Wilshire Branch Library

Address:: 149 N. Saint Andrews Pl
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone:: 323-957-4550
Fax:: 323-957-4555
Email:: Contact form
Librarian:: Eric Kennedy, Acting Senior Librarian

The Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society designated the Wilshire Branch as a Historic Landmark - 1999 Historic Landmark Award #66. The collection highlights Korean and Spanish Films and contains a good selection of other foreign language films. Refer to the branch history section for more information concerning the library’s unique history.

Upcoming Events at Wilshire Branch Library

Image from the comic book "Superman Smashes The Klan" by Gene Luen Yang

October 6, 2020 6:30 PM

Cookies & Comics Book Club

Do you love graphic novels? Does your family get tired of having to talk about Watchmen AGAIN? Looking for someone to geek out with you...

What We Are Reading

Before She Was Helen

Cooney, Caroline B.

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The last days of night

Moore, Graham, 1981-

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It Came From the Sky

Sedoti, Chelsea

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The Operator

Berg, Gretchen

In an age of handheld computers that also provide telephonic functions, it’s easy to forget that just a mere six decades ago if you wante

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Zandra Rhodes : 50 fabulous years in fashion

Rhodes, Zandra, 1940-

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The Darwin Affair

Mason, Timothy

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The Ghosts of Sherwood

Vaughn, Carrie

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A Star is Bored

Lane, Byron

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The year 1000 : when explorers connected the world -- and globalization began

Hansen, Valerie, 1958-

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Pretty as a picture : a novel

Little, Elizabeth, 1981-

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What We Are Reading

Before She Was Helen

The last days of night

It Came From the Sky

The Operator

Zandra Rhodes : 50 fabulous years in fashion

The Darwin Affair

The Ghosts of Sherwood

A Star is Bored

The year 1000 : when explorers connected the world -- and globalization began

Pretty as a picture : a novel

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