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Collage of selected LAPL Best of Books 2023 with a fuchsia ribbon

LAPL Reads: Best of 2023

December 19, 2023

From all of us at the Los Angeles Public Library, at the Central Library, and the 72 branches, we are pleased to announce the best books of 2023 as selected by our staff, who volunteered their recommendations. Since 2011 LAPL Reads has been presenting these.


author Susan Patron and her book the Higher Power of Lucky

The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

November 27, 2023

When a book is not a current bestseller or is an older book and suddenly receives a great deal of attention, people often want to know why.


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Banned Books Week: 2023

October 01, 2023

Over the centuries, various forms of expression have been banned or destroyed, and their creators have been censored, imprisoned, tortured, killed, exiled.


Collage of some best books of 2022 with gift bow

LAPL Reads: Best of 2022

December 19, 2022

From all of us at the Los Angeles Public Library, at the Central Library, and the 72 branches, we are pleased to announce the best books of 2022 as selected by our staff, who volunteered their recommendations. Since 2011 LAPL Reads has been presenting these.


red orange yellow flames with banned books

Banned Books Week: 2022

September 22, 2022

Over the centuries, various forms of expression have been banned or destroyed, and their creators have been censored, imprisoned, tortured, killed, exiled.


Collage of some best books of 2021 with gift bow

LAPL Reads: Best of 2021

December 17, 2021

From all of us at the Los Angeles Public Library, at the Central Library, and the 72 branches, we are pleased to announce the best books of 2021 as selected by our staff, who volunteered their recommendations. Since 2011 LAPL Reads has been presenting these.


Filipino American journalist Maria Ressa and A Thousand Cuts documentary on her fight for freedom of the press

Nobel Peace Prize 2021

October 18, 2021

This year’s award was bestowed on two journalists, Maria Ressa and Dimitry Muratov, “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. Ms. Ressa and Mr.


Collage of tough guy books

If You Like Charles Bukowski…More Tough Guys to Read

September 16, 2020

The novels and poetry of Charles Bukowski continue to have devoted, admiring fans, who can never get enough of his books.


Collage of books about children's authors

Adults Only: Biographies of Children’s Authors

July 29, 2020

It is a good thing that the lives of children’s authors are not always reflected in the books they wrote. Some of the most enduring and well-loved of these books were written by people whose lives were not sugar and spice.


Collage of American cuisine books

Yours? Mine? Ours? Yes! We Call It American Cuisine

July 07, 2020

Other than indigenous peoples, we are a nation of immigrants, those who came by choice and those who came by force. As our country keeps growing and changing with new people arriving all the time, what we eat changes too. Like our country, American cuisine is never static.


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