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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 25

New Jonathan Demme biography spotlights director's clashes with powerful stars — and his humanity latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. David M. Stewart recounts Jonathan Demme's career, from a chance encounter with Francois Truffault through his run-ins with Goldie Hawn and Oprah.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 24

Ed Park drops clues like 'Barbie' throughout 'An Oral History of Atlantis' latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. Ed Park, a Pultizer Prize finalist for his last sprawling novel, wrote an interlocking series of stories for his follow-up, 'An Oral History of Atlantis,' and his joy at working in shorter form is...

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 23

The week's bestselling books, July 27 latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 27, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 18

Phil and Don Everly lit up the charts before the Beatles arrived. A new book restores their legacy latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. In his rigorously researched biography of Phil and Don Everly, Barry Mazor busts some myths about the harmonizing siblings and makes a strong case for their enduring music legacy.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 17

Jennifer Givhan's otherworldly 'Salt Bones' is infused with Mexican American and Indigenous culture latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. Jennifer Givhan masterfully blends horror and mystery in 'Salt Bones,' a haunting novel set in a community near the Salton Sea, in which girls go missing and a shapeshifter haunts a mother's dreams.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 16

The week's bestselling books, July 20 latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 20, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 14

How to make a huge life change when it feels too daunting to make the first move latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…

latimesbooks's tweet card. In her new book, 'Resurface: A Guide to Navigating Life's Biggest Transitions,' former Olympic diver Cassidy Krug explores how to start your life over.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 14

Will there ever be another editor as powerful as Anna Wintour? 'Elite' chronicles a fading empire latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. 'Empire of the Elite' reads like an ode to glossy magazines at a time when one of Conde Nast's most powerful remaining editors is reducing her role at Vogue.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 13

Stephen King's 'The Institute' sets gifted children against nefarious adults latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. Adapted from King's horror novel of the same name, this MGM+ series about children with extraordinary powers and cruel adults stars Mary-Louise Parker, Ben Barnes and Joe Freeman.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 11

'The Aviator and the Showman' untangles Amelia Earhart's fateful marriage — and thrill-seeking ambition latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. 'The Aviator and the Showman,' Laurie Gwen Shapiro's vibrant account of Amelia Earhart's union with a publicity-seeking publisher, unpacks the mystery surrounding her final flight.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 10

Messy L.A. millennial plots deliverance from her student loan debt in 'The Payback' latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. The former 'Daily Show With Trevor Noah' writer takes aim at a vexing problem — student loan debt — in 'The Payback,' a female-driven satire set in L.A.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 9

The week's bestselling books, July 13 latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 13, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 8

Brigitte Knightley's debut romantasy novel is as irresistible as its title latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. A popular fan-fiction author has created her own platinum blond bad boy for 'The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy,' a romantasy set in an alternate 19th century England.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 7

Fringe Festival critic gets his comeuppance in entertaining 'Bring the House Down' latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. In Charlotte Runcie's entertaining debut, a theater critic known for his pans sleeps with the wrong woman — then seeks solace from a female colleague.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 3

Gary Shteyngart's 'Vera, or Faith' is a witty (and anxious) child-led tale about status in the Trump era latimes.com/entertainment-…

$latimesbooks's tweet card. A precocious 10-year-old straight out of a New Yorker cartoon grapples with status and a fracturing family in Gary Shteyngart's 'Vera, or Faith.'$

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 2

The week's bestselling books, July 6 latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 6, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 1

Jennifer Aniston to star in TV show based on Jennette McCurdy's memoir 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. Jennifer Aniston will star in the series adaptation of Jennette McCurdy’s bestselling memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died.”

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jul 1

10 books to read in July latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. Gary Shteyngart's 'Vera, or Faith,' and a painstakingly researched history of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the end of World War II are among the notable books hitting shelves this month.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jun 28

The 9 LGBTQ+ children's books targeted in high court ruling upending education policy latimes.com/california/sto…

latimesbooks's tweet card. A Supreme Court ruling over a Montgomery County lawsuit gave parents the right to opt their kids out of lessons with LGBTQ+ books. These are the children's books they relied on.

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L.A. Times Books@latimesbooks · Jun 27

'CIA Book Club' illuminates Cold War skullduggery and reminds how revolutionary reading can be latimes.com/entertainment-…

latimesbooks's tweet card. Charlie English delves into the CIA's attempts to combat communism via literature including '1984' in a book that reminds, in an age of book bans, how powerful stories — and reading — can be.

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