Books Features
By Carolyn Kellogg
Finalists for the 30th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced on Monday, and for the first time, graphic novels will be among...
By Susan Salter Reynolds
An argument why science alone will not solve the Earth's problems.
By Art Winslow
A Texas attorney and law professor chronicles his often difficult efforts to have death-row clients spared.
By David Scott Milton
Editor's note: David Scott Milton taught writing in the prison where Kenneth Hartman, the author of "Mother California," is incarcerated....
By Reed Johnson
He creates science fiction that doesn't trade in extremes and objects to 'apocalyptic thinking.' His newest novel is 'Galileo's Dream.'
By Amy Wilentz
A thriller about U.S. and Middle Eastern politics puts several female characters front and center as it ruminates on the nature of modern...
By Jonathan Shapiro
Long before Stieg Larsson came along, the author was creating moody thrillers like his latest one, which traces a Swedish village massacre...
By Ed Park
Lise Haines' 'Girl in the Arena' follows an engaging teen narrator in a world where mass entertainment centers on deadly gladiator battles.
By Kevin Canfield
The author provides everything you wanted to know about the former president, independent counsel, Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and others,...
By Tim Rutten
Gerald M. Boyd, who died of lung cancer nearly four years ago at 56, was one of his generation's most accomplished journalists.
By Taylor Antrim
The Pulitzer-nominated author roams the world to share the rides that are changing people's lives.
By Sonja Bolle
How can paranoia be so appealing? I was struck by this conundrum while experiencing a frisson of equal parts dread and pleasure on...