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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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