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What books are set in California?
The Dogear maps 201 books set in California, including Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
Which cities in California have the most books set in them?
Los Angeles (71 books) and San Francisco (44 books).
Which authors have set the most books in California?
Dean Koontz (6 books), Taylor Jenkins Reid (4 books), James Ellroy (4 books) and John Steinbeck (3 books).
Which award-winning books are set in California?
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2016) and Less by Andrew Sean Greer (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2018).
Which books set in California have been adapted for film or TV?
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (adapted as The Sympathizer), The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (adapted as The Kite Runner, 2007), The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (adapted as The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Netflix film, in development)), Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (adapted as Of Mice and Men, 1939) and Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (adapted as Cloud Atlas, 2012).