Winners at the 2024 L.A. Times Book Prizes included Ed Park for fiction, Ivy Pochoda for mystery/thriller and the pro-Palestinian commencement speaker whose name has become a rallying cry for free speech.
We chose our Ultimate Hollywood Bookshelf, and readers responded with the many, many titles we missed. Here are some of the best responses.
'Confessions of a Shopaholic' scribe Sophie Kinsella reveals she was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022. Since then she's had surgery, radiation and chemo.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 21, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
When bereavement books didn't help Warren Kozak, he decided to write his own. Only after he was done did he realize that his book about loss was really a book about love.
Diana Goetsch spent months visiting red-state libraries to do presentations on the freedom to read. Would she be recognized, or clocked as transgender?
Salman Rushdie's new memoir, 'Knife,' hits shelves on Tuesday, nearly two years after Hadi Matar allegedly nearly killed him in a stabbing attack.
Caleb Carr discusses grief and dying a subjects that linger over his new nonfiction book, "My Beloved Monster," and now loom over what might be the final months of his life.
JosA(c) Vadi's "Chipped: Writing From a Skateboarder's Lens" is a granular but accessible look at the practice and subculture of the sport.
Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, the creators of HBO's 'The Sympathizer,' discuss how they adapted Viet Thanh Nguyen's 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
With the help of award-winning authors and distinguished speakers, De Los and L.A. Times en EspaA+-ol are bringing all things Latinidad to the Festival of Books.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 14, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Novella-length essay 'Raising Kane' is ranked no. 40 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it started a fight that forced everyone to take a side.
'You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again' ranks No. 31 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it's the ultimate Icarus story, unflinchingly detailing its author's descent.
'Final Cut' ranks No. 18 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it treats the saga of Michael Cimino's 1980 Western as an emblem of the era it brought to a close.
Simone Gorrindo's new memoir, 'The Wives,' details her 12 years as a military spouse and how she grappled with her new identity.
'Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies and Bucks' ranks No. 39 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it wasn't just a taxonomy. It was a reclamation.
'Easy Riders, Raging Bulls' ranks No. 9 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because its juicy anecdotes also tell a story about craft. But that doesn't mean it's perfect.
We ranked the best Hollywood books of all time in advance of this year's Festival of Books. Now we want to hear about your favorites a including any we missed.
'Postcards From the Edge' is ranked no. 15 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it proves Carrie Fisher wasn't just mining her own life in her caustic comic writing.
'Play It As It Lays' ranks No. 1 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it speaks to today's Tinseltown as much as it did Didion's.
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 7, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Explore the mysteries of fictional and real worlds with four Los Angeles writers who pay homage to giants of the genre while creating stories that are irresistible in their own right.
'Kick the Latch' author Kathryn Scanlan joins a congregation of literary stars linked by the Windham-Campbell Prize, for which she was anonymously nominated.
Not all sociopaths are dangerous, Patric Gagne says, adding: 'You could be sleeping next to one.' Her new book is an exploration of an often stereotyped mental disorder.
Don Winslow reveals why his latest novel, 'City in Ruins,' the final installment in the Danny Ryan series, will be his last.
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.
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