Jonathan Eig's "King: A Life," a biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was recognized as one of the best books of 2023. Biographies offer a chance to explore the decision-making and ...

For fans of: The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race, edited by Jesmyn Ward In these tumultuous times, average citizens and leaders alike have been turning to the words of James Baldwin ...

Books — often riddled with gross grammatical and factual errors — are appearing for sale online soon after the death of well-known people. By Elizabeth A. Harris After Joseph Lelyveld, a former ...

The paperback tracks the singer's rise to fame, from her small-town beginnings in Pennsylvania to her travels around the globe. By Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service ...

Each age has its own way of drawing the arc of a human life. Ours is concerned with its unpredictability. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomas Supported by By Parul Sehgal Parul Sehgal is a ...

I chose these books after reading thousands of picture books and understanding what children like because my background isn’t only in book reviews but in education. Plus, I’m a parent of two. I update ...

They'll start flipping through these biographies, autobiographies and memoirs long before all the presents have been unwrapped.

We’re very familiar with words and music. But words about music can be just as exciting. There is never a shortage of books about music -- memoirs, biographies, large-scale histories, critical ...

A biographical children’s book about Taylor Swift created a new record for the Little Golden Book brand, publisher Random House Children’s Books recently said. Random House Children’s Books, part of ...

Good morning and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m novelist and punk historian Jim Ruland, and this week we’re celebrating America’s pastime. We’re currently midway through the MLB ...

When she pitched the idea of writing a Taylor Swift Little Golden Book biography in February 2021, Wendy Loggia couldn’t have known that the beloved pop star would be embarking on a record-smashing ...