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Images of America: California Books in Order

Images of America: California contains 65 books, published between 2001 and 2016. The first book is Sacramento's Greenhaven/Pocket Area (2001) and the newest is Cemeteries of the Western Sierra (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
65
Published
2001–2016
Pages on record
4,463 in 35 of 65 books
Reading time
74–112 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,463 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 35 of 65 titles with a page count on record.

See all 65 books in order Printable Images of America: California checklist

Images of America: California is a local history series of photographic books, each documenting one town, neighbourhood or community in the state. The run holds 65 titles published between 2001 and 2016, from Sacramento's Greenhaven/Pocket Area (2001) to Cemeteries of the Western Sierra (2016). Subjects include Oakland's Chinatown, Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, Potrero Hill in San Francisco, Early Hayward and the Chinese community of Stockton. Volumes run about 127 pages and are built around captioned archival photographs.

How many Images of America: California books are there?

Images of America: California has 65 books, released between 2001 and 2016.

Images of America: California Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 65 Images of America: California books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Sacramento's Greenhaven/Pocket Area by Carol Ann Gregory, book 1 of the Images of America: California series (2001)
  2. Cover of Oakland Hills by Erika Mailman, book 4 of the Images of America: California series (2004)
  3. Cover of San Francisco's Potrero Hill, book 7 of the Images of America: California series (2005)
  4. Cover of Los Angeles's Boyle Heights, book 8 of the Images of America: California series (2005)
  5. Cover of Early Mill Valley by Claudine Chalmers, book 9 of the Images of America: California series (2005)
  6. Cover of Oak Glen and Los Rios Rancho by J.R. Sanders, book 11 of the Images of America: California series (2006)
  7. Cover of Monterey County's North Coast and Coastal Valleys by Margaret Clovis (2006)
  8. Cover of San Francisco's Mission District by Bernadette C. Hooper, book 14 of the Images of America: California series (2006)
  9. Cover of Jewish San Francisco, book 15 of the Images of America: California series (2006)
  10. Cover of Grass Valley by Claudine Chalmers, book 16 of the Images of America: California series (2006)
  11. Cover of Wells Fargo by Robert J. Chandler, book 17 of the Images of America: California series (2006)
  12. Cover of Italians of the Gold Country by Carolyn Fregulia, book 18 of the Images of America: California series (2007)
  13. Cover of Filipinos in Los Angeles, book 19 of the Images of America: California series (2007)
  14. Cover of Lafayette, book 21 of the Images of America: California series (2007)
  15. Cover of San Francisco's Bernal Heights, book 23 of the Images of America: California series (2007)
  16. Cover of San Diego's Little Italy, book 27 of the Images of America: California series (2007)
  17. Cover of Early Pomona by Mickey Gallivan, book 28 of the Images of America: California series (2007)
  18. Cover of Italians in the Santa Clara Valley by Frederick W. Marrazzo, book 29 of the Images of America: California series
  19. Cover of French San Francisco, book 30 of the Images of America: California series (2007)
  20. Cover of Pinole, book 37 of the Images of America: California series (2009)
  21. Cover of Livingston, book 38 of the Images of America: California series (2009)
  22. Cover of San Francisco's North Beach and Telegraph Hill by Catherine A. Accardi (2010)
  23. Cover of Napa Valley's Jewish Heritage, book 48 of the Images of America: California series (2012)
  24. Cover of Bay Area Roller Derby, book 49 of the Images of America: California series (2012)
  1. 1
    Sacramento's Greenhaven/Pocket Area2001 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001128
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  2. 2
    The Chinese Community of Stockton2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  3. 3
    Oakland's Chinatown2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  4. 4
    Oakland Hills2004 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004128
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  5. 5
    Oxnard: 1867-19402004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  6. 6
    Early Hayward2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  7. 7
    San Francisco's Potrero Hill2005 · 130 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005130
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  8. 8
    Los Angeles's Boyle Heights2005 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005128
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  9. 9
    Early Mill Valley2005 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005128
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  10. 10
    Glacier National Park2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  11. 11
    Oak Glen and Los Rios Rancho2006 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006128
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  12. 12
    Monterey County's North Coast and Coastal Valleys2006 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006128
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  13. 13
    Italians of the Bay Area2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  14. 14
    San Francisco's Mission District2006 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006128
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  15. 15
    Jewish San Francisco2006 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006127
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  16. 16
    Grass Valley2006 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006128
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  17. 17
    Wells Fargo2006 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006128
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  18. 18
    Italians of the Gold Country2007 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007128
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  19. 19
    Filipinos in Los Angeles2007 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007128
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  20. 20
    San Francisco's Portola2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  21. 21
    Lafayette2007 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007128
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  22. 22
    San Francisco's Glen Park and Diamond Heights2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  23. 23
    San Francisco's Bernal Heights2007 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007128
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  24. 24
    The Portuguese in San Leandro2007 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007127
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  25. 25
    The Portuguese in San Jose2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  26. 26
    Chinese in San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  27. 27
    San Diego's Little Italy2007 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007128
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  28. 28
    Early Pomona2007 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007127
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  29. 29
    Italians in the Santa Clara Valley2007 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007127
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  30. 30
    French San Francisco2007 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007128
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Where to start with Images of America: California

Start with Sacramento's Greenhaven/Pocket Area (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Images of America: California book?

Cemeteries of the Western Sierra (2016) is the newest Images of America: California book released so far.

Is there a new Images of America: California book coming?

No next Images of America: California book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Images of America: California at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Images of America: California title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Images of America: California books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
4,463 pages across the 35 of 65 books with a recorded length, a median of 127 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Images of America: California books, 38 of 65, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 65 titles, 2 are credited to Claudine Chalmers, 2 to Bill Yenne, 2 to Kimber M. Quinney and 2 to Thomas J. Cesarini. A further 83 writers are credited. 6 titles carry no credit.

What the Images of America: California books are about

48 of the 65 Images of America: California books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: pictorial works is tagged on 44 of 48. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Pictorial works 44 of 48 books
  • History 41 of 48 books
  • Social life and customs 27 of 48 books
  • Biography 21 of 48 books
  • California, description and travel 15 of 48 books
  • California, history 14 of 48 books
  • Italian Americans 6 of 48 books
  • California, history, local 5 of 48 books
  • Local History 5 of 48 books
  • San francisco (calif.), history 5 of 48 books
  • California, social life and customs 4 of 48 books
  • Immigrants 4 of 48 books