Books

‘Never give people what they want, or they’ll hate you for it,’ said Lotringer, founder of the influential publisher Semiotext(e), who died last week.

Catherine McCormack, a course director at Sotheby’s, talks about her new book, “Women in the Picture: What Culture Does With Female Bodies.”

The documentary ‘Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time,’ directed by Robert B. Weide and Don Argott, remembers the prolific American author.

Jason Mott took home the National Book Award for fiction. Other winners included Tiya Miles, Martín Espada and Malinda Lo.

Jim Bollenbacher wrote about his work as a festival medic in “Molly, Mushrooms and Mayhem.” A year later, he draws lessons from the Astroworld tragedy

Bestsellers List Sunday, November 21

‘You Feel It Just Below the Ribs,’ by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson, is a work of alternate history that traces its own origins to Night Vale.

Another coup memo, a Maria Bartiromo rant and Trump’s threat to leave the GOP are among key takeaways from ‘Betrayal,’ by Jonathan Karl of ABC News.

Out this week, ‘The Deeper the Roots’ is an intimate, personal story of defying odds, helping others do the same and making history along the way.

With ‘A Splendid Intelligence: The Life of Elizabeth Hardwick,’ Cathy Curtis brings out the first biography of the influential author, critic and editor.

In ‘Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19,’ Alina Chan and Matt Ridley ignore scientific consensus in favor of specious, dangerous guesswork.

Nikole Hannah-Jones talks about power, privilege and ‘The 1619 Project’ in advance of her L.A. Times Book Club visit.