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.

2026 Inspiring Journeys Reading List	Daring Women: Culinary
AAPI Heritage Month 2026	Daring Women: Writers
African American Historical Fiction	Daring Women: Biographies
African American History Month: Fiction & Literature	The Dream At 50
African American History Month: Non-Fiction	Featured Titles: Native American Heritage Month
African American History Month: Cookbooks & Food	Filipino American History Month: Cookbooks & Food
African American History Month: Political Leaders	Filipino American History Month: Fiction & Literature
African Americans in the Civil War	Filipino American History Month: Non-Fiction
Anne Frank Day in L.A.	Hernandez Brothers
Armenian Heritage	Horrifying Women to Add to Your TBR List
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Cookbooks & Food	Jane Austen Spinoffs and Sequels
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Fiction & Literature	Jewish Heritage: Cookbooks
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Non-Fiction	Jewish Heritage: Fiction
Banned Books Week	Jewish Heritage: Graphic Novels
Baseball: Fiction	Jewish Heritage: Histories and Biographies
Belle and Sebastian Music and Media	Jewish Heritage: The Holocaust
Best of 2020: Children's Books	Jewish Heritage: Young Adult
Best of 2020: Fiction	Jewish Sagas
Best of 2020: Graphic Novels	Juneteenth: Fiction & Non-Fiction
Best of 2020: Non-Fiction	Latino Heritage Month: Fiction & Literature
Best of 2020: Teen	Latino Heritage Month: Non-Fiction
Best of 2021: Fiction	Latinx Heritage Month: Cookbooks & Food
Best of 2021: Non-Fiction	LGBTQIA 2025: Adults
Best of 2021: Teen	LGBTQIA: Gay Fiction & Literature
Best of 2021: Children's Books	LGBTQIA: Gay Non-Fiction
Best of 2021: Graphic Novels	LGBTQIA: Intersex - Fiction
Best of 2022: Children's Books	LGBTQIA: Intersex - Non-Fiction
Best of 2022: Fiction	LGBTQIA: Lesbian - Non-Fiction
Best of 2022: Graphic Novels	LGBTQIA: Lesbian Fiction & Literature
Best of 2022: Non-Fiction	LGBTQIA: Transgender - Non-Fiction
Best of 2022: Teen	Libraries: Non-Fiction
Best of 2023: Children's Books	Libros Festival 2025
Best of 2023: Fiction & Literature	Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
Best of 2023: Graphic Novels	Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley or the Modern Prometheus
Best of 2023: Non-Fiction	Maternal Mental Health
Best of 2023: Teen	Memoirs of Friendship, Love, and Loss
Best of 2024: Children's Books	Must Read Science Fiction by Women Authors
Best of 2024: Fiction & Literature	Native Americans: Cookbooks & Food
Best of 2024: Graphic Novels	Native Americans: Fiction & Literature
Best of 2024: Non-Fiction	Native Americans: Non-Fiction
Best of 2024: Teen	Octavia E. Butler
Best of 2025: Children's Books	Octavia E. Butler and Her Legacy
Best of 2025: Fiction & Literature	Poetry
Best of 2025: Graphic Novels	Short Stories
Best of 2025: Non-Fiction	Social Activism: Children and Tween Reads
Best of 2025: Teen	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda
Beyond Bronte: 18th & 19th Century Fiction by Women	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Art, Film, Music, Sports
Black Lives Matter en español	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Children's
Black Lives Matter: Essential Readings for Adults and Teens	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Fiction
Black Lives Matter: Music	State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda: Teen
Black Lives Matter: Social Justice for Adults and Teens	Talking About Race: Children and Tween Reads
Central 100: 1926 Book Club Titles	Women's History Month: Children's Books
Central Library	Women's History Month: Young Adult Books