Books Events in New York

Check out happening books events all around New York, NY

New York Comic Con - Sunday at Jacob Javits Center

 Sun, 11 Oct Jacob Javits Center

Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez Book Release Talk at Webster Hall

 Fri, 18 Sep at 07:30 pm Webster Hall

Schomburg Centennial Festival 2026

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

Laverne Cox + Dylan Mulvaney: Transcendent

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:30 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 37

Lisa Jewell discusses IT COULD HAVE BEEN HER at B&N Union Square

 Mon, 22 Jun at 06:30 pm Barnes & Noble USD 35 to 43

Danny McBride + Edi Patterson: Thrilling Tales of Modern Men

 Mon, 22 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 37

Ashley and Kristina celebrate THE SOMEDAY GARDEN & THE SUMMER GIRLFRIEND

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

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

Friends From New York | Book Club Salon

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:00 pm Housing Works Bookstore Cafe USD 18

Eddie Huang + Special Guests: Come Undone

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

Cory Doctorow Book Launch with Jonathan Coulton

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

Celebrity Autobiography at Shubert Theatre-NY

 Wed, 27 May at 07:30 pm Shubert Theatre-NY

Greenmarket Book Signing with Ham El-Waylly

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

Jennifer Lynn Barnes celebrates THE GILDED BLADE at B&N Union Square

 Tue, 14 Jul at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 27 to 35

Maggie Stiefvater discusses THE DREAM THIEVES: Graphic Novel

 Tue, 04 Aug at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 23 to 40

Chuck Tingle discusses FABULOUS BODIES at B&N Union Square

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

Olivie Blake discusses DREAMLAND at B&N Union Square

 Sat, 15 Aug at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 36 to 44

Greenmarket Book Signing with Natasha Pickowicz

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

Emily Rath discusses DEVOUR ME at B&N Union Square

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

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

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

Bookshop meet-cute New York - BODA singles social - Brooklyn

 Mon, 20 Jul at 10:00 pm Book Club Bar

The End of the World and You

 Sun, 14 Jun at 06:30 pm Tall Ship Wavertree, South Street Seaport Museum USD 0 to 66

Jonas Hassen Khemiri: The Sisters

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

Panel: Trans Athletes Speak Up

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

David Auburn + Anna Ziegler: David Auburn Collected Plays

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 43

SIX OF CROWS: A Darker Shore (A Short Story) Midnight Release at B&N USQ

 Mon, 29 Jun at 09:30 pm Barnes & Noble USD 34

Showbiz! Book Launch with Murray Hill

 Tue, 06 Oct at 07:30 pm SVA Theatre USD 30 to 55

2026 Juneteenth Jubilee: West Harlem

 Sat, 20 Jun at 12:00 pm West 128th Street (block between St. Nicholas and Frederick Douglass Blvd.) Free

Susan Choi + Jennifer Egan: Flashlight

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 24

Greenmarket Book Signing with Greg Braxtrom

 Sat, 27 Jun at 11:00 am Union Square Greenmarket Free

Celebrity Autobiography

 Wed, 20 May Shubert Theatre-NY

Literary Pub Crawl

 Sat, 06 Jun at 02:00 pm Free Walking Tour New York USD 49

2026 Lammy Awards

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

Celebrity Autobiography - New York

 Sun, 31 May at 01:00 am Shubert Theatre - NY

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

Typographics Conference 2026

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

Manhattan Borough Book Club: The Island at the Center of the World

 Tue, 16 Jun at 05:00 pm The New York Historical Free

She Leads 2026: A Fireside Chat with Rhonda Joy McLean and Racquel Oden

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

Clay McLeod Chapman + Rachel Harrison + Nat Cassidy: Devil Inside

 Tue, 11 Aug at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 24

YA Pride!

 Mon, 08 Jun at 06:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

YA Pride Panel at B&N Union Square

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble Free

Ghost Stories & Flower Bearers: Echoes of Love and Memory

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

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

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

Methods & Madness~Life as an Experimental Book Designer

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:00 pm Museum of Arts and Design USD 12 to 48

Jupiter Invincible & Harriet Tubman

 Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm Stella Adler Studio of Acting USD 5 to 10

Tom Lin + Mark Krotov: Babylon, South Dakota

 Fri, 05 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 37

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 & Hawa Hassan

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

Teen Lit Night

 Sat, 13 Jun at 06:30 pm Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

An Evening with Peter Turnley: A Talk and Book Signing

 Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm Soho Photo Gallery Free

The VIP Effect: Designing Experiences to Impact and Impress

 Thu, 03 Sep at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

Rasheed Newson: One Night In Hollywood

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

Sofia Montrone presents Nymph, with Hilary Leichter

 Mon, 08 Jun at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 31

Author Event & Book Launch: Sophia Benoit's "The Very Definition of Love"

 Tue, 23 Jun at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar Free

Shape and Momentum: An Insomniac's Guide for a World in Constant Motion

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

At the Table: Brunch & Conversation With Black Women Authors

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

Frankie Grande + Joan Summers: Supergay!

