Books Events in San Francisco

Check out happening books events all around San Francisco, CA

Mad Girl Diaries | Lit Crawl SF 2025

 Sat, 25 Oct at 05:00 pm Et al. etc. Free

Hannah Corbin - Did You Stretch Tho

Wed, 29 Oct at 06:00 pm Book Passage Ferry Building

57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair

 Fri, 27 Feb at 04:00 pm Pier 27 USD 10 to 25

M**der at the Museum

 Sun, 19 Oct at 06:00 pm Counterculture Museum USD 18

Salman Rushdie

 Sun, 16 Nov at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

San Francisco, CA – Ira Glass & Etgar Keret: Half Baked Stories About My Dead Mom

 Sun, 02 Nov at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

FAN EXPO San Francisco 2025

 Fri, 28 Nov at 04:00 pm Moscone Center

Film: The Unbroken Sky, with Author and Panel Discussion

 Sun, 19 Oct at 03:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

We Used to Dance Here: Dave Tynan’s Dublin

 Sun, 19 Oct at 07:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books Free

Effin' Birds at FAN EXPO San Francisco

 Fri, 28 Nov at 01:00 pm Moscone Center West

John Scalzi & Kim Stanley Robinson – The Shattering Peace

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94118

Poetry as Resistance: Ahmad Shamlou’s Enduring Voice

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

KATHY ONETO at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Thu, 23 Oct at 06:00 pm Books Inc. Free

Queen Lessons: A Night of Women's Stories and Book Launch Party

 Sat, 25 Oct at 06:00 pm Pier 23 Cafe Restaurant & Bar USD 13 to 18

Silent Book Club 10th Anniversary Celebration - San Francisco

 Sun, 26 Oct at 06:00 pm Obscenity Bar & Lounge Free

The City Changes Its Face with Eimear McBride

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books Free

A Book Tour of Cemeteries

 Thu, 16 Oct at 06:00 pm San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home 舊金山骨灰龕與殯儀館 Free

MEG DONOHUE at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Fri, 05 Dec at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Free

Celebrate the Launch of Susan Straight’s Sacrament

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Free

Fire on the Mountain: Survival & Community in California’s Fire Country

 Sat, 18 Oct at 02:30 pm San Francisco Botanical Garden, Fragrance Garden Free

Queer Magic: A Charmed Evening

 Thu, 16 Oct at 08:15 pm The Lost Church

How Video Games Can Inspire Writing with Gene Yang

 Sat, 15 Nov at 12:00 pm The International Library of Youth Writing Free

GRETCHEN MCNEIL at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

 Mon, 27 Oct at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza Free

Friends of Dorothy Read Friend of Dorothy book club

 Sun, 19 Oct at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

The Night Trembles: Nadia Terranova with Sara Marinelli

 Thu, 16 Oct at 06:30 pm Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco

Andrew Ross Sorkin

 Sat, 18 Oct at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

826 Valencia Quarterly, volume 33 Release Party

 Sat, 25 Oct at 05:00 pm 826 Valencia St Free

The Tortured Poets: An Ode to Taylor Swift

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:30 pm Make-Out Room USD 18 to 23

DR. KIM MAKOI at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

 Sat, 06 Dec at 03:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza Free

Foglifter Press 10th Anniversary Celebration

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm The Stud Free

We Are Green and Trembling: Gabriela Cabezón Cámara

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm City Lights Booksellers & Publishers Free

San Francisco Moby-Dick Marathon 2025

 Sat, 18 Oct at 12:00 pm San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Free

Chronicles of Ori, An African Epic: Harmonia Rosales

 Sat, 18 Oct at 03:00 pm Museum of the African Diaspora Free

"BROKEN VESSELS" Book Launch, by Teddy N. Bujjingo.

