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I was looking for lists of books whose stories or subjects took place in California. On this web site there were exactly two. Both inadequate. So I made my own. 70% of this list is fiction. The key requirement is that a significant part of any book occurs in California. The writer's origins are irrelevant. Non-fiction provides the background on which so much of the fiction is based. It is a big, deeply complex state with an incredible history and a vein of rich literature which continues to the present day.
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C Is for Corpse (Sue Grafton)
C Is for Corpse
41
Sue Grafton
Cadillac Desert (Marc Reisner)
Cadillac Desert
42
Marc Reisner
California (Edan Lepucki)
California
43
Edan Lepucki
California: The Great Exception (McWilliams)
California: The Great Exception
44
McWilliams
California: A History (Kevin Starr)
California: A History
45
Kevin Starr
California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline (Rosanna Xia)
California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline
46
Rosanna Xia
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
47
John Steinbeck
The Carmen Miranda Memorial Flagpole (Gerald Rosen)
The Carmen Miranda Memorial Flagpole
48
Gerald Rosen
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (Mark Twain)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
49
Mark Twain
Changing Places
Changing Places
50
The Chill
The Chill
51
China Blues (Ki Longfellow)
China Blues
52
Ki Longfellow
China Dolls (Lisa See)
China Dolls
53
Lisa See
China Men (Maxine Hong Kingston)
China Men
54
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Circle - Dave Eggers
The Circle - Dave Eggers
55
City at the Edge of Forever: Los Angeles Reimagined (Peter Lunenfeld)
City at the Edge of Forever: Los Angeles Reimagined
56
Peter Lunenfeld
City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965 (Kelly Lytle Hernández)
City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965
57
Kelly Lytle Hernández
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Mike Davis)
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
58
Mike Davis
Clover Blue (Eldonna Edwards)
Clover Blue
59
Eldonna Edwards
Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook (Alice Waters)
Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
60
Alice Waters
Concrete Blonde (Michael Connelly)
Concrete Blonde
61
Michael Connelly
A Confederate General From Big Sur (Brautigan)
A Confederate General From Big Sur
62
Brautigan
Confessions of Madame Psyche (Dorothy Bryant)
Confessions of Madame Psyche
63
Dorothy Bryant
The Control of Nature (John McPhee)
The Control of Nature
64
John McPhee
Corpus of Joe Bailey (Oakley M. Hall)
Corpus of Joe Bailey
65
Oakley M. Hall
A Crack in the Edge of the World (Simon Winchester)
A Crack in the Edge of the World
66
Simon Winchester
Crescent (Diana Abu-Jaber)
Crescent
67
Diana Abu-Jaber
Crooked Little Heart (Anne Lamott)
Crooked Little Heart
68
Anne Lamott
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
69
Thomas Pynchon
Cutter and Bone (Newton Thornburg)
Cutter and Bone
70
Newton Thornburg
The Dain Curse (Dashiell Hammett)
The Dain Curse
71
Dashiell Hammett
Daisy Jones and the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones and the Six
72
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Damnation Spring (Ash Davidson)
Damnation Spring
73
Ash Davidson
A Dangerous Business (Jane Smiley)
A Dangerous Business
74
Jane Smiley
Daughter of Fortune (Isabel Allende)
Daughter of Fortune
75
Isabel Allende
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
76
Nathanael West
Death Is a Lonely Business (Ray Bradbury)
Death Is a Lonely Business
77
Ray Bradbury
Death Valley (Melissa Broder)
Death Valley
78
Melissa Broder
The Deer Park (Norman Mailer)
The Deer Park
79
Norman Mailer
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress
80
Walter Mosley
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