Books Events in New York

Check out happening books events all around New York, NY

2025 New York Comic Con - Sunday

Sat, 11 Oct at 07:00 pm Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

Harry Potter and The Cursed Child

Fri, 30 May at 07:00 pm Lyric Theatre - New York USD 114 to 1,145

Strand Day x Good Noticings Live Edition at USQ

Sat, 27 Sep at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14

Trinity Talks: Kevin Sack

Thu, 25 Sep at 06:30 pm St. Paul's Chapel Free

Launch Event | Malfoy

Fri, 17 Oct at 06:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

The Library for the Performing Arts Play Club [IN PERSON]

Thu, 25 Sep at 06:30 pm Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab Free

Falling into Place - Author's Evening with Thomas Swick

Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm The Kosciuszko Foundation Free

Olivie Blake discusses GIRL DINNER at B&N Union Square

Sat, 25 Oct at 07:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 36

Lyla Sage + Iman Hariri-Kia: Soul Searching

Fri, 03 Oct at 06:00 pm The Church of the Village USD 31

Author Event: Nikki Payne's "The Princess and the P.I."

Thu, 25 Sep at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar Free

The Education of a Design Writer: Book Launch & Reading

Wed, 24 Sep at 06:30 pm SVA Graduate Center Free

Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben

Sun, 12 Oct at 07:00 pm Town Hall Theatre - NY

HBR Press Presents: Book Event for G.O.A.T. Wisdom

Wed, 24 Sep at 05:30 pm Housing Works Bookstore Free

Frail Riffs / Frêle bruit: Michel Leiris in Translation

Thu, 25 Sep at 05:00 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

The New Global Possible by Ani Dasgupta with Somini Sengupta

Wed, 24 Sep at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

ArtMill: A Story of Sustainable Creativity in Bohemia [book launch]

Thu, 09 Oct at 07:00 pm Bohemian National Hall Free

Sappho's Garden- with Carol Lee Campbell and Domnica Radulescu

Thu, 16 Oct at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

Cooler- with Craig Houk

Thu, 30 Oct at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

Tom Comitta presents Patchwork, ft. Gideon Jacobs

Thu, 25 Sep at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 7 to 18

Mary Roach: Replaceable You

Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 36

Fashion and Psychoanalysis: An Evening with Dr. Valerie Steele

Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm The National Arts Club Free

The Aviator and the Showman

Tue, 30 Sep at 06:30 pm The National Arts Club Free

Dustin Thao: You’ve Found Oliver

Mon, 29 Sep at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 25

On Remembering My Friends, My First Job, and My Second-Favorite Weezer CD

Fri, 17 Oct at 06:00 pm Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY Free

Lily DeTaeye w/ Genovieve, Open Blue, and Seth Mackey

Sat, 27 Sep at 06:00 pm Cafe Wha? USD 20 to 32

Bruce Gilden in Conversation with Max Blagg with Book Signing!

Fri, 26 Sep at 06:30 pm Leica Gallery New York Meatpacking Free

Strange Attractor: Terence McKenna Book Signing with Graham St. John

Fri, 17 Oct at 06:30 pm Gospel USD 17 to 48

Rose Dommu + Harron Walker: Best Woman

Tue, 23 Sep at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 36

We're Coming for You and Your Rotten System

Wed, 29 Oct at 06:00 pm 40 Loisaida Ave Free

Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Decline of Discourse

Tue, 23 Sep at 06:00 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

Martha Wells + Meg Elison: Queen Demon

Wed, 08 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 37

Rebel Book Club New York City x ENDURANCE

Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm Talea Beer Co. West Village USD 12

Emma Gannon + Glynnis MacNicol: Table for One

Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 62

Yume Kitasei + Steph Pilavin: Saltcrop

Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 38

Brynne Weaver discusses TOURIST SEASON at B&N Union Square

Wed, 24 Sep at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 35

The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin

Wed, 08 Oct at 06:00 pm Maison Française Free

Strangers in the Land: A Conversation with Michael Luo

Wed, 24 Sep at 06:00 pm China Institute in America USD 0 to 12

Monthly Bookclub with Well Read Sistas (Virtual & In-Person)

Sun, 28 Sep at 03:00 pm Well Read Manor USD 0 to 9

Margaret Randall and Susan Sherman in Conversation

Tue, 07 Oct at 07:00 pm Bowery Poetry Club USD 18

Book Club² - "Come and Get It" by Kiley Reid

Tue, 07 Oct at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar USD 17

13th Annual Literacy Across Harlem March

Sat, 27 Sep at 12:00 pm Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater Free

Richard Osman celebrates THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE at B&N Union Square

Sun, 05 Oct at 03:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 36

Grace Byron + Torrey Peters: Herculine

Mon, 06 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 35

The Rest is Silence: Enlightenment Philosophers Facing Death

Thu, 13 Nov at 06:00 pm Maison Française Free

M**der Ballads

Thu, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Under St Marks Theater USD 29

Joe Hill discusses KING SORROW - POURED OVER Podcast Taping

Sat, 25 Oct at 03:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 45

Creating Theatre for Audiences that are Neurodiverse- with Dionne O'Dell

Thu, 13 Nov at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

Michael Lucker, known for his blockbuster movies, debuts novel Rule One

Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm Huemanbooks @ Ground Central Coffee Company USD 43

Book signing and Q+A with Cosmic Navigator Gahl Sasson

Sat, 01 Nov at 07:30 pm Upsoul Center USD 50

AUTHOR & BOOK EVENT: "Taylor Swift: Album by Album"

