To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best fiction books since the festival was inaugurated.

For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held ... As young Black children see images of themselves in books, dolls and cartoons with braids, they feel more seen.

On Friday, March 7, the Creative Writing Club held a viewing of the movie American Fiction, along with a panel afterwards ... that tells him his book doesn’t accurately represent “the African American ...