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10 book covers with a bow around them
Multilingual Collections, Librarian, December 13, 2025

Description: 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 2025.

Y si tu resolución para fin de año es leer más, te recomendamos que agregues estos libros a tu lista de lecturas pendientes....

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Collage of featured authors

Read it First: The Lives Behind the Books

Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Tuesday, June 16, 2020

On this blog we have featured hundreds of films adapted from novels and short stories by authors from across the world and throughout history. While we have celebrated their works both on page and on screen, we’ve yet to take a look at the people behind the words.


Author Rebecca Serle and her latest novel, In Five Years

Interview With an Author: Rebecca Serle

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Monday, June 15, 2020

Rebecca Serle is an author and television writer who lives in Los Angeles.


Author Annabeth Albert and her latest novel, Conventionally Yours

Interview With an Author: Annabeth Albert

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, June 11, 2020

When she’s not adding to her keeper shelf, Annabeth Albert is a multi-published Pacific Northwest romance writer. Her popular LGBTQ+ romances include several fan-favorite and critically acclaimed series.


Books by authors that were influenced by Octavia Butler

Octavia’s Influence

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Wednesday, June 10, 2020

This month is not only the first anniversary of the Octavia Lab at the Central Library, a do-it-yourself studio space, but also Octavia E.


Collage of ten novels that influenced Alfred Hitchcock's best films

Ten Novels That Inspired Alfred Hitchcock

Robert Anderson, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Forty years after his death, film director Alfred Hitchcock is still known as “the master of suspense”, and his movies retain their popularity and critical acclaim.


African American woman in mindfulness meditation

Mindfulness Meditation

Eileen Ybarra, Librarian III, Electronic Resources, Tuesday, June 9, 2020

We may all find ourselves in higher stress and uncertainty these days. I know I have met my fair share of emotional difficulty in the past few months. What has helped steady me is my mindfulness meditation practice.


Author Celia Laskey and first book Under the Rainbow

Interview With an Author: Celia Laskey

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, June 4, 2020

Celia Laskey's work has appeared in Guernica, The Minnesota Review, and other places. She has an MFA from the University of New Mexico and was a finalist in Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers. She lives with her wife in Los Angeles.


Octavia Butler and the Central Library makerspace lab named in her honor.

Happy Birthday, Octavia! The Octavia Lab Celebrates its First Anniversary

Sara Rebman, Librarian, Children's Literature Department, Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Who was Octavia E. Butler?


Author's ebooks, music and tv show selections during the COVID-19 pandemic

Reading in the Time of COVID-19

Janice Batzdorff, Librarian, Tuesday, June 2, 2020

When the library closed almost three months ago, I checked out eight books. I’ve finished two of them. This is unusual for someone who reads everywhere—in checkout lines, on the Metro, at Dodger Stadium, even during social gatherings to take a break from the extroverts. Maybe that’s the problem.


Books about being a vegetarian or vegan

Vegetarianism and Veganism: A Rising Lifestyle

Salvadora Sosa Prieto, Administrative Clerk, Multilingual Collections, Monday, June 1, 2020

Being vegetarian or vegan; is it a diet or a way of life? As we've seen, the world is constantly changing and so is the way of life for many of us Angelenos.


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