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1	Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties by Mike Davis 4.36 avg rating — 534 ratings score: 1,200, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles by Mike Davis 4.21 avg rating — 5,075 ratings score: 697, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community by Natalia Molina (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 445 ratings score: 599, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	San Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History by Beth Winegarner (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience by J.S. Holliday 4.20 avg rating — 241 ratings score: 399, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Empire of Vines: Wine Culture in America by Erica Hannickel (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 396, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara 4.11 avg rating — 272,717 ratings score: 392, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915 (Americans and the California Dream #1) by Kevin Starr 3.89 avg rating — 180 ratings score: 391, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Rush for Riches: Gold Fever and the Making of California by J.S. Holliday 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 387, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles by Catherine Mulholland 3.72 avg rating — 94 ratings score: 327, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn 3.95 avg rating — 11,428 ratings score: 301, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana Jr. 4.03 avg rating — 14,918 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The History of Alta California: A Memoir of Mexican California by Antonio Maria Osio really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 273, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Anza Trail and the Settling of California by Vladimir Guerrero 3.89 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	California Conquered: The Annexation of a Mexican Province, 1846-1850 by Neal Harlow 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 268, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War by Leonard L. Richards 3.63 avg rating — 232 ratings score: 266, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends by Barney Hoskyns 3.83 avg rating — 2,223 ratings score: 266, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream by H.W. Brands 4.05 avg rating — 1,757 ratings score: 261, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Paddle Wheel by MacMullen 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 236, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld by Herbert Asbury 3.83 avg rating — 925 ratings score: 235, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir by Linda Ronstadt 3.72 avg rating — 3,401 ratings score: 219, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	40 Watts from Nowhere: A Journey into Pirate Radio by Sue Carpenter 3.94 avg rating — 252 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin (California Studies in Critical Human Geography, 3) by Gray Brechin (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 427 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 128,523 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000 by Stephanie Barron 4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Chinatown War: Chinese Los Angeles and the Massacre of 1871 by Scott Zesch 3.99 avg rating — 71 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Where I Was From by Joan Didion 3.86 avg rating — 6,810 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	California: A History by Kevin Starr 3.78 avg rating — 1,922 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Nearest Far Away Place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the Southern California Experience by Timothy White 3.93 avg rating — 283 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography by Miriam Pawel (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 326 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles by Les Standiford (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 927 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The White Devil's Daughters: The Fight Against Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown by Julia Flynn Siler (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 778 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush by Susan Lee Johnson 3.76 avg rating — 246 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Silver Dons...and the Pioneers Who Overwhelmed California (History of San Diego Vol. 3 ) by Richard F. Pourade really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound by Ralph J. Gleason 3.88 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Junipero Serra: The Illustrated Story of the Franciscan Founder of California's Missions by Don DeNevi 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods by Julia Butterfly Hill 4.02 avg rating — 3,744 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit 4.14 avg rating — 1,640 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Sacramento: An Illustrated History 1839-1874: From Sutter's Fort to Capital City by Thor Severson 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal by Greg Renoff (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 1,587 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Trees in Paradise: A California History by Jared Farmer 4.18 avg rating — 301 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California by Richard Rayner 3.81 avg rating — 275 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Deadly Times: The 1910 Bombing of The Los Angeles Times and America's Forgotten Decade of Terror by Lew Irwin 4.33 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Proud to Be an Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, and Migration to Southern California (American Crossroads) (Volume 22) by Peter La Chapelle (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 170, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Kearny's March: The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847 by Winston Groom 4.01 avg rating — 451 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Mining California: An Ecological History by Andrew C. Isenberg 3.61 avg rating — 62 ratings score: 162, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 (The Lamar Series in Western History) by Benjamin Madley 4.32 avg rating — 536 ratings score: 161, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913 by Richard Steven Street 4.62 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 159, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Upton Sinclair: California Socialist, Celebrity Intellectual by Lauren Coodley (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 157, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation by Malcolm J. Rohrbough really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Saints and Citizens: Indigenous Histories