California


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
Daisy Jones & The Six
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
The Girls
Play It As It Lays
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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
628 books — 241 voters
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Novels Set in California
973 books — 387 voters

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherDE LA CAPTIVITÉ À LA LIBERTÉ by Léonce JATCHE
California Memoirs
293 books — 83 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckTen Good Reasons by Lauren ChristopherEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckDefy by L.J. Shen
Books Set In California
206 books — 129 voters

The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy SpaldingPlague of flies by Laurel Anne HillAna of California by Andi TeranEverything Leads to You by Nina LaCourOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Young Adult Fiction set in California
362 books — 93 voters
Tales of the City by Armistead MaupinThe Golden Gate by Vikram SethYou Know Me Well by Nina LaCourPop's Bridge by Eve BuntingThe Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin
Golden Gate Bridge Covers
138 books — 21 voters

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

Eve Babitz
“ Max's laugh was like a dragnet; it picked up every living laugh within the vicinity and shined a light on it, intensified it, pitched it higher. It was a dare--he dared you not to laugh with him. He dared you to despair. He dared you to insist that there was no dawn, that all there was was darkness, that there was no silver lining, that the heart didn't grow fonder by absence. He dared you to believe you were going to die--when you at that moment knew, just as he did, that you were immortal, you ...more ”
― Eve Babitz, Sex and Rage

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