Books
Too L.A.: Letters Never Sent (But Some Were)
NYRB Classics, 2026
A collection of Eve Babitz’s unsent letters, discovered by her sister Mirandi in sealed file boxes after Eve’s death. Published by NYRB Classics in 2026, Too L.A. offers a new and intimate view of Eve’s voice, friendships, obsessions, and life in Los Angeles.
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Eve’s Hollywood
Originally published in 1974; NYRB Classics, 2015
Eve Babitz’s debut book and the work that introduced her unmistakable vision of Los Angeles. Part memoir, part social portrait, and part love letter to the city, Eve’s Hollywood captures the artists, musicians, writers, movie people, and beautiful strays who made up her world.
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Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
Originally published in 1977; NYRB Classics, 2016
A series of linked pieces about pleasure, parties, weather, love, restlessness, and Southern California. Widely considered one of Babitz’s defining works, Slow Days, Fast Company was named by The New York Times as one of the 50 best memoirs of the past 50 years.
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Sex and Rage
Originally published in 1979; Counterpoint, 2017
A novel about youth, beauty, drinking, ambition, and reinvention, following Jacaranda Leven from the beaches of Los Angeles to the literary world of New York. One of Babitz’s most beloved books, Sex and Rage distills the glamour and danger of becoming yourself.
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L.A. Woman
Originally published in 1982; NYRB Classics, 2024
A novel of Los Angeles across the decades, following Sophie Lubin through love affairs, friendships, parties, and the city’s shifting social landscape. Long out of print, L.A. Woman returned in a new NYRB Classics edition in 2024.
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Black Swans
Originally published in 1993; Counterpoint, 2018
A collection of stories set in the 1980s and early 1990s, as Eve looks at friendship, aging, desire, addiction, AIDS, and a changing Los Angeles. Sharp, funny, and elegiac, Black Swans shows Babitz writing with a darker and more reflective edge.
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I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz
NYRB Classics, 2019
An essential collection of Babitz’s uncollected journalism, essays, and occasional pieces. Spanning several decades, I Used to Be Charming brings together her writing on art, music, Hollywood, Los Angeles, and the people who shaped her world.
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