Thu, 09 Oct at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar Free

Silly Little Book Club w/ Kayla Kleinman - 9/30

Tue, 30 Sep at 06:30 pm RESOBOX East Village USD 25 to 31

Out for Blood: A Cultural History of Carrie the Musical with Chris Adams

Thu, 25 Sep at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

Elena Bower + Yung Pueblo: Hold Nothing

Thu, 20 Nov at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 31

Strange Attractor: Terence McKenna Book Signing with Graham St. John

Thu, 16 Oct at 06:30 pm 117 Crosby St USD 17 to 48

Monique Wittig: A Living Body (of Work)

Thu, 09 Oct at 06:30 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

Joan O'Leary + Matt Buechele: A Killer Wedding

Thu, 25 Sep at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 37

Kim Chi + Youngmi Mayer: Kim Chi Eats the World

Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 43

Golden Glass: Verre Églomisé - Acclaimed Artist, Miriam Ellner IN-PERSON

Tue, 30 Sep at 06:00 pm The General Society Library USD 5 to 15

BOOK LAUNCH - YOSHUKU the Japanese Art of Manifesting by Azumi Uchitani

Tue, 28 Oct at 06:00 pm Nomadworks Times Square Free

Morten Høi Jensen + Merve Emre: The Master of Contradictions

Thu, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 35

BookFest @ Bank Street in Partnership with KidLit TV and Epic!

Sat, 01 Nov at 09:00 am Bank Street College of Education USD 50

Spellbound in the Valley 2025

Fri, 24 Oct at 12:00 am New York, USA

Hitler and My Mother-in-Law

Wed, 08 Oct at 06:00 pm 40 Loisaida Ave Free

Laura Venita Green presents Sister Creatures, featuring Kat Tang

Tue, 07 Oct at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 7 to 32

Enlightened Eaters Book Club: Featuring Alyshia Gálvez

Mon, 29 Sep at 06:00 pm Church of the Living Hope Inc. Free

Paul Myers + Mike Myers: John Candy: A Life in Comedy

Mon, 27 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 37

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Terry Dactyl

Wed, 19 Nov at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 23

Oliver Burkeman celebrates MEDITATIONS FOR MORTALS at B&N Union Square

Mon, 06 Oct at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 24

Stephanie Garber celebrates ALCHEMY OF SECRETS at B&N Union Square

Tue, 07 Oct at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 36

Alexandria Bellefleur + Lizz Schumer: The Devil She Knows

Mon, 20 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 24

Fahrenheit & Pink Trees Press Presents Night of the Manhattans

Sat, 27 Sep at 02:00 pm 6th Street and Avenue B Community Garden

Launch of Elaine Feeney's "Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way"

Thu, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Glucksman Ireland House NYU Free

Mid-Autumn Family Festival!

Sat, 04 Oct at 02:00 pm Museum of Chinese in America USD 0 to 8

Signing with Enes Kanter Freedom @ B&N 5th Ave, NYC

Thu, 09 Oct at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave USD 34

State Anti-Intellectualism and the Campaigns Against Critical Thinking

Tue, 18 Nov at 06:00 pm Maison Française Free

Author Event: "Life After Cars" by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon

Tue, 21 Oct at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar Free

Midnight Release Party for ALCHEMISED with SenLinYu at B&N USQ

Mon, 22 Sep at 09:30 pm Barnes & Noble USD 42

The Wonderful Life of Mr. Silverlinning - Book Launch

Sun, 26 Oct at 11:00 am HomeToHarlem Free

Booksigning with Michael Lucker

Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm Ground Central Coffee Company USD 43

HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!

Fri, 12 Dec at 07:00 pm The Bowery Electric USD 162

Mona Awad celebrates WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY - POURED OVER Podcast Taping

Tue, 23 Sep at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 36

B.K. Borison + Alexis Daria: Good Spirits

Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 24

Hudson Park Book Club: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (October 1st)

Wed, 01 Oct at 01:00 pm Hudson Park Library Free

Warren Zane’s: Entering NEBRASKA

Sun, 26 Oct at 03:00 pm New Brighton

Launch Event | All You Can Be with ADHD by Penn and Kimm Holderness

Tue, 14 Oct at 06:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

Monthly Bookclub with Well Read Sistas (Virtual & In-Person)

Sun, 14 Dec at 03:00 pm Well Read Manor USD 0 to 9

Monthly Bookclub with Well Read Sistas (Virtual & In-Person)

Sun, 26 Oct at 03:00 pm Well Read Manor USD 0 to 9

AN EVENING WITH ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: ON HER NEW BOOK, WOMEN

Tue, 04 Nov at 07:00 pm Brooklyn Paramount

Carceral Pedagogies

Wed, 03 Dec at 06:00 pm Casa Hispanica Free

M. E. O’Brien, Trans Childhoods and the Family Romance

Mon, 16 Mar at 06:30 pm SVA, 133 W 21st St Free

Parking Harry Potter and The Cursed Child - New York

Fri, 17 Oct Lyric Theatre - New York

From the Flag to the Cross

Wed, 24 Sep at 06:00 pm 40 Loisaida Ave Free

Margaret Atwood at Winter Garden Theatre - NY

Tue, 04 Nov at 07:30 pm Winter Garden Theatre - NY

2025 New York Comic Con - Sunday at Jacob Javits Center

Sun, 12 Oct at 12:00 pm Jacob Javits Center

The 2025 Carle Honors

Thu, 25 Sep at 05:30 pm New-York Historical Society USD 0 to 50,000

Natasha Chuk, Photo Obscura

Mon, 20 Oct at 06:30 pm SVA, 133 W 21st St Free