Elizabeth Casillas
Elizabeth Casillas is an associate editor at Alta Journal. A graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, she has previously written for the Poly Post and Enspire Magazine.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (September 3, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, Kitchen Confidential (annotated edition) by Anthony Bourdain, and Coming Up Short by Robert B. Reich.

14 New Books for September
Here are the works by authors on and of the West—including Under Story, Open the Floodgates, and For Customers Only—that we’re most excited to see published this month.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (August 27, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, and Golden State by Michael Hiltzik.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (August 20, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, Just Kids by Patti Smith, and Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.

5 Books to Better Understand Public Lands
Geologist Dillon Osleger picks five titles that explore the complicated history of America’s national parks and other public lands.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (August 13, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko, Inner Propaganda by Owen Fitzpatrick, and The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and Janet Mills.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (August 6, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow, I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, and Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead.

15 New Books for August
Here are the works by authors on and of the West—The Sleeping Sisters, Makeshift, The Nightingales—that we’re most excited to see published this month.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (July 30, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include Whistler by Ann Patchett, Strangers by Belle Burden, and Too L.A. by Eve Babitz and Lili Anolik.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (July 23, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include The Odyssey by Homer, A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst, and The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (July 16, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include Country People by Daniel Mason, A World Appears by Michael Pollan, and I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman.

Five Books to Make You Love Soccer
CBS Sports reporter Sandra Herrera picks five titles for newbies and diehards alike.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (July 9, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett, Daughters of the Sun and Moon by Lisa See, and Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (July 2, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include Communion by bell hooks, Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, and It’s Only Drowning by David Litt.

15 July Releases
Here are works by authors on and of the West—including Country People, Nightjar, and A Sudden Flicker of Light—that we’re excited to see published this month.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (June 25, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include Whistler by Ann Patchett, The Land and Its People by David Sedaris, and Empire of AI by Karen Hao.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (June 18, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include The Odyssey by Homer, Angel Down by Daniel Kraus, and A Resistance History of the United States by Tad Stoermer.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (June 11, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include All We Say by Ben Rhodes, Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton, and Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.

Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List (June 4, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry, Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick, and Make Believe by Mac Barnett.

15 New Books for June
Here are works by authors on and of the West—including There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood, Villa Coco, and Daughters of the Sun and Moon—that we’re excited to see published this month.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (May 28, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li, The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett, and Liar’s Kingdom by Andrew Weissmann.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (May 21, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman, Take Me to Your Leader by Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Angel Down by Daniel Kraus.

Alta Journal Lands 16 Nominations at the 2026 Southern California Journalism Awards
From film criticism and illustration to podcasts and culture reporting, Alta is recognized across categories at this year’s L.A. Press Club honors.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (May 14, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout, Make Believe by Mac Barnett, and The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (May 7, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About by Isabel Klee, Start with Yourself by Emma Grede, and Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench and Brendan O’Hea.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (April 30, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten, Transcription by Ben Lerner, and Heart the Lover by Lily King.

14 New May Books
Here are works on and of the West, including The Hill, Destiny Express, and Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin, that we’re excited to see published this month.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (April 23, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include Famesick by Lena Dunham, Start with Yourself by Emma Grede, and Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen.

2026’s Ultimate California Indie Bookstore Guide to Events, Crawls, and Free Drinks
From singles mixers, to flash tattoos and even a “battle of the book club” trivia challenge—here’s everything happening at California indie bookshops on April 25.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (April 16, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter, and Everything Now by Rosecrans Baldwin.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (April 9, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay by Jenny Lawson, The Keeper by Tana French, and Your Retirement Sketchbook by Jamie Hopkins and Bonnie Treichel.

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (April 2, 2026)
This week’s bestselling titles include The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez, Kin by Tayari Jones, and The Best Dog in the World, edited by Alice Hoffman.