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 ...

Here, some of our favorites, from a stunning coffee table book of photos from Queen Elizabeth's life to a fictionalized look ...

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 ...

The Radium Girls, Hidden Figures, The Five and Notorious RBG are among the top 20 most popular biographies and histories of women of the last 10 years, according to Goodreads members. Goodreads has ...

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 ...

In honor of Black History Month — but best read all year round — here are some of my favorite recent children’s biographies of famous Black LGBTQ+ Americans. Brand new is the superb “Jimmy's Rhythm & ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...