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Old 12-21-2012, 02:01 PM
 
Location: California
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Hi, I am looking fro some good books about California. Not books that just take place in California, but ones that capture its spirit - California, Americana etc. - both happy and sad ones

I am talking about books similar to books/movies like

- Day of the Locust
- Grapes of Wrath
- Crash
- Chinatown
- L.A. Confidential


I tried a couple of books in the series San Francisco Noir and L.A. Noir and they were pretty lame.

Thanks a lot
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Old 12-21-2012, 02:13 PM
 
Location: Floyd Co, VA
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You might enjoy Down to a Soundless Sea by Thomas Steinbeck, son of author John.
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Old 12-21-2012, 02:45 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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The "Tales of the City" series
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Old 12-21-2012, 02:47 PM
 
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Hi, I am looking fro some good books about California. Not books that just take place in California, but ones that capture its spirit - California, Americana etc. - both happy and sad ones
Thanks a lot
Lessee,

True Crime:

The Onion Field
Helter Skelter

Hmong culture:

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

Here's a list for you though.

Popular California Fiction Books
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Old 12-21-2012, 03:25 PM
 
Location: TOVCCA
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Michael Connelly's crime novels capture L.A. in all its glory.
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Old 12-21-2012, 05:41 PM
 
Location: San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
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The Other California, Gerald Haslam, oddly enough, published by the University of Nevada Press.
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Old 12-21-2012, 06:01 PM
 
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
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"Fiscal Responsibility" by the California Legislature.
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Old 12-21-2012, 06:19 PM
 
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The Other California, Gerald Haslam, oddly enough, published by the University of Nevada Press.
I sit here in Fresno, and didn't think to recommend anything by William Saroyan.
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Old 12-21-2012, 06:23 PM
 
Location: San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
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Fresno,,, well, it is close to the the Sierra,
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Old 12-21-2012, 06:32 PM
 
Location: SoCal & Mid-TN
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Robert Crais Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels.

Robert Crais -* Author
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