Books Events in New York

Check out happening books events all around New York, NY

David Sedaris: The Land and Its People: Essays

 Sat, 30 May at 05:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 37

David Sedaris - "The Land and Its People" Book Tour

 Sat, 30 May at 09:00 pm Strand Book Store - New York

Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez Book Release Talk at Webster Hall

 Fri, 18 Sep Webster Hall

U.S Book Show

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

Laverne Cox

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:30 pm Kaufman Music Center USD 51

Matt Haig discusses THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN at B&N Union Square

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 36 to 44

SOLD OUT - Mike Schur & Joe Posnanski + Seth Meyers: Big Fan

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

Hayden Panettiere celebrates THIS IS ME at B&N Union Square

 Tue, 19 May at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 36 to 44

BREAKOUT Authors celebrate at B&N Union Square

 Mon, 01 Jun at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 25 to 33

Colson Whitehead discusses COOL MACHINE - POURED OVER Live Taping

 Mon, 03 Aug at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 36 to 44

Daniel Silva: Ransom

 Mon, 13 Jul at 06:30 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 39

Molly Jong-Fast + Special Guests: How to Lose Your Mother

 Fri, 15 May at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 25

Sarah A. Parker discusses THE BALLAD OF FALLING DRAGONS at B&N Union Square

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 41 to 49

Scott Simon presents Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known

 Tue, 26 May at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 29

M**der Mystery Party

 Fri, 22 May at 07:00 pm Housing Works Bookstore Cafe USD 50 to 61

Greenmarket Book Signing with Ham El-Waylly

 Sat, 06 Jun at 11:00 am Union Square Greenmarket Free

Steven Rowley + Brian Schaefer: Take Me with You

 Mon, 01 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 37

Queer History and Culture Trivia Night

 Wed, 27 May at 06:00 pm Henrietta Hudson USD 0 to 34

Gazillion Bubble Show

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

Greenmarket Book Signing with Natasha Pickowicz

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am Union Square Greenmarket Free

Cory Doctorow + Jonathan Coul: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

 Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 23

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

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

Emily Rath discusses DEVOUR ME at B&N Union Square

 Tue, 11 Aug at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 27 to 35

Book Launch: "Score" with Kennedy Ryan in Conversation with WeezyWTF.

 Mon, 18 May at 06:00 pm Mother AME Zion Church USD 11 to 33

Panel: Queer Defiance in Fiction

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:00 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 13 to 21

Charlotte Druckman & Mayukh Sen present Love in the Afternoon, and Evening

 Thu, 28 May at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 25

Panel: Trans Athletes Speak Up

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 34

Ashley and Kristina celebrate THE SOMEDAY GARDEN & THE SUMMER GIRLFRIEND

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 25 to 56

Literary Pub Crawl

 Sat, 16 May at 02:00 pm Free Walking Tour New York USD 49

Garry Trudeau & Joshua Kendall in Conversation

 Mon, 25 May at 07:00 pm Buttenwieser Hall

Eddie Huang + Special Guests: Come Undone

 Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 36

Sara Van Os + Rachel Harrison: Decomposition Book

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

Anna Peele + Hunter Harris: Enter the Villa

 Fri, 22 May at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 35

Celebrity Autobiography - New York

 Sat, 16 May at 11:30 pm Shubert Theatre - NY

2026 Lammy Awards

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm Sony Hall USD 189

Rachel Reid discusses HEATED RIVALRY & THE LONG GAME at B&N Union Square

 Fri, 15 May at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 45 to 53

Signing with PELOTON’s Sam Yo @ B&N 5th Ave, NYC!

 Wed, 20 May at 12:00 pm Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave USD 36

BOOK LAUNCH – Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing

 Sat, 16 May at 04:00 pm Bureau of General Services—Queer Division USD 0 to 30

The Astigmatism Comedy Show

 Sat, 16 May at 06:00 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 23

Typographics Conference 2026

 Fri, 26 Jun at 10:00 am The Cooper Union Foundation Building USD 0 to 589

Elsie Silver discusses FEVER DREAM at B&N Union Square

 Mon, 18 May at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 24 to 32

The Ground We Build On: Harlem, Landscape & Cultural Memory

 Mon, 18 May at 06:00 pm NiLu Gift Boutique Free

Signing with Michael Chatfield for THE TWO WEEK CURSE @ B&N 5th Ave, NYC

 Thu, 21 May at 01:00 pm Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave USD 36

AI and the Future of Spirituality

 Sun, 17 May at 03:00 pm Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York Free

Charles Peterson | Charles Peterson's Nirvana and We're All Pros Here

 Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am Leica Store and Gallery New York Free

Storytime with Jill Santopolo at USQ

 Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am Strand Book Store Free

Sonya Walger + Vanessa Chan: Wifehouse

 Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 24

The Immortals, A New World, and Incompleteness by Amit Chaudhuri

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Spotlight: Examining the Microcosm of Indie Publishing

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Hachette Book Group Free

Steven W. Thrasher + Samhita Mukhopadhyay: The Overseer Class

 Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 39

TBR: An Emerging Writer Reading Series

 Fri, 22 May at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 13

Spanglish: Recipes & Stories by Monti Carlo

 Wed, 27 May at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Benengeli 2026. Mi historia empieza en una biblioteca

