‘What We Can Know’ review: In Ian McEwan’s future, the past is elusive
Book Review What We Can KnowBy Ian McEwanKnopf: 320 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from…
Easy Rawlins and Walter Mosley’s vision of L.A. have evolved in 35 years
On the Shelf Gray Dawn By Walter MosleyMulholland: 336 pages, $29If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from…
New L.A. novels to read and writer hangouts to explore in SoCal
Dying to Know L.A. literary adventure If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support…
Massive James Baldwin bio deeps deep into his writing and love life
Book Review Baldwin: A Love Story By Nicholas BoggsFarrar, Straus and Giroux: 720 pages, $36If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may…
‘Sweetener’ review: Marissa Higgins’ novel is a fun sapphic romp
Book Review Sweetener By Marissa HigginsCatapult: 272 pages, $27If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose…
‘The Rainmaker’ review: Colorful characters and mystery will hook you
Are we in for a new age of scripted basic cable television? Given the successes of the old age, which threaded its way between broadcast…
Books to read in August 2025
Reading List 10 books for your August reading list If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org,…
‘Washington Black’ review: Hulu miniseries amplifies action from novel
Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan’s “Washington Black,” a prizewinning story of race, romance, friendship and identity set in the early 19th century, has been translated by…
‘Gorky Park’ writer Martin Cruz Smith, acclaimed for his mysteries, dies at 82
NEW YORK — Martin Cruz Smith, the best-selling mystery novelist who engaged readers for decades with “Gorky Park” and other thrillers featuring Moscow investigator Arkady Renko, has…
‘The Institute’ review: Stephen King series pits children against adults
“The Institute,” a 2019 novel by Stephen King, Maine’s Master of the Macabre — or horror, I just said macabre for the alliteration — has…
‘The Payback’ review: Kashana Cauley satirizes student loan debt
Book Review The Payback By Kashana CauleyAtria: 256 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org,…
‘The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy’: Romantasy, Part 1
Book Review The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: Book 1 of the Dearly Beloathed Duology By Brigitte KnightleyAce: 384 pages, $30If you buy…
Books to read in July 2025
Reading List 10 books for your July reading list If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org,…
‘Project Hail Mary’ trailer: Ryan Gosling goes to space, meets alien
Ryan Gosling puts the “not” in “Astronaut” in the new trailer for “Project Hail Mary.” The upcoming sci-fi film, based on Andy Weir‘s novel of…
‘I’ll Be Right Here’ review: Amy Bloom weaves Colette into bold tale
Book Review I'll Be Right Here By Amy BloomRandom House: 272 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a…
Peter Brown’s ‘Wild Robot’ reboot for preschoolers stays true to fable
On the Shelf The Wild Robot on the Island By Peter BrownLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers: 48 pages, $20If you buy books linked on…
‘The Great Gatsby’ Black reimagining spotlights West Adams Heights
On the Shelf The Great Mann By Kyra Davis LurieCrown: 320 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a…
Edmund White, a groundbreaking gay author, dies at 85
NEW YORK — Edmund White, the groundbreaking man of letters who documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, plays and such novels as “A Boy’s…
‘It’s Not the End of the World’ review: Future L.A. is a campy mess
Book Review It's Not the End of the World By Jonathan Parks-RamageBloomsbury: 384 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may…
‘Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ cast and what else to know
Keiran Culkin is joining “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” as eccentric host Caesar Flickerman. An adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel of the same…