Books Events in New York

Check out happening books events all around New York, NY

Harry Potter and The Cursed Child featuring Tom Felton - New York

 Sun, 15 Mar at 12:00 am Lyric Theatre - New York

Harry Potter and The Cursed Child Tickets

Thu, 02 Apr at 07:00 pm New York

A Dinner and Book Presentation with Lidia Bastianich

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm Eataly NYC Flatiron USD 175

Stranger Things: The First Shadow

 Sun, 15 Mar at 01:00 pm Marquis Theatre

B&N Book Festival at Union Square! - Day 2 Signings & Panels

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:00 am Barnes & Noble USD 26 to 42

A Lunch and Book Presentation with Lidia Bastianich

 Sat, 21 Mar at 12:00 pm Eataly NYC Downtown USD 176

Ellen Burstyn: Poetry Says It Better

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 33

Mo Willems celebrates IT'S MY BIRD-DAY! at B&N Union Square

 Sat, 04 Apr at 02:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 39

Ani DiFranco: The Spirit of Ani - Book Tour

 Tue, 24 Mar Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space

Alex Aster celebrates STARSIDE at B&N Union Square

 Tue, 31 Mar at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 41

Laverne Cox: Transcendent

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:00 pm The Great Hall at Cooper Union USD 51

U.S Book Show

 Wed, 03 Jun at 09:00 am New York Academy of Medicine USD 172 to 242

Veronica Roth celebrates SEEK THE TRAITOR'S SON at B&N Union Square

 Tue, 12 May at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 36 to 44

Ani DiFranco: The Spirit of Ani - Book Tour

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space

Felicia Day: The Lost Daughter of Sparta

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 35

Laurie Gilmore celebrates THE DAISY CHAIN FLOWER SHOP at B&N Union Square

 Mon, 04 May at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 24 to 32

Sarah Dessen + Tamara Fuentes: Change of Plans

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 28

Kiran Hargrave + Eli Rallo: Almost Life

 Mon, 23 Mar at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 36

Shannon Chakraborty + Hadeer Elsbai: The Tapestry of Fate

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 44

Steve Schirripa + Michael Imperioli: WillieBoy Eats the World

 Mon, 20 Apr at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 22

Patrick Radden Keefe + David Marchese: London Falling

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 43

Special Lecture & Book Signing by Lung Ying-tai | 龙应台专题演讲暨签售会

 Mon, 30 Mar at 06:30 pm SVA Theatre USD 39

Mike Schur & Joe Posnanski: Big Fan

 Mon, 18 May at 08:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 43

Rachel Khong + Mary H.K. Choi: My Dear You

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 36

J.R. Ward discusses CROWN OF WAR AND SHADOW at BNUSQ

 Wed, 15 Jul at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 40 to 48

Jayne Anne Phillips + Lily King: Small Town Girls

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 35

Eugene Onegin

 Mon, 20 Apr at 07:30 pm Metropolitan Opera House

Friendship, Setbacks, & Secrets - A Totally Booked: Live! Event

 Wed, 08 Apr at 10:00 am The Whitby Hotel USD 44 to 55

Gazillion Bubble Show

 Sun, 22 Mar at 12:00 pm New World Stages - Stage 2

Albert Watson | KAOS

 Sat, 21 Mar at 11:00 am Leica Store and Gallery New York Free

Melissa Auf der Maur + Naomi Fry: Even the Good Girls Will Cry

 Tue, 17 Mar at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 40

Skip the Small Talk Night at Bibliotheque NYC

 Tue, 17 Mar at 06:00 pm Bibliotheque USD 22

Carley Fortune: Our Perfect Storm

 Mon, 04 May at 07:00 pm The Strand Building USD 48

Ham El-Waylly + Sohla El-Waylly: Hello, Home Cooking

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 43

Phil Penman: Street Scenes Exhibition - Vernissage

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:00 pm Leica Store and Gallery New York Free

B&N Book Festival at Union Square! - Day 1 Con

 Fri, 20 Mar at 03:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 54

Gazillion Bubble Show

 Thu, 21 May at 02:00 pm New World Stages - Stage 2

Jesse Malin: Almost Grown

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 36

Romance Read-In to Benefit Authors Against Book Bans

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Book Club Bar USD 27

Future Relic

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm The Great Hall at The Cooper Union Free

WSP Festival Sign Up

 Fri, 10 Apr at 11:00 am 215 East 99th Street, New York, NY, 10029 USD 55

In Conversation: Robin F. Williams and Ottessa Moshfegh

 Fri, 03 Apr at 06:00 pm The FLAG Art Foundation Free

A Night at the Disco by Alice Harris and Christian John Wikane

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Adele Bertei + Mary Harron & Stephanie LaCava: No New York

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 37

Bury Me Already (It's Nice Down Here) by Julia Wertz

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Manoush Zomorodi presents Body Electric, with Debbie Millman

 Tue, 05 May at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 34

Finding Joy Through Food: A Book Talk & Tasting

 Tue, 14 Apr at 06:00 pm China Institute of America USD 10 to 20

2026 Blasian March Book Fair

 Sun, 19 Apr at 01:00 pm Immigrant Social Services, Inc. Free

JOYFUL, ANYWAY - with Kate Bowler

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church USD 25

(In-Person) Doris Kearns Goodwin in Conversation

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:30 pm The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center USD 0 to 107

Jamie Metzl presents The AI Ten Commandments, with Jacob Weisberg

 Mon, 27 Apr at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 32

Humor, Self-Discovery, & Love - A Totally Booked: Live! Event

 Thu, 16 Apr at 09:30 am The Whitby Hotel USD 44 to 55

T. Kingfisher: Wolf Worm

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 37

Signing with Jennie Garth for I CHOOSE ME @ B&N 5th Ave, NYC!

