuous home on San Francisco's Nob Hill to lead a life of adventure that takes her from the depression to the darkest days of World War II.Troubled by the conflicts of her dual inheritance and scornful of her mother's social world, Barbara sets out to build her own life in her own way, leading her to a Europe on the brink… Shares: San Francisco, California

Michael Tolliver Lives Armistead Maupin · 2007 · ★ 4.4 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Michael Tolliver, the sweet-spirited Southerner in Armistead Maupin's classic Tales of the City series, is arguably one of the most widely loved characters in contem-porary fiction. Now, almost twenty years after ending his ground-breaking saga of San Francisco life, Maupin revisits his all-too-human hero, letting the fifty-five-year-old gardener tell his story in his own voice.Having survived… Shares: San Francisco, City and town life

Eyes of a child Richard North Patterson · 1995 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Ricardo Arias is found dead, the gun still wedged in his mouth. It looks like suicide, but the physical evidence strongly suggests murder. The police investigation uncovers an estranged wife, Terri Peralta; an ugly custody battle over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; heated charges of child abuse; and a murder suspect: San Francisco defense attorney Christopher Paget. Paget has motive--it's… Shares: San Francisco, California

A certain justice John T. Lescroart · 1995 · 620p · ≈ 20h · Moderate When the angry white mob poured out of the bar on San Francisco's Geary Street and surrounded an innocent black man, Kevin Shea was the only one who tried to stop them. He failed, and now, thanks to a deceptive news photo taken during the melee, he is wanted for the murder himself-and the real culprits have threatened his life if he says a word. As riots rage and politicians posture, Lieutenant… Shares: San Francisco, California

The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett · 1929 · ★ 3.9 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Classic noir. Private detective Sam Spade is hired to search for a valuable, gem-encrusted antique in the shape of a falcon. Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's… Shares: San Francisco, California

The mercy rule John T. Lescroart · 1998 · 466p · ≈ 15h · Moderate When Salmon Sal Russo fails to make his friday fish round at the San Francisco law courts, alarm bells ring with his regular customers - the prosecutors and judges who turn a blind eye to his illegally caught fish. Russo had been in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, and when Judge Giotto, an old friend, finds the body, it looks like a case of mercy killing. But a look at Russo's bank… Shares: San Francisco, California

Nothing but the truth John T. Lescroart · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 443p · ≈ 14h · Moderate When San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy gets a call saying his wife never picked the kids up from school, he's worried. Frannie's a great mother. Turns out there's a good explanation: she's in jail. Unbeknownst to her husband, Frannie has just appeared before a grand jury--and refused to share a crucial piece of information about her friend Ron, who's accused of killing his wife. Now it's up to… Shares: San Francisco, California

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