A snapshot of popular books.

If you aim for Gladness and miss, you’ll find us. For we are called East Gladness. Gladness itself being no more, renamed to ...

The Book of Flaco,” by David Gessner. “The Serviceberry,” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. “The Frozen River,” by Ariel Lawhon. “Demon Copperhead,” by Barbara Kingsolver. “It’s Always Been Me,” by Megan Walrod ...

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 27, 2025, including hardcover and paperback ...

Summer is evidently quite a busy time for sharks. Not to say that they are particularly lively this time of year – I don’t ...

The relevance of the author was challenged (replaced by the critic), as was the text (replaced by theory). The novel as story ...

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis ...

Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist who through their verse explored gender identity, politics and their 4-year ...

Ocean Vuong was just two when his family fled post-war Vietnam and came to the US. He only learned to read and write English at age 11—the first in hi ...

Ocean Vuong’s dark, poetic novel takes us on a journey through time, loss, trauma, and the little acts of kindness that help us heal ...

Oprah Winfrey has selected Bruce Holsinger's novel "Culpability" as her latest book club pick. The story explores the ethics of artificial intelligence through the lens of an American family. Winfrey ...

Japanese literature in translation has been booming lately: Butter, those books about cats and cafés. The latest intriguing, unsettling title is Hunchback, which tells the story of a woman in a care ...