 Tue, 14 Apr at 12:00 pm Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave USD 39

T.L. Swan signs THE HEART YOU KEPT at B&N Union Square

 Sun, 03 May at 03:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 24 to 32

Cleo Wade presents In A World of Sunrises

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 33

PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony

 Mon, 30 Mar Town Hall Theatre - NY

National Black Writers Conference

Sat, 28 Mar at 05:30 pm Medgar Evers College School of Science, Health and Technology

Gazillion Bubble Show

 Thu, 23 Apr at 11:00 am New World Stages - Stage 2

Phil Penman: In Conversation + Book Signing

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:30 pm Leica Store and Gallery New York Free

Evelyn Clarke discusses THE ENDING WRITES ITSELF - POURED OVER Live Taping

 Tue, 14 Apr at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 36 to 44

Ebru Yildiz | Conversation and Book Signing

 Sat, 28 Mar at 11:00 am Leica Store and Gallery New York Free

Michel Hurst: Órale: Love and Death in Mexico City

 Mon, 20 Apr at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Sara Van Os + Rachel Harrison: Decomposition Book

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 37

Feminist Giant & The Strand Present: Sheima Benembarek + Mona Eltahawy

 Mon, 16 Mar at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 0 to 31

Launch | The Liars Society: A Secret Escape by Alyson Gerber

 Sat, 28 Mar at 03:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

Philip Schultz + Rosanna Warren: Enormous Morning: Poems

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 33

Typographics Conference 2026

 Fri, 26 Jun at 10:00 am The Cooper Union Foundation Building USD 199 to 429

Spring Equinox Poetry Reading

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10

Meet Gordon Korman & Chris Grabenstein!

 Sun, 15 Mar at 02:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

Omari Souza ~ Design Against Racism

 Mon, 16 Mar at 06:30 pm Microsoft Research Lab USD 12 to 37

Book Launch & Trivia Night: Court Queens at Wilka's Sports Bar

 Tue, 17 Mar at 07:00 pm Wilka's Sports Bar USD 0 to 39

Drafthouse Movie Book Fair @ The Press Room

 Sat, 21 Mar at 02:00 pm The Press Room Free

Author Talk: All the Cool Girls Get Fired

 Tue, 31 Mar at 06:00 pm Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), 7th Floor Free

New Classics at the Library: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

 Sat, 04 Apr at 01:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Amitav Ghosh The Nutmeg’s Curse: Non-human Voices, More-than-human Stories

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:30 pm LeFrak Theatre, LL Barnard Hall Free

Music Aperitivo: Giacomo Merega on Italo Calvino

 Sun, 22 Mar at 05:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore USD 34

(In-Person) Liza Minnelli & Michael Feinstein

 Mon, 23 Mar at 07:30 pm The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center USD 0 to 161

Julia Cooke presents Starry and Restless, with Ada Calhoun

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 36

The American Dance Guild presents the 2026 Dance Book Fair

 Sun, 29 Mar at 02:00 pm Peridance Center Free

AAWW & The Strand Present: Amin Ahmad + Kirthana Ramisetti

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:00 pm The Strand USD 0 to 36

Brains & Brawn - A Boxing & Book Swap Event

 Sat, 28 Mar at 03:00 pm AK Boxing Club USD 34

Susan Cheever: When All the Men Wore Hats

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:30 pm The National Arts Club Free

Book Club

 Thu, 02 Apr at 09:20 pm wild project USD 29

2026 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:30 pm Town Hall

Isabel Klee signs DOGS, BOYS, AND OTHER THINGS I’VE CRIED ABOUT at BNUSQ

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 34 to 42

Sarah Stone presents Marriage to the Sea, with Ann Packer & Joan Silber

 Wed, 01 Apr at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 23

GonzoFest NYC 2026 - July 16-19 FREE - Hunter S. Thompson Celebration

 Thu, 16 Jul at 11:00 am Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project Free

Laura L. Rubin presents The Big Unlock, with Amber Rae

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 32

Sakura by Kanako Nishi and translated by Allison Markin Powell

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis by Valerie Steele

 Mon, 13 Apr at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Great Art Explained by James Payne

 Tue, 31 Mar at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Will Not Let Die: A Bilna'es Book Launch

 Fri, 01 May at 08:00 pm The Poetry Project USD 10

Family Storytime at St. Agnes Library

 Fri, 20 Mar at 10:30 am 444 Amsterdam Ave Free

Emma Grede: START WITH YOURSELF Book Tour

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:30 pm Adler Hall @ The New York Society For Ethical Culture USD 56 to 254

Luke Goebel: K*ll Dick

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 33

Launch Event | The Faraway Inn

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

Adam Gopnik on Learning to Draw

 Tue, 14 Apr at 06:00 pm The Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery Free

NYC Launch Event | Ape Escape by STUART GIBBS

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

AIGA NY Coffee House Series featuring Hybrid Design

 Wed, 08 Apr at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free