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

Midnight Release Celebration for DAGGERMOUTH at B&N USQ

 Mon, 27 Jul at 09:30 pm Barnes & Noble USD 41 to 49

Book Launch at YETI Flatiron: New School Barbecue with Evan LeRoy

 Fri, 03 Jul at 12:00 pm YETI Free

Clarence A. Haynes + Krishan Trotman: Broken Hearts Agency

 Mon, 29 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 24

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

 Sat, 06 Jun at 04:00 pm Camera West - SoHo Free

Page 73 Presents: Performance Department

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

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

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

How Not to Design a Book Cover with Paul Sahre

 Wed, 24 Jun at 10:00 am The Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square USD 573

Greenmarket Book Signing with Hillary Sterling

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

Inaugural Martyrs Day National Event - New York, NY

 Sun, 05 Jul at 02:00 pm The Riverside Church Free

Trinity Talks: A Conversation with Poet Christian Wiman

 Wed, 08 Jul at 06:00 pm St. Paul's Chapel Free

Doing The Work

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm Bureau of General Services—Queer Division USD 0 to 13

Don Weise Memorial

 Wed, 10 Jun at 04:30 pm The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Free

Leo Zuckerman| Things and Their Images and Things Which Cast No Shadow

 Sat, 06 Jun at 01:00 pm Leica Store and Gallery New York Free

Signing with The Cool Kids & Don Cannon at B&N 5th Avenue, NYC!

 Fri, 19 Jun at 12:00 pm Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave USD 52 to 76

Hegel 13/13 with Homi Bhabha

 Thu, 17 Sep at 06:15 pm Columbia University Free

Quick Bright Things with Michael Golding

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

Meg Charlton + Natalie Adler, with Michael Crouch: Voyagers

 Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 35

Jeremy Atherton Lin + Henry Hicks IV: Deep House

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 25

READING: The Night of Swaying Grass

 Sun, 14 Jun at 03:00 pm Bureau of General Services—Queer Division USD 0 to 23

Hannah Selinger + Ej Dickson: Valley of the Moms

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 36

HEA Romance Book Club - "Star Shipped" by Cat Sebastian

 Wed, 24 Jun at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar - East Village USD 14

Zig Zag Festival 2026 | Visual Storytelling in Picture Books

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

QQRTT :Queer Quiet Reading Talk Trade

 Sat, 13 Jun at 12:00 pm The Hugh Free

Launch: The Best Women's Travel Writing Anthology, Volume 13

 Sat, 13 Jun at 07:00 pm P&T Knitwear Bookstore, Coffee, & Podcast Studio USD 10 to 23

Public Library Art and Propaganda Fair

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am 15 Rutherford Pl Free

Gotham Writers Workshop: The Writer's Mind with Emma Stephenson

 Sun, 14 Jun at 12:00 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts Free

Dooneen by Keith Ridgway

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

NHCA New York Chapter Launch: Board Formation

 Fri, 05 Jun at 03:00 pm InterContinental New York Times Square by IHG Free

Meet Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell!

 Sun, 14 Jun at 02:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

Karen Mehiel presents Teetering, with Dr. Joyce Brown

 Sun, 14 Jun at 05:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 22

Lu Chekowsky presents Don't Buy What I'm Selling, with Elissa Bassist

 Tue, 23 Jun at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 34

Rosebud Baker + Roy Wood Jr.: Fully Baked

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 36

Turn the Q Train Quiet with Nicole Kelner and Rizzoli New York

 Sat, 27 Jun at 11:00 am 96 St Free

Pulse & Pages: Where Fitness Meets Stationery

 Sat, 20 Jun at 02:00 pm 461 W 126th St 5th floor USD 5 to 71

Harry Potter and The Cursed Child

 Tue, 12 May Lyric Theatre - New York USD 114 to 1,145

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

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

Author Event: Judson Merrill's "Paranoid Storytelling"

 Tue, 30 Jun at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar - East Village USD 30

Storytime with the Author | STEPH STILWELL

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:30 am Books of Wonder Free

Meet Matthew Reinhart!

 Sun, 07 Jun at 02:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

Marilyn Monroe 100: The Official Centenary Book

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Jane Austen at the Theatre

 Sat, 06 Jun at 02:00 pm Marymount Manhattan College USD 45 to 77