Features
Lou Mathews, author of “L.A. Breakdown” and “Shaky Town,” is back with “Hollywoodski,” a novelized collection of short stories about a faded screenwriter.
Tiffani Thiessen on 'Saved by the Bell's' best song and the best leftover food
1:21
John Green and Isabela Merced fight about best home state
4:07
Tiffany Haddish has a racy Nicolas Cage story and how to hear it all
3:04
Ronda Rousey wants to see Dana White fight Vince McMahon
2:02
George Stephanopoulos knows where you actually recognize him from
1:05
Sophia Bush thinks she is one of the better Bushes
2:06
Jennifer Garner and Laura Dave want you to not be precious with books
4:21
Jemele Hill’s weirdest writing habit might be the best?
2:47
Katie Porter on smells and the reading abilities of some in Congress
1:35
Gabrielle Zevin on how TikTok is a perfect platform for her book
2:19
Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf
Your ultimate L.A. Bookhelf is here — a guide to the 110 essential L.A. books, plus essays, supporting quotes and a ranked list of the best of the best.
Best Hollywood books
In advance of this year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, we’re unveiling our Ultimate Hollywood Bookshelf. Find out which novels, memoirs and more made our list.
Literary L.A.
A guide to the literary geography of Los Angeles: A comprehensive bookstore map, writers’ meetups, place histories, an author survey, essays and more.
More on Books
Sign up for our Book Club newsletter
Get the latest news, events and more from the Los Angeles Times Book Club, and help us get L.A. reading and talking.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
Lodge often satirized academic life and Catholicism in his novels and was twice nominated for the Booker Prize, for ‘Small World’ and ‘Nice Work.’
“The Life Audit” author encourages readers to “wish like no one’s watching” and look at the symbolic fresh start of January as a way to inspire and embrace new opportunities.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Craig Fehrman, who wrote the book ‘Author in Chief,’ discusses the tactics and the passion behind the works of the late former president, who died Sunday at 100.
-
The late president, in Sudan in 2010, often went to places with refugees, poverty, disease and despair to see and bear witness like the Bible school teacher he was back home.
The narrative of Jimmy Carter being overwhelmed by inflation and Iran’s ayatollah fails to account for his many achievements. But he was no saint.
Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising new titles — fiction and nonfiction — to consider in January.
-
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Violet Lucca, author of ‘David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials,’ considers the filmmaker a moralist and social critic with a taste for blood
Mystery authors Pip Drysdale, Alex Segura and Jonathan Ames answer our burning questions, including their go-to book for holiday gift-giving this season
In his new book, ‘Soldiers and Kings,’ Jason De Leon offers insights from the seven years in which he was embedded with migrant smugglers.
Han Kang’s work shows how literature can lead a nation forward from moments like these.
Weekly hardcover fiction and nonfiction lists.