To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

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Times — and The Times — have changed since the first Festival of Books ... the best books published since the event's inauguration. Below, you'll find our list of essential works of fiction ...

Earth Day is celebrated around the world on April 22. Here's a list of fiction, poetry, nonfiction and books for kids with ...

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Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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even when drawing on her own life in fiction. The best-selling author of “A Man Called Ove,” “Anxious People,” and the “Beartown” trilogy highlights four novels from his native Sweden ...