- Address:
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630 W. 5th StreetLos Angeles, CA 90071
- Phone:
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213-228-7000
- Email:
- Contact form
- Librarian:
- Kren Malone, Director
Hours of Service
| Mon: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Tues: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Weds: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Thurs: | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Fri: | 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Sat: | 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Sun: | 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. |
Upcoming Events at Central Library
Wednesdays at 11 a.m.
Walk-in Tutors assist adult patrons with reading, writing, English conversation, basic technology assistance, job applications, and...
Wednesdays at 11 a.m.
Stories, songs, movement, and more for children aged 18 months to 5 years and their parents/caregivers. For more information, please...
Wednesdays at 12 noon
Take some time for your creative pursuits and chat with fellow art-makers in this virtual studio hour. Please bring whatever creative...
Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m.
Take an hour-long tour through the Los Angeles Central Library. Your docent guide will share stories about the history, art, and...
Every Wednesday from 1 - 2:20 p.m.
Speak English with confidence! Adults will use common words and expressions while working on pronunciation. This class focuses on informal...
Every Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
Are you an English language learner and interested in practicing your reading? This book club is for ESL/ELL adults who want to work on...
Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m.
Join us for this designing, interactive, Art experience! You will learn strategies and techniques for using chalk drawing to create your...
April 22, 2026 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Join Teen'Scape's Teen Council to welcome the Posse Foundation. In this one-hour meeting, we will learn about the Posse Foundation's free,...
April 22, 2026 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Your archives are abloom. Join Black Image Center and The Octavia Lab for a floral adornment workshop and a tour. Artist Da'Shaunae Marie...
What We're Reading
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Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
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The Night of Baba Yaga
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Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
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Another Fine Mess
The Evans women, who are a force to be reckoned with in their small town in Southeastern Texas.
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When the Going Was Good
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
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Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of my People
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Good Dirt
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But Not Too Bold
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The Murder of Mr. Ma
In their first collaboration, award-winning author SJ Roz
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From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
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The Lost Story
Meg Shaffer, the author of last year’s marvelous <
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Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out
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Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch
Horror. Some people love it! Some people don't!
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Star Struck
In the 2nd entry in the Hollywood Mystery
Recent Blog Posts from LAPL Blog
May 04, 2026
By Multilingual Collections, Librarian
Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!
Adultos... Continued
April 21, 2026
By Diedre Johnson, Office Services Assistant
Here are fifteen things you never knew about early librarian Mary Foy!
Foy had only a high school degree when she became librarian of the Central Library in 1880. She apprenticed under older... Continued
April 20, 2026
The landmark Los Angeles Central Library opened to the public in July 1926. On January 29, 2026, to kick off the library's centennial year, a time capsule that was placed in the building's... Continued
April 16, 2026
By Daryl M., Librarian
Rebekah Faubion is a queer author and screenwriter living in Los Angeles. She is the author of rom-coms The Lovers and The Sun and the Moon. She enjoys reading tarot, bingeing horror novels way past... Continued