Books Events in San Francisco

Check out happening books events all around San Francisco, CA

Daily Stoic Live | Onstage with Ryan Holiday

Thu, 11 Jun at 07:00 pm Toni Rembe Theater USD 54 to 247

Litquake and City Arts present: Ada Limón with Alexis Madrigal

Tue, 14 Apr at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

Jim Collins: What to Make of a Life

Thu, 09 Apr at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 32

Fagatha Christie's Book Club

Sat, 18 Apr at 02:00 pm The Stud USD 10

MATT HAIG – THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN

Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm Jewish Community Center of San Francisco USD 33 to 49

Maya Shankar: The Other Side of Change

Wed, 08 Apr at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

Robert Moor: In Trees Book Talk at SF Botanical Garden

Tue, 14 Apr at 07:00 pm San Francisco County Fair Building USD 0 to 33

Joanna Stern: I Am Not a Robot

Wed, 20 May at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry & the Cosmic Dream Boogie

Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Exploring America's Racial Consciousness (In Person)

Fri, 10 Apr at 05:30 pm California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building USD 11 to 32

How They Did It: Revision Across Genres

Sun, 12 Apr at 03:00 pm Page Street Co-Working USD 25

Cleo Wade: In a World of Sunrises

Mon, 13 Apr at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 32

Dr. Larry Gerston: Overcoming Trumpism and Saving American Democracy

Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

How to Increase Your Luck, with Stanford’s Tina Seelig

Wed, 29 Apr at 05:30 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 24

Grace Notes: Poetry at Grace Cathedral

Wed, 22 Apr at 07:00 pm Grace Cathedral Free

Independent Bookstore Day Crawl

Sat, 25 Apr at 10:00 am San Francisco Bay Area Free

DANIELA GERSON – THE WANDERERS

Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm Jewish Community Center of San Francisco USD 27 to 49

THE TRIO Denny Berthiaume — piano Chuck Bennett — bass Curt Moore-drums

Fri, 01 May at 05:30 pm Bird & Beckett Books & Records Free

Simone Stolzoff: How to Not Know

Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

GEMMA CORRELL at Books Inc. in the Marina

Sun, 03 May at 03:00 pm Books Inc. USD 0 to 40

Meet Author Willy Vlautin: The Left and the Lucky

Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

ADEENA SUSSMAN – ZARIZ: 100 EASY, BREEZY, TEL AVIV-Y RECIPES

Wed, 27 May at 07:00 pm Jewish Community Center of San Francisco USD 49

Emma Straub

Fri, 10 Apr at 04:00 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

CJ LEEDE in conversation with SARAH GAILEY at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza USD 35 to 40

John O'Connor - A Short, Strange Trip

Sun, 19 Apr at 02:00 pm Book Passage Ferry Building

Vanishing Culture Book Launch

Thu, 23 Apr at 05:30 pm Internet Archive USD 10 to 30

Penetrating Whiteness with Author Ralph Remington

Thu, 09 Apr at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

West Coast Chinatowns Panel Discussion

Sun, 12 Apr at 01:00 pm Chinese Historical Society of America Museum USD 15 to 71

Literary Talk with Author Rachel Khong and Q + A

Fri, 17 Apr at 06:00 pm 495 Geary St Free

Liz Tran: AQ—A New Kind of Intelligence

Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

Story Swap: The Great Book Exchange

Thu, 09 Apr at 04:00 pm Sunset Commons USD 34

Martha Conway discusses her new book We Meet Apart

Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Sapphic Romantasy with C.L. Clark & Be Steadwell

Thu, 14 May at 06:30 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

The Strength of Water: Book Talk with Karin Jensen

Sat, 16 May at 01:30 pm Chinese Historical Society of America USD 15 to 30

Charlotte Brooks Book Talk: The Moys of New York and Shanghai

Sat, 06 Jun at 11:00 am Chinese Historical Society of America Museum USD 15 to 35

LABOR: One Woman’s Work by Dr. Mary Fariba Afsari

Mon, 27 Apr at 06:00 pm Manny's USD 9 to 25

DnD retreat in San Francisco!

Mon, 06 Apr at 03:00 pm San Francisco, California

Birds of the Bay Area with Dick Evans and Hannah Hindley

Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

PORTIA ELAN – HOMEBOUND

Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Free

DON SAINTE-JOHNN at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

Sat, 30 May at 03:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza Free

JAN M. FLYNN at Books Inc. Laurel Village

Thu, 21 May at 05:30 pm Books Inc USD 0 to 22

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club

Sun, 19 Apr Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Healing Burnout Through Nature’s Wisdom (In Person)

Thu, 13 Aug at 06:00 pm California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building USD 11 to 32

Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates The Catacombs of Vanished Love

Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm San Francisco Public Library Free

BSCAA Happy Hour - Novela San Francisco

Thu, 23 Apr at 05:00 pm Novela Free

Youth Zine Fest

Fri, 08 May at 06:00 pm The International Library of Youth Writing Free

Exploring the Dharma of Liberation (In Person)

Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building USD 11 to 32

How Can We Make This World Worth Knowing? Book Release Party

Sun, 26 Apr at 11:00 am The International Library of Youth Writing Free

A reading of Fresh Juice with Robert Liu Trujillo

Sat, 02 May at 12:00 pm The International Library of Youth Writing Free

SARAH G. PIERCE: FOR HUMAN USE at Books Inc. in the Marina

Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Books Inc. Free

ROY REMER: ZEN CAREGIVING at Books Inc. Laurel Village

Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm Books Inc Free

Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive

Fri, 05 Jun at 01:30 pm Letterform Archive USD 13 to 34

The Park Gym Spring Swap: Clothes, Books & Games

Sun, 26 Apr at 11:00 am The Park Gym Free

TIM PRATT at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

Thu, 10 Sep at 06:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza Free

ALAA AL-BARKAWI at Books Inc. in the Marina

Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Free

Genre Smoosh book club

Sun, 24 May Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

The Newcomers: The Chronicles of Touperdu with author Pam Troy

Thu, 11 Jun at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Tell Your Story: Publishing Your First Book

Sat, 25 Oct at 07:00 pm The Native Experience USD 22

2026 Race to Read 1M 5K 10K 13.1 26.2 - Benefitting Donors Choose

Fri, 06 Mar at 01:00 pm San Francisco USD 5 to 42

Cocktails, Reading and Book Swap

Thu, 11 Jun at 06:30 pm The Willows Free

Read Together: North Beach Branch Silent Book Club

Tue, 10 Feb at 06:00 pm North Beach Public Library Free

Queers And Comrades Reading Club

Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm 465 Collective USD 0 to 111

Dungeons & Dragons for Youth (ages 8-12) @ San Francisco Public Library

Sun, 07 Dec at 03:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Genre Smoosh book club

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

Golden Gate Adventures & Cable Car Capers Audio Tour

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

Public Tours at Arion Press

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