Ellroy Reads

In February 2024, I started a YouTube series titled Ellroy Reads. The basic premise of Ellroy Reads is that every week or so, I examine a book which was a major influence on James Ellroy. It could be a novel or non-fiction, and it may have been an influence for personal or professional reasons or both, but either way the book left its mark on Ellroy.

The episode list has grown as have the number of subscribers. I’ve decided to embed every episode into a single page for your convenience. I hope you enjoy exploring them and please comment, share, subscribe etc.

THE FAN CLUB by Irving Wallace

COMPULSION by Meyer Levin

PORTRAIT IN SMOKE by Bill S. Balinger

THE DIGGER’S GAME by George V. Higgins

MRS PAINE’S GARAGE by Thomas Mallon

TRUE CONFESSIONS by John Gregory Dunne

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones

THE DECEIVERS by John D. MacDonald

LIBRA by Don DeLillo

THE CHOIRBOYS by Joseph Wambaugh

RED HARVEST by Dashiell Hammett

YOU PLAY THE BLACK AND THE RED COMES UP by Eric Knight

THE BADGE by Jack Webb

NO BEAST SO FIERCE by Edward Bunker

RED DRAGON by Thomas Harris

THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL by John le Carre

BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY by Mark Harris

ELIA KAZAN: A LIFE by Elia Kazan

TO DIE IN BEVERLY HILLS by Gerald Petievich