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What We Are Reading

How to raise a reader

Paul, Pamela,

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The Starless Sea

Morgenstern, Erin

In her first novel since 2011’s The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern illustrates again that she is a masterful fantasy storyteller

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Midnight chicken : (& other recipes worth living for)

Risbridger, Ella,

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The Girl Who Reads on the Metro

Feret-Fleury, Christine

In The Girl Who Reads on the Metro, Christine Feret-Fleury tells a delightful tale about the love and power of books and the nee

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Anja Niemi in character

Niemi, Anja, 1976- photographer, interviewee.

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Today We Go Home

Estes, Kelli

Kelli Estes tells parallel stories separated by 150 years: one of a woman’s struggle to get into the US Army to fight in the Civil War, t

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Violet

Thomas, Scott

Violet, the new novel from Scott Thomas, author of 2017’s excellent Kill Creek, tells a story that is a bit difficult t

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Haunting of Tram Car 015

Clark, P. Djeli

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Mexican American baseball on the Westside of Los Angeles

Santillan, Richard,

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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Richardson, Kim Michele

In The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, Kim Michele Richardson tells two stories that have, until now, been overlooked in most fiction an

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What's New at LAPL

Holiday Events

Looking for something special to do this holiday season? Check out our calendar of holiday programs.
Free HIV Screenings

A mobile testing unit will be visiting selected libraries to administer free, confidential HIV screenings.
The Autograph Book of L.A.

The Autograph Book of L.A. brings to life our unique and historic Autograph Collection in a new exhibit at Central Library.

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Cuckoo For Cocoa

Tina Lerno, Librarian

December 13 is National Cocoa Day. Don't confuse it with Hot Chocolate Day, which is its own...

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Winter is Coming...Or Is It?

Tina Lerno, Librarian

Winter in Los Angeles is a strange thing if you have grown up with “real winter” elsewhere....

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Music Memories: Happy Birthday, Taylor Swift!

Keith Chaffee, Librarian

Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989. Swift is a singer and songwriter who began as a...

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Children Chatting with Authors Podcast is Live!

Lauren Kratz, Children's Librarian

One evening last year, I was assisting local children’s author Adam Jay Epstein at the reference...

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What's Your Type?

Mary McCoy, Senior Librarian

I believe there is one perfect use for every typeface ever drawn, no matter how hideous.—Fred...

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Building with Books

Caitlin Quinn, Children's Librarian

“The great thing about architecture is that it’s everywhere,” my father would assert with...

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What We Are Reading

How to raise a reader

The Starless Sea

Midnight chicken : (& other recipes worth living for)

The Girl Who Reads on the Metro

Anja Niemi in character

Today We Go Home

Violet

Haunting of Tram Car 015

Mexican American baseball on the Westside of Los Angeles

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

What's New at LAPL