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Brazen Violations by Jonathan MacphersonAll Good Things Die in L.A. by Anhoni PatelSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisL.A. Confidential by James EllroyCity of Quartz by Mike Davis
Best Books About How Totally Screwed up L.A. Is
5th out of 53 books — 87 voters
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisWhite Oleander by Janet FitchThe Day of the Locust by Nathanael WestThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)
36th out of 325 books — 292 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaCity of Quartz by Mike DavisSan Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries by Beth WinegarnerThe World Rushed In by J.S. Holliday
California History
3rd out of 204 books — 46 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonCity of Quartz by Mike Davis
Must reads for Angelenos
5th out of 24 books — 29 voters

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderCity of Quartz by Mike DavisTriumph of the City by Edward L. GlaeserThe High Cost of Free Parking by Donald C. Shoup
Urban Planning and City History
3rd out of 75 books — 33 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaThe Library Book by Susan OrleanWater to the Angels by Les StandifordCity of Quartz by Mike Davis
Los Angeles (nonfiction)
5th out of 114 books — 39 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisLondon by Peter AckroydThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonSalonica, City of Ghosts by Mark MazowerLondon by Edward Rutherfurd
Histories of Cities
62nd out of 261 books — 106 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
76th out of 437 books — 217 voters

The Rings of Saturn by W.G. SebaldAn Afghanistan Picture Show by William T. VollmannRising Up and Rising Down by William T. VollmannSlouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan DidionThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
rivista studio nonfiction
18th out of 95 books — 3 voters
Prisoners of Geography by Tim MarshallGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondLongitude by Dava SobelThe World Is Flat by Thomas L. FriedmanAtlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky
Best Popular Geography Books on Goodreads
131st out of 137 books — 21 voters

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanWolf Hall by Hilary MantelOlivia Newton-John. Don't Stop Believin by Olivia Newton-JohnBeyond Uhura by Nichelle NicholsRiver of Time by Naomi Judd
Dead in 2022: The Authors We Lost
521st out of 612 books — 39 voters
The Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Greatest Benefit to Mankind by Roy PorterThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanThe Rape of Europa by Lynn H. NicholasAmong Schoolchildren by Tracy Kidder
National Book Critics Circle Award General Nonfiction Winners and Finalists 1980-1999
54th out of 100 books — 3 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Pearl by John SteinbeckThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsForever Amber by Kathleen WinsorRubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Jewels and Gemstones
549th out of 623 books — 57 voters
La Septième Fonction du langage by Laurent BinetLa carte et le territoire by Michel HouellebecqPour que tu ne te perdes pas dans le quartier by Patrick ModianoGens De Dublin by James JoyceUlysse by James Joyce
Littérature Urbaine
77th out of 85 books — 7 voters

Born Slippy by Tom LutzThe Mountains of California by John MuirMy Dirty California by Jason MosbergThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
A California Reader
17th out of 120 books — 13 voters
Orléans by Yann MoixParis sous tension by Eric HazanThe Belly of Paris by Émile ZolaLe Sermon sur la chute de Rome by Jérôme FerrariGens De Dublin by James Joyce
Livres avec le nom d'une ville dans le titre
34th out of 126 books — 5 voters

The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsPalaces for the People by Eric KlinenbergThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Urban Planning/Social Ecology
103rd out of 113 books — 11 voters
Riot. Strike. Riot by Joshua CloverBlack Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du BoisAre Prisons Obselete? by Angela Y. DavisAbolition Democracy by Angela Y. DavisThe First Civil Right by Naomi Murakawa
A World Without Police
21st out of 55 books — 1 voter

Sexuality Beyond Consent by Avgi SaketopoulouCulture and Anarchy by Matthew ArnoldMythologies by Roland BarthesOn Being Awesome by Nick RiggleImagined Communities by Benedict Anderson
Books on Theory
107th out of 201 books — 14 voters
Ahmedabad by K.L. GillionCaste, Politics, and the Raj by Sekhar BandyopadhyayNature in the City by Harini NagendraCity of Victory by Ratnakar SadasyulaDelhi Through the Ages by Robert Eric Frykenberg
Tara's urban history syllabus
18th out of 71 books — 1 voter

The City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyCity of Ashes by Cassandra ClareCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareCity of Girls by Elizabeth GilbertCity of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
City of ___
31st out of 129 books — 8 voters
Them by Jon RonsonBlack Is the New White by Paul MooneyDebt by David GraeberJulio's Day by Gilbert HernándezThe Overstory by Richard Powers
Turek Books Podcast List
16th out of 18 books — 1 voter

City of Quartz by Mike DavisThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThey Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoyGolden Land by Willian FaulknerDouble Indemnity by James M. Cain
Mike Davis's L.A. Noir
1st out of 29 books — 1 voter
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. HarrowThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteFractured Future by J. RoseCaptain Future and the Space Emperor by Edmond HamiltonA Mad Look At The Future by Lou Silverstone
"Future" in Novel Titles
33rd out of 107 books — 4 voters

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsEvicted by Matthew DesmondDystopia by Archimedes MuzendaThe Urban Mystique by Josh StephensTriumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser
Urban Studies for Everyone (nonfiction)
34th out of 65 books — 22 voters
The Path to Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroDivided Highways by Thomas S. Lewis
Aaron Swartz Books Read
174th out of 481 books — 12 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinConspiracy in the Streets by Jon WienerDetroit by Charlie LeDuffThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Histories of United States Cities I (nonfiction)
133rd out of 282 books — 39 voters
My Dirty California by Jason MosbergPaint it Black by Janet FitchLost in Los Angeles by Jenny LynneThe Rebirth of Kool by O. VazquezThorn Tree by Max Ludington
Rad Books set in Los Angeles
16th out of 43 books — 7 voters

Hiroshima by John HerseySilent Spring by Rachel CarsonThe Original Watergate Stories (Kindle Single) by The Washington PostThe History of the Standard Oil Company (Unexpurgated Edition) by Ida TarbellSlouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
The Top 100 Works of Journalism in the United States in the 20th Century
68th out of 80 books — 6 voters
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisMasks And Mumming In The Nordic Area by Terry GunnellThe Jungle by Upton SinclairNative Funk & Flash by Alexandra Jacopetti HartThe Map and the Territory by Alan Greenspan
EVERBOOKS: Lisa Anne Auerbach's Favorite Books That Inspire
8th out of 9 books — 1 voter

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