 Thu, 28 May at 06:00 pm Instituto Cervantes - Nueva York Free

Storytime with the Author | GREG PIZZOLI

 Sun, 31 May at 11:30 am Books of Wonder Free

Acting Heightened Text: The Basics - With Catherine Weidner

 Thu, 28 May at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

The Strand Presents Brooke Averick

 Tue, 26 May at 07:30 pm Gramercy Theatre

Natalie Adler + Hugh Ryan: Waiting on a Friend

 Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 35

Hugh Ryan + Sabrina Imbler: My Bad

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 37

Ghost Stories & Flower Bearers: Echoes of Love and Memory

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm Society of Illustrators Free

The VIP Effect: Designing Experiences to Impact and Impress

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

She Leads 2026: From One Author to Another

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm National Urban League Free

Edward Schmit + Will Taylor: The Open Era

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 24

AAWW & The Strand Present: Isabel J. Kim + Jinwoo Chong

 Wed, 03 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 36

Lokelani Alabanza presents Ice Cream Queen, with Petrushka Bazin Larsen

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 34

BOOK LAUNCH – Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology

 Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm Bureau of General Services—Queer Division USD 0 to 22

Madhushree Ghosh presents Safar, with Sayu Bhojwani

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 39

Rasheed Newson: One Night In Hollywood

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm 208 W 13th St USD 0 to 33

Chuck Tingle discusses FABULOUS BODIES at B&N Union Square

 Fri, 10 Jul at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 34 to 42

Frankie Grande: Supergay!

 Tue, 23 Jun at 03:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 36

Family Storytime at St. Agnes Library

 Wed, 20 May at 10:30 am 444 Amsterdam Ave Free

FashionSpeak Fridays: Chanel in Vogue

 Fri, 15 May at 07:00 pm The National Arts Club Free

Sad Rich Girl Salon

 Mon, 25 May at 07:30 pm Sullaluna USD 40 to 59

NYCxDesign Festival~Library180 Tour

 Fri, 22 May at 11:00 am Library180 USD 43 to 53

An Evening with Maggie O'Farrell

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm Iris Cantor Theatre at the John A. Paulson Center USD 0 to 45

Joseph Osmundson + Special Guests: Spawning Season

 Fri, 29 May at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 35

Latinidad in Musical Theatre with Stefan Sittig

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

Paul Rudnick + Grant Ginder: The Tuxedo Society

 Mon, 01 Jun at 07:00 pm The Strand USD 0 to 35

Alex DiFrancesco + Paula Bomer: The Grief Shop

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 22

★ OFF-SITE ★ DOUBLE LAUNCH PARTY: HEADLIGHTS and THE PROBLEM DRINKER

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:00 pm Lucinda's USD 0 to 36

Greenmarket Book Signing with Hillary Sterling

 Sat, 20 Jun at 11:00 am Union Square Greenmarket Free

At the Table: Brunch & Conversation With Black Women Authors

 Sun, 28 Jun at 04:30 pm Home Sweet Harlem USD 0 to 82

Greenmarket Book Signing with Melissa Pellegrino & Michael Scialabba

 Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am Union Square Greenmarket Free

The Future of Truth

 Sun, 17 May at 05:30 pm P&T Knitwear Bookstore, Coffee, & Podcast Studio Free

Meet Chef & Author DANIEL HUMM!

 Sun, 31 May at 02:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

NYC Street Vendors Book Party

 Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am Casa Magazines Free

The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes by Tatiana Țîbuleac

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Funny Pages

 Fri, 15 May at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10

Tipsy Trivia: Lord of the Rings

 Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm Mom's Kitchen and Bar USD 8

An Evening with Jean-Pierre Laffont: Photojournalist, Storyteller, Witness

 Sat, 06 Jun at 06:00 pm Camera West - SoHo Free

Author Talk: Cinematic Immunity by Michael Lee Nirenberg

 Fri, 05 Jun at 05:30 pm New Amsterdam Library Free

Storytime with the Author | ELIOT SCHREFER

 Sat, 30 May at 11:30 am Books of Wonder Free

Author Event: Meryl Branch McTiernan's "What You Should Worry About"

 Tue, 02 Jun at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar Free

Nina Chayka presents Seagulls, with Claire Messud

 Sat, 30 May at 07:00 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 0 to 23

Schomburg Centennial Festival 2026

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

Celebrity Autobiography

 Wed, 20 May Shubert Theatre-NY

Community Hour (Books + Creativity)

 Wed, 20 May at 05:30 pm Hachette Book Group Free

Page 73 Presents: Performance Department

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm 520 8th Ave 3rd floor Free

Love in the Afternoon…and Evening: Conversations on Soap Operas

 Fri, 05 Jun at 07:30 pm The National Arts Club Free

Storytime with Esme Shapiro at USQ

 Sat, 23 May at 11:00 am Strand Book Store Free

☕️ Making it Without Losing it Book Launch Party @ Argent

 Mon, 18 May at 05:00 pm 93 Crosby St USD 15 to 29