Los Angeles Times Book Club

In his new memoir, ‘Pageboy,’ the most famous trans man in the world recounts the dark night of the soul — at home, in Hollywood — that led him here.

Forty years after the launch of ‘Reading Rainbow,’ ‘Star Trek’ actor LeVar Burton is championing literacy programs for children with the documentary ‘The Right to Read.’

Bestselling novelist Gabrielle Zevin joins the L.A. Times Book Club April 22 to discuss ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ at the Festival of Books.

Novelist and science journalist Annalee Newitz brings ‘The Terraformers’ to the L.A. Times Book Club March 28.

Bestselling author Brendan Slocumb joins the L.A. Times Book Club on Feb. 23 to discuss his debut, “The Violin Conspiracy.”

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder joins the Los Angeles Times Book Club on Jan. 26 to discuss his newest book, “Rough Sleepers.’

“Little Fires Everywhere” author Celeste Ng joins the L.A. Times Book Club Dec. 8 to discuss her latest bestseller, “Our Missing Hearts.”

Watch singer Willie Nelson at the L.A. Times Book Club on Oct. 13 discussing his new book, “Me and Paul.”

Novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia brings ‘The Daughter of Doctor Moreau’ to the L.A. Times Book Club Sept. 27

Chef Keith Corbin will discuss ‘California Soul’ with the L.A. Times Book Club.

The ‘Dirty Dancing’ star discusses the upcoming sequel, her memoir and the Supreme Court’s ‘fundamentally wrong’ abortion ruling.

Ibram X. Kendi joined Times columnist Sandy Banks for a thought-provoking L.A. Times Book Club conversation about his book, ‘How to Raise an Antiracist.’

Gorman read her poem “Fugue,” about the ravages of the pandemic, publicly for the first time at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Saturday.

Amanda Gorman brings her new collection, ‘Call Us What We Carry,’ to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 23.

Reyna Grande, author of “A Ballad of Love and Glory,” will join the L.A. Times Book Club on March 29.

Jane Goodall brings “The Book of Hope” to the Los Angeles Times Book Club Feb. 25.

Stephanie Land, the author of ‘Maid,’ joins the L.A. Times Book Club on Jan. 25.

Bestselling author Ann Patchett talks about book tours, Tom Hanks and ‘These Precious Days,’ her new book of essays.

In ‘The Boys,’ Oscar-winning director Ron Howard and longtime character actor Clint Howard write the book of their family in distinctly different voices.

In 2016, Jaime Lowe read the obituary of a female inmate firefighter. Five years later, her new book opens up the world the woman lived and died in.

As she releases her memoir “All In,” tennis icon Billie Jean King discusses her career, her causes and “living truthfully.”

In ‘A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes,’ filmmaker Rodrigo Garcia writes about losing both parents — and the one event his renowned father couldn’t record: his own death.

Charles Yu, the National Book Award-winning author of ‘Interior Chinatown,’ joins the L.A. Times Book Club in a chat with film critic Justin Chang.

Emergency room doctor Michele Harper, author of ‘The Beauty in Breaking,’ joins Times readers on June 29

“A Promised Land,” out Tuesday in a worldwide release, eloquently and ruefully documents the first two and a half years of Obama’s presidency.

Bestselling novelist Lisa See brings’The Island of Sea Women’ to the L.A. Times Book Club

In the beautiful if overladen “Migrations,” by Charlotte McConaghy, animals are vanishing and a troubled woman follows the last terns to Antarctica.

After a panel for the Festival of Books, Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his forthcoming novel ‘The Committed,’ the sequel to ‘The Sympathizer.’

‘Vanishing Half’ author Brit Bennett talks about the inspiration behind her bestselling novel.

In ‘Why We Swim,’ Bonnie Tsui tells extraordinary tales of swimmers who brave sharks, extreme cold and vicious currents around the globe.

Walter Thompson-Hernández tells the stories of “The Compton Cowboys” as they look for the next generation of young riders.

Walter Thompson-Hernández’s “The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America’s Urban Heartland” tells a grand story in granular detail.

Fanny Singer’s stories and recipes, ‘Always Home,’ show life growing up in the orbit of her mother, farm-to-table chef Alice Waters.

“Your House Will Pay” author Steph Cha and “Hi Five” author Joe Ide join the L.A. Times Book Club in Long Beach.

Luis J. Rodriguez shared his new book, ‘From Our Land to Our Land,’ with the Los Angeles Times Book Club

Growing up in Rabat, Morocco, author Laila Lalami loved “Adventures of Tintin” comic books and identified with Tintin, a young reporter who solves crimes.

Ocean Vuong, bestselling author of “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” talks about writing and inspiration with the L.A. Times Book Club.

In her research for “The Library Book,” Susan Orlean was surprised to learn how many people call the Los Angeles Library on a daily basis with outlandish questions.

Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, shared “Barking to the Choir” with the L.A. Times Book Club.