Rad Books set in Los Angeles

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My Dirty California
My Dirty California 3.94 avg rating — 317 ratings
2.
Paint it Black
Paint it Black 3.50 avg rating — 12,711 ratings
2.
Lost in Los Angeles
Lost in Los Angeles 3.82 avg rating — 148 ratings
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The Rebirth of Kool
The Rebirth of Kool 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Thorn Tree
Thorn Tree 3.70 avg rating — 221 ratings
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IQ
IQ
by: Joe Ide
3.78 avg rating — 21,950 ratings
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White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 363,365 ratings
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L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 35,729 ratings
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Echo Park (Harry Bosch, #12; Harry Bosch Universe, #17)
Echo Park (Harry Bosch, #12; Harry Bosch Universe, #17) 4.18 avg rating — 66,410 ratings
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Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3)
Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 38,241 ratings
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Kill the Messenger
Kill the Messenger
by: Tami Hoag
3.87 avg rating — 10,458 ratings
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Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce 3.93 avg rating — 10,539 ratings
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Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero 3.60 avg rating — 95,150 ratings
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Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice 3.79 avg rating — 36,959 ratings
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Play It As It Lays
Play It As It Lays 3.91 avg rating — 85,291 ratings
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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles 4.21 avg rating — 4,680 ratings
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You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again 3.41 avg rating — 1,566 ratings
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders 4.06 avg rating — 152,020 ratings
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The Informers
The Informers 3.40 avg rating — 19,728 ratings
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Things That Happened Before the Earthquake
Things That Happened Before the Earthquake 3.30 avg rating — 1,206 ratings
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The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 27,286 ratings
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,246 ratings
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,362 ratings
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Lola (Lola Vasquez, #1)
Lola (Lola Vasquez, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 2,047 ratings
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The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 93,957 ratings
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The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain 3.66 avg rating — 34,025 ratings
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Ten Days in the Hills
Ten Days in the Hills 2.56 avg rating — 1,743 ratings
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The Chrysanthemum Palace
The Chrysanthemum Palace 3.35 avg rating — 162 ratings
29.
I Met Someone
I Met Someone 2.92 avg rating — 107 ratings
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The Studio
The Studio 3.84 avg rating — 435 ratings
31.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,732 ratings
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The White Album
The White Album 4.03 avg rating — 47,354 ratings
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Women
Women 3.80 avg rating — 84,231 ratings
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A Single Man
A Single Man 4.06 avg rating — 36,555 ratings
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The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 18,145 ratings
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Eye of the Beholder
Eye of the Beholder
by: Marc Behm
3.58 avg rating — 457 ratings
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Dead to Me
Dead to Me 3.70 avg rating — 894 ratings
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American Girls
American Girls 3.49 avg rating — 3,046 ratings
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Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood
Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood 3.30 avg rating — 623 ratings
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Southland
Southland 3.98 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
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The Love of the Last Tycoon
The Love of the Last Tycoon 3.63 avg rating — 13,605 ratings
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The White Boy Shuffle
The White Boy Shuffle 4.09 avg rating — 6,129 ratings
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Platinum Doll: A Novel About Jean Harlow
Platinum Doll: A Novel About Jean Harlow 3.56 avg rating — 577 ratings