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

GP Dinner #195 | Regenerative Economics w/John Fullerton

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:00 pm 1025 Tennessee St USD 135 to 162

Jim Collins: What to Make of a Life

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

Meet Bestselling Author Colm Toíbín

 Fri, 03 Apr at 07:00 pm United Irish Cultural Center USD 43 to 48

Fagatha Christie's Book Club

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

Maya Shankar: The Other Side of Change

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

Meet Olympic Bronze Medalist Shannon Rowbury!

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Joanna Stern: I Am Not a Robot

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

Born To Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:30 pm 4 Star Theater

Meet the Candidates for Governor: Steve Hilton

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:00 pm Manny's USD 5 to 15

Paradiso 17: Hannah Lillith Assadi with Ingrid Rojas Contreras

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm City Lights Booksellers & Publishers Free

Jennifer Doleac: The Science of Second Chances in Criminal Justice

 Tue, 31 Mar at 05:30 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 24

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

Cleo Wade: In a World of Sunrises

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

How They Did It: Revision Across Genres

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

Dr. Larry Gerston: Overcoming Trumpism and Saving American Democracy

 Thu, 16 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

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

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

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

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

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

DANIELA GERSON – THE WANDERERS

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

Simone Stolzoff: How to Not Know

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

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

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

Emma Straub

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

Queer Birders Bay Area presents "In the Shadow of the Bridge"

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Fabulosa Books USD 0 to 60

John O'Connor - A Short, Strange Trip

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

The Complex with authors Karan Mahajan and Rita Bullwinkel

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

LitLounge: The Power of Life with author Dr. Jessica Riskin

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 0 to 13

Literary Talk with Author Rachel Khong and Q + A

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

Penetrating Whiteness with Author Ralph Remington

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

Dr. Maya Kornberg: Stuck—How Money/Media/Violence Stop Change in Congress

 Thu, 26 Mar at 05:30 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 24

3/19 - I'll Bring the Apps On Tour - San Francisco, CA

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm 689 Florida St USD 28 to 55

Facing Life's Last Chapters with Love and Light

 Mon, 23 Mar at 12:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 0 to 13

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club

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

LOCAL COLOR Book Party

 Sun, 22 Mar at 02:00 pm San Francisco Main Library, Latine Room, downstairs Free

Liz Tran: AQ—A New Kind of Intelligence

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

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

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

Sapphic Romantasy with C.L. Clark & Be Steadwell

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

Meet Local Author Claire Bobrow

 Thu, 02 Apr at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

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

JAN M. FLYNN at Books Inc. Laurel Village

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

Barbara Ramos Artist Talk & Book Signing

 Sat, 21 Mar at 02:00 pm Harvey Milk Photo Center Free

Meet Historian and Author Ellen Carol DuBois

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Café Littéraire with Jesse Sahbi, 10.30am at Alliance Française SF

 Sat, 28 Mar at 10:30 am Alliance Française de San Francisco USD 23

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

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

A reading of Fresh Juice with Robert Liu Trujillo

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

ROY REMER: ZEN CAREGIVING at Books Inc. Laurel Village

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

Unfiltered Voices Book Launch

 Wed, 25 Mar at 05:00 pm KBM Hogue Free

Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive

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

Genre Smoosh book club

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

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club

 Sun, 21 Jun at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club

 Sun, 17 May at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 28 Jun at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Tell Your Story: Publishing Your First Book

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

Read Together: North Beach Branch Silent Book Club

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

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

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

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 24 May 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