L. A. Books

I've recently been enjoying novels set mainly in Southern California such as The White Boy Shuffle and How To Get Into The Twin Palms. I've also been following So Cal fires and oil spills, and I'm even getting e-mail  on L.A. social-justice "gap year" programs.

So, naturally, I took it all as a sign that I was due to link and list:

Novels:

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty

Chump Change by Dan Fante

Ask the Dust by John Fante

Dreams from Bunker Hill by John Fante

The Road To Los Angeles by John Fante

Which Side Are You On? by Ryan Lee Wong

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

The Player by Michael Tolkien

How To Get Into the Twin Palms by Karolina Waclawiak

Memoir:

Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski

Fante by Dan Fante

Splinters by Leslie Jamison

I'll add links and other books soon, but please feel free to note your own in a comment.