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Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. This week we speak with comedian and first-time author Youngmi Mayer, whose ...

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Andrew Sean Greer did something rare last week: His latest novel, "Less," won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. That's extraordinary, of course, but what makes this year's winner so unusual is that his ...

The Seattle Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This column, submitted by the library, is a space to share reading and book trends from a librarian’s perspective. You can find these ...