We are almost halfway through the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, which means plenty of snakes have likely already been dispatched by this year's hunters. But what do you do with t ...

Get the latest news, events and more from the Los Angeles Times Book Club, and help us get L.A. reading and talking. Your ultimate L.A. Bookshelf is here — a guide to the 110 essential L.A. books, ...

Our columnist on three of the year’s most anticipated books. By Olivia Waite Jem Calder’s novel, “I Want You to Be Happy,” follows the flailing situationship between two aspiring writers with a ...

Julie Buntin’s novel “Famous Men” complicates an old story with questions of ambition and consent. By Lauren Christensen Homer’s “Odyssey” is back in the headlines with this summer’s movie production, ...

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The Book of Mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to Uganda to try to convert citizens to the Mormon religion. One missionary, Elder Price, is an enthusiastic go-getter with a strong ...

June 23, 2026 • Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types.