Left to run her husband’s gristmill with an elderly Black couple who chose to remain there as employees, she seems mainly ...

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

A brilliantly written novel in verse, “To Stay Alive” portrays a vivid, emotional picture of the tragic Donner Party of 1846.

These fascinating reads offer new insights and perspectives into the Vietnam War that you probably never got from history ...

Some books make you think. Others make you laugh. But the ones that truly stay with you? They make you feel—deeply, intensely, and sometimes painfully. Historical fiction is known for doing just ...

The six books were revealed in the walled gardens ... and Trustee of Abbotsford, said: "The best historical fiction is not dry fact – it also tells us how the past felt, and holds a mirror ...

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

Looking for your next read? Check out the Canadian fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics and children's books to read in the ...

Swimming with Spies, a junior historical fiction selection, is a timely read as it is related to the current war between ...

Illustrations by Ann Schweninger from "Amanda Pig and The Wiggly Tooth," by Jean Van Leeuwen, 2008, Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin Random House LLC In the prolific children’s book writer ...