Events Calendar

Please join the World Cultures Reading Circle in the Community Room to discuss Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry. New members welcome.

Join us for engaging discussions at our monthly Mystery Book Club meeting!

Join us as we discuss Summer Lovin' by Carly Phillips, and receive your books for next month as well.

Join us on the second Wednesday of every month for our Mystery Book Club!Upcoming meetings:August 12 - The Frozen River by Ariel LawhonSeptember 9 - The Golden Spoon by Jessa MaxwellOctober 14 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

This is an online mostly fiction book club. We select book titles throughout the year.

Aphasia is a brain disorder. It usually results from stroke or head injury. It affects a person's ability to read, write, speak, and understand speech. This book club is designed especially for adults with aphasia. Because everyone deserves to enjoy…

Calling all sleuths! Join us on the second Thursday of each month for a lively discussion of our latest book selection. Email venice@lapl.org to find out what we are reading and to receive the Zoom link.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Central Library, we will read these thought-provoking stories published in 1926, featuring essential works by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Join us for a conversation about The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler. When old man Sternwood, a dying millionaire, hires Philip Marlowe to expose the blackmailer of one of his troublesome daughters, Marlowe finds himself involved with more than simple…

Are you excited to flex those new reading skills? Come and share your love of reading early chapter books.This month we will be reading A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold. Copies are available at the circulation desk.

Join us the third Tuesday of each month for a lively discussion of our current selection.

The Brentwood Nonfiction Book Club holds lively discussions of different nonfiction books each month. The group reads books with a wide range of styles, subjects, and perspectives. For information about upcoming selections, please get in touch with…

We meet on the third Wednesday every two months to discuss a book selected by the group. We enjoy reading and discussing books from a wide variety of genres and interests. For information about current titles, please contact the Washington Irving…

Join us for a lively discussion of the 2025 novel The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong.

Aphasia is a brain disorder. It usually results from stroke or head injury. It affects a person's ability to read, write, speak, and understand speech. This book club is designed especially for adults with aphasia. Because everyone deserves to enjoy…

Join us for a Centennial Book Club discussion of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, part of Los Angeles Public Library’s Central 100 celebration.Published in 1926, this classic mystery follows Hercule Poirot as he unravels a shocking…

Join us for a discussion of Animal Farm by George Orwell. This classic political satire follows a group of farm animals who rebel against their owner in hopes of creating a more equal society, only to face new forms of power and corruption. Together…

Join us for a lively discussion of the 1947 novel The Plague by Albert Camus.

Join our book club for kids and their adults to read together. At the beginning of each month, you can choose to pick up one or both of our featured books: one classic and one modern selection. Enjoy reading at home or in the library, and attend our…

Join our Science Fiction Book Club to discuss The Last Astronaut by David Wellington. Copies of this novel are available at the library.Synopsis: When a menacing alien probe enters the galaxy it's up to Commander Sally Jansen, Earth's last astronaut…

Aphasia is a brain disorder. It usually results from stroke or head injury. It affects a person's ability to read, write, speak, and understand speech. This book club is designed especially for adults with aphasia. Because everyone deserves to enjoy…

Middle-grade readers in grades 4-7 are invited to join our fun monthly book discussions. This month, we will be reading The Frindle Files by Andrew Clements.

All readers are welcome to join our book club; no sign-up is necessary. To find out about each month's title, please get in touch with the branch. Copies of the book can be checked out at the Reference Desk.