Books Set in Southern California

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High 3.98 avg rating — 951 ratings
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The Great Mann
The Great Mann 4.27 avg rating — 352 ratings
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A Thousand Steps
A Thousand Steps 3.67 avg rating — 4,014 ratings
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Pasadena
Pasadena 3.13 avg rating — 968 ratings
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Lola (Lola Vasquez, #1)
Lola (Lola Vasquez, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 2,047 ratings
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These Women
These Women 3.78 avg rating — 7,609 ratings
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I'll Meet You There
I'll Meet You There 4.05 avg rating — 15,009 ratings
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Passage West
Passage West 4.11 avg rating — 833 ratings
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The Red Bikini (Sandy Cove, #1)
The Red Bikini (Sandy Cove, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 325 ratings
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The Devil You Know (Detective Margaret Nolan, #3)
The Devil You Know (Detective Margaret Nolan, #3) 3.55 avg rating — 2,092 ratings
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A Brush With Fame
A Brush With Fame 3.38 avg rating — 74 ratings
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True Grandeur
True Grandeur 4.07 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Thorn Tree
Thorn Tree 3.70 avg rating — 221 ratings
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California Girls
California Girls 3.26 avg rating — 287 ratings
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The Secret of Terror Castle (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, #1)
The Secret of Terror Castle (Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 6,630 ratings
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Tek Kill (The TekWar Series Book 8)
Tek Kill (The TekWar Series Book 8) 3.15 avg rating — 261 ratings
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Rise Again (Rise Again, #1)
Rise Again (Rise Again, #1)
by: Ben Tripp
3.88 avg rating — 4,805 ratings
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Fatal Shadows (The Adrien English Mysteries, #1)
Fatal Shadows (The Adrien English Mysteries, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 12,209 ratings
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Layover
Layover 3.13 avg rating — 920 ratings
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Ten Good Reasons (Sandy Cove, #2)
Ten Good Reasons (Sandy Cove, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 337 ratings
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Cindy Ella
Cindy Ella 3.68 avg rating — 3,730 ratings
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Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet
Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet 3.54 avg rating — 979 ratings
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Catchpenny
Catchpenny 3.76 avg rating — 630 ratings
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Purple Daze
Purple Daze 3.47 avg rating — 198 ratings
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The Golden State
The Golden State 3.68 avg rating — 3,437 ratings
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The Great Pretenders
The Great Pretenders 3.72 avg rating — 667 ratings
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The Notorious Pagan Jones (Pagan Jones, #1)
The Notorious Pagan Jones (Pagan Jones, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 489 ratings
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Cake Pop Crush (Wish, #1)
Cake Pop Crush (Wish, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,651 ratings
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Hangry Hearts
Hangry Hearts 3.21 avg rating — 353 ratings
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Tehrangeles
Tehrangeles 2.90 avg rating — 1,900 ratings
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Nothing Left to Burn
Nothing Left to Burn 3.67 avg rating — 637 ratings
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Playing With the Boys (Pretty Tough, #2)
Playing With the Boys (Pretty Tough, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 2,176 ratings
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The Snowbirds
The Snowbirds 3.47 avg rating — 2,308 ratings
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The Street Belongs to Us
The Street Belongs to Us 3.95 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Girl About Town (Lulu Kelly Mystery #1)
Girl About Town (Lulu Kelly Mystery #1) 3.27 avg rating — 334 ratings
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Music from Another World
Music from Another World 4.17 avg rating — 2,395 ratings
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The Beautiful Strangers
The Beautiful Strangers 4.16 avg rating — 3,173 ratings
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Knight in Shining Suit
Knight in Shining Suit 4.32 avg rating — 4,118 ratings
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Not Without You
Not Without You 3.66 avg rating — 1,236 ratings
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The Library of Lost Things
The Library of Lost Things 3.72 avg rating — 10,297 ratings
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Starstruck (Starstruck, #1)
Starstruck (Starstruck, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 610 ratings
141.
The Devil You Know (The Devils, #3)
The Devil You Know (The Devils, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 28,293 ratings
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It All Comes Down to This
It All Comes Down to This 3.87 avg rating — 677 ratings
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Mount Terminus
Mount Terminus 3.50 avg rating — 194 ratings
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Woman Enters Left
Woman Enters Left 3.66 avg rating — 731 ratings
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Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)
Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 104,803 ratings
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A Deal with the Devil (The Devils, #1)
A Deal with the Devil (The Devils, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 56,503 ratings
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The Blue Butterfly: A Novel of Marion Davies
The Blue Butterfly: A Novel of Marion Davies 4.06 avg rating — 1,060 ratings
149.
Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3)
Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 38,233 ratings
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Land of the Afternoon Sun
Land of the Afternoon Sun 3.81 avg rating — 253 ratings
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The Last Fallen Star (Gifted Clans, #1)
The Last Fallen Star (Gifted Clans, #1)
by: Graci Kim
4.24 avg rating — 4,214 ratings
149.
