California Memoirs
101. 
Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism
by:
Belva Davis
4.03 avg rating — 400 ratings 101. 
Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
by:
Alice Waters
3.43 avg rating — 4,586 ratings 
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On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard 3.91 avg rating — 3,884 ratings
116. 
The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone
by:
Robin Green
3.43 avg rating — 460 ratings 
119. 
Exile in Guyville: How a Punk Rock Redneck Faggot Texan Moved to West Hollywood and Refused to Be Shiny and Happy
by:
Dave White
4.04 avg rating — 375 ratings 120. 
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The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After
by:
Melanie Gideon
3.24 avg rating — 784 ratings 122. 
Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton
by:
Sarah Sentilles
3.73 avg rating — 103 ratings 122. 
125. 
You Can't Fall Off the Floor: And Other Lessons from a Life in Hollywood
by:
Harris Katleman
3.67 avg rating — 124 ratings 
127. 
A Life in Movies: Stories from 50 years in Hollywood
by:
Irwin Winkler
3.67 avg rating — 364 ratings 
131. 
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
by:
Robert Iger
4.40 avg rating — 93,328 ratings 131. 
133. 
Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead
by:
Bill Kreutzmann
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,007 ratings 
135. 
A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert
by:
Karen Piper
3.36 avg rating — 900 ratings 137. 
Crime Wave: Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L.A.
by:
James Ellroy
3.56 avg rating — 2,039 ratings 138. 
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk
by:
John Doe
4.10 avg rating — 2,205 ratings 
143. 
Sunnyvale: The Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family
by:
Jeff Goodell
3.44 avg rating — 95 ratings 
147. 
Eye from the Edge: A Memoir of West Oakland, California
by:
Ruben Llamas
3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings 
150. 
A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century: A Memoir
by:
Jane Vandenburgh
3.51 avg rating — 61 ratings 
156. 
Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son
by:
Lori Duron
4.07 avg rating — 2,254 ratings 157. 
161. 
How to Love San Francisco: One Year in the City by the Bay
by:
Johanna Lehmann
3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings 162. 
The Ranch Papers: A California Memoir
by:
Jane Wheelwright
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 163. 
Impresario of Castro Street: An Intimate Showbiz Memoir
by:
Marc Huestis
4.48 avg rating — 27 ratings 164. 
Never Give in to Fear: Laughing All the Way Up From Rock Bottom
by:
Marti MacGibbon
3.81 avg rating — 213 ratings 165. 
Here is Where I Walk: Episodes From a Life in the Forest (Volume 1) 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings
166. 
Cruising State: Growing Up In Southern California (Western Literature Series) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Space Between the Stars: My Journey to an Open Heart
by:
Deborah Santana
3.96 avg rating — 106 ratings 
177. 
Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back
by:
Jackie Speier
4.11 avg rating — 1,492 ratings 
179. 
More than Gold in California: The Life and Work of Dr. Mary Bennett Ritter
by:
Gesa Kirsch
3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings 
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186. 
Teach with Your Heart: Lessons I Learned from the Freedom Writers
by:
Erin Gruwell
4.22 avg rating — 1,064 ratings 187. 
Under the Rainbow: An Intimate Memoir of Judy Garland, Rock Hudson and My Life in Old Hollywood
by:
John Carlyle
3.17 avg rating — 42 ratings 
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California Childhood: Recollections and Stories of the Golden State
by:
Gary Soto
4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings 