Book Lists

With a few exceptions, the following book lists have reading recommendations for adult readers. The annotations are by LAPL Librarians and other LAPL staff. For Children’s books see Kids’ Path. For Young Adult books see LAPL Teen Web.

**Love Poetry	Financial Thrillers
**Poetry	Funny Business
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Cookbooks & Food	Gardens and Gardening
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Fiction & Literature	Hail to the Chief: Presidential Biographies
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Non-Fiction	Hollywood Biographies & Memoirs
ABC (Arroyo Book Club) Fiction & Literature Updated 03/26/2024	The Hollywood Novel
ABC (Arroyo Book Club) Non-Fiction Books Updated 01/30/2024	Hollywood's Enduring Rebels
African American History Month: Fiction & Literature	Humor: Comedians
African American History Month: Non-Fiction	If you like Charles Bukowski ...
African American History Month: Cookbooks & Food	If You Like Downton Abbey: Non-Fiction
African American History Month: Political Leaders	If you like James Bond
African Americans in the Civil War	If You Like Mad Men...
Anne Frank Day Book List	Immigrants in Fiction
At The New Yorker	Interracial Relationships
Banned Books Week	Jane Austen Spinoffs and Sequels
Baseball: Fiction	Jewish Heritage: Cookbooks
Bead Weaving: a List of Inspirational Books	Jewish Heritage: Fiction
Best of 2014: Children's Books	Jewish Heritage: Graphic Novels
Best of 2014: Non-Fiction	Jewish Heritage: Histories and Biographies
Best of 2014: Fiction	Jewish Heritage: The Holocaust
Best of 2014: Teen	Jewish Heritage: Young Adult
Best of 2015: Children's Books	Jewish Sagas
Best of 2015: Fiction	Juneteenth: Fiction & Non-Fiction
Best of 2015: Non-Fiction	L.A. Stories: Book to Film
Best of 2015: Teen	L.A. Stories: Fiction and Literature
Best of 2016: Fiction	L.A. Stories: Food, Cooking, Restaurants
Best of 2016: Children's Books	L.A. Stories: Gardens and Museums
Best of 2016: Non-Fiction	L.A. Stories: Non-Fiction
Best of 2016: Teen	Latinx Heritage Month: Cookbooks & Food
Best of 2017: Nonfiction	Latinx Heritage Month: Fiction & Literature
Best of 2017: Children's Books	Latinx Heritage Month: Non-Fiction
Best of 2017: Fiction	LGBTQIA: Gay Fiction & Literature
Best of 2017: Teen	LGBTQIA: Gay Non-Fiction
Best of 2018: Children's Books	LGBTQIA: Intersex - Fiction
Best of 2018: Fiction	LGBTQIA: Intersex - Non-Fiction
Best of 2018: Non-Fiction	LGBTQIA: Lesbian - Non-Fiction
Best of 2018: Teen	LGBTQIA: Lesbian Fiction & Literature
Best of 2019: Children's Books	LGBTQIA: Transgender - Non-Fiction
Best of 2019: Fiction	Libraries: Non-Fiction
Best of 2019: Graphic Novels	Lights, Camera, Fiction! Novels Written by Actors
Best of 2019: Non-Fiction	Love in the Stars: Romantic Science Fiction
Best of 2019: Teen	Love Stories: Fiction
Best of 2020: Children's Books	Love Stories: Non-Fiction
Best of 2020: Fiction	Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
Best of 2020: Graphic Novels	Memoirs of Friendship, Love, and Loss
Best of 2020: Non-Fiction	Microhistories
Best of 2020: Teen	Morris & McCoy On Books
Best of 2021: Fiction	Muslim Journeys
Best of 2021: Non-Fiction	Mysteries Without Murder
Best of 2021: Teen	A Nation Emerges: The Mexican Revolution Revealed
Best of 2021: Children's Books	Native Americans: Cookbooks & Food
Best of 2021: Graphic Novels	Native Americans: Fiction & Literature
Best of 2022: Children's Books	Native Americans: Non-Fiction
Best of 2022: Fiction	Octavia E. Butler
Best of 2022: Graphic Novels	Octavia E. Butler and Her Legacy
Best of 2022: Non-Fiction	One Novel Authors
Best of 2022: Teen	Pearl S. Buck: Nobel Prize Literature 1938
Best of 2023: Children's Books	Playthings of the Gods: Fantasy
Best of 2023: Fiction & Literature	Poor Little Rich Girls
Best of 2023: Graphic Novels	Railroads, Trains and Stations
Best of 2023: Non-Fiction	Reading By Design: Books About Books
Best of 2023: Teen	Rock & Roll Reads
Beyond Bronte: 18th & 19th Century Fiction by Women	Scandinavian Murder Mysteries
Big Read 2023 - Interior Chinatown	Short Stories
Birth Parents, Conception & Lineage	Stanley Kubrick – A Life in Film
City of Angels: Children's	Star Wars
City of Angels: Non-Fiction	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda
City of Angels: Teen	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Art, Film, Music, Sports
Clumsy, Haphazard Reader	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Children's
Coming of Age: Fiction	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Fiction
Coming of Age: Non-Fiction	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Teen
Culinary: Fiction	Still Afoot: Sherlock Holmes Pastiches
Culinary: Non-Fiction	Superheroes: Fiction
Daring Women: Culinary	Travel With Famous Writers
Daring Women: Nobel Prize Winners	True Crime
Daring Women: Writers	True Hollywood Stories
Daring Women: Biographies	The War at Home
The Dream At 50	William Shakespeare, Analysis: DVDs, CDs
The Entrepreneurial Spirit	William Shakespeare, the plays: DVDs
Environment: Biographies	William Shakespeare: Folger Shakespeare Library
Environment: Climate Change - Non-Fiction	William Shakespeare: Inspired
Environment: Fiction	Winners: Oscar-Winning Actors
Essays	Winners: Oscar-Winning Actresses
Fancy Schmancy Desserts	Winners: Oscar-Winning Dynamic Duos
Filipino American History Month: Cookbooks & Food	Winners: Oscar-Winning Screenwriters
Filipino American History Month: Fiction & Literature	Zelda
Filipino American History Month: Non-Fiction

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