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How a new book honors Emmett Till
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How L.A. drives Rachel Kushner, author of ‘Creation Lake’
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Why Comic-Con hasn’t outgrown its comic book origins
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A Clayton Kershaw biography and more baseball book recommendations
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Meet the writer translating Alejandro Zambra, José Donoso and more
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Tananarive Due talks ‘The Reformatory’ and Gracetown’s importance
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StokerCon guest of honor Paul Tremblay discusses the appeal of horror
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6 essential collections to celebrate short story month
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The best panels at the L.A. Times Festival of Books
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Female authors address climate change and an unlivable world
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2024 Festival of Books lineup includes Viet Thanh Nguyen
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2024 best picture Oscar nominees that are based on books
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Book Club: Venita Blackburn on flash fiction and more
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Book Club: Our books critics’ 2023 year-end thoughts, predictions
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Dean Koontz’s new thriller hits close to home
Good morning, and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. A turbulent flight turned Dean Koontz off flying decades ago. No problem: His imagination…
Remembering big-hearted writer Gabe Hudson
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Michael Connelly opens up about bestseller ‘Resurrection Walk’
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