Books-and-talks events
Browse upcoming books-and-talks events, dates, venues, and details.
- In-Store: Storytime w/ Suzy Ultman: I Heart Pickles — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Interview with the Vampire: 50th Anniversary Event — , The Strand Building
- UPRISING/DOWNFALL: Repression and Resistance in the Making of Democracy — , Central Library
- Alon Shaya and June Hersh in Conversation with The Sporkful’s Dan Pashman: Memories of a Good Meal — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Storytime w/ Evi Triantafyllides & Jordan Sondler: The Book of Maps — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Seaport Kids: Meet Author Katy Hessel — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- E!’s The Golden Life: Exclusive Clips & Conversation — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Nara Smith in Conversation with Ashley Graham: Homemade — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Signing with Craig Conover for PATCH WORK @ B&N 5th Ave, NYC! — , Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave
- International Literature Book Club with Yvonne — , McNally Jackson SoHo
- Vladimir Nabokov Book Club with Arya — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- In-Store: Samantha Josephs: Carrying w/ Tommy Dorfman — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Unusual Appetites Book Club with Melanie & Quinn — , McNally Jackson Williamsburg
- The Game: Peter King in Conversation with Adam Schefter — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Michael Gorra with Brenda Wineapple: The Storytellers — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Walter Isaacson and Mustafa Suleyman in Conversation: The Age of AI — A Live Recording of The Builders — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Meet and Greet with Lisa Vanderpump for HOME AT VILLA ROSA @ B&N 5th Ave! — , Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave
- Ellen Vora in Conversation with Michael Barbaro: Season of the Witch — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Wicker Advance Screening with Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Eleanor Wilson, and Alex Huston Fischer in Conversation with Happy Sad Confused’s Josh Horowitz — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Nafissa Thompson-Spires: The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Iman Hariri-Kia + Joss Richard: Once in a Timeline — , Strand Book Store
- Alice Attie & Doon Arbus — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- Janet Reitman in Conversation with George Packer: The Inheritance — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Cake Zine Vol. 8 Spoiled Rotten Launch Party — , McNally Jackson Books at BKLYN STUDIOS.
- Kim Ghattas with Richard Engel: The Best Kind of American — , 150 East 91st Street
- Jonathan Ames: "A Past Without Pictures" — , Library for Arts & Culture
- Reading for the Craft Book Club with Pedro & Swati — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- Dave Zirin Discusses The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn with Chenjerai Kumanyika — , Central Library, Dweck Center
- SOLD OUT - Becca Freeman + Olivia Muenter: Back Where We Started — , Strand Book Store
- In-Store: Julie Orringer: Luna, Phoenix, Queen w/ Emma Straub — , Books Are Magic Montague
- David Jacob Kramer & Michael Schmelling — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- Matti Friedman in Conversation with Stephanie Butnick: Rethinking Jewish Identity, Beyond the West — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Janet Reitman in Conversation with George Packer: The Inheritance — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Hernan Diaz + Hua Hsu: Ply — , Strand Book Store
- Esther Yi & Katy Waldman — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- Pawn Chess Club at McNally Jackson — , McNally Jackson Books at BKLYN STUDIOS.
