With its rich and colourful history,
a number of books have been written about
or touch on East End history...
At Home with History: The Untold Stories of
Greater Vancouver’s Heritage Houses
by Eve Lazarus
Chinatown: An Illustrated History of the Chinese
Communities of Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, etc.
by Paul Yee
The Jade Peony, All That Matters, & Paper Shadows,
novels and memoires by Wayson Choy
On The Shady Side: Vancouver 1886 – 1914
by Betty Keller
Opening Doors: Vancouver’s East End
a collection of aural histories
edited by Daphne Marlatt and Carole Itter
Salt Water City: An Illustrated History
of the Chinese in Vancouver by Paul Yee
Strathcona, Vancouver’s First Neighbourhood
by John Atkin
Vancouver: A Visual History
by Bruce Macdonald 
Vancouver: Milltown To Metropolis
by Alan Morely
Vancouver: Stories Of A City
by Lisa Smedman
Vancouver: The Way It Was
by Michael Kluckner
Vancouver’s Chinatown:
Racial Discourse in Canada, 1875-1980
by Kay J. Anderson
Vancouver’s Shoeshine Boys
by Raymond Culos
Vancouver’s Society of Italians ( Volumes I, II & III )
by Raymond Culos
Working Lives: Vancouver 1886-1986
compiled by The Working Lives Collective
At the World’s Edge
- Curt Lang’s Vancouver: 1937–1998
by Claudia Cornwall