Carlsbad Reads Together | Carlsbad City Library, CA

CRT logo FINAL COLOR Carlsbad Reads Together is an annual city-wide event held every April that connects the entire community through reading. We’re currently planning the 2025 program and recently held a public vote on our top 10 titles for the adult reading selection. A vote for the teen title will be held soon.

Stay tuned for updates!

Past Selections
Carlsbad Reads Together Selection Standards

Previous Carlsbad Reads Together Selections

2024: The Maid by Nita Prose
2023: The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú
2022: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
2021: Educated by Tara Westover
2019: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
2018: Selection of books by Daniel Pink
2017: Into the Beautiful North by Luis Urrea
2015: The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us by Diane Ackerman
2014: Palisades Park by Alan Brennert
2013: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
2012: Iron River by T. Jefferson Parker
2011: My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme
2010: Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck
2009: Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
2008: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
2007: Night by Elie Wiesel
2006: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2004: The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

Carlsbad Reads Together is sponsored by Friends of the Carlsbad Library.