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Schauerman Library Web Guides - California Reading
A selected list of novels and anthologies set in California or specific locales like Los Angeles and San Francisco. Some non-fiction books, and web sites, dealing with California literature are also included. If ECC Schauerman library owns the book it has been provided with the LC call number.
Books about California literature (Selection)
Baird, Newton D. An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction, 1664 - 1970. 1971. REF Z 1231 F4 B35 1971
Chipman, Bruce. Into America's Dream-Dump: a Postmodern Study of the Hollywood Novel.
Cummins, Ella Sterling. The Story of the Files: A Review of California Writers and Literature. [Title on Spine: California Writers & Literature] PS 283 C2 M5
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence [and Nancy Peters] Literary San Francisco: a Pictorial History from its Beginnings to the Present Day. 1980. PS 285 S3 F4 1980
Fine, David M. Imagining Los Angeles: a City in Fiction.
Rathmell, George. Realms of Gold: the Colorful Writers of San Francisco 1850 - 1950.
Rolfe, Lionel. Literary L.A. 1981. PS 285 L7 R6
Spatz, Jonas. Hollywood in Fiction: Some Versions of the American Myth. 1969. PS 374 H55 S6 1969
Walker, Franklin Dickerson. San Francisco�s Literary Frontier. 1939. PS 285 S3 W3
Wells, Walter. Tycoons and locusts: a regional look at Hollywood Fiction of the 1930's. [1995]. PS 285 H6 W4
Wyatt, David. The Fall into Eden: Landscape and Imagination in California. 1986.
PS 283 C2 W9 1986
Websites about California literature (Selection)
A Brief History of California Literature http://www.nciba.com/californ.html
Californian Literature http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist4/liter.html
John Steinbeck: The California Novels. http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Steinbeck/
Local Color: Regional Writing in the United States 1870-1910 http://www.traverse.com/people/dot/default.html
Los Angeles Literature: Working Bibliography
http://www.msmc.la.edu/English/Laliterature/f02/LA_Lit_Bib.htm
PAL Perspectives in American Literature. Appendix P: American Literature & California. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/append/axp.html
Anthologies & Poetry set in California
Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn. The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California.
[first published in 1894 as Before the Gringo Came] PS 1042 S6 1968
California Bicentennial Poets Anthology. 1976. PS 571 C2 C13 1976
California Classics: the Creative Literature of the Golden State. Editor: Lawrence C. Powell. 1971. PS 571 C2 P66
California Heartland: Writing from the Great Central Valley. Editors: James D. Houston & Gerald W. Haslam. 1978. PS 571 C2 C22
California Heritage: an Anthology of History and Literature. Editor: John Caughey.
PS 571 C2 C35
The Californians: Writings of their Past and Present. Editors: Robert P. Pearsall & Ursula S. Erikson. 1961. PS 571 C2 P4
Continent�s End: a Collection of California Writing. Editor: Joseph H. Jackson. 1944.
PS 571 C2 J3
The Geography of Home: California Poetry of Place. Editors: Christopher Buckley & Gary Young. 1999. PS 571 C2 G46 1999
Jeffers, Robinson. Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers. PS 3519 E27 A17 1988
The Literature of California. Vol. 1: Native American Beginnings to 1945. Editors: Jack Hicks, James D. Houston, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Al Young. PS 571 C2 L5 2000
Many Californias: Literature from the Golden State. 2nd ed. Editor: Gerald W. Haslam. 1999. PS 571 C2 M36 1999
No Rooms of their Own: Women Writers of Early California. Editor: Ida Egli. 2nd ed. 1997. PS 571 C2 N64 1997
Rexroth, Kenneth. Selected Poems. PS 3535 E923 A6 1984
Works set mainly in California
Austin, Mary. The Ford: Collected Works of Mary Austin.
The Land of Little Rain. F866 A9318 1950 (Non Fiction)
Beagle, Peter. The California Feeling. OVERSIZE F 861 B38 (Non Fiction)
Bezzerides, A. I. Thieves' Market.
Brewer, William H. Up and Down California in 1860 - 64: the journal of William Henry Brewer. F 864 B75 1966. (Non Fiction)
Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith. The Shirley Letters from the California Mines: 1851-1852. F 865 C58 1949 (Non Fiction)
Didion, Joan. Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
Duane, Daniel. Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast.
