47 Virtual Book Events Worth Streaming This December

Ayşegül Savaş in conversation with Katie Kitamura
Wednesday, December 1, 5:00 pm EST
Ayşegül Savaş discusses her new novel, White on White, in conversation with Katie Kitamura. (Free; register here.)

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein in conversation with Robert Jones, Jr. 
Wednesday, December 1, 6:30 pm EST
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred) and Robert Jones, Jr. (The Prophets) discuss their new books with Bold Type Books editorial director Hillary Brenhouse. (Free; register here.)

Donald Cohen in conversation with Joseph McCartin
Wednesday, December 1, 7:30 pm EST
Donald Cohen presents The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back in conversation with labor historian Joseph McCartin. (Free; register here.)

Susan Daitch in conversation with Eugene Lim
Thursday, December 2, 6:00 pm PST
Susan Daitch and Eugene Lim discuss their new novels, Siege of Comedians and Search History. (Free; register here.)

Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart
Thursday, December 2, 5:00 pm PST
Brené Brown celebrates the launch of her new book, Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience. ($37; register here.)

David Allen Sibley: What It’s Like to Be a Bird
Thursday, December 2, 6:00 pm EST
Legendary ornithologist, author, and illustrator David Allen Sibley presents his latest book, What it’s Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing–What Birds Are Doing, and Why. ($5+; register here.)

Natashia Deón in conversation with Cassandra Lane
Thursday, December 2, 7:00 pm PST
Natashia Deón discusses her new novel, The Perishing, in conversation with Cassandra Lane. (Free; more information here.)

Martin Indyk in conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg
Thursday, December 2, 7:00 pm EST
Martin Indyk discusses his new book, Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy, with The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg. (Free; register here.)

Neal Stephenson in conversation with Lev Grossman
Friday, December 3, 5:00 pm PST
Neal Stephenson discusses his new novel, Termination Shock, in conversation with Lev Grossman. (Free; register here.)

40th Anniversary of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
Friday, December 3, 5:00 pm PST
UC Santa Barbara’s Las Maestras Center celebrates the 40th anniversary of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, hosted by co-editor Cherríe Moraga. (Free; register here.)

Khadija Abdalla Bajaber: The House of Rust
Saturday, December 4, 1:00 pm EST
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber reads from and discusses her new novel, The House of Rust. (Free; register here.)

Karen McManus and Ruth Ware in conversation with Holly Jackson
Sunday, December 5, 11:00 am PST
Bestselling authors Karen McManus and Ruth Ware discuss their latest books, You’ll Be the Death of Me and One by One, respectively, in a conversation moderated by Holly Jackson. (Free; register here.)

Myisha Cherry in conversation with Jacqueline Woodson
Monday, December 6, 7:30 pm EST
Philosopher Myisha Cherry presents her new book, The Case for Rage: Why Anger Is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle, in conversation with Jacqueline Woodson. (Free; register here.)

Ann Patchett in conversation with Amor Towles
Tuesday, December 7, 6:30 pm CST
Ann Patchett celebrates the release of her new essay collection, These Precious Days, in conversation with Amor Towles. ($10+; register here.)

Michael J. Fox in conversation with Willie Geist
Tuesday, December 7, 6:30 pm CST
Michael J. Fox discusses his new memoir, No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, in conversation with NBC News’ Sunday Today host Willie Geist. (Free; register here.)

James Hannaham in conversation with Susan Briante
Tuesday, December 7, 7:30 pm EST
James Hannaham presents his new genre-bending book, Pilot Impostor, in conversation with Susan Briante. (Free; register here.)

Elif Shafak in conversation with Siri Hustvedt
Tuesday, December 7, 5:00 pm EST
Elif Shafak (The Island of Missing Trees) and  Siri Hustvedt (Mothers, Fathers, and Others) discuss their latest books in a conversation about love, war, trauma, feminism, ecological renewal, and the power of art. (Free; register here.)

