Here's a look at the best titles to grace bookstore shelves in 2010. Plus: Best poetry books of 2010 | Best books by Bay Area authors | Best sci-fi and fantasy titles | 100 book recommendations
In "Cleopatra," Pulitzer Prize–winning author Stacy Schiff dispels myths about the queen with delicious detail.
A good book is a gift that keeps on giving.
Gary Trudeau celebrates a milestone with the release of "40: A Doonesbury Retrospective."
Reporter Anna Badkhen's "Peace Meals" is a travelogue through dangerous war zones, as told through the dinners shared with the people she met along the way.
Rosanne Cash, who visited S.F. to read from her memoir, says "Composed" took on new urgency after her brain surgery.
Reflecting on the work of a larger-than-life persona can be tricky, as Paulette Frankl learned when she started "Lust for Justice."
James Sime mixed comic joy with comfortable seating when he opened Isotope, S.F.'s first comic book lounge, almost 10 years ago.
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