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Images of America: California Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Images of America: California books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Images of America: California series? Start with "Sacramento's Greenhaven/Pocket Area (By: Carol Ann Gregory)" (2001) and follow publication order through all 66 books.
The complete Images of America: California reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Sacramento's Greenhaven/Pocket Area (By: Carol Ann Gregory)
2001
The Chinese Community of Stockton (By: Sylvia Sun Minnick)
2002
Oakland's Chinatown (By: William Wong)
2004
Oakland Hills (By: Erika Mailman)
2004
Oxnard: 1867-1940 (By: Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt)
2004
Early Hayward (By: RobertPhelps)
2004
San Francisco's Potrero Hill (By: Peter Linenthal,Abigail Johnston)
2005
Los Angeles's Boyle Heights (By: Japanese American National Museum)
2005
Early Mill Valley (By: Claudine Chalmers)
2005
Glacier National Park (By: Bill Yenne)
2006
Oak Glen and Los Rios Rancho
2006
Monterey County's North Coast and Coastal Valleys (By: Margaret Clovis)
2006
Italians of the Bay Area (By: Carlos Bowden Jr)
2006
Italians of the Bay Area: The Photographs of Gino Sbrana (By: Carlos Bowden Jr.)
2006
San Francisco's Mission District (By: Bernadette C. Hooper)
2006
Jewish San Francisco (By: Edward Zerin Ph.D.)
2006
Grass Valley (By: Claudine Chalmers)
2006
Wells Fargo (By: Robert J. Chandler)
2006
Italians of the Gold Country (By: Carolyn Fregulia)
2007
San Francisco's Portola (By: Rayna Garibaldi)
2007
Lafayette (By: Mary McCosker,Mary Solon)
2007
San Francisco's Glen Park and Diamond Heights (By: Emma Bland Smith)
2007
San Francisco's Bernal Heights (By: Carl Nolte)
2007
The Portuguese in San Leandro (By: Meg Rogers,J. A. Freitas Library)
2007
The Portuguese in San Jose (By: Meg Rogers)
2007
Portuguese in San Leandro (By: Meg Rogers,J.A. Freitas)
2007
Chinese in San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley (By: Chinese Historical and Cultural Project,Lillian Gong-Guy,Gerrye Wong)
2007
San Diego's Little Italy (By: Kimber M. Quinney,Thomas J. Cesarini)
2007
Early Pomona (By: Mickey Gallivan)
2007
Italians in the Santa Clara Valley (By: Frederick W. Marrazzo)
2007
French San Francisco (By: Claudine Chalmers)
2007
Filipinos in Stockton (By: Dawn Bohulano Mabalon,Rico Reyes)
2008
Irish San Francisco (By: JohnGarvey,Karen Hanning)
2008
Cloverdale (By: Joan Wagele,Marge Gray)
2008
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (By: Mark Aldrich,Katrina Pescador)
2008
Historic Hotels of Los Angeles and Hollywood (By: Ruth Wallach,Linda Betsinger McCann,Dace Taube)
2008
San Diego's Fishing Industry (By: Kimber M. Quinney,Thomas J. Cesarini)
2009
Pinole (By: Joseph Mariotti,George Vincent,Jeff Rubin)
2009
Livingston (By: Elizabeth A. Watry,Robert V. Goss)
2009
Central Americans in Los Angeles (By: Rosamaria Segura)
2010
Filipinos in San Diego (By: Judy Patacsil,Rudy P. Guevarra Jr.,Felix Tuyay)
2010
San Francisco's North Beach and Telegraph Hill (By: Catherine A. Accardi)
2010
Italian Oakland (By: Rick Malaspina)
2011
Filipinos in Ventura County (By: Elnora Kelly Tayag)
2011
Lavender Los Angeles (By: Tom De Simone,Teresa Wang,Melissa Lopez,Diem Tran,Andy Sacher,Kersu Dalal,Justin Emerick)
2011
Los Angeles's Koreatown (By: Katherine Yungmee Kim,Tom LaBonge)
2011
Napa Valley Farming (By: Lauren Coodley,Paula Amen Judah)
2011
Woodland (By: Robin Datel,Dennis Dingemans,Thomas Krabacher)
2012
Napa Valley's Jewish Heritage (By: Henry Michalski,Donna Mendelsohn)
2012
Bay Area Roller Derby (By: Jerry Seltzer,Keith Coppage)
2012
Mexican Americans in Redlands (By: Antonio Gonzalez Vasquez,Genevieve Carpio)
2012
Going-to-the-Sun-Road (By: Bill Yenne)
2013
Riverbank (By: Glenn Allen Ditman)
2013
Sports of Santa Cruz County (By: Geoffrey Dunn)
2013
Olives in California's Gold Country (By: Salvatore Manna,Terry Beaudoin)
2014
Big Meadows and Lake Almanor (By: Marilyn Morris Quadrio)
2014
Italians of San Joaquin County (By: Ralph A. Clark)
2014
Early Ontario (By: The Ontario City Library)
2014
Vandenberg Air Force Base (By: Joseph T. Page II)
2014
Southern California Surf Music, 1960-1966 (By: John Blair)
2015
Italians of the Monterey Peninsula (By: Mike Ventimiglia)
2015
Wineries of Santa Clara Valley (By: Bev Stenehjem)
2015
Cambria (By: Wayne Attoe)
2015
Los Alamos Valley (By: R. Lawson Gamble)
2015
Lindsay (By: Sarah Troop)
2016
Cemeteries of the Western Sierra (By: Christopher A.Ward)
2016
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