Rachel Kramer Bussel: Best Women’s Erotica
Tuesday, December 7, 5:00 pm PST
Cleis Press Best Women’s Erotica of the Year series editor Rachel Kramer Bussel celebrates the release of Volume 7 with contributors Lucy Eden, Adriana Herrera, Corrina Lawson, Angelina M. Lopez, Erin McLellan, and Holley Trent for a virtual reading and panel. (Free; register here.)

Susan H. Kamei and George Takei in conversation with Brandon Shimoda
Tuesday, December 7, 7:00 pm EST
Susan H. Kamei (When Can We Go Back To America?: Voices of Japanese American Incarceration During WWII) and actor George Takei (They Called Us Enemy) discuss their books and the effects of Japanese American incarceration during World War II, in a conversation moderated by author Brandon Shimoda. (Free; register here.)

Uwem Akpan in conversation with Elif Batuman
Tuesday, December 7, 7:00 pm EST
Uwem Akpan discusses his new novel, New York, My Village, with Elif Batuman. (Free; register here.)

Joseph Knox in conversation with Stuart Turton
Tuesday, December 7, 6:00 pm EST
Joseph Knox celebrates the U.S. launch of his best-selling novel, True Crime Story, in conversation with Stuart Turton. (Free; register here.)

Matthew Aucoin in conversation with Garth Greenwell
Tuesday, December 7, 7:00 pm EST
Composer, conductor, and cofounder of the American Modern Opera Company Matthew Aucoin discusses his new book, The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera, in conversation with Garth Greenwell. ($5 suggested donation; register here.)

Francesco Pacifico in conversation with Alexandra Kleeman
Wednesday, December 8, 7:00 pm EST
Francesco Pacifico discusses his new novel, The Women I Love, in conversation with Alexandra Kleeman. (Free; register here.)

John Feinstein in conversation with David Maraniss
Wednesday, December 8, 8:00 pm EST
John Feinstein discusses his new book, Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports, in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss. (Free; register here.)

Tom Bissell in conversation with Owen King
Wednesday, December 8, 6:00 pm PST
Tom Bissell discusses his new short story collection, Creative Types and Other Stories, with Owen King. (Free; register here.)

Amitav Ghosh: The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
Wednesday, December 8, 7:00 pm EST
Brooklyn Public Library presents a lecture from Amitav Ghosh (The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis), whose work explores “the roles that climate science and storytelling, colonialism and history play in our prospects for survival.” (Free; register here.)

Nichole Perkins in conversation with Driadonna Roland
Wednesday, December 8, 6:00 pm EST
Nichole Perkins discusses her debut memoir, Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be, in a conversation with journalist Driadonna Roland. (Free; register here.)

Angeline Boulley in conversation with Holly T. Bird
Thursday, December 9, 7:00 pm EST
Angeline Boulley discusses her debut novel, Firekeeper’s Daughter, in conversation with Indigenous activist Holly T. Bird. ($10.50; register here.)

Jordan Salama in conversation with Devi Lockwood
Thursday, December 9, 5:30 pm PST
Jordan Salama discusses his new book, Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena, in conversation with climate journalist Devi Lockwood. (Free; register here.)

Neel Patel in conversation with Saumya Dave
Thursday, December 9, 7:00 pm EST
Neel Patel discusses his debut novel, Tell Me How to Be, in a conversation with Saumya Dave. (Free; register here.)

Amy Leach in conversation with Eula Biss
Thursday, December 9, 7:30 pm EST
Amy Leach discusses her new essay collection, The Everybody Ensemble: Donkeys, Essays, and Other Pandemoniums, in conversation with Eula Biss. (Free; register here.)

Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel
Thursday, December 9, 8:00 pm EST
Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel discuss their forthcoming book, Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working From Home. (Free; register here.)

Anna Qu: Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor
Thursday, December 9, 4:00 pm EST
Anna Qu presents her debut memoir, Made in China. (Free; register here.)

