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Kamilah Cole is the bestselling author of So Let Them Burn and
Brad Meltzer is the Emmy-nominated, #1 New York Times bestselling author of
Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels, inclu
Samantha Ellis is a playwright, author, and journalist. The daughter of Iraqi-Jewish refugees, she grew up thinking her family had travelled everywhere by magic carpet.
World Fantasy, Locus, and Mythopoeic Award–winning author and poet Theodora Goss was born in Hungary and spent her childhood in various European countries before her family moved to the United States.
Season’s Readings everyone! As is generally true, there have been some marvelous books published in 2025, and I’m thrilled to share my favorites with you. I’ve listed these books in alphabetical order by title until the last entry, which is my favorite of the books I’ve read in 2025.
As we say "welcome in" to the new year, the Los Angeles Public Library would like to share our staff's favorite books of 2025; books that scored a 6-7 or higher!
Travis Baldree is a full-time audiobook narrator who has lent his voice to hundreds of stories. Before that, he spent decades designing and building video games like Torchlight, Rebel Galaxy, and Fate.
D.J. Waldie is a historian of Los Angeles, a memoirist, and a translator.
Eric Heisserer is the Academy Award–nominated screenwriter of Arrival and