Books of Weird
California Books
(Books that are entirely about
California or have a substantial California section)
- The Ghost Detectives' Guide to Haunted San Francisco (2011) by Auerback, Loyd and Martin, Annette
- Ghosts of Hollywood (2008) by Brooks, Marla
- Strange Sea Tales Along the Southern California Coast (2000) by Burnett, Claudine
- Stranger than fiction: Vignettes of San Diego history (1995) by Crawford, Richard W
- Ghost Hunter's Guide to Monterey and California's Central Coast (2010) by Dwyer, Jeff
- Beautiful Stranger: The Ghost Of Kate Morgan And The Hotel Del Coronado (2002) by Hotel del Coronado Heritage Department
- Heroes, Villains, and Ghosts: Folklore of Old California (1984) by Lee, Hector
- Mysterious California (1988) by Marinacci, Mike
- Haunted houses and wandering ghosts of California (1977) by May, Antoinette
- Shipwrecks and Sea Monsters of California's Central Coast (1975) by Reinsted, Randall
- Ghost Tales and Mysterious Happenings of Old Monterey (1977) by Reinstedt, Randall A
- Ghosts, bandits, and legends of old Monterey (1972) by Reinstedt, Randall A
- Tales, Treasures and Pirates () by Reinstedt, Randall A
- Northern California Curiosities (2005) by Rubin, Saul
- Southern California Curiosities (2004) by Rubin, Saul
- Villa Montezuma 1887 - 1987 (1987) by San Diego Historical Society
- Ghost Stalker's Guide To Haunted California (1998) by Senate, Richard
- The Haunted Southland (1993) by Senate, Richard
- Ghosts of Alcatraz (2008) by Vercillo, Kathryn
- Haunted San Diego - 9th Printing (2005) by White, Gail
- The Haunted Queen Mary (2000) by Wlodarski, Robert James and Wlodarski, Anne Powell
Non California Books
(Books that do not focus on California and do not have a substantial California section)
- More Great Southern Mysteries (1990) by Floyd, E. Randall
Weird California does not endorse these books or state that any one book here is better than another. Information from many, but not all, of these books were used to develop this site. Information presented on this site may be different than information presented in some or all of these books.
Books referenced on individual weird location pages are not meant to be a bibliography. Although some, if not all of the books were probably used by Weird California, additional books that referenced the site may also be included in the list.
