Elizabeth Casillas

Here are works on and of the West that we’re excited to see published this month.

This week’s bestselling titles include Theo of Golden by Allen Levi, Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett, and The Last Kings of Hollywood by Paul Fischer.

This week’s bestselling titles include On Love by Joseph Campbell, Firestorm by Jacob Soboroff, and Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman.

This week’s bestselling titles include Heart the Lover by Lily King, A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst, and Strangers by Belle Burden.

This week’s bestselling titles include Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, and The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins and Sawyer Robbins.

Here are works on and of the West, including Evil Genius, A Killing in Cannabis, and Fifty Mothers, that we’re excited to see published this month.

This week’s bestselling titles include Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy, Theo of Golden by Allen Levi, and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad.

This week’s bestselling titles include Hidden Potential by Adam Grant, The Long Game by Rachel Reid, and What We Can Know by Ian McEwan.

This week’s bestselling titles include The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave, James by Percival Everett, and Game Changer by Rachel Reid.

This week’s bestselling titles include The Housemaid by Freida McFadden, Breath by James Nestor, and Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid.

Here are works on and of the West, including Crux, How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder, and Vigil, that we’re delighted to see published this month.

Each year, the California Book Club spotlights a dozen standout titles and invites their authors to join the conversation. Here are some works that drew big crowds this year.

This week’s bestselling titles include Train Dreams by Denis Johnson, Good Things by Samin Nosrat, and Flesh by David Szalay.

This week’s bestselling titles include I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, Kingmaker by Sonia Purnell, and The Black Wolf by Louise Penny.

This week’s bestselling titles include One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad, How to Know a Person by David Brooks, and The Best American Essays 2025, edited by Jia Tolentino and Kim Dana Kupperman.

Here are works by authors on and of the West, including Only Way Out, How to Cook a Coyote, and Television, that we’re excited to see published this month.

This week’s bestselling titles include The Uncool by Cameron Crowe, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, and The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich.

This week’s bestselling titles include The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, How About Now by Kate Baer, and Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman.

This week’s bestselling titles include Twice by Mitch Albom, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, and The Black Wolf by Louise Penny.

Here are works by authors on and of the West, including Blind Persistence, Devouring Time, and Self-Portraits Ex Machina, that we’re excited to see published this month.

This week’s bestselling titles include Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, How to Know a Person by David Brooks, and Giving Up Is Unforgivable by Joyce Vance.

This week’s bestselling titles include Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert, and Mate by Ali Hazelwood.

This week’s bestselling titles include Katabasis by R.F. Kuang, Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, and Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar.

This week’s bestselling titles include The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai, 107 Days by Kamala Harris, and Poems and Prayers by Matthew McConaughey.

Here are works by authors on and of the West—including Archive of Desire, The High Heaven, and Crawl—that we’re excited to see published this month.

This week’s bestselling titles include Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Culpability by Bruce Holsinger, and Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari.

Rebecca Solnit and Paul Yamazaki will join John Freeman to discuss his new book, California Rewritten, at the Verdi Club in San Francisco.

Celebrate print and catch exclusive deals on Alta subscriptions and merch as we kick off Litquake’s 2025 festival.

Celebrate California Rewritten with John Freeman, Elaine Castillo, and Tommy Orange.

This week’s bestselling titles include On Our Best Behavior by Elise Loehnen, The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami, and Clown Town by Mick Herron.

This week’s bestselling titles include The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger, Buckeye by Patrick Ryan, and The Little Frog’s Guide to Self-Care by Maybell Eequay.

This week’s bestselling titles include The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar, Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch, and Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum.