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California


California Books

East of Eden
The Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
Malibu Rising
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
There There
The Library Book
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Daisy Jones & The Six
The Girls
Play It As It Lays
Lessons in Chemistry
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Lists

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)
235 books — 41 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanTales of the City by Armistead MaupinThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanChina Blues by Ki Longfellow
San Francisco Bay Area Fiction
471 books — 359 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
26 books — 14 voters
California by Edan LepuckiLucifer's Hammer by Larry NivenThe City, Not Long After by Pat MurphyEarth Abides by George R. StewartThe Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Set in California
86 books — 38 voters

PaperQuake by Kathryn ReissEarthquake in the Early Morning by Mary Pope OsborneEarthquake at Dawn Rev Pa by Kristiana GregoryThe Strange Case of Baby H by Kathryn ReissAftershocks by William Lavender
1906 San Francisco Earthquake in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
28 books — 9 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
619 books — 228 voters

Quotes Tagged “California”

“ God will break California from the surface of the continent like someone breaking off a piece of chocolate. It will become its own floating paradise of underweight movie stars and dot-commers, like a fat-free Atlantis with superfast Wi-Fi. ”
― Laura Ruby, Bad Apple
8 likes

Alan Moore
“ Things are tough all over, cupcake, an' it rains on the just an' the unjust alike...except in California. ...more ”
― Alan Moore, Watchmen
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Videos Tagged “California”

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Groups Tagged "California"

WHS Renaissance Literacy This is the GoodReads group for the Waterford High School book/creative writing/renaissance club…more
13 members, last active 11 years ago
California Reading This group is for people who read California based fiction or nonfiction.
20 members, last active 16 hours ago
Sunnyvale Public Library Former space for the online reading community for patrons, friends, and staff of the Sunnyvale P…more
89 members, last active 8 years ago
Do you want to read new teen books before anyone else does? Meet at the SLO Library to get Advan…more
7 members, last active 11 years ago