- Offsite: Ayad Akhtar: The Radiance w/ Dr. Orna Guralnik — , First Unitarian Church
- In-Store: Franny Choi: We Radiant Things w/ Sarah Kay — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Ben Katchor + David Yazbek: Hotel and Farm — , Strand Book Store
- In-Store: Storytime w/ Amelia Bothe: Mia's Cheetah — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Seaport Kids: Welcome to Broadway! — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- Mario: Documentary Screening and Conversation with Ken Auletta, Madeline Cuomo, Steven Cohen, and Teddy Kunhardt — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Laurence Leamer: Ladies’ Man — The Careless Heart of John F. Kennedy — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Signing with Stephen Graham for LETTERS TO OUR SONS @ B&N 5th Ave, NYC! — , Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave
- McNally Editions Book Club with Rebecca — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- CBH Talk | Why We Want to Believe: UFOs, Aliens, and Us — , Center for Brooklyn History
- Taryn Delanie Smith: Welcome to the Afterlife — , Strand Bookstore
- In-Store: Major Jackson: A Bowl of Goodness w/ Michael Ruhlman — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Christy Scott Cashman: What Happened in Beulah — , The Strand
- Signing with Shawna Lander @ B&N 5th Avenue, NYC! — , Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave
- SOLD OUT - Bethany Joy Lenz: The Betrayal of Cora Wexford — , Strand Book Store
- Lindsay Turner & Idra Novey — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- Susan Orlean: Joyride — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Signing with Jeff Garlin for BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE @ B&N 5th Ave, NYC! — , Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave
- Bygone Gothic Book Club with Jordan — , McNally Jackson SoHo
- Broken Dishes Book Club with Swati — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- In-Store: Peter Rock: Makeshift w/ Susan Choi — , Books Are Magic Smith
- Edward Steed & Liana Finck — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- In-Store: Zaina Arafat: Our Arab w/ Daniel Poppick — , Books Are Magic Montague
- In Praise of the Essay: Best American Essays 2026 — , Strand Bookstore
- The Sun Also Rises at 100: Michael Shannon, Richard Schiff, Jay McInerney, and others — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Signing with Eric Nam for CONFESSIONS OF A LONELY HEART at B&N 5th Ave, NYC — , Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave
- Ed Park Discusses Three Tenses: A Transmission From the Nineties with Sloane Crosley — , Central Library, Dweck Center
- Tom Cole & Elliot Tuttle — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- SOLD OUT - Neal Stephenson: D: Heavy Water — , Strand Book Store
- In-Store: Couplet Reading Series: 15th Anniversary! — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Doireann Ní Ghríofa + Megan Nolan: Said the Dead — , Strand Bookstore
- In-Store: Storytime w/ Ruth Chan: Have You Seen Axel? — , Books Are Magic Montague
- In-Store: Storytime w/ Aram Kim: Tokki's Tricks — , Books Are Magic Montague
- SOLD OUT - Emily St. John Mandel + Sebastian Junger: Exit Party — , The Strand Building
- Misfit Mayhem Book Club with AJ & Daniel — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- In-Store: Kelly Grace Thomas: Future Tense w/ friends! — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Jane Schoenbrun + Grace Byron: Public Access Afterworld — , The Strand Building
- Joy Harjo Discusses Cloud Runner with Tracy K. Smith — , Central Library, Dweck Center
- Lydia Millet & Jenny Offill — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- Lawrence Wright: Redemption — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Nik Cohn with Ben Ratliff: Corner Boy — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Maira Kalman: Joy — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- CBH Talk | Haunted Brooklyn: Ghosts, Folklore, and the Stories We Tell — , Center for Brooklyn History
- Chad Harbach + Taffy Brodesser-Akner: The Brightness — , Strand Book Store
- In-Store: Camille de Peretti: Portrait of an Unknown Woman w/ Julie Satow — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Daniel Kraus with Josh Brolin: Angel Down and the Future of Sci-Fi — , Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
- Anthony Roth Costanzo + Michael R. Jackson: Countertenor — , Strand Book Store
- Anand Giridharadas Discusses Man in the Mirror with Tara Westover — , Central Library, Dweck Center
- Offsite: Barbara Kingsolver: Partita w/ Amor Towles — , St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
- SOLD OUT - Sophia Bush: And I Will Tell You Mine — , Strand Bookstore
- In-Store: Itamar Vieira Junior: Saving the Fire w/ Radha Vatsal — , Books Are Magic Montague
- The Kitāb Club with Maria — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- New York reads Man in the Mirror: Part I — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- Storytime with Marilyn Singer at USQ — , Strand Book Store
- In-Store: Book Signing w/ Tini Younger: Today We Are Cooking... — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Dream Couple: Romance Book Club with 831 Stories — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- SOLD OUT - Julio Torres: The Perfect Gift — , Strand Bookstore
- New Directions Book Club — , McNally Jackson SoHo
