Novelist Lisa See spent years on the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Commission, and she recalls times when she’d start thinking about the history that had occurred just outside the window of Pico House, where the meetings took place. “I could see from my seat that corner where my great-…
Honestly, I don’t know whether this is a review or a thank you note. Andrew Sean Greer’s “Villa Coco” has the summery, entertaining feel of someone writing whatever he feels like writing. Greer has already won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize (for “Less,” which he followed with “Less Is Lost”) and ha…
LOS ANGELES -- Inside an unassuming room of the Huntington Library, the Los Angeles author Lisa See unfolded a stack of court records. At first glance, they looked like a centuries-old love letter. The paper had yellowed from age and the cursive was so ornate the words were hard to make out.…
Summer offers a range of reading opportunities, whether you’re lounging outside by a body of water or inside near a glass of water. Along with good hydration, you’ll need plenty to read. We recently shared our picks of romance, horror, Hollywood and nonfiction titles, so how about a big list…
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, June 6, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026…
What a difference 50 years makes. The country that commemorates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in July will be a radically different place than the country that celebrated a ubiquitous bicentennial in 1976. Of course it will. But one part of that comm…
In March, Ann Patchett had only just started doing interviews for her new novel, “Whistler,” but she was already willing to nudge the conversation elsewhere: to other books, to our dogs, to growing up in Southern California. “I’m from Glendale,” she says, after learning her interviewer is ca…
In March, Ann Patchett had only just started doing interviews for her new novel, “Whistler,” but she was already willing to nudge the conversation elsewhere: to other books, to our dogs, to growing up in Southern California. “I’m from Glendale,” she says, after learning her interviewer is calling from Pasadena. “My father was LAPD, and my favorite uncle was Los Angeles Fire. I had another ...
Most folks’ summers will feature SPF 50 and thunderstorm warnings. But, if you read the upcoming books, yours could also include murderous crocodiles, Vincent van Gogh intrigue and a shocking Jamaican crime. That crime is in the “The Disappearers,” former St. Paul resident Marlon James’ first novel in four years, and he’s not the only big name on the way to bookshelves. Read below to learn ...
I just asked AI what the reading situation looks like this summer. I asked, knowing very well what it looks like, but I was curious what it would say. AI said that this summer, reading will resemble “flexible, engaging, often digital-forward activities designed to build skills.” Did it mistake my prompt for the ghosts of old school reading lists? It left out the part about naughty nannies and ...
MINNEAPOLIS -- It’s not quite beach time in Minnesota but it’s never too early to break out the beach reads. Whether you’re heading to the cabin, a hammock or a lake with unusually warm water, we have some suggestions for you, including a literary superstar who became an Oscar nominee earlier this year and a couple of guys who have Taylor Swift’s ear: ‘The Hardest, Longest Race,’ Eric ...
“There should always be some small surprise,” the narrator of Ann Patchett’s “Whistler” tells us. She’s talking about enlivening trips to a cancer clinic, but she could easily mean Patchett’s wise, deeply funny novels. Daphne is a Manhattan teacher who, in the novel’s first scene, runs into Eddie, the former stepfather she hasn’t seen in 44 years (Patchett’s novels usually start with a bang). ...
CHICAGO -- It is one of the great love stories in the rich literary history of Chicago. It concerns a writer named Judith Michael, who wrote nearly a dozen bestselling novels, beginning in 1982 with “Deceptions” and ending more than 20 years later with “The Real Mother.” Perhaps you read one. Millions of people did. Many others saw a film or television version of some of these books. What ...
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 30, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Yesteryear. Caro Claire Burke. Knopf 2. Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose ...
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