David Oliver

Can a highbrow writer's adventure in genre fiction have staying power on the L.A. Times bestseller list? The compelling novel "The Passage" by Justin Cronin just might. "The Passage," now in its second week on our hardcover fiction bestseller list,......

Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh's treatise on mindfulness, "You Are Here," marks its fourth week on our nonfiction bestseller list. Thich Nhat Hanh was born in Vietnam 73 years ago, joined a Zen monastery as a teenager and, at age......

David Mitchell, a prize-winning literary novelist with strong experimental credentials, enters the L.A. Times bestseller list this week at No. 2 with his new novel, "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet." The De Zoet (pronounced "de-Zoot") of the title.....

We're still several weeks away from the beginning of the football season, but Drew Brees, the New Orleans Saints quarterback, has already made his mark on the nonfiction bestseller list. "Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity,"...

On Monday, Jacket Copy wondered how former USC football coach Pete Carroll's book "Win Forever" is selling. Carroll's winning tenure has come into question after the NCAA leveled penalties against the school for improprieties made during his time there....

Southern California is feeling squiddy this summer. China Miéville's "Kraken," set in London, enters the L.A. Times hardcover fiction bestseller list this week at No. 15. "Kraken" begins when a giant squid disappears from an exhibit; the museum curator's...

Elizabeth Gilbert, devastated after her marriage failed, went to Italy, India and Indonesia to recover and to try to rediscover something about herself. Her immersion in food, faith and the paradise of Bali sounds like a pretty good start at......

Fiction 1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith ($12.95) 2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95) 3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows ($14) 4....

Fiction 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95) 2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14) 3. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger($14.95) 4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and...

Fiction 1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith ($12.95) 2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows ($14) 3. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99) 4. City of Thieves by...

Fiction 1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith ($12.95) 2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows ($14) 3. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown ($16) 4. New Moon by Stephenie...

Fiction 1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith ($12.95) 2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows ($14) 3. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ($14) 4. The Shack by...