The Great Morgani aka Frank Lima
There is a lot to write about in Santa Cruz. From travel books to narrative fiction set in the area, this is a list of books written about Santa Cruz and Santa Cruzans. For a list of writers who live in the area, but who have written books about other topics, see Local Writers.
Biographies & Autobiographies
* Chinatown Dreams: The Life and Photographs of George Lee by James D Houston, Geoffrey Dunn, Sandy Lydon, Morton Marcus, Lisa Liu Grady, Tony Hill, Mark Stuart Ong, George Ow, Jr.
* First There Is A Mountain: A Yoga Romance by Elizabeth Kadetsky
* The Great Morgani: The Creative Madness of a Middle-Aged Stock Broker Turned Street Musician by Frank Lima
* Mama's Memoirs: Growing Up in the Santa Cruz Mountains by Margaret Louise Rapp Tarquinio
* My Father Talked To Trees by Wilma Erlandson
* William Everson: The Shaman's Call by Steven Herrmann
History
* A Gathering of Voices The Native Peoples of the Central California Coast - Santa Cruz by Linda Yamane
* A Howling Wilderness: A History of the Summit Road Area by Stephen M. Payne
* A Legal History of Santa Cruz County by Robert E. Bosso
* A Trip Through Time and the Santa Cruz Mountains by Billie J. & Reece C. Jensen
* Blossoms Into Gold: The Croatians in the Pajaro Valley by Donna F. Mekis and Kathryn Mekis Miller
* California Redwood Park by Arthur A. Taylor
* The Cambodia Strike of May 1970 At the University of California Santa Cruz Author unknown
* Chinese Gold: The Chinese in the Monterey Bay Region by Sandy Lydon
* Durham's Place-Names of California's Central Coast by David L. Durham
* Ghost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains by John V. Young
* Grand and Ancient Forest: The Story of Andrew P. Hill and Big Baisn Redwood State Park by Carolyn de Vries
* Hate Crimes: A Bibliography (Contemporary Social Issues (Santa Cruz, Calif.), No. 66.) by Joan Nordquist
* Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz by Richard Beal
* History of Santa Cruz County, California by E. S. Harrison
* In the Ocean Wind;: The Santa Cruz North Coast by Cynthia Wayburn
* La Nostra Costa (Our Coast) by Ivano Franco Comelli
* Late Harvest : Wine History of the Santa Cruz Mountains by Michael Holland
* Lighthouse Point: Illuminating Santa Cruz (Topics in Monterey Bay History) by Frank A. Perry
* Like Modern Edens: Winegrowing in Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains 1798-1981 by Charles L Sullivan
* Living and Loving: Santa Cruz in the Fifties by Daisy Rose Gandolfi
* Miguel and the Pirates;: A tale of Mission Santa Cruz (Mission Tales) by Helen M. Roberts
* Mission Santa Cruz (The Missions of California) by Kim Ostrow
* Monterey Bay Yesterday by Betty Lewis
* The Ohlone by Barbara A. Gray-Kanatiiosh
* Ohlone Way by Malcolm Margolin
* Pogonip: Jewel of Santa Cruz by Joan Gilbert Martin and Colleen McInerney-Meagher
* Rings in the Redwoods: The Story of Mount Hermon by Kay Gudnason
* Sacrifice Unto Me: The 21 Santa Cruz Murders by Don West
* The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: A Century by the Sea by Santa Cruz Seaside Company
* Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: The Early Years - Never a Dull Moment by Chandra Moira Beal
* Santa Cruz, California (Images of America) by Sheila O'Hare and Irene Berry
* Santa Cruz Coast (Then and Now) by Gary B. Griggs and Deepika Shrestha Ross
* Santa Cruz County: A Century by The Staff of the Santa Cruz Sentinel
* Santa Cruz County: Parade of the Past by Margaret Koch
* Santa Cruz County Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary by Donald Thomas Clark
* Santa Cruz County: Restless Paradise : An Illustrated History by Jennie Dennis Verardo and Denzil Verardo
* Santa Cruz, Exciting Early History of an Era by Margaret Koch
* Santa Cruz Historic Building Survey by Charles Hall Page & Associates
* Santa Cruz Is in the Heart: Selected Writings on Local History, Culture, Politics & Ghosts by Geoffrey Dunn
* Santa Cruz Spirituality by Paul Tutwiler
* The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture by John Chase
