L.A. Times Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires
Jaime LoweJournalist and author Jaime Lowe discusses “Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California’s Wildfires” with Times columnist Erika D. Smith. Tune in to join this live-streaming L.A. Times Book Club conversation. https://t.co/Z2iu7zk0ja
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ripe
Sarah Rose EtterHow Silicon Valley, Sylvia Plath and a killer work ethic inspired a novel like no other https://t.co/EmYxAHSVs0
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To the Lighthouse
Virginia WoolfFilmmaker and author Rodrigo Garcia found his escape in two books, one old, one new. The first was Virginia Woolf’s “To the Lighthouse.” He also loved Tracy K. Smith’s “Life on Mars.” https://t.co/pUVLng20mX
Paperback, 1989
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric CarleRemembering "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" author Eric Carle 🐛 https://t.co/lt2RXelBK3
Board Book, 1994
$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin TarantinoQuentin Tarantino flips with the script with 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' novel https://t.co/9mpmJjMN6N
Paperback, Mass Market, 2021
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot PageVideo: Watch Elliot Page discuss 'Pageboy' at the L.A. Times Book Club https://t.co/qAboxcw3u7
Paperback, 2024
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
Azar NafisiThese books kill tyrants: Azar Nafisi on Putin and how to 'Read Dangerously' https://t.co/A3qQWkfJZq
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club
Celeste NgWhy Celeste Ng calls her new novel, 'Our Missing Hearts,' 'scarily real' https://t.co/4UVgBB6oix
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Didn't We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston
Gerrick Kennedy'In Defense of Whitney Houston': How author Gerrick D. Kennedy reframes the diva story https://t.co/aJuay2nyQF
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle ZevinGabrielle Zevin’s “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” is very popular, so of course she needed to stop by the Los Angeles Times photo and video studio at @latimesfob to answer some very important questions. https://t.co/m77dbHNpMy
Paperback, 2024
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book