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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)
347 books — 301 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best California Books
627 books — 240 voters

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidA Touch of Stardust by Kate AlcottAll the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana TrigianiThe Garden on Sunset by Martin TurnbullThe Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
Hollywood Historical Fiction
170 books — 101 voters
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
California Memoirs
293 books — 81 voters

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidPostcards from the Edge by Carrie FisherIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Books Set in Southern California
426 books — 65 voters
Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth AngerCollateral Stardust by Nikki NashElvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu PresleyThe Princess Diarist by Carrie FisherWishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Hooray for Hollywood (non-fiction)
232 books — 48 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 StandifordCollateral Stardust by Nikki Nash
Los Angeles (nonfiction)
121 books — 46 voters
Unscripted by Claire HandscombeHangry Hearts by Jennifer ChenThe Presence by Eve BuntingHush Money by Chuck GreavesAutobiography of Us by Aria Beth Sloss
Books set in Pasadena, CA
10 books — 6 voters

Limelight by Melody CarlsonAll That Glitters is Gold by S.T. JonesTrue Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet by Lara DelozaAbsolutely Maybe by Lisa YeeWalk of Faith on the Walk of Fame by Judy Radachy
Walk of Fame
14 books — 3 voters
Harper by Gunnar K. A. NjalssonAccumulation by Buan BoonacaThe Golden Orange by Joseph Wambaugh
Books with Stories Set in Orange County, California
3 books — 3 voters

Girl About Town by Adam ShankmanDead to Me by Mary McCoyStarstruck by Rachel ShukertGolden Girl by Sarah ZettelThe Notorious Pagan Jones by Nina Berry
Hollywood in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
11 books — 2 voters
Postcards from the Edge by Carrie FisherThe Sellout by Paul BeattyGirls in the Picture by Melanie BenjaminAsk the Dust by John FanteThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
California, Babe!
12 books — 2 voters

Harper by Gunnar K. A. Njalsson
Laguna Beach in Fiction
1 book — 1 voter
Harper by Gunnar K. A. Njalsson
Dana Point in Fiction
1 book — 1 voter

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