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The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckTen Good Reasons by Lauren ChristopherEast of Eden by John SteinbeckDefy by L.J. ShenOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Books Set In California
199 books — 127 voters
The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy SpaldingAna of California by Andi TeranEverything Leads to You by Nina LaCourOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManusLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
Young Adult Fiction set in California
361 books — 88 voters

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardFunny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
California Memoirs
201 books — 65 voters
Ishi in Two Worlds by Theodora KroeberSan Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries by Beth WinegarnerThe World Rushed In by J.S. HollidayHistoric San Francisco by Rand RichardsThe Anza Trail and the Settling of California by Vladimir Guerrero
Northern Californian history (nonfiction)
123 books — 36 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellEsperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanBy the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid FleischmanOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaSeeds of Hope by Kristiana Gregory
Children's Historical Fiction set in California
193 books — 34 voters
California by Edan LepuckiLucifer's Hammer by Larry NivenEarth Abides by George R. StewartThe Wild Shore by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Set in California
82 books — 30 voters

By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid FleischmanWalk on Earth a Stranger by Rae CarsonThe Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen CushmanSeeds of Hope by Kristiana GregoryNewsgirl by Liza Ketchum
California Gold Rush in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
25 books — 13 voters
Highway 17 by Richard A. BealA Dream Called Home by Reyna GrandeAn Unnatural History of UCSC by Jeff ArnettGhost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains by John V. YoungContinental Drift by James D. Houston
Santa Cruz, California
38 books — 11 voters

PaperQuake by Kathryn ReissEarthquake in the Early Morning by Mary Pope OsborneEarthquake at Dawn Rev Pa by Kristiana GregoryAftershocks by William LavenderThe Wakefield Legacy by Francine Pascal
1906 San Francisco Earthquake in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
27 books — 7 voters
The ABCs of California's Native Bees by Krystle HickmanWhen Mountain Lions Are Neighbors by Beth Pratt-BergstromGrowing California Native Plants by Marjorie G. SchmidtSecrets of the Oak Woodlands by Kate MarianchildThe California Naturalist Handbook by Greg De Nevers
California ecology
39 books — 6 voters

IT Auditing by Robert E. DavisIT Auditing by Robert E. DavisIT Auditing by Robert E. DavisIT Auditing by Robert E. DavisIT Auditing by Robert E. Davis
Best Audit Workbooks
16 books — 2 voters
Harem Scarem in El Cerrito by Neva Calvert CarpenterI Was Their American Dream by Malaka GharibCalifornia's Contra Costa County an Illustrated History by George EmanuelsEl Cerrito by El Cerrito Historical SocietyEl Cerrito by Edward Staniford
El Cerrito, California
6 books — 2 voters

Forest Fairy Crafts by Lenka Vodicka-Paredestoby bear and the healing light by Lisa BoultonBelonging to California... A California Poets in the Schools ... by Dorianne Laux; Molly Fisk; ...Living Wild by Alicia FunkThe Diary of a Forty-Niner by Chauncey L. Canfield
Nevada County (California) Authors
12 books — 1 voter
Refinery Town by Steve EarlyIn the Shadow of Lies by Mary AdlerKing of the Bottom by William C. GordonCalifornia's Contra Costa County an Illustrated History by George Emanuels
Richmond, California
4 books — 1 voter

Albany by Karen SorensenStories of Albany by Catherine J. WebbAlbany, California by Albany Chamber of Commerce
Albany, California
3 books — 1 voter
Queen of the Hills by Evelyn Craig PattianiThe Buildings of Oakland, with a Section on Piedmont by Robert C. BernhardiPiedmont... Our Town by League of Women Voters of P...A Regular Guy by Laura ShumakerAdam by Ariel Schrag
Piedmont, California
5 books — 1 voter

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