 Sat, 06 Dec at 02:00 pm Word of Salvation Ministries Church , Kampala Free

Book Launch and Discussion for "Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts"

 Sat, 01 Nov at 05:00 pm Catharine Clark Gallery Free

Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife with author Francesca Wade

 Mon, 27 Oct at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Coming. Apart.: Edy Poppy with Britta Stromeyer

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books Free

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club

 Sun, 16 Nov at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 23 Nov at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

BOOK RELEASE AND SIGNING: Love and Suffering by Zach Beach at Books Passage

Wed, 15 Oct at 05:30 pm Book Passage Ferry Building

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

 Mon, 10 Nov at 08:00 pm Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

The Shattering Peace: John Scalzi with Kim Stanley Robinson

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:30 pm Jewish Community Center of San Francisco USD 20 to 23

Booksmart: Stories about the Books That Have Changed Us

 Mon, 20 Oct at 07:00 pm Page Street Co-Working Free

Ira Glass and Etgar Keret at Sydney Goldstein Theater

 Sun, 02 Nov at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 26 Oct at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Book Launch & Signing — Daniel Temkin: Forty-Four Esolangs

 Fri, 24 Oct at 06:00 pm 2665 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94110

Special book event with Teresa Freitas: Flower(s) — Vol. 1

 Thu, 23 Oct at 06:00 pm Leica Store San Francisco Free

Litquake Aftershocks: Silent Book Club 10th Anniversary Celebration

 Sun, 26 Oct at 06:00 pm Obscenity Bar & Lounge

Alta Journal and Litquake Celebrate California Rewritten

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:30 pm Verdi Club USD 20 to 23

ZYZZYVA Movie Night with Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Daniel Handler

 Wed, 03 Dec at 06:00 pm Roxie Theater

Queer Magic with Charlie Jane Anders, Caitlin Starling, and Michelle Tea (Litquake)

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:30 pm 988 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94133

Tough Guy Book Club - San Francisco Chapter

 Wed, 05 Nov at 07:00 pm Olfactory Brewing - 2245 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94107-3125, United States

TALK | Imagineering Disney Classics with Former Imagineer Jason Surrell

 Sat, 25 Oct at 01:00 pm 104 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94129

Jimmy Wales: The Seven Rules of Trust

 Mon, 03 Nov at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

Midnight Flyboys with author Bruce Henderson

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 22 Mar at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 25 Jan at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 22 Feb at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Get Off the Internet Film Festival: KENNY & COMPANY (1976) + SOMETHiNG WiCKED THiS WAY COMES (1983)

 Fri, 07 Nov at 07:00 pm 4 Star Theatre

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy

 Sun, 15 Feb at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club

 Sun, 18 Jan at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club

 Sun, 15 Mar at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

9th Ave: Jeff VanderMeer Absolution Paperback Launch with Colin Winnette

 Tue, 21 Oct at 06:30 pm 1231 9th Ave USD 0 to 23

The Forum with Jenny Odell: How To Do Nothing (In-Person)

 Sun, 02 Nov at 09:30 am 1100 California Street, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94108

Raina Telgemeier – Facing Feelings

 Tue, 18 Nov at 06:30 pm 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94118

YPR San Francisco Weekly Book Club

 Fri, 04 Apr at 04:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library

Queer Bedtime Stories

 Thu, 01 Jun at 07:30 pm Queer Arts Featured USD 0 to 18

Parking Cameron Crowe: The Uncool Book Tour

 Mon, 24 Nov at 03:00 am Orpheum Theatre - San Francisco

Cameron Crowe: The Uncool Book Tour

 Mon, 24 Nov at 03:00 am Orpheum Theatre - San Francisco

Public Tours at Arion Press

 Thu, 12 Jun at 03:00 pm Arion Press USD 15

Golden Gate Adventures & Cable Car Capers Audio Tour

 Tue, 08 Apr at 08:00 am Conservatory Drive East USD 15

Angela Davis & Hilton Als: A Sisterhood Tribute To Toni Morrison June Jordan & Angela Davis

 Sun, 14 Dec at 04:00 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

Brown Bag Mystery Readers

 Mon, 08 Jan at 12:00 pm Mechanics' Institute - 4th Floor Board Room USD 0 to 7