We’d love for you to join us for both events, but feel free to come to just one!

Part 1 💚 Walking Book Club with Sheila Yasmin Marikar

First, join us for May Walking Book Club! Walk with author, , and discuss her novel, Incidentals!

When: SUNDAY May 31st at 11am

Where: Meet at the corner of 11th st and Alta Ave in Santa Monica for Walking Book Club

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About the book: A couple’s luxury vacation in the Maldives takes a sinister turn when they’re befriended by two strangers in a twisty and darkly comic novel by the author of Friends in Napa.

About the author: Sheila Yasmin Marikar’s work has been published in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Economist, Fortune, Bloomberg Businessweek, Vogue, and many other publications. Her New York Times Magazine profile of the chef Gaggan Anand was selected for the 2021 edition of Best American Food Writing. Sheila began her career at ABC News. A native of New Jersey, she is a graduate of Cornell University, where she studied history. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband.

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Part 2 💚 Annabel Monaghan in Conversation with Maurene Goo

Later that afternoon, head over to the Brentwood Country Mart to hear NYT bestselling author, , discuss her novel, Dolly All the Time, with Maurene Goo (author of One & Only).

When: SUNDAY May 31st at 3pm

Where: Diesel, a Bookstore at the Brentwood Country Mart

The event is free! Reserve your seat by purchasing the book here.

About the book: A hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion, from the New York Times bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script

About the author: Annabel Monaghan is the New York Times bestselling and Library Reads Hall of Fame author of It’s a Love Story, Summer Romance, Same Time Next Summer, and Nora Goes Off Script, as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in The Huffington Post, The Week, and The Rye Record. After twenty-five years in the suburbs of New York City, she now splits her time between Connecticut and Florida. Her novels have been translated into twenty-two languages.

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When: SUNDAY April 26th at 11am

Where: Meet at the corner of 11th st and Alta Ave in Santa Monica

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Penitence was long-listed for the Reading the West Book Awards, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick, a Book of the Month Pick, an Indie Next Pick, an Apple Books Debut of the Year, an Apple Audiobooks Must Listen, a People Magazine Book of the Week, and a Goodreads Most Anticipated Pick and Hottest Debut Selection.

We are thrilled to have Kristin joining us!

We’ll have complimentary canned lattes, iced tea, and more! Plus everyone will get 20% off their shopping at Zibby’s Bookshop after the walk.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kristin Koval is a former lawyer who always wanted to be a writer but initially wandered down other paths. She lives in Boulder, Colorado and Park City, Utah with her husband, two sons and two Great Danes.

ABOUT THE BOOK: For readers of Ann Patchett and Celeste Ng, Penitence is a poignant exploration of love and forgiveness. It’s a suspenseful, addictive page-turner filled with literary insight that compels readers to consider whether the worst thing we’ve ever done is all that defines us.

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When: SUNDAY March 29th at 11am

Where: Meet at the corner of 11th St and Alta Ave in Santa Monica

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Everyone will get 20% off their shopping at Zibby’s Bookshop after the walk.

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About the author: Sarah Vacchiano is an entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles. A graduate of Duke Law School, she began her legal career as a litigator representing Molly Bloom―the subject of the Oscar-nominated biopic MOLLY’S GAME, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin―and other high-profile clients in the media and entertainment space. After several years in independent film, she now runs business affairs for United Artists, the iconic studio being relaunched by Scott Stuber.

She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Matt, their three-year-old son Gus, and pup Josephine (JoJo). Soft Launch is her first novel.

About the book: A “coming of adulthood” story about a young woman who takes a bold new path in her early thirties, leaving her old life—and starter marriage—behind.

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When: SUNDAY March 1st at 11am

Where: Meet at the corner of 11th st and Alta Ave in Santa Monica

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About the author: Born and raised in Metro Detroit, Kristen earned her BA in English Language & Literature from the University of Michigan. She has provided PR and communications expertise to leading consumer brands for more than 20 years, all while writing fiction in her spare time. When she isn’t reading or writing, Kristen can be found lifting heavy at the gym, hiking in Malibu, eating her way through Los Angeles with her husband, or shouting at the latest Formula 1 race.

