Through a series of vignettes, Kauffman’s fifth novel centers on a woman determined to spend Christmas with her extended ...

The musicians who inspired a young Elvis Presley, a nuclear-powered dream, the world of early Christians and more.

It’s a sequel of sorts to her 1939 book “Moses, Man of the Mountain” and focuses on the Judean king Herod the Great. In the New Testament, he’s portrayed as a slaughterer of innocents ...

In the Book Pages this week, we’re in that odd in-between time when year-end book lists bump up against year-ahead ones.

2. All Fours by Miranda July (Riverhead Books: $29) A woman upends her domestic life in this irreverent and tender novel. 33 3. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press: $20 ...

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As most readers know, New Year’s Eve is best ... one’s life came when I got a one-week skip-the-line checkout from the Los Angeles Public Library. The book was Josh Brolin’s “From Under ...