Attachment Theory (The Brodie Brothers, #2)
Attachment Theory (The Brodie Brothers, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 1,766 ratings
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The Pictures
The Pictures 3.61 avg rating — 438 ratings
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Fearless Jones (Fearless Jones, #1)
Fearless Jones (Fearless Jones, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 3,291 ratings
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The Loud Silence of Francine Green
The Loud Silence of Francine Green 3.60 avg rating — 986 ratings
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The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,730 ratings
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Land of Shadows (Detective Elouise Norton, #1)
Land of Shadows (Detective Elouise Norton, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 2,713 ratings
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Marlene
Marlene 3.97 avg rating — 2,271 ratings
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The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2)
The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2)
by: Graci Kim
4.29 avg rating — 1,564 ratings
155.
The Devil You Know
The Devil You Know 3.82 avg rating — 7,578 ratings
161.
The Summer of Jordi Perez
The Summer of Jordi Perez 3.84 avg rating — 5,270 ratings
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Armstrong & Charlie
Armstrong & Charlie 4.26 avg rating — 567 ratings
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How to Date a Younger Man
How to Date a Younger Man 3.86 avg rating — 2,355 ratings
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Rana Joon and the One and Only Now
Rana Joon and the One and Only Now 4.04 avg rating — 344 ratings
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The It Girl and Me: A Novel of Clara Bow
The It Girl and Me: A Novel of Clara Bow 4.27 avg rating — 169 ratings
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After the Plague
After the Plague 3.86 avg rating — 1,645 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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It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel 4.25 avg rating — 4,498 ratings
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Hangman (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #19)
Hangman (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus #19) 4.04 avg rating — 10,244 ratings
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Past Crimes
Past Crimes 3.35 avg rating — 26 ratings
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See You on a Starry Night (Starry Beach Club, #1)
See You on a Starry Night (Starry Beach Club, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 311 ratings
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The Prey (Predator Trilogy, #1)
The Prey (Predator Trilogy, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 6,551 ratings
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Pasadena
Pasadena 3.43 avg rating — 899 ratings
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Other People's Houses
Other People's Houses 3.61 avg rating — 18,940 ratings
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Willow's Time
Willow's Time 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Singing with Elephants
Singing with Elephants 3.98 avg rating — 579 ratings
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The Echo Park Castaways
The Echo Park Castaways 3.99 avg rating — 212 ratings
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Dark Sacred Night (Renée Ballard, #2; Harry Bosch, #21; Harry Bosch Universe, #32)
Dark Sacred Night (Renée Ballard, #2; Harry Bosch, #21; Harry Bosch Universe, #32) 4.19 avg rating — 76,933 ratings
177.
Let Me Off at the Top!: My Classy Life and Other Musings
Let Me Off at the Top!: My Classy Life and Other Musings 3.32 avg rating — 4,232 ratings
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Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio
Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio 3.63 avg rating — 603 ratings
180.
Sylvia & Aki
Sylvia & Aki really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,467 ratings
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The Mothers
The Mothers 3.88 avg rating — 126,675 ratings
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She's Too Pretty to Burn
She's Too Pretty to Burn 3.63 avg rating — 9,360 ratings
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Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon
Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon 3.97 avg rating — 250 ratings
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The Reece Malcolm List
The Reece Malcolm List 3.86 avg rating — 2,788 ratings
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The Comeback
The Comeback 3.73 avg rating — 17,880 ratings
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Tijuana Straits
Tijuana Straits
by: Kem Nunn
3.81 avg rating — 881 ratings
183.
The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16)
The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #16) 4.22 avg rating — 250,367 ratings
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Out of Reach
Out of Reach 3.56 avg rating — 2,367 ratings
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The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,387 ratings
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Weedflower
Weedflower 3.92 avg rating — 4,884 ratings
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American Blonde (Velva Jean, #4)
American Blonde (Velva Jean, #4) 3.81 avg rating — 611 ratings
189.
How to Set Yourself on Fire
How to Set Yourself on Fire 3.71 avg rating — 318 ratings
189.
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers 3.70 avg rating — 7,338 ratings
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Afterlife
Afterlife 3.90 avg rating — 417 ratings
195.
Pink Smog (Weetzie Bat, #0)
Pink Smog (Weetzie Bat, #0) 3.75 avg rating — 1,394 ratings
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The Wild Shore (Three Californias Triptych, #1)
The Wild Shore (Three Californias Triptych, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 4,121 ratings
195.
Cutter and Bone
Cutter and Bone 3.96 avg rating — 1,103 ratings
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Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon -- The Case Against Celebrity
Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon -- The Case Against Celebrity 3.42 avg rating — 245 ratings
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Take This Man: A Memoir
Take This Man: A Memoir 3.74 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
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