About the book: A dedicated journalist unearths a generations-old family secret—and a connection to a string of missing girls that hits way too close to home…

In the wake of her grandmother’s passing, Sydney Singleton finds a hidden photograph of a little girl who looks more like Sydney than her own sister or mother. She soon discovers the mystery girl in the photograph is her aunt, Carol, who was one of six North Carolina Black girls to go missing in the 1960s. For the last several decades, not a soul has talked about Carol or what really happened to her. But now, with her grandmother gone and Sydney looking to start a family of her own, she is determined to unravel the truth behind her long-lost aunt’s disappearance, and the sinister silence that surrounds her.

Unfortunately, this is familiar territory for Sydney: Years earlier, while she worked the crime beat as a journalist, her obsession with the case of another missing girl led to a psychotic break. And now, in the suffocating grip of fertility treatments and a marriage that’s beginning to crumble, Sydney’s relentless pursuit for answers might just lead her down the same path of self-destruction. As she delves deeper into Carol’s fate, her own troubled past reemerges, clawing its way to the surface with a vengeance. The web of secrets and lies entangling her family leaves Sydney questioning everything—her fixation on the missing girls, her future as a mom, and her trust in those she knows and loves.

Delving into family, community, secrets, and motherhood, We Don’t Talk About Carol is a gripping and deeply emotional story about overcoming the rot at the roots of our family trees—and what we’ll do for those we love.

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When: SATURDAY January 31st at 11am

Where: Meet at the corner of 11th st and Alta Ave in Santa Monica

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Everyone will get 20% off their shopping at Zibby’s Bookshop after the walk.

Even if you won’t have had a chance to read the book yet, we’d love for you to join us and meet Ali while she’s in town!

About the author: Ali Rosen the bestselling author of cookbooks and novels and the James Beard & Emmy nominated host of Potluck with Ali, based in NYC!

About the book: From the bestselling author of Unlikely Story comes a warm, witty novel about a chef whose unexpected summer in Italy turns messier and richer than any recipe she ever would’ve planned.

Between a breakup and a burned-down restaurant, there’s nothing left in New York for Kit Roth except the ashes of her success.

Needing distance and distraction, she agrees to work for her best friend’s pasta-making nonna in the Italian countryside. But instead of providing a quiet sabbatical to eat up time while her kitchen is rebuilt, the small town of Manciano keeps pulling Kit into its rituals and rhythms. And before long, it shows her everything she’s been missing. Simpler cooking, community…and Nico Ruspoli, an olive oil producer with his own scorched past. But with Kit determined to leave after three months, and Nico rooted to his grove, their growing chemistry is at odds with what they both want for their future.

Yet with each passing week, Kit finds herself measuring less and tasting more. And when it’s time to go back to her life in New York, she doesn’t know what―or who―she’s willing to leave behind.

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When: November 23rd at 11am

Where: Meet at the corner of 11th st and Alta Ave in Santa Monica

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About the author: Sophie Stava received her BA in English literature from UC Santa Barbara. She currently resides in Southern California with her family. COUNT MY LIES is her debut novel.

About the book: In Count My Lies, Sophie Stava spins a breakneck, unputdownable thriller about the secrets we keep, and the terrifying dangers that lurk just under the images we spend so much time trying to maintain.

Sloane Caraway is a liar. With one lie and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy, and privileged Jay and Violet Lockhart. The perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island. But maybe Sloane isn’t the only one lying, and all that’s picture-perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth…

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WHEN: Sunday 11/9 at 11am

WHERE: Annabelle’s Book Club LA in Studio City

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We’ll have bevies, bites, and discounted book shopping, too, so hope to see you there!

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About the author: Alexandra Brown Chang grew up in Los Angeles, in a family of four daughters and four rescue dogs. She graduated from Stanford University, where she majored in art history. Alexandra is also a member of the Princess Grace Foundation Guild, which champions emerging artists in all fields. By Invitation Only is her debut novel.

About the book: A hard-working teen hoping to land a college scholarship and a nepo baby looking to prove herself collide at the world’s most high-profile debutante ball in Paris in this young adult romance perfect for fans of American Royals and Better Than the Movies.

