California


East of Eden
The Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
Malibu Rising
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
There There
The Library Book
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Daisy Jones & The Six
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Girls
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Lessons in Chemistry
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Novels Set in California
921 books — 368 voters

A Single Man by Christopher IsherwoodCity of Night by John RechyThe Hours by Michael CunninghamLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisMen Writing Men Illustrated by Rick Longfield
Gay Books Set in Los Angeles
12 books — 5 voters

The Animated Man by Michael BarrierThe Haunted Mansion by Jason SurrellThe Disneyland® Encyclopedia by Chris StrodderBehind the Magic by karal-ann-marlingPirates of the Caribbean by Jason Surrell
Disneyland
170 books — 22 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best California Books
434 books — 216 voters

Michael    Connelly
Los Angeles was the kind of place where everybody was from somewhere else and nobody really droppped anchor. It was a transient place. People drawn by the dream, people running from the nightmare. Twelve million people and all of them ready to make a break for it if necessary. Figuratively, literally, metaphorically -- any way you want to look at it -- everbody in L.A. keeps a bag packed. Just in case.
Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict

Christopher Hitchens
It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them aren't even young and beautiful now. ...more
Christopher Hitchens

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