10 books to read in July
Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising titles, fiction and nonfiction, to consider for your July reading list. It’s officially beach-reads season: Whether you do your reading outdoors or inside in ...
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The 9 LGBTQ+ children’s books targeted in high court ruling upending education policy
Picture books are not usually the stuff of Supreme Court rulings. But on Friday, a majority of justices ruled that parents have a right to opt their children out of ...
‘CIA Book Club’ illuminates Cold War skullduggery and reminds how revolutionary reading can be
Charlie English begins “The CIA Book Club” by describing a 1970s technical manual: a dull cover, as uninviting as anything. A book that practically begs you to put it back ...
How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Victoria Monét
Like most busy working mothers who struggle with work-life balance, three-time Grammy Award winner Victoria Monét cherishes spending time with her 4-year-old daughter, Hazel, who she shares with ex-boyfriend fitness ...
‘Enduring Wild’ is an engaging travelogue about California public lands under attack
Josh Jackson’s “The Enduring Wild: A Journey Into California’s Public Lands” is a story of adventures across 41 California landscapes, with photos of beautiful places you are unlikely to have ...
The week’s bestselling books, June 29
Hardcover fiction 1. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine Books: $30) A story of friendship, love and adversity during the 1980s Space Shuttle program. 2. The Emperor of Gladness by ...
Guns N’ Roses’ former manager recalls harrowing stories, calls Mötley Crüe ‘brutish entertainers’
As the manager of Guns N’ Roses during the band’s debauched heyday, Alan Niven has no shortage of colorful stories. The LAPD fetching Axl Rose from his West Hollywood condo ...
The week’s bestselling books, June 22
Hardcover fiction 1. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong (Penguin Press: $30) An unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond. 2. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. ...
5 crime novels to read this summer — and their authors reveal the writers who inspire them
I’ve been immersing myself in this summer’s crime fiction, which has been a savory mix of stories by established writers like S.A. Cosby’s surefire “King of Ashes” and great newcomers ...
Female Hotshot firefighter brings California mega blazes to life in moving memoir
Fire changes whatever it encounters. Burns it, melts it, sometimes makes it stronger. Once fire tears through a place, nothing is left the same. Kelly Ramsey wasn’t thinking of this ...