- Literary Black Book Club with Genay — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- Nigel Ng AKA Uncle Roger: Don’t Mess Up Your Rice — , The Strand Building
- Girls Write Now: Metamorphosis Anthology Launch Party — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- Tarajia Morrell: Desire Feeds the Feast — , Strand Book Store
- Offsite: Stephen King: Other Worlds Than These w/ Emma Straub — , St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
- New Book Book Club with Sarah — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- Mary Beth Keane & Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- In-Store: Schneider K. Rancy: Beyond the Baths of Stars w/ Julia Kornberg — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Private Writings, Public Readings Book Club with Jack, Bekah, and Julianne — , McNally Jackson SoHo
- The New York Times Opinion Writers Unpack the 2026 Midterm Elections — , Central Library, Dweck Center
- Elena Dudum & Kiese Laymon — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- SOLD OUT - Jeff Ament & Barry Ament + Roberta Bayley: Since Forever — , The Strand Building
- Akbar Shahid Ahmed & Rozina Ali: Crossing the Red Line; Seasons of Fury — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Storytime w/ David Ezra Stein: Interrupting Chicken Raises Her Wing — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Off The Record with John Roseboro — , Adams Street Library
- In-Store: Storytime w/ Lucy Ruth Cummins: Love Bug — , Books Are Magic Montague
- International Literature Book Club with Yvonne — , McNally Jackson SoHo
- Vladimir Nabokov Book Club with Arya — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- CBH Talk | Rebuilding American Democracy: The Path to a Functioning Government — , Center for Brooklyn History
- Unusual Appetites Book Club with Melanie & Quinn — , McNally Jackson Williamsburg
- In-Store: Avni Doshi: The First House w/ Elizabeth Winkler — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Yung Pueblo + Terri Cole: Journey — , The Strand Building
- Eve Sneider & Alexandra Schwartz — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- In-Store: Xita Rubert: The Key Biscayne Affair w/ Leslie Jamison — , Books Are Magic Montague
- LeVar Burton: Take My Word for It — , The Great Hall at Cooper Union
- Sofia Franklyn: Daddy Issues — , The Strand Building
- Reading for the Craft Book Club with Pedro & Swati — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- SOLD OUT - Trisha Paytas: Crying on the Kitchen Floor — , The Strand Building
- In-Store: Priyanka Mattoo: How to Be Less Useful w/ Radhika Jones — , Books Are Magic Montague
- 2666 in 6 (Months): SESSION II — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- Unknown Masterpieces: An NYRB Classics Book Club — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- Offsite: Mona Chalabi: Ten Lives w/ Jia Tolentino — , First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn
- In-Store: J. Vanessa Lyon presents Blackness Thirteen Ways — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Tareq Baconi & Rashid Khalidi — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- McNally Editions Book Club with Rebecca — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- In-Store: Lauren Elkin: Vocal Break w/ Rachel Syme — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Dr. Karabi Acharya + Soledad O’Brien: Multitudes — , Strand Book Store
- Signing with Teresa Giudice for THE QUEEN OF NEW JERSEY @ B&N 5th Ave, NYC! — , Barnes & Noble - 5th Ave
- In-Store: Rachel Calnek-Sugin: Universe of Grace w/ Katie Yee — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Broken Dishes Book Club with Swati — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- Bygone Gothic Book Club with Jordan — , McNally Jackson SoHo
- National Book Awards Watch Party — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- Immigrant Nation: Making Home in Song and Story — , Library for Arts & Culture
- New York reads Man in the Mirror: Part II — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- The Kitāb Club with Maria — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- Helen Tworkov on Buddhism in America Across Generations — , Central Library, Dweck Center
- In-Store: K Chiucarello: Nanny Nanny w/ Jia Tolentino — , Books Are Magic Montague
- Broken Dishes Book Club with Swati — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- Chloe Gong: Deadlock — , Strand Book Store
- Literary Black Book Club with Genay — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- Offsite: Ryan Schreiber: Weird Era w/ Amanda Petrusich — , Public Records, Sound Room
- New Directions Book Club — , McNally Jackson SoHo
- CBH Talk | Forgotten History: The Brooklyn Theater Fire of 1876 — , Center for Brooklyn History
- New Book Book Club with Sarah — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- Layli Long Soldier Discusses We — , Central Library, Dweck Center
- Short(er) Slavic Novels Book Club with Arya — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- 2666 in 6 (Months): SESSION III — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- CBH Talk | The N-Word: Elizabeth Pryor on Her Famous Father and the Word That Defines Them Both — , Center for Brooklyn History
- An Advent Romance Panel: The Twelve Loves of Christmas — , Strand Bookstore
- New York reads Man in the Mirror: Part III — , McNally Jackson Seaport
- The Kitāb Club with Maria — , McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
- Enzo & Morgan's Batshit Book Club — , McNally Jackson Seaport