Search
      Tap cover to enlarge

      Babycakes

      by Armistead Maupin
      Published
      Mar 1984
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Rating
      Pages
      220
      Buy on Amazon Book
      Series
      Tales of the City Book 4

      About This Book

      "Maupin's San Francisco saga careens beautifully on." —New York Times Book Review

      The fourth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga.

      When an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there's more to making a baby than meets the eye. Help arrives in the form of a grieving gay neighbor, a visiting monarch, and the dashing young lieutenant who defects from her yacht. Bittersweet and profoundly affecting, Babycakes was the first piece of fiction to acknowledge the arrival of AIDS.

      Series Placement

      Book 4
      🔴 Must Read in Order
      View full series order

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction

      Themes

      Death / Dying Diversity

      Buy This Book

      Amazon Paperback / Kindle Barnes & Noble Paperback / Nook Apple Books eBook Kobo eBook Audible Audiobook

      Formats & Editions

      Browse the different covers, formats, and publication history for this title.

      Paperback

      Paperback edition cover
      Paperback
      Jan 1984 Harper & Row ISBN 0060910992
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      Jan 1989 HarperCollins ISBN 0060964073
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      Jan 1994 HarperPerennial ISBN 0060924837
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Paperback
      Sep 2000 Transworld (UK) ISBN 0552998796
      Buy

      Hardcover

      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      First Edition Jan 1984 HarperCollins ISBN 0060152621
      Buy

      eBook

      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Jan 2012 Harper ISBN 0062112570
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Feb 2012 HarperPerennial ISBN B006IY9IM8
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Feb 2012 Transworld (UK) ISBN 1448126967
      Buy

      Audio

      Audio edition cover
      Audio Cassette
      Nov 1990 HarperAudio ISBN 1559942762
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      audible.com (abridged)
      Sep 2009 HarperAudio ISBN B002V0Q4TS
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audible
      Oct 2009 HarperAudio ISBN B002RSRP5G
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Downloadable Audio
      Oct 2009 HarperAudio ISBN 0061977330
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Downloadable Audio
      Oct 2009 HarperAudio ISBN 0061977322
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Downloadable Audio
      Mar 2013 HarperAudio ISBN 0062259768
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audible
      Mar 2013 HarperAudio ISBN B00B9EHD9M
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audible
      May 2013 AudioGO Ltd ISBN B00CLLUWVI
      Buy