Finney, Ernest J. Words of My Roaring.
Fletcher, Colin. The Thousand Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra. F866.2 F55 (Non Fiction)
Gardner, Leonard. Fat City. [Stockton, CA]
Gold, Herbert. A Walk on the West Side: California on the Brink. F866.2 G64 1981 (Non Fiction)
Holland, Cecilia. The Bear Flag. [Subtitle on jacket: a novel of the birth of California]
PS 3558 O348 B37 1990
Houston, James D. Californians: Searching for the Golden State. F866.2 H68 1982
Continental Drift.
Jackson, Helen Hunt. Ramona: a Story. PS 2107 R31988
Jones, Idwal. The Vineyard. [Napa, CA]
Kerouac, Jack. Big Sur. PS 3521 E735 B5
Dharma Bums. PS 3521 E735 D5 1976
Subterraneans.
Le Guin, Ursula. Always Coming Home.
Levy, Jo Ann. Daughter of Joy: a novel of Gold Rush California. PS 3562 E92718 D38
London, Jack. The Valley of the Moon. PS 3523 O46 V3
Manley, William L. Death Valley in'49: the Autobiography of a Pioneer; Detailing his Life from a Humble Home in the Green Mountains to the Gold Mines of California.
F 868 D2 M28 (Non Fiction)
Meschery, Joanne. Home and Away.
Muir, John. The Mountains of California. QH 105 C2 M818 1985 (Non Fiction)
Norris, Frank. The Octopus: a Study of California. PS 2472 O3 1901
O'Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins. PZ 7 O237 I5 1990
Ridge, John Rollin. The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta: the Celebrated California Bandit. 1955. PS 2699 R8 L5
Sinclair, Upton. Oil!. PS 3537 I85 O5
Starr, Kenneth. Americans and the California Dream 1850-1915. F 861 S82 1986 (Non Fiction)
The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940's. F 866 S78 1997 (Non Fiction)
Inventing the Dream: California Through the Progressive Era. F 867 S8 1985 (Non Fiction)
Steinbeck, John. Cannery Row. [In: Short Novels of John Steinbeck] PS 3537 T3234 S4
East of Eden. PS 3537 T 3234 E3 1986
Grapes of Wrath. PS 3537 T3234 G8 1992
In Dubious Battle. PS 3537 T3234 I5 1986
The Long Valley. PS 3537 T3234 L6
Of Mice and Men. PS 3537 T3234 O2 2002
The Pastures of Heaven.
The Red Pony. PS 3537 T3234 R43
Sweet Thursday.
To a God Unknown.
Tortilla Flat. PS 3537 T3234 S4 1963
Stewart, George. The California Trail: an Epic with Many Heroes. F 591 S86 (Non Fiction)
Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party. F 868 N5 S7 1960 (Non Fiction)
Thornton, Lawrence. Ghost Woman.
Wakatsuki, Jeanne and James D Houston. Farewell to Manzanar: a True Story of Japanese -American Experience During and After the World War II Internment.
E 184 J3 H63 1995 (Non Fiction)
Works set mainly in Los Angeles & Environs
Adams, Alice. Second Chances. 1988. PS 3551 D324 S44 1988
Another City: Writing from Los Angeles. Editor: David Ulin. PS 572 L6 A84 2001
Bontempts, Anna. God Sends Sunday. PS 3503 O474 G6
Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Tortilla Curtain. 1996. PS 3552 O932 T67
Bugliosi, Vincent. Helter Skelter: the True Story of the Manson Murders. HV 6533 C2 B83 1994 (Non Fiction)
Burby, Lisa N. The Watts Riot. 1997. F 869 L89 N4 1997 (Non Fiction)
Cain, James M. The Postman Always Rings Twice. 1934. PS 3505 A3113 P6
Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep. PS 3505 H 3224 B5 1988
Farewell, My Lovely. [In: Fadiman, Clifton: 50 Years: Being a
Retrospective Collection of Novels, Novellas, Tales, Drama,
Poetry & Reportage & Essays] PN 6014 F24
The High Window. PS 3505 H3224 H5
The Lady in the Lake. PS 3504 H3224 L3
Chin, Frank. Gunga Din Highway: a novel. 1994. PS 3553 H4897 G86 1994
Connelly, Michael. Bloodwork. 1998. ECC Paperback
A Darkness More than Night. McNaughton C666D
Mr. Connelly covers crime for the LA Times - many of his novels are set in LA.
