She gave me the inside scoop and taught me that, once upon a time, paperback editions weren’t really a thing. (DeVito says Allen Lane, who founded Penguin Books in 1935, was the first to start ...

Glenn, who has had a lifetime love affair with books, opened Last Chance Bookstore and Paperback Exchange at 1361 Elm St. in May, calling it her “pseudo-retirement job.” The Last Chance ...

Survival horror series Dead Space is having time in the spotlight once again! Back in 2023 the original game got a critically ...

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These steamy reads bring the emotion and the heat. By Ali Hazelwood The book, the third in a series, has sold 2.7 million copies in its first week, and provided yet another example of the ...

The book, the third in a series, has sold 2.7 million copies in its first week, and provided yet another example of the romantasy genre’s staying power. By Alexandra Alter We asked 10 writers ...

An unsurprisingly profound tale by the Pulitzer-prize winner. This posthumously published book follows a daughter taking ...

Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. Another year of reading has come and gone, leaving mental trails of ...

Here are T&C's picks for the best books of January 2024. Perle Mesta was one of the most famous socialites of midcentury America. She was close to three presidents—Harry Truman, Dwight ...

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...

(What? Just me?) There’s no such thing as an excess of good books, but the roster of forthcoming publications is certainly staggering. Fiction lovers have much to look forward to, with incoming ...

Here’s how it works. Seeing as the game is now over 50 years old, it's hard to narrow down the best D&D books. There are quite literally enough to fill a small library these days, so which ones ...