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WHEN: Sunday 10/26 at 11am

WHERE: Meet at the corner of Alta Ave & 11th Street in Santa Monica

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About the author: Joss Richard is a romance author, podcast host/producer, and editorial director based in Los Angeles. With over 12+ years of experience, she has been formally recognized with a Daytime Emmy Award and has produced for on-air broadcast, digital, and social media at some of the most notable shows and networks (Hello Sunshine and Reese’s Book Club , The Walt Disney Company, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Netflix, Red Table Talk, Paramount, CBS, The Grammy Awards, The Critics Choice Awards, The Academy Awards) and has interviewed some of Hollywood’s biggest A-List celebrities (Jennifer Aniston, Christopher Plummer, Sandra Bullock, and more).

About the book: In this sweeping, second-chance romance, a twist of fate forces two former roommates back into their beloved New York City brownstone, where they must confront the events that led to their estrangement—and the unresolved feelings lingering between them.

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WHEN: Sunday 9/14 at 11am

WHERE: Meet at the corner of Alta Ave & 11th Street in Santa Monica

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About the author: Kimberly Belle is the Edgar Award winning, USA Today & internationally bestselling author with more than one million copies sold worldwide, with titles including The Expat Affair, The Paris Widow, The Marriage Lie, a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist for Best Mystery & Thriller, and the co-authored #1 Audible Original, Young Rich Widows + Desperate Deadly Widows. Kimberly’s novels have been optioned for film and television and selected by LibraryReads and Amazon & Apple Books Editors as Best Books of the Month, and the International Thriller Writers as nominee for best book of the year. She divides her time between Atlanta and Amsterdam.

About the book: An American expat‘s startling discovery plunges her into the glamorous but deadly world of Amsterdam’s diamond industry.

Following a nasty divorce, Rayna Dumont came to Amsterdam for a fresh start. She’s never been the type for a one-night-stand, but this move is all about freedom and adventure, and Xander is handsome and successful and more than willing to go along for the ride. Until the morning after, when Rayna finds him dead on the shower floor, and millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds missing from his safe.

From her lavish home in the heart of the city, Willow Prins is captivated by the news. Her husband is heir to a fifth-generation diamond house and Xander’s former boss, and the scandal adds to a workload that’s put strain on her marriage for a while now. As the House comes under scrutiny, Willow wonders if her life is about to implode—and how much of the blame she can place on Rayna.

While Rayna struggles to clear her name, Willow fights to keep her family intact, and their paths cross in perilous ways. Soon they’re dragged into the dark and dangerous underbelly of Amsterdam’s diamond market, where they’ll have to uncover the truth to survive. Who killed Xander? Where are the missing diamonds? And who can you trust in a strange and unfamiliar city thousands of miles from home?

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WHEN: Sunday 8/24 at 11am

WHERE: Meet at the corner of Alta Ave & 11th Street in Santa Monica

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About the author: Elissa Sussman is the bestselling author of the upcoming TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY FINE, ONCE MORE WITH FEELING, FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK, and several YA novels.

Her work has been praised by NPR, Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, New York Times, EW, USA Today, Parade, Bookshop, Book Riot, Country Living, NYPL, and more.

FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK is currently being developed by Apple with Regé-Jean Page (Bridgerton, Black Bag) set to executive produce and star in the project.

Elissa lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their many pets.

About TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY FINE: In her small Montana hometown, Lauren Parker has assumed a few different roles: teenage hell-raiser, sister of superstar Gabe Parker, and most recently, tragically widowed single mother. She’s never cared much about labels or what people thought of her, but dealing with her grief over the loss of her husband, Spencer, has slowly revealed that she’s adrift in her own life.

Then she meets the devilishly handsome actor Ben Walsh on the set of her brother’s new movie. They have instant chemistry, and Lauren realizes that it has been far too long since someone has really and truly seen her. Her rebellious spirit spurs her to dive headfirst into her desire, but when a sexy encounter becomes something more, Lauren finds herself balancing old roles and new possibilities.

There’s still plenty to contend with: small-town rumors, the complications of Ben’s fame, and her daughter’s unpredictable moods. An unexpected fling seemed simple at the time—so when did everything with Ben get so complicated? And is there enough room in his life for the woman Lauren wants to be? Alternating between Lauren’s past with Spencer and her present with Ben, Totally and Completely Fine illuminates what it means to find life-changing love and be true to oneself in the process.

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Our July Walking Book Club Pick is Jill is Not Happy by !

