A new installment of the Amos Parisman mysteries is out. In this book, L.A.’s “oldest and most unconventional Jewish gumshoe” Parisman has to track down the fate of a historic Torah scroll that’s been ...

Trotwood resident Jameelah Ricks gave up the paralegal profession in 2022 to become a full-time poet, writer and entrepreneur.

The Double Life of Vivien Leigh, tells the story of Leigh’s troubles and how she attempted to rebuild her life before her ...

When Carol Emery's son, Colin, was 11 years old, he started to show signs of what she'd come to learn was paranoia — though she and her husband, Bob, didn't know it at the time. "We thought his ...

It is the first drug to have an impact on the symptoms of manic depression since the introduction of lithium more than 50 years ago. In international trials over the past two years, daily doses of ...

I think that a really good memoir can do that. If I have a loved one, say, with bipolar disorder, then I will maybe seek out a nonfiction book about bipolar disorder. But if it doesn't affect me ...

Creating a roundup of the 25 best-selling books of all time is harder than it sounds. Books—especially those published hundreds of years ago—were published in different editions and translated ...

Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. Another year of reading has come and gone, leaving mental trails of ...

Nothing could be further from the truth. And some affected, like my patient Shraddha, who battled bipolar disorder, are examples of how support and therapy can improve and motivate a person to excel ...

But there’s a legitimate reason for my latency: I have severe bipolar disorder, and until recently, full commitment to anyone else seemed beyond my capacity. I was otherwise engaged—with my ...

Our current decade has brought in some great recent reads — see our picks here Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms.