Los Angeles (fiction and nonfiction)

1.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,221 ratings
2.
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero 3.60 avg rating — 95,129 ratings
3.
White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 363,330 ratings
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The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,728 ratings
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The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 93,950 ratings
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Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 41,871 ratings
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The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 45,500 ratings
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L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 35,727 ratings
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John Belushi Is Dead
John Belushi Is Dead 3.94 avg rating — 570 ratings
10.
American Girls
American Girls 3.49 avg rating — 3,046 ratings
11.
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties 4.37 avg rating — 491 ratings
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Play It As It Lays
Play It As It Lays 3.91 avg rating — 85,236 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 — 27,283 ratings
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The Castle on Sunset: Love, Fame, Death and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont
The Castle on Sunset: Love, Fame, Death and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont 3.67 avg rating — 4,467 ratings
15.
Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3)
Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 38,230 ratings
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Dangerous Angels (Weetzie Bat, #1-5)
Dangerous Angels (Weetzie Bat, #1-5) 4.25 avg rating — 9,028 ratings
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The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 24,729 ratings
18.
Brazen Violations (Betts & Walker Book 2)
Brazen Violations (Betts & Walker Book 2) 4.12 avg rating — 158 ratings
19.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,437 ratings
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The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5) 3.98 avg rating — 18,416 ratings
21.
Party Girl (The Girls, #1)
Party Girl (The Girls, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 10,701 ratings
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Malibu Motel
Malibu Motel 4.17 avg rating — 66 ratings
23.
All Good Things Die in L.A.
All Good Things Die in L.A. 3.33 avg rating — 54 ratings
23.
Post Office
Post Office 3.93 avg rating — 135,712 ratings
25.
Bright Shiny Morning
Bright Shiny Morning 3.85 avg rating — 15,070 ratings
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The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 211,573 ratings
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Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice 3.79 avg rating — 36,950 ratings
28.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,358 ratings
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Money Matters A Novel
Money Matters A Novel 4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings
30.
Get Shorty (Chili Palmer, #1)
Get Shorty (Chili Palmer, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 24,664 ratings
31.
Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology: A Library of America Special Publication
Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology: A Library of America Special Publication 4.16 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity 4.06 avg rating — 27,751 ratings
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Chinatown
Chinatown 4.27 avg rating — 653 ratings
34.
White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4)
White Jazz (L.A. Quartet, #4) 3.92 avg rating — 9,619 ratings
35.
Paint it Black
Paint it Black 3.50 avg rating — 12,710 ratings
36.
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles 4.21 avg rating — 4,678 ratings
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The White Album
The White Album 4.03 avg rating — 47,326 ratings
38.
A Single Man
A Single Man 4.06 avg rating — 36,544 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 — 66,398 ratings
40.
The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain 3.66 avg rating — 34,021 ratings
41.
Always Running
Always Running 4.04 avg rating — 8,340 ratings
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Angels Flight (Harry Bosch, #6; Harry Bosch Universe, #8)
Angels Flight (Harry Bosch, #6; Harry Bosch Universe, #8) 4.23 avg rating — 67,001 ratings
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A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community
A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community 4.15 avg rating — 422 ratings
44.
Born Slippy
Born Slippy
by: Tom Lutz
3.88 avg rating — 100 ratings
45.
Postcards from the Edge (Suzanne Vale, #1)
Postcards from the Edge (Suzanne Vale, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 18,373 ratings
45.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 3.86 avg rating — 11,220 ratings
47.
Eve's Hollywood
Eve's Hollywood 3.91 avg rating — 8,232 ratings
48.
What Makes Sammy Run?
What Makes Sammy Run? 4.09 avg rating — 3,368 ratings
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City of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)
City of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #11) 4.13 avg rating — 61,726 ratings
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Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6)
Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6) 4.22 avg rating — 75,281 ratings
51.
The Narrows (Harry Bosch, #10; Harry Bosch Universe, #14)
The Narrows (Harry Bosch, #10; Harry Bosch Universe, #14) 4.19 avg rating — 63,869 ratings
52.
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2) 3.97 avg rating — 6,115 ratings
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Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #13)
Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #13) 4.22 avg rating — 66,918 ratings
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The Sunset Strip Diaries
The Sunset Strip Diaries 3.79 avg rating — 649 ratings
55.
