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, ...

Lush historical fiction, gripping thrillers, true crime, laugh-out-loud essays and more: Here are the books you’ve saved most to your reading lists. In “The American School of Spies,” Stephan Talty ...

In his memoir, Simon Paré-Poupart recounts the highs and lows of hauling trash for more than 20 years. By Dwight Garner Chatbots are appropriating our most common rhetorical tics. Yet when it comes to ...

Free weights like dumbbells, barbells, and kettlebells allow you to work in any range of motion and engage stabilizer muscles, unlike machines that fix your movement. The article includes 15 ...

Heidi Stevens: A Chicago-based author found herself on a banned books list. What it tells us about this moment. By Heidi Stevens June 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

June 3, 2026 • In 'My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein,' the narrator, a writer, actually spends one month trying to understand Stein's genius, how she invented herself, and her relationship with ...