To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best fiction books since the festival was inaugurated.

In these books, characters’ inner lives are inseparable from their environments, and the changes they undergo are shaped by ...

Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature," David B. Williams slows down and takes a close look at Seattle.

Florence, the capital of Tuscany, is one of the world’s great cultural destinations, but it’s also the gateway to the ...

Whether you want to explore a Roman fort, England's oldest prison, a Victorian mansion or an award-winning garden, here are the most 'fun-packed' options ...

When not testing the latest phones, he can normally be found with his camera in hand, behind his drums or eating his stash of home ... books with sets of images from specific holidays around the ...

A Maine game warden works to find Valerie, as does a septuagenarian armchair detective in a retirement home ... beautiful older woman magician. Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) In the fifth book ...

San Diego is the epitome of visual splendor and coastal elegance. Here is our pick of the finest beachfront Airbnbs in San ...

Carolers, joined by his female cousin, sing: In the still of the night, While the world is in slumber ... one of the most beautiful homes I have ever seen," lyricist Moss Hart recalled in Red ...

The most beautiful house in Israel? It might just be this one, in Beit Zayit outside of Jerusalem. Designed by architect Yvan Lang, the home actually consists of two houses – the main one at 700 ...