The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 31, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Lydia Millet's "We Loved It All: A Memory of Life" examines the climate crisis from a distance but soars in its exploration of how language can provoke empathy and action.
Sacha Baron Cohen responded to Rebel Wilson's claims from the set of 'The Brothers Grimsby.' The 'Borat' star inspires a chapter in Wilson's new memoir.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 24, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Leaving Christian evangelicalism means sacrificing community and the security of 'answers' to life's vexing questions. There are few smooth landings.
Author Chris Bohjalian discusses his 25th novel, 'The Princess of Las Vegas,' and how ancestral trauma from his Armenian heritage contributes to the dread in his work.
Cynthia Carr's new book chronicles the struggles of Warhol superstar and trans actress Candy Darling.
Biographer Brad Gooch's "Radiant" reveals how much life and creativity artist Keith Haring packed into 31 years before he died of AIDS.
James L. Swanson's bestselling book is the basis for Apple TV+'s "Manhunt," but the cast and creator also turned to historical documents from the real people depicted.
Dan Wakefield, the novelist and journalist who wrote about diverse topics including his journey with spirituality and the civil rights movement, died Wednesday at 91 years old.
The Max series inspired by Amy Chozick's 2018 book "Chasing Hillary" is more like the love child of "Scandal" and "The Sex Lives of College Girls" than a real portrait of reporting.
The 2024 L.A. Times Festival of Books lineup features RuPaul, Ariana Madix, Kerry Washington, Lauren Graham and more, including high-profile chef JosA(c) AndrA(c)s.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 17, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Katya Apekina's interest in the supernatural informs her new novel, 'Mother Doll,' a wild multigenerational story set both in modern-day Los Angeles and in Petrograd during the Russian Revolution.
In 'American Spirits,' the late author Russell Banks returns to rural New York to explore the ego, territorialism and violence that define our society.
In Emily Raboteau's book of essays, 'Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "the Apocalypse,"' her care for her neighborhood and her maternal care for her children are connected as she faces an uncertain climate future.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 10, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Four years after people took up bird-watching during the pandemic, there's a spate of new books about birding capitalizing on this heightened interest.
It seems Taylor Swift's knack for writing runs blood deep. Ancestry.com revealed that the 'Karma' singer shares roots with 19th century poet Emily Dickinson.
The degradation of two powerful, independent Muslim women a one historical, one fictional a echoes 500 years later in the name of our state.
Books to read in March include "James" by Percival Everett, "Wandering Stars" by Tommy Orange and "Age of Revolutions" by Fareed Zakaria.
In his new book 'Filterworld,' New Yorker writer Kyle Chayka argues that algorithmic curation dulls our creative agency.
Matt Lodder's "Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings" is a lively exploration of an underexamined art.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 3, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Tommy Orange's much-anticipated new book, 'Wandering Stars,' serves as both a prequel and a sequel to 'There There.'
Three writers of recent espionage fiction, Terry Hayes, Lea Carpenter and David Downing, turn their keen powers of observation on 1950s Los Angeles, current-day Europe and beyond to shed light on their times a and, chillingly, ours.
Book Rack is the second San Gabriel Valley bookstore to face a reckoning this year. The owner of Vroman's in Pasadena put the store up for sale because he wants to retire.
I am my parents' long-distance helper now. Like a character in a Lorrie Moore story, I have to live by bromides.
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