Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eve’s Hollywood | 1974 | Eve Babitz | Buy |
| 2 | Sex & Rage | 1979 | Eve Babitz | Buy |
| 3 | L.A. Woman | 1982 | Eve Babitz | Buy |
Eve Babitz published three standalone novels across a tight eight-year window, beginning with Eve’s Hollywood in 1974, followed by Sex & Rage in 1979, and closing with L.A. Woman in 1982. Each title stands on its own rather than continuing a shared plot, so readers can pick them up in any order.
Reading them in publication order — Eve’s Hollywood through to L.A. Woman — does give a natural sense of progression through that period of Babitz’s fiction writing, and the titles themselves suggest a consistent preoccupation with place, personality, and the texture of Los Angeles life.