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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)
325 books — 292 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
437 books — 217 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
167 books — 119 voters
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
California Memoirs
284 books — 66 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
423 books — 62 voters
Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth AngerElvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu PresleyThe Princess Diarist by Carrie FisherWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherAll About All About Eve by Sam Staggs
Hooray for Hollywood (non-fiction)
233 books — 39 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)
114 books — 39 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 DelozaWalk of Faith on the Walk of Fame by Judy RadachyAbsolutely Maybe by Lisa Yee
Walk of Fame
13 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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