Corpi, Lucha. Eulogy for a Brown Angel. 1992. PS 3553 O693 E93 1992
Crais, Robert. Indigo Slam: an Elvis Cole novel. 1997. ECC Paperback
LA Requiem. 2000. ECC Paperback
Many of Mr. Crais' novels are set in LA.
Didion, Joan. Play it as it Lays: a Novel. 1970. PS 3554 I33 P5 1970
Dunne, Dominick. Another City, Not My Own: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir.
Ellroy, James. The Black Dahlia. 1987. PS 3555 L6274 B53 1987
Many of Mr. Ellroy's novels are set in LA, look for LA Confidential, and LA Noir.
Fitch, Janet. White Oleander. PS 3556 I8155 W47 1999
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Last Tycoon: an Unfinished Novel. PS 3511 I9 L2
The Love of the Last Tycoon: a Western. PS 3511 I9 L68 1994
Garcia, Guy. Skin Deep. PS 3557 A67 S55
Grafton, Sue. P is for Peril. ECC Paperback
Ms. Grafton's A - Z Series are set in Santa Barbara.
Gummerman, Jay. Chez Chance.
Hart, Dianna Walta. Undocumented in Los Angeles: an Immigrant's Story.
F 869 L89 N53 1997 (Non Fiction)
Himes, Chester. The Lonely Crusade. PS 3515 I713 L6 1986
Houston-Davila, Daniel. Malinche's Children. 2003
Huxley, Aldous. After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. 1939. PR 6015 U9 A4 1939
Kadohata, Cynthia. In the Heart of the Valley of Love.
L.A. My Way: 17 Writers Reflect on Los Angeles. Editor: LaVonee Taylor.
Lange, Kelly. Trophy Wife: a novel. 1995. PS 3562 A48495 T76 1995
MacDonald, Ross. Archer in Hollywood: 3 Exciting Novels: The Moving Target, The
Way Some PeopleDie, & The Barbarous Coast. PS 3525 I468 A73
MacLean, Alistair. Goodbye California. ECC Paperback
Mailer, Norman. The Deer Park. PS 3525 A4152 D33 1955
Mosley, Walter. Black Betty: an Easy Rawlins Mystery. ECC Paperback
Devil in a Blue Dress. ECC Paperback & PS 3563 O88456 D4 1991
A Little Yellow Dog. ECC Paperback
A Red Death. ECC Paperback
Walkin' the Dog. PS 3563 O88456 W35 1999
White Butterfly. ECC Paperback
Nicholson, Joy. The Tribes of Palos Verdes. 1998. PS 3564 I2274 T7 1998
Oates, Carol Joyce. Blonde. PS 3565 A8 B56 2000
Passman, Donald. The Visionary. 1999. ECC Paperback
Pynchon, Thomas. The Crying of Lot 49. PS 3566 Y55 C79
Rechy, John. The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez. 2001.
Rodriguez, Luis J. Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in Los Angeles.
HV 6439 U72 L77 1994 (Non Fiction)
Sanchez, Thomas. Zoot Suit Murders. 1991. PS 3569 A469 Z39 1991
See, Carolyn. Golden Days.
Making History. 1991. PS 3569 E33 M35 1991
Schulberg, Budd. What Makes Sammy Run? PS 3537 C7114 W4
Shannon, Dell. Rain with Violence. PS 3562 I515 R3
Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight Los Angeles, 1992: On the Road: a Search for the American Character. PS 3569 M465 T95 1994
Steele, Danielle. The Cottage. ECC Paperback
Stegner, Wallace. Angle of Repose. PS 3537 T316 A8 2000
Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living & Writing in the West. PS 3537 T316 Z473 1992
Straight, Susan. Aquaboogie: a Novel in Stories. 1990.
Tervalon, Jervey. Understand This.
