Books Set in Central California

1.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,723 ratings
2.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,115 ratings
3.
Esperanza Rising
Esperanza Rising 4.04 avg rating — 111,355 ratings
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Blue Willow
Blue Willow 3.88 avg rating — 3,862 ratings
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Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1)
Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 41,673 ratings
6.
Shadowland (The Mediator, #1)
Shadowland (The Mediator, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 70,881 ratings
7.
Fresno Stories
Fresno Stories 4.14 avg rating — 243 ratings
8.
California's Highway 99: Modesto to Bakersfield
California's Highway 99: Modesto to Bakersfield 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
9.
The Mars Room
The Mars Room 3.44 avg rating — 46,831 ratings
10.
The Octopus: A Story of California
The Octopus: A Story of California 3.81 avg rating — 2,015 ratings
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Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay 3.11 avg rating — 668 ratings
12.
I'll Meet You There
I'll Meet You There 4.05 avg rating — 15,009 ratings
13.
The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California
The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California
by: Mark Arax
4.43 avg rating — 1,351 ratings
14.
Working Cotton
Working Cotton 3.91 avg rating — 764 ratings
15.
The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy 4.03 avg rating — 6,504 ratings
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The California Immigrant (Monterey Bay #1)
The California Immigrant (Monterey Bay #1) 3.38 avg rating — 53 ratings
17.
Freaky in Fresno
Freaky in Fresno 3.44 avg rating — 172 ratings
18.
Baseball in April and Other Stories
Baseball in April and Other Stories
by: Gary Soto
3.65 avg rating — 1,683 ratings
19.
My Name Is Aram
My Name Is Aram 4.17 avg rating — 2,007 ratings
20.
The Red Pony
The Red Pony 3.49 avg rating — 58,798 ratings
21.
Missions of Central California
Missions of Central California 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Deeper the Roots
The Deeper the Roots 4.24 avg rating — 456 ratings
23.
Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm
Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm 3.98 avg rating — 1,336 ratings
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Godshot
Godshot 3.77 avg rating — 10,705 ratings
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Big Sur
Big Sur 3.84 avg rating — 37,135 ratings
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Boardwalk Summer
Boardwalk Summer 3.89 avg rating — 1,788 ratings
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Petty Crimes
Petty Crimes
by: Gary Soto
3.74 avg rating — 191 ratings
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Indian Baskets of Central California: Art, Culture, and History: Native American Basketry from San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay North to Mendocino and East to the Sierras
Indian Baskets of Central California: Art, Culture, and History: Native American Basketry from San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay North to Mendocino and East to the Sierras 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Into the Valley
Into the Valley
by: Ruth Galm
3.27 avg rating — 210 ratings
29.
Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas
Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas 4.13 avg rating — 158 ratings
29.
Love Finds You in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Love Finds You in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 3.91 avg rating — 308 ratings
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The Long Valley
The Long Valley 3.92 avg rating — 6,361 ratings
29.
Properties of Thirst
Properties of Thirst 4.16 avg rating — 4,785 ratings
29.
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice 4.41 avg rating — 2,643 ratings
35.
Mañana Means Heaven (Camino del Sol)
Mañana Means Heaven (Camino del Sol) 3.96 avg rating — 205 ratings
35.
Nobody Move
Nobody Move 3.35 avg rating — 5,032 ratings
35.
Lixia of Gold Mountain
Lixia of Gold Mountain it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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A Dangerous Business
A Dangerous Business 3.17 avg rating — 8,630 ratings
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Welcome to the Sea of Sand
Welcome to the Sea of Sand 3.99 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to The Grapes of Wrath
The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to The Grapes of Wrath 3.94 avg rating — 1,495 ratings
41.
Land of Milk and Money
Land of Milk and Money 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings
41.
The Spectral Mist
The Spectral Mist 3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings
43.
Heartbroke
Heartbroke 3.93 avg rating — 1,669 ratings
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Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment 3.71 avg rating — 19,529 ratings
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The Pool Party
The Pool Party
by: Gary Soto
3.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Greetings from Fresno: Vintage Postcards from California's Heartland
Greetings from Fresno: Vintage Postcards from California's Heartland 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
46.
Santa Cruz Noir
Santa Cruz Noir 3.76 avg rating — 160 ratings
48.
The Dog Sox
The Dog Sox 3.41 avg rating — 32 ratings
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A Very Typical Family
A Very Typical Family 3.47 avg rating — 43,572 ratings
50.
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 149,635 ratings
51.
Pasquala: The Story of a California Indian Girl
Pasquala: The Story of a California Indian Girl 3.51 avg rating — 43 ratings
52.
The Boys of San Joaquin
The Boys of San Joaquin 3.62 avg rating — 48 ratings
53.
Moon in the Water
Moon in the Water 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Do-Over
The Do-Over 3.94 avg rating — 109 ratings
55.
Steinbeck's Ghost
Steinbeck's Ghost 3.66 avg rating — 346 ratings
56.
Valley Fever
Valley Fever 3.22 avg rating — 343 ratings
57.
Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions
Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions 3.36 avg rating — 683 ratings
58.
R.I.P. Eliza Hart
R.I.P. Eliza Hart 3.89 avg rating — 1,935 ratings
59.