Kia Corthron in conversation with Lisa Schlesinger
Thursday, December 9, 7:00 pm CST
Kia Corthron reads from and discusses her new novel, Moon and the Mars, in conversation with Lisa Schlesinger. (Free; register here.)

Annie Leibovitz: Wonderland
Friday, December 10, 8:00 pm EST
Legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz presents her new fashion anthology, Wonderland. (Book purchase required; register here.)

Renee Ahdieh in conversation with Nicola Yoon
Friday, December 10, 6:30 pm PST
Renée Ahdieh discusses her new novel, The Righteous, in conversation with Nicola Yoon. (Free; register here.)

Jeffery Deaver in conversation with Riley Sager
Friday, December 10, 7:00 pm CST
Jeffery Deaver discusses his latest Lincoln Rhyme novel, The Midnight Lock, in conversation with Riley Sager. (Free; more information here.)

Alejandro Pérez-Cortés in conversation with Claudia Castro Luna and Gerald Bigelow
Friday, December 10, 6:00 pm PST
Poet and educator Alejandro Pérez-Cortés presents a bilingual reading of his new collection of poetry, Ima and Coli Are the Tree That Was Never a Seed. Alejandro will be joined in conversation by former Washington poet laureate Claudia Castro Luna and poet Gerald Bigelow. (Free; register here.)

Marilyn Hacker and Karthika Naïr in conversation with Christopher Merrill
Saturday, December 11, 1:00 pm EST
Marilyn Hacker and Karthika Naïr discuss their new book, A Different Distance, in conversation with poet Christopher Merrill. (Free; register here.)

Housing Works’ annual reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Sunday, December 12, 2:00 pm EST
Housing Works’ 12^th annual marathon reading of A Christmas Carol will be held instore and by livestream, featuring Megan Abbott, Marie Helene Bertino, Scott Cheshire, Vinson Cunningham, Nick Flynn, Mira Jacob, Maris Kreizman, Lisa Lucas, Nadia Owusu, and Dawnie Walton. (Free to stream; register here.)

Cara Blue Adams in conversation with Alexandra Kleeman
Monday, December 13, 7:00 pm EST
Cara Blue Adams presents her debut short story collection, You Never Get It Back, in a conversation with Alexandra Kleeman. (Free; register here.)

Colson Whitehead in conversation with ZZ Packer
Tuesday, December 14, 7:00 pm EST
Colson Whitehead discusses his new novel, Harlem Shuffle, in a conversation with ZZ Packer. ($26; register here.)

Colleen Hoover: Verity
Wednesday, December 15, 8:00 pm EST
Colleen Hoover celebrates the paperback release of her romantic psychological thriller Verity. ($16.99+, register here.)

Connie Wilson, Nalo Hopkinson, and Penne Restad: American Christmas Stories
Wednesday, December 15, 6:00 pm EST
Science fiction and fantasy writer Connie Willis, editor of Library of America’s new anthology American Christmas Stories, discusses the “uniquely American literature inspired by this most magical time of the year” from the Civil War era to today. Wilson will be joined in conversation with contributing writer Nalo Hopkinson and historian Penne Restad. (Free; more information here.)

Gloria Gervitz in conversation with Mark Schafer
Wednesday, December 15, 6:00 pm PST
Gloria Gervitz reads from and discusses her book-length poem, Migrations, in conversation with artist and translator Mark Schafer. (Free; register here.)

Crime Writers of Color Presents: A Look Back at 2021
Thursday, December 16, 7:00 pm CST
Hosts Kellye Garrett and Alex Segura chat with writers Sujata Massey, Mia P. Manansala, Robert Justice, K.D. Richards, Paige Sleuth, and Cate Holahan, in a conversation about the books of the year. (Free; more information here.)

Freeman’s Love and Change Solstice Party
Tuesday, December 21, 6:00 pm PST
John Freeman hosts a solstice celebration with authors Lina Meruane and Sayaka Murata reading from the Love and Change issues of Freeman’s. (Free; register here.)