Vida, Nina. Goodbye, Saigon: a novel. 1994. PS 3572 I29 G6 1994
Wagner, Bruce. As I Live it: an Autobiographical History of the YMCA of Los Angeles
1925 - 1966. BV 1050 L67 W33 (Non Fiction)
Waugh, Evelyn. The Loved One: an Anglo-American Tragedy. 1948. PR 6045 A97 L6
West, Nathaniel. Day of the Locust. PS 3545 E8334 W15 1969
Miss Lonelyhearts. PS 3545 E8334 M5 1969
Woods, Stuart. L.A.Times. ECC Paperback
Yamashita, Karen Tei. Tropic of Orange. 1997.
Writing Los Angeles: a Literary Anthology. Editor: David L. Ulin. PS 572 L6 W74 2002
Works set mainly in San Francisco & Environs
Adams, Alice. Rich Rewards.
Allende, Isabel. Daughter of Fortune. 1999. PQ 8098.1 L54 H5513 1999
Brenner, Leslie. Greeting from the Golden State.
Brenner, Summer. Ivy: Tales of a Homeless Girl in San Francisco.
Coggins, Mark. The Immortal Game.
Conway, Martha. 12 Bliss Street: a Novel.
Daniel, David. White Rabbit: a Mystery.
Deaver, Jeffry. The Blue Nowhere.
Drabent, Eugene. The Privileges of Beauty.
Duchin, Peter. Blue Moon.
Dunne, John Gregory. The Red, White and Blue.
Fowler, Karen Joy. Sister Noon: a Novel.
Gold, Herbert. Daughter Mine.
Gores, Joe. Cons, Scams, and Grifts.
Hall, Oakley M. Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades.
Hammett, Dashiel. The Maltese Falcon. PS 3515 A 4347 M3 1957
Harte, Bret. A Ward of the Golden Gate. 1890. PS 1829 W4 1890
Kingston, Maxine Hong. Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts.
CT 275 K5764 A33 1977 (Non Fiction)
Lamott, Anne. Blue Shoe.
Lee, Bill. Chinese Playground: a Memoir.
Lee, Gus. China Boy: a Novel. 1991. PS 3562 E3524 C47 1991
Lettieri, Scott. Sinner's Paradise.
Longstreet, Stephen. All or Nothing/Our Father's House.
Marino, Anne N. The Collapsible World: a Novel.
Martel, John. Billy Strobe.
Massey, Sujata. The Samurai's Daughter.
Maupin, Armistead. Tales of the City. [Series]
McConville, Bernard. The Gentleman on Horseback. PS 3525 A1645 G4 1935
Muller, Eddie. The Distance.
Murgia, Alejandro. This War Called Love: Nine Stories.
Norris, Frank. McTeague: a Story of San Francisco. PS 2472 M3 1964
Obenzinger, Hilton. Cannibal Eliot and the Lost Histories of San Francisco.
Owyoung, Palmer. Halcyon Daze.
Patterson, James. 1st to Die.
2nd Chance. ECC Paperback
3rd Degree: a Novel. McNaughton P388 Th
Payne, C.D. Frisco Pigeon Mambo.
Plate, Peter. Police and Thieves.
Saroyan, William. The Man with the Heart in the Highlands. [In: The Willian Saroyan Reader] PS 3537 A826 A6 1958
Saxton, Alexander. Bright Web in the Darkness.
Seth, Vikram. Golden Gate: a Novel in Verse. 1986. PS 3569 E76 G65 1986
Smith, Michael. Sanctuary Stories.
Siegel, Sheldon. Final Verdict. McNaughton S 544 F
Incriminating Evidence.
Stansberry, Domenic. The Last Days of Il Duce. 2000.
Starhawk. The Fifth Sacred Thing.
Tan, Amy. The Bonesetter's Daughter. PS 3570 A48 B6 2001
Hundred Secret Senses. ECC Paperback
Joy Luck Club. PS 3570 A48 J6 1989
Kitchen God's Wife. 1991. PS 3570 A48 K58 1991
Toland, James. City Limits.
Vea, Alfredo. Gods Go Begging. PS 3572 E2 G63 1999
Young, Al. Who is Angelina?
Compiled by Claudia Striepe July 2004
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