of Colonial Missions and Mexican California by Lisbeth Haas 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Workin' Man Blues: Country Music in California by Gerald W. Haslam 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 150, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann 3.63 avg rating — 5,335 ratings score: 148, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. by Lili Anolik (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 2,763 ratings score: 146, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Alcatraz: The Gangster Years by David Ward 4.06 avg rating — 90 ratings score: 143, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks by Tracey Goessel 4.10 avg rating — 156 ratings score: 141, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Bound for Freedom: Black Los Angeles in Jim Crow America by Douglas Flamming 4.03 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 135, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood by Cari Beauchamp 4.34 avg rating — 336 ratings score: 131, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco by Judy Yung (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 130 ratings score: 126, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources by M. Kat Anderson 4.58 avg rating — 567 ratings score: 126, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California by Alexander Saxton 3.88 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 123, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny by Michael Wallis 4.24 avg rating — 2,813 ratings score: 117, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	¡Sí, Ella Puede!: The Rhetorical Legacy of Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers by Stacey K. Sowards 4.17 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 113, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	When Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII by Susan H. Kamei (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 190 ratings score: 111, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead by David Browne 4.16 avg rating — 738 ratings score: 108, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney by Michael Barrier 3.83 avg rating — 472 ratings score: 106, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Janis: Her Life and Music by Holly George-Warren (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 2,987 ratings score: 104, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Gold Fleet for California: Forty-Niners from Australia and New Zealand by Charles Bateson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	El salón de los artistas exiliados en California: Salka Viertel acogió en su exilio a actores, intelectuales prominentes y personas anónimas huidas del nazismo by Núria Añó (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	From San Francisco Eastward: Victorian Theater in the American West by Carolyn Grattan Eichin 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	California: An American History by John Mack Faragher 4.12 avg rating — 279 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The California Gold Rush: West With the Forty-Niners (First Book) by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Lost Amusement Parks of Southern California: The Postwar Years by Disney Imagineer Roland "Rolly" Crump (Foreword) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	We were 49ers!: Chilean accounts of the California Gold Rush by Edwin A. Beilharz 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	We Were Going to Change the World: Interviews with Women from the 1970s and 1980s Southern California Punk Rock Scene by Stacy Russo (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family by Lisa See (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 11,473 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The California Missions (First Books - Examining the Past) by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons by Brittany Friedman (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 by George J. Sanchez 3.85 avg rating — 362 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	To California by Sea: A Maritime History of the California Gold Rush by James P. Delgado 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Love, West Hollywood: Reflections of Los Angeles by Chris Freeman (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Wherever There's a Fight, 10th Anniversary Edition: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California by Elaine Elinson (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 65 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Creating an Orange Utopia: Eliza Lovell Tibbets and the Birth of California's Citrus Industry by Patricia Ortlieb 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Native Peoples of California (North American Indian Nations) by Linda Lowery (Goodreads Author) 3.12 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Aqua: A Story of Water and Lost Dreams by Chiara Barzini (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 149 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The San Diego World's Fairs and Southwestern Memory, 1880-1940 by Matthew F. Bokovoy 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Big Four by Oscar Lewis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Vintage Fresno: Pictorial Recollections of a Western City by Edwin M Eaton it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Houseboats: Aquatic Architecture of Sausalito by Kathy Shaffer 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Last Girl Standing by Trina Robbins 4.02 avg rating — 384 ratings score: 97, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Southern California: An Island on the Land by Carey McWilliams 4.25 avg rating — 346 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April 1906 by James Burgess Stetson 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Last Bonanza Kings: The Bourns Of San Francisco by Ferol Egan 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Tales of San Francisco: "San Francisco Is Your Home," "San Francisco Kaleidoscope" and "The Streets of San Francisco" by Samuel Dickson 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature by Ben Tarnoff (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 775 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation by Miriam Pawel (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 362 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Hop-Heads: Personal Experiences Among the Users of "Dope" In the San Francisco Underworld by Fred V Williams it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California (California History Sesquicentennial Series) by Kevin Starr (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Breaking Through by Francisco Jiménez 4.08 avg rating — 3,495 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Time of the Bells by Richard F. Pourade 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars