looking for books that take place in 20th century california, preferably the 1920s-1960s. don’t really care if it’s fiction and non-fiction. thank you.
edit: i’ve already read joan didion and eve babitz so looking for new authors
Quite a few John Steinbeck books meet your criteria. Off the top of my head, Cannery Row, Tortilla Flat, and East of Eden. Probably some others as well.
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Daisy Jones and the Six is 60s/70s. There’s also Wonderful Tonight by Patty Boyd (wife of Eric Clapton and George Harrison) and I’m With the Band by Pamela Des Barres (a famous groupie).
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anything by joan didion
Nathanael West, *The Day of the Locust*.
Quite a few John Steinbeck books meet your criteria. Off the top of my head, Cannery Row, Tortilla Flat, and East of Eden. Probably some others as well.
Daisy Jones and the Six is 60s/70s. There’s also Wonderful Tonight by Patty Boyd (wife of Eric Clapton and George Harrison) and I’m With the Band by Pamela Des Barres (a famous groupie).
Oil by Upton Sinclair.