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takes place in Fullerton and arguably became one of the books of 2025 summer. Now that we’re heading into fall, Thorpe shared her favorite SoCal-based reads.LAist’s Antonia Cereijido interviewed Thorpe in light of her novel being adapted to an Apple TV+ series, set to air in 2026.
It features Elle Fanning as Margo, as well as Nicole Kidman, Nick Offerman and Michelle Pfeiffer.It’s the first day of fall, which means pumpkin is back on the menu, spooky movie season is in full effect and bookworms everywhere are getting under their blankets and scouting for their next — perhaps local — read. So we turned to localauthor Rufi Thorpe to get her recommendations for books that take place in Southern California.Joan Didion’s novel takes place in 1960s Los Angeles and follows an unemployed Hollywood actress in her 30s as she battles through a failing marriage, an abortion and institutionalization.“When I think about Southern California writers, I think about Joan Didion,” Thorpe said. “was put into my hands as an impressionable 17-year-old, and it is part of what made me a writer.”Ryka Aoki’s science fiction novel is about an acclaimed violin teacher, who has to deliver seven souls to the devil to escape her own fate. Meanwhile a trans, teenage violinist escapes her abusive home and travels to Los Angeles. The music teacher catches wind of the violinist and targets the teenager as her next victim. The novel also features some iconic L.A. spots. “There's a donut shop reference that has the big donut, like Randy's Donuts,” Thorpe said. “And there's an alien that runs this donut store. And it's so rad and so fun and so Southern California."Thorpe shouted out a new book, Kashana Cauley’s second novel, which explores what life would be like if student loan police existed and beat up people who were late to their payments. The story follows a retail salesperson — working at the Glendale Galleria — and her heist plan to erase student debt.Thorpe also shouted out Walter Mosley as “an important element of L.A. fiction.”. The series is set mostly between the 1940s and 1960s and follows the adventures of a Black private investigator living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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