Your favorite L.A. book, Round 2: Vote for your favorite nonfiction
In our wildly unscientific query to readers Tuesday, we asked for your favorite books about Los Angeles and got a wide, overwhelming response. This is the list of 19 nonfiction books that were closest to people's hearts. Vote for your favorite below -- just one vote this time. The top vote getters will go into a final poll with works of fiction and masters of Los Angeles literature (that poll is still open, by the way).
If you don't see your favorite below, leave it in the comments and we'll add it to the master list.
-- Carolyn Kellogg
L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City. Tim Rutten himself said it was "indispensable."!
Posted by: JBB | April 06, 2011 at 12:06 PM
The Los Angeles Diaries by James Brown
Posted by: DS | April 07, 2011 at 06:09 PM
The Los Angeles Diaries by James Brown.
Posted by: Julia Drake | April 07, 2011 at 07:22 PM
The Los Angeles Diaries by James Brown.
Posted by: Mallory Cates | April 07, 2011 at 07:25 PM
The Los Angeles Diaries by James Brown
Posted by: Gaby B. | April 07, 2011 at 07:44 PM
One of the most beautiful books I've read, regardless of its setting: The Los Angeles Diaries by James Brown.
Posted by: lindsay | April 08, 2011 at 02:22 PM
The Los Angeles Diaries by James Brown
Posted by: Jessica F. | April 08, 2011 at 02:33 PM
My vote is for The Los Angeles Diaries by James Brown.
Posted by: james | April 08, 2011 at 02:35 PM
Dark yet inspirational, to me nothing is more fitting than The Los Angeles Diaries, by James Brown!
Posted by: ANM | April 08, 2011 at 02:53 PM
My vote's for The Los Angeles Diaries by James Brown- so key to the LA experience!
Posted by: ANM | April 08, 2011 at 03:31 PM
I loved L.A. Diaries by James Brown. It was so engrossing and emotional. Why isn't it on your list? Silly people. I loved this book!!
Posted by: Susan | April 08, 2011 at 04:31 PM
The Road Through Wonderland, by Dawn Schiller
Posted by: Morgan | April 08, 2011 at 11:12 PM
Where have all your editors gone? You have the title of the Sugarman book wrong! It's "No One Here Gets Out Alive," not "No One Gets Out of Here Alive". Please fix this.
Posted by: Mollie Holtman | April 10, 2011 at 11:38 AM
James Brown, The Los Angeles Diaries
Posted by: Aydin B | April 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM