In advance of the 2023 L.A. Times Festival of Books, we surveyed 95 writers and culled 110 works into the Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf. Get ready for some surprises
95 writers with deep ties to Los Angeles weighed in on the L.A. books that affected them most. Beyond our big list, here are some of their greatest insightsOur ultimate bookshelf is sorted into eight categories: fiction; mystery and crime; nonfiction; speculative; poetry; essays; short stories; memoirs or biographies. The category lists are below, but we’re not done yet.
One last note: In each genre, we aimed to include one book published before 1930, one book per decade until 2000 and then five works from the current century. It didn’t always work out that way: Making a list like this means embracing the unpredictable. Besides, one thing you can be sure of — and seeno end-all be-all bookshelf. L.A.’s canon, more than most, is constantly expanding, evolving, shedding its old skins, just like the city itself.
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