* The Snake That Lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains & Other Ohlone Stories by Linda Yamane
* Soquel Landing to Capitola-By-the-Sea by Sandy Lydon and Carolyn Swift
* The Walk Around Santa Cruz Book: A look at the City's Architectural Treasures by Margaret Koch
* They Called It Home: Santa Cruz, California by Margaret Koch
* Surf, Sand & Streetcars: A Mobile History of Santa Cruz, California by Charles S. McCaleb
* Surfing in Santa Cruz Images of America) by Thomas Hickenbottom
* Watsonville: Memories That Linger by Betty Lewis
Photo/Art Books
* Big Basin (Book) by Denzil Verardo and Alexander Lowry
* Big Sur to Big Basin: California's Dramatic Central Coast Photographs by Larry Ulrich, Text by Pamela Verduin Cain
* Castle Rock: West of Skyline by Alexander Lowry
* The Grand Vision: A Journey Through Big Basin Redwoods State Park published by the Mountain Parks Foundation
* Sand Between Your Toes: A Watercolor Journey Through Santa Cruz County by Sally Bookman
* Santa Cruz: Visions of Surf City by Patrick Trefz
* Twelve Days at Santa Cruz Photos of Santa Cruz by students in a workshop led by Ansel Adams
Nature Guides
* Animals of the Santa Cruz Mountains by Robert W. Piwarzyk
* Coastal County Plants from Santa Cruz to Mendocino by George I. Pikkarainen
* Flora of the Santa Cruz Mountains by John Hunter Thomas
* Fossil Invertebrates of the Marine Cliffs at Capitola, California by Frank A. Perry
* Fossils of Santa Cruz County by Frank A. Perry
* The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus Edited by Sheridan F. Warrick
* Plants of Big Basin Redwoods State Park by Mary Beth Cooney-Lazaneo, Kathleen Lyons, and photography by Howard King
* Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region: Mendocino to Monterey by Eugene N. Kozloff and Linda H. Beidleman
* Trailside Plants of Ano Nuevo by Karen De Lapp
* Watching the Watsonville Wetlands by Jerry Busch
Travel & Local Recreation
* Backroads & Hiking Trails, Santa Cruz Mountains by Jerry Schad
* The Bay Area RidgeTrail: Ridgetop Adventures Above San Francisco Bay by Jean Rusmore
* Coast and Valley Towns of Early California, Number 5: Santa Cruz by George Tays
* Combing The Coast, San Francisco To Santa Cruz by Ruth A. Jackson
* Explore...The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park by Jeff Thomson
* Local Girl Makes History by Dana Frank
* The Monterey Bay Shoreline Guide by Jerry Emory, Photography by Frank Balthis
* Monterey Bay Trails by David Weintraub
* Mountain Biking Santa Cruz by David & Allison Diller
* Polk's 1981 Watsonville (Santa Cruz County, CA.) City Directory by NA
* Ranch del Oso Trails by Hulda Hoover McLean
* Santa Cruz: A Guide for Runners, Joggers, and Serious Walkers by Eileen Brown and Steven Bignell
* The Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Book by Tom Taber
* Walking the Central California Coast: A Day Hiker's Guide by John McKinney
Fiction Set Locally
* A Killer Festival: A Capitola Mystery by Mysty W. Moonfree
* Backyard Bones by Nancy Lynn Jarvis
* The Death Contingency by Nancy Lynn Jarvis
* Death's Other Kingdom: A mystery of the Santa Cruz Mountains by Susan Retten
* The Jewel Box: A Capitola Mystery by Mysty W. Moonfree
* Killer Code by John U. Walker
* The Mental Traveler by Stephen Kessler
* One Tough Cookie by Vinnie Hansen
* The Santa Cruz Guru Murders: A Mystery by Marc Darrow
* Star Witness by Lia Matera
* Surferhunter: A Nick And Sarah Mystery by James Henry Littlefield
* Ups And Downs by Brad McClure
Poems Featuring The Area
* The Santa Cruz Mountain Poems by Morton Marcus
Culinary/Cookbooks
* Crayon Soup: A Parents Guide To Child Friendly Dining In Santa Cruz County by Kimber L. Styles-Ashley and Michael P. Ashley
* Whole Earth Cookbook by Sharon Cadwaller, and Judi Ohr
Essay
* The Leftmost City: Power and Progressive Politics in Santa Cruz by Richard Gendron and G. William Domhoff
* The Rise and Demise of the UC Santa Cruz Colleges (Clark Kerr Memoirs Project) by Carlos G. Norena
Related Pages
* Local Writers
* Local Media
* Film and Literature
* Santa Cruz History
* Movies Filmed Locally
