Books Set in Southern California

1.
Daisy Jones & The Six
Daisy Jones & The Six 4.20 avg rating — 1,772,095 ratings
2.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 4.40 avg rating — 3,833,864 ratings
3.
Malibu Rising
Malibu Rising 4.03 avg rating — 1,229,044 ratings
4.
Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends
Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends 3.84 avg rating — 2,144 ratings
5.
Esperanza Rising
Esperanza Rising 4.04 avg rating — 111,371 ratings
6.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,767 ratings
7.
Wishful Drinking
Wishful Drinking 3.82 avg rating — 91,333 ratings
8.
California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before the Mamas & the Papas
California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before the Mamas & the Papas 4.07 avg rating — 3,621 ratings
9.
Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge 3.62 avg rating — 18,376 ratings
10.
White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 363,349 ratings
11.
The Luckiest Girl
The Luckiest Girl 3.93 avg rating — 3,397 ratings
12.
The Girls in the Picture
The Girls in the Picture 3.64 avg rating — 8,186 ratings
13.
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 93,952 ratings
13.
Zorro
Zorro 3.80 avg rating — 24,277 ratings
15.
Front Desk (Front Desk #1)
Front Desk (Front Desk #1) 4.37 avg rating — 43,705 ratings
16.
The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist 3.70 avg rating — 88,150 ratings
17.
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 35,728 ratings
18.
Indian No More
Indian No More 4.20 avg rating — 2,563 ratings
19.
Dawn on the Coast (The Baby-Sitters Club, #23)
Dawn on the Coast (The Baby-Sitters Club, #23) 3.76 avg rating — 2,985 ratings
20.
Happily Ever Afters (Happily Ever Afters, #1)
Happily Ever Afters (Happily Ever Afters, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 7,750 ratings
21.
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero 3.60 avg rating — 95,140 ratings
22.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 3.86 avg rating — 11,220 ratings
23.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 132,994 ratings
24.
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? 3.93 avg rating — 5,247 ratings
24.
The Guncle (The Guncle, #1)
The Guncle (The Guncle, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 183,291 ratings
26.
We Are Not Free
We Are Not Free 4.31 avg rating — 12,022 ratings
27.
California Girls! (The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, #5)
California Girls! (The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, #5) 3.87 avg rating — 2,222 ratings
28.
My Dirty California
My Dirty California 3.94 avg rating — 315 ratings
29.
Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1)
Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 102,853 ratings
30.
A Single Man
A Single Man 4.06 avg rating — 36,548 ratings
31.
American Girls
American Girls 3.49 avg rating — 3,046 ratings
31.
All the Stars in the Heavens
All the Stars in the Heavens 3.59 avg rating — 13,703 ratings
33.
The Loved One
The Loved One 3.75 avg rating — 13,363 ratings
34.
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators 4.40 avg rating — 101,060 ratings
35.
Stars Over Sunset Boulevard
Stars Over Sunset Boulevard 3.73 avg rating — 6,288 ratings
36.
San Miguel
San Miguel 3.70 avg rating — 4,587 ratings
37.
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 24,731 ratings
37.
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside 'The Room', the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside 'The Room', the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made 4.29 avg rating — 34,393 ratings
39.
Platinum Doll: A Novel About Jean Harlow
Platinum Doll: A Novel About Jean Harlow 3.56 avg rating — 577 ratings
40.
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce 3.93 avg rating — 10,537 ratings
41.
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly 4.03 avg rating — 108,213 ratings
42.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,362 ratings
43.
Cress Delahanty
Cress Delahanty 3.91 avg rating — 301 ratings
44.
Ramona
Ramona 3.76 avg rating — 2,471 ratings
45.
The Circus at the End of the Sea
The Circus at the End of the Sea 4.09 avg rating — 187 ratings
46.
Everything Leads to You
Everything Leads to You 3.84 avg rating — 35,080 ratings
47.
Marilyn's Last Sessions
Marilyn's Last Sessions 3.52 avg rating — 436 ratings
48.
The Only Woman in the Room
The Only Woman in the Room 3.87 avg rating — 102,846 ratings
49.
The Black Kids
The Black Kids 4.03 avg rating — 10,983 ratings
50.
Play It As It Lays
Play It As It Lays 3.91 avg rating — 85,258 ratings
51.
A Touch of Stardust
A Touch of Stardust 3.65 avg rating — 5,244 ratings
52.
The Hollywood Daughter
The Hollywood Daughter 3.48 avg rating — 2,320 ratings
53.
