To help jump-start your 2026 reading, especially if you need to get out of a reading slump, we’ve got nine suggestions that ...

There's a time and place for every read; sometimes we want a 650-page epic that consumes our lives for two weeks, and other times, we want a quick, easy read to forget our responsibilities on a cozy ...

Their brevity only magnifies their impact, proving that sometimes the smallest books can offer the best reading experience!, ...

Books create a wonderful refuge from the hubbub of everyday life, but unless you’re on vacation, it can be hard to set aside long stretches of time for reading. How many half-started books have you ...

In 2023, I tweeted about the long lengths of recently published middle grade books. The tweet went viral, and I was invited to write for Publisher’s Weekly to expand on my concerns. I said that while ...

With all we have to do in a day, it can be tough to find time to sit down and read — especially if your book of choice is a hefty one that will take hours, days or weeks to finish! Many readers turn ...

These books will make it easy to meet your Goodreads goals. Courtesy the publishers Every January 1st, we sit down and make resolutions about our goals for the upcoming year. One of the most common is ...

THE SHORT book, long underestimated, has a lot going for it. To start with the prosaic: if you want to get through more volumes, short is shrewd. Slender books can be slipped into a bag or coat pocket ...

Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Jim Ruland, a fiction writer, punk historian and a longtime contributor to the Los Angeles Times, and this summer I’ll be ...