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The Alabama State Textbook Commission wanted to ban Anne Frank’s ‘Diary of a Young Girl’ because it was, in their words, “a real downer.” While some may be banned with good intentions—because the ...

The best-selling fantasy writer Holly Black recommends novels that blend the thrills of a well-executed crime with intrigue and sorcery. By Holly Black In her new book, “We Fell Apart,” the young ...

Your ultimate L.A. Bookhelf is here — a guide to the 110 essential L.A. books, plus essays, supporting quotes and a ranked list of the best of the best. In advance of this year’s Los Angeles Times ...

October's Lightspeed short story is 'Drosera regina' by A.L. Goldfuss, and it's perfect Halloween reading. Shintaro Kago's manga is a wildly imaginative, twisted, and comedic tale about a live-in ...

Time and time again, we have turned to the written word as a way to make sense of our complicated lives and of the chaos of the world. At any given time in modern history, there has been chaos, war, ...

The book's author Amy Odell posted about Gwyneth Paltrow's magazine cover on Instagram Wednesday but soon deleted it Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He has written ...

Local journalist and author Ken Mochizuki believed that we could only paint a complete picture of our communities if we told our own stories with honesty and courage. Mochizuki, best known for his ...

Terri Lesley never expected to become a key figure in the heated debate about free speech and book bans that has embroiled libraries across the U.S. and Canada. And she certainly didn't expect to get ...

His clever, melancholic mind produced some of the most enduring heroes in spy fiction. Here are his best books. Credit...Photo by Tom Jamieson for The New York Times Supported by By Sam Adler-Bell The ...

"Workhorse" by Caroline Palmer voted the new book for Club Calvi! Club Calvi had three choices for its next book: "This is the Next Kingdom" by Jaquira Díaz, "Bad Bad Girl" by Gish Jen, and "Workhorse ...