The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue
The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 276 ratings
60.
The Sunday Cycles
The Sunday Cycles 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
61.
The Other California: The Great Central Valley In Life And Letters (Western Literature and Fiction Series)
The Other California: The Great Central Valley In Life And Letters (Western Literature and Fiction Series) 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Devil's Harvest: A Ruthless Killer, a Terrorized Community, and the Search for Justice in California's Central Valley
The Devil's Harvest: A Ruthless Killer, a Terrorized Community, and the Search for Justice in California's Central Valley 3.77 avg rating — 436 ratings
63.
No Filter and Other Lies
No Filter and Other Lies 3.62 avg rating — 1,647 ratings
64.
California Time (Western Literature Series)
California Time (Western Literature Series) 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
65.
The Great Central Valley: California's Heartland (A Centennial Book)
The Great Central Valley: California's Heartland (A Centennial Book) 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Lord of California
Lord of California 3.34 avg rating — 62 ratings
67.
Andrea Carter and the Long Ride Home (Circle C Adventures #1)
Andrea Carter and the Long Ride Home (Circle C Adventures #1) 4.39 avg rating — 179 ratings
68.
When Dad Came Back
When Dad Came Back
by: Gary Soto
3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
69.
Highway 99: A Literary Journey Through California's Great Central Valley
Highway 99: A Literary Journey Through California's Great Central Valley 3.94 avg rating — 77 ratings
70.
Don't Breathe a Word
Don't Breathe a Word really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
71.
Blood Echo (Burning Girl, #2)
Blood Echo (Burning Girl, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 3,743 ratings
72.
Owl's Outstanding Donuts
Owl's Outstanding Donuts 4.03 avg rating — 216 ratings
73.
Marcelina
Marcelina 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Watsonville/Circle in the Dirt: Watsonville: Some Place Not Here and Circle in the Dirt: El Pueblo de East Palo Alto
Watsonville/Circle in the Dirt: Watsonville: Some Place Not Here and Circle in the Dirt: El Pueblo de East Palo Alto 3.77 avg rating — 57 ratings
75.
Jelly and the spaceboat
Jelly and the spaceboat 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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People at the Edge of the World: The Ohlone of Central California
People at the Edge of the World: The Ohlone of Central California really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Drought, Water Law, and the Origins of California’s Central Valley Project
Drought, Water Law, and the Origins of California’s Central Valley Project 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
78.
Jake Longstreth: Tulare: Scenes from California's Central Valley
Jake Longstreth: Tulare: Scenes from California's Central Valley 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
79.
Monterey Bay and Beyond: The Best of California's Central Coast from Santa Cruz to San Simeon
Monterey Bay and Beyond: The Best of California's Central Coast from Santa Cruz to San Simeon it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Best of Central California: Main Roads and Side Trips
The Best of Central California: Main Roads and Side Trips 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
81.
California Heartland: Writing from the Great Central Valley
California Heartland: Writing from the Great Central Valley 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
82.
Fresno Growing Up: A City Comes of Age: 1945-1985
Fresno Growing Up: A City Comes of Age: 1945-1985 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings
83.
Counting by 7s
Counting by 7s 4.14 avg rating — 85,892 ratings
84.
The Weight of a Piano
The Weight of a Piano 3.69 avg rating — 3,553 ratings
85.
The Devils of Bakersfield (Jack Liffey, #10)
The Devils of Bakersfield (Jack Liffey, #10) 3.14 avg rating — 28 ratings
86.
What You See in the Dark
What You See in the Dark 3.48 avg rating — 752 ratings
87.
The Smaller Evil
The Smaller Evil 2.87 avg rating — 429 ratings
88.
From the San Joaquin
From the San Joaquin 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings
89.
Treadmill: A Documentary Novel
Treadmill: A Documentary Novel 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
90.
All They Will Call You (Camino del Sol)
All They Will Call You (Camino del Sol) 4.25 avg rating — 328 ratings
91.
Cassandra at the Wedding
Cassandra at the Wedding 3.95 avg rating — 6,826 ratings
92.
Dragonfly Dreams
Dragonfly Dreams 3.57 avg rating — 116 ratings
93.
The Afterlife
The Afterlife
by: Gary Soto
3.44 avg rating — 1,703 ratings
94.
Buried Onions
Buried Onions
by: Gary Soto
3.55 avg rating — 1,570 ratings
95.
The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy: Recollections and Short Essays
The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy: Recollections and Short Essays
by: Gary Soto
3.69 avg rating — 39 ratings
96.
How Much Earth: The Fresno Poets (California Poetry Series)
How Much Earth: The Fresno Poets (California Poetry Series) 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings
97.
In My Father's Name
In My Father's Name
by: Mark Arax
3.93 avg rating — 135 ratings
98.
The Dishwasher
The Dishwasher 4.03 avg rating — 33 ratings
99.
Crazy Weekend
Crazy Weekend
by: Gary Soto
3.45 avg rating — 80 ratings
100.
A Summer Life (Laurel-Leaf Books)
A Summer Life (Laurel-Leaf Books)
by: Gary Soto
3.41 avg rating — 285 ratings
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