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Author Christina Estes and her debut novel, Off the Air
Author Christina Estes and her debut novel, Off the Air. Photo of author: Lauren Gilger
Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, April 18, 2024

Christina Estes is an award-winning reporter who has spent more than 20 years covering crime, public policy, and business in Phoenix, Arizona. Her reporting has been heard on National Public Radio (NPR) and appeared in the...

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2 movie posters and 2 covers of the books they came from

Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month

Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Monday, January 8, 2024

If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen.


shelf of books about books

Looking at Art: The Book

Daniel Tures, Adult Librarian, Edendale Branch Library, Friday, January 5, 2024

Consider the book. Not just what's written in it but the thing itself. It's a familiar object, usually composed of printed paper pages sewn or glued into a binding. Libraries, stores, homes, and public buildings are full of them.


Author James Patterson and his latest novel, Holmes, Marple & Poe

Interview With an Author: James Patterson

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, January 4, 2024

James Patterson is the world’s bestselling author.


Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

Lo nuevo en español para adultos y jóvenes: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

Nicholas Clayton, Librarian, Multilingual Collections, Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!


Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

Lo nuevo en español para niños: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

Patricia Valdovinos, Librarian, Multilingual Collections, Wednesday, January 3, 2024

La Biblioteca Pública de Los Ángeles ofrece los libros más leídos y más esperados para niños. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!


Collage of favorite books

My Favorite Books of 2023

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, December 28, 2023

Season’s Readings everyone! As is generally true, there have been some marvelous books published in 2023, and I’m thrilled to share my favorites with you.


Collage con portadas de libros

Lo mejor del 2023: los libros preferidos por nuestros lectores y bibliotecarios

Multilingual Collections, Librarian, Wednesday, December 27, 2023

El mejor regalo que puedes ofrecer durante las festividades de invierno es un libro. Si necesitas ideas sobre qué libros regalar (o regalarte a ti mismo), aquí te presentamos los títulos preferidos por nuestros lectores y bibliotecarios en el 2023.


Author Tobias Buckell and his latest novel, A Stranger in the Citadel

Interview With an Author: Tobias S. Buckell

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, December 21, 2023

Called "violent, poetic and compulsively readable" by Maclean’s, science fiction author


Collage of selected LAPL Best of Books 2023 with a fuchsia ribbon

LAPL Reads: Best of 2023

Sheryn Morris, Librarian, Literature & Fiction, Tuesday, December 19, 2023

From all of us at the Los Angeles Public Library, at the Central Library, and the 72 branches, we are pleased to announce the best books of 2023 as selected by our staff, who volunteered their recommendations. Since 2011 LAPL Reads has been presenting these.


Photo of author Philip K Dick against a surreal background

Reading the Works of Philip K. Dick

John Tommasino, Cybernaut, Van Nuys Branch Library, Friday, December 15, 2023

Existential struggles with technology, authoritarian governments, and paranoia; these are just a few of the themes readers will encounter when reading the works of Philip K. Dick.


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