When Winter Robeson Came
When Winter Robeson Came 4.02 avg rating — 324 ratings
54.
Dry
Dry 4.01 avg rating — 52,967 ratings
55.
Dangerous Angels (Weetzie Bat, #1-5)
Dangerous Angels (Weetzie Bat, #1-5) 4.25 avg rating — 9,028 ratings
56.
My Dark Places
My Dark Places 3.84 avg rating — 7,444 ratings
57.
Shopgirl
Shopgirl 3.42 avg rating — 39,379 ratings
57.
Ham on Rye
Ham on Rye 4.14 avg rating — 115,670 ratings
59.
City of Flickering Light
City of Flickering Light 3.84 avg rating — 1,939 ratings
59.
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 45,500 ratings
61.
Design for Dying (Lillian Frost & Edith Head, #1)
Design for Dying (Lillian Frost & Edith Head, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
62.
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 18,145 ratings
63.
Troublemaker
Troublemaker
by: John Cho
4.02 avg rating — 1,624 ratings
63.
Light from Uncommon Stars
Light from Uncommon Stars
by: Ryka Aoki
4.05 avg rating — 36,849 ratings
65.
Commonwealth
Commonwealth 3.83 avg rating — 199,109 ratings
65.
White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4) 3.92 avg rating — 9,619 ratings
67.
A Friend of the Earth
A Friend of the Earth 3.69 avg rating — 3,719 ratings
68.
Necklace of Kisses (Weetzie Bat, #6)
Necklace of Kisses (Weetzie Bat, #6) 3.90 avg rating — 2,588 ratings
69.
The House of Broken Angels
The House of Broken Angels 3.88 avg rating — 18,827 ratings
69.
Witch Baby (Weetzie Bat, #2)
Witch Baby (Weetzie Bat, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 3,908 ratings
71.
The Madonnas of Echo Park
The Madonnas of Echo Park 3.64 avg rating — 2,642 ratings
71.
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years 3.88 avg rating — 20,234 ratings
73.
Weetzie Bat (Weetzie Bat, #1)
Weetzie Bat (Weetzie Bat, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 14,963 ratings
73.
Shockaholic
Shockaholic 3.77 avg rating — 15,781 ratings
75.
Angels (Walsh Family, #3)
Angels (Walsh Family, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 38,672 ratings
75.
I Want to Keep My Baby!
I Want to Keep My Baby! 3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings
75.
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 211,583 ratings
78.
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (Weetzie Bat, #3)
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (Weetzie Bat, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 2,471 ratings
79.
Mexican WhiteBoy
Mexican WhiteBoy 3.86 avg rating — 5,781 ratings
79.
Jazz Owls
Jazz Owls 3.93 avg rating — 686 ratings
81.
Catalina
Catalina 3.35 avg rating — 820 ratings
82.
Surrender the Pink
Surrender the Pink 3.48 avg rating — 2,314 ratings
83.
California Girl
California Girl 3.76 avg rating — 2,308 ratings
84.
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By Now
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By Now 3.29 avg rating — 192 ratings
84.
Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles
Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles 3.88 avg rating — 795 ratings
86.
The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man 3.92 avg rating — 3,275 ratings
87.
The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain 3.66 avg rating — 34,023 ratings
88.
Private Label
Private Label 3.88 avg rating — 1,532 ratings
89.
Elsewhere, California
Elsewhere, California 3.90 avg rating — 597 ratings
90.
Movie Shoes (Shoes, #6)
Movie Shoes (Shoes, #6) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,808 ratings
90.
Hollywood 1900-1950 in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
Hollywood 1900-1950 in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
92.
Locas
Locas 3.77 avg rating — 371 ratings
92.
The Barbarian Nurseries
The Barbarian Nurseries 3.71 avg rating — 3,496 ratings
94.
Lordsburg and La Verne in Southern California (Postcard History Series)
Lordsburg and La Verne in Southern California (Postcard History Series) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
95.
Gold Fame Citrus
Gold Fame Citrus 3.30 avg rating — 9,639 ratings
96.
The Tribes of Palos Verdes
The Tribes of Palos Verdes 3.76 avg rating — 1,187 ratings
97.
Searching for Sky
Searching for Sky 3.71 avg rating — 1,490 ratings
98.
Echo
Echo 3.88 avg rating — 5,210 ratings
98.
The Sunset Crowd
The Sunset Crowd 3.38 avg rating — 1,770 ratings
100.
I Was a Teenage Fairy
I Was a Teenage Fairy 3.84 avg rating — 7,018 ratings
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