Books Set in Los Angeles, Calif.
Novels and stories set in Los Angeles, Calif., mostly angel fiction, gay fiction and paranormal romance. The most-read are Kindred (1979), The Big Sleep (1939) and Post Office (1974).
This list collects 245 books in this collection by 118 authors, published between 1857 and 2020. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler, SparkNotes
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
Post Office
Charles Bukowski
The Black Dahlia
James Ellroy
The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller #1)
Michael Connelly
The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller #1)
Michael Connelly
The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller #1)
Michael Connelly
Ham on Rye
Charles Bukowski
Farewell, My Lovely
Raymond Chandler
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas
Rising Sun
Michael Crichton
Less than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis, Christian Rummel
Mary, Mary
James Patterson
The Long Goodbye
Raymond Chandler
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Walter Mosley
The Lady in the Lake
Raymond Chandler
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch)
Michael Connelly
Summer Island
Kristin Hannah
City of Night
John Rechy
The High Window
Raymond Chandler
L.A. Confidential
James Ellroy
A Kiss of Shadows
Laurell K. Hamilton
The Little Sister
Raymond Chandler
El Plan Infinito
Isabel Allende
Inherent Vice
Thomas Pynchon
Blood Work
Michael Connelly
Playback
Raymond Chandler
The Narrows
Michael Connelly
G-Spot
Noire.
The Cold One
Christopher Pike
The Black Ice (Harry Bosch)
Michael Connelly
The Big Nowhere
James Ellroy
The Ritual Bath
Faye Kellerman
Columbo The Glitter Murder
William Harrington
The Masterpiece
Francine Rivers
Slow Days, Fast Company
Eve Babitz
The Brass Verdict
Michael Connelly
Trunk Music
Michael Connelly
Send No Flowers
Sandra Brown
Black Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries)
Walter Mosley
A Darkness More Than Night
Michael Connelly
Sandman Slim
Richard Kadrey
Lost Light
Michael Connelly
A Red Death
Walter Mosley
Stalker
Faye Kellerman
Angels
Marian Keyes, Gerri Halligan
Everything Leads to You
Nina LaCour
The Tortilla Curtain
T. Coraghessan Boyle