Ham on Rye
Ham on Rye 4.14 avg rating — 115,658 ratings
56.
If He Hollers Let Him Go
If He Hollers Let Him Go 3.97 avg rating — 2,559 ratings
57.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,384 ratings
58.
Raymond Chandler: Stories and Early Novels
Raymond Chandler: Stories and Early Novels 4.50 avg rating — 1,433 ratings
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The Library Book
The Library Book 3.89 avg rating — 121,029 ratings
60.
The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)
The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 91,792 ratings
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The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)
The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 77,256 ratings
62.
A Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rawlins, #5)
A Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rawlins, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 4,479 ratings
63.
In a Lonely Place
In a Lonely Place 4.12 avg rating — 8,478 ratings
64.
Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4)
Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4) 4.08 avg rating — 5,570 ratings
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White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins, #3)
White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 5,055 ratings
66.
Cinnamon Kiss (Easy Rawlins #10)
Cinnamon Kiss (Easy Rawlins #10) 3.98 avg rating — 3,388 ratings
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Once Upon a Lie
Once Upon a Lie 4.17 avg rating — 127 ratings
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Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A. 4.09 avg rating — 25,190 ratings
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Confetti Covered Quicksand
Confetti Covered Quicksand 3.91 avg rating — 397 ratings
70.
Pulp
Pulp 3.67 avg rating — 42,965 ratings
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I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie 3.70 avg rating — 21,014 ratings
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Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles 3.86 avg rating — 861 ratings
73.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating — 78,729 ratings
74.
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard 4.25 avg rating — 358 ratings
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Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)
Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9) 4.07 avg rating — 4,805 ratings
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The Closers (Harry Bosch, #11; Harry Bosch Universe, #15)
The Closers (Harry Bosch, #11; Harry Bosch Universe, #15) 4.19 avg rating — 61,420 ratings
77.
The Overlook (Harry Bosch, #13; Harry Bosch Universe, #18)
The Overlook (Harry Bosch, #13; Harry Bosch Universe, #18) 4.01 avg rating — 54,663 ratings
78.
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 18,144 ratings
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Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7)
Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7) 4.16 avg rating — 60,417 ratings
80.
Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch, #14; Harry Bosch Universe, #21)
Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch, #14; Harry Bosch Universe, #21) 4.06 avg rating — 55,309 ratings
81.
The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4)
The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 82,746 ratings
82.
Nudes (Exposed, #1)
Nudes (Exposed, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 794 ratings
82.
The Urban Mystique: Notes on California, Los Angeles, and Beyond
The Urban Mystique: Notes on California, Los Angeles, and Beyond 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
82.
My Dirty California
My Dirty California 3.94 avg rating — 315 ratings
82.
The Call of the Void
The Call of the Void 4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings
86.
The Nowhere City
The Nowhere City 3.58 avg rating — 566 ratings
87.
Steven D. Lavine. Failure is What It's All About: A Life Devoted to Leadership in the Arts
Steven D. Lavine. Failure is What It's All About: A Life Devoted to Leadership in the Arts it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
88.
L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City
L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City 3.82 avg rating — 2,086 ratings
89.
Planting Wolves
Planting Wolves 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings
90.
Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels
Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels 4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings
91.
Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies
Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies 4.16 avg rating — 841 ratings
92.
Earth Angels
Earth Angels 3.76 avg rating — 45 ratings
93.
Southern California: An Island on the Land
Southern California: An Island on the Land 4.26 avg rating — 330 ratings
94.
A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch, #7; Harry Bosch Universe, #10)
A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch, #7; Harry Bosch Universe, #10) 4.16 avg rating — 65,736 ratings
95.
L.A. Requiem (Elvis Cole, #8)
L.A. Requiem (Elvis Cole, #8) 4.31 avg rating — 22,094 ratings
96.
The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole, #10)
The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole, #10) 4.17 avg rating — 15,874 ratings
97.
Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles
Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
98.
The Killing Of The Saints (Charlie Morell, #1)
The Killing Of The Saints (Charlie Morell, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 48 ratings
98.
Find Me I'm Yours
Find Me I'm Yours 3.57 avg rating — 93 ratings
98.
Conquest: A Novel for Modern Women
Conquest: A Novel for Modern Women 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
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