An ill-fated road trip resurrects a married couple’s darkest secrets in this new USA Today Bestselling thriller!

We will be walking & discussing the book on Sunday 8/3 at 11am in Santa Monica. RSVP HERE :)

We’ll meet at 11th St and Alta Ave, walk through the neighborhood, and end up at Zibby’s Bookshop around noon, where we can all shop the bookstore 20% off.

Sponsors to be announced soon!

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You are invited to join us for a Preoccupied Picnic with , author of Exposure!

Spanning decades, this complex, captivating story pulls back the curtains of cancel culture to explore ambition, empathy, art, desire, consent, motherhood, and what it really means to lose everything.

Come enjoy an afternoon with friends in Pan Pacific Park on 7/19 from 4-5:30pm. RSVP here :)

Additional details to be announced soon!

Want to get ahead on our Walking Book Club reading? Missed a past book? Get all our books here via Bookshop.org! 📚 And be sure to join the conversation over on IG & Threads!

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WHEN: Sunday 6/22 at 11am

WHERE: Meet at the corner of Alta Ave & 11th Street in Santa Monica

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Additional event partner details to come.

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About the book: Set in the cutthroat and neck-lifted world of private school parenting in Los Angeles, Moms Like Us is a comedic cautionary tale about how far mothers will go to protect their children, and their secrets. Amy Poehler says, “Moms Like Us is a fun and juicy page-turner about the extreme and often criminal lengths some parents will go.”

About the author: Jordan Roter is a screenwriter, TV writer, producer, and author of the novels Girl in Development and Camp Rules. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, kids, and their dog, Alfie.

Want to get ahead on our Walking Book Club reading? Missed a past book? Get all our books here via Bookshop.org! 📚

WHEN: Sunday 5/18 at 11am

WHERE: Meet at the corner of Alta Ave & 11th Street in Santa Monica

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About the book: Podcasters Maeve and Finn have just gotten a life-changing, blockbuster deal for their viral sex and relationships podcast, Tell Me How You Really Feel. Unfortunately, given their history, they can barely be in the same room together.

Now, Maeve needs to find a way to keep the show going without letting Finn completely ruin her. But to make things even more challenging, Finn is dead set on winning her back over. Told between flashbacks to the start of their show and the present, Tell Me How You Really Feel follows Maeve and Finn as they navigate their growing celebrity, try to make podcast history, and rediscover what they mean to each other.

About the author: Betty Cayouette is an author, viral video content creator of @bettysbooklist, and cinematographer. She currently lives in Salem, Massachusetts. One Last Shot is her debut novel.

WHEN: Sunday 4/27 at 11am

WHERE: Meet at the corner of Alta Ave & 11th Street in Santa Monica

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We’ll supply attendees with free La Colombe lattes, Magic Mind wellness shots, De Soi non-alcoholic aperitifs, and GORGIE energy drinks.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Formerly a staffer at Vanity Fair and the Huffington Post, E.A. Hanks has contributed to Time, The Guardian, The New York Times and others. She lives in Los Angeles, CA and is the actual child of America’s Dad, Tom Hanks.

ABOUT THE BOOK: From Vanity Fair and The New York Times contributor comes a beautifully written, deeply felt memoir recounting the solo, cross-country journey she made along the Ten across the American southwest: a mission to uncover both what harrowing violence may or may not have happened to her late mother, but also, to look within and discover who she herself is—where her mother ends and she begins.

Thank you to everyone who came to our rescheduled Laura Dave walking book club yesterday! We had the best time with you!

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We look forward to seeing you at our walk on 4/27! Come solo or bring a friend or 10 ;)

WHEN: Sunday 3/23 at 11am

WHERE: Meet at the corner of Alta Ave & 11th Street in Santa Monica

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Additional details to come. But expect fun beverage surprises and other goodies. to be announced in the coming weeks.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Amy Tintera started writing novels as a kid during her middle school science classes, which probably explains why she has always been very bad at science. She is the author of several teen novels, and her first book for adults, LISTEN FOR THE LIE, was an instant New York Times Bestseller and a Good Morning America Book Club pick.

She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Texas A&M and a master’s degree in media arts/screenwriting from Emerson College. She worked as a talent agency assistant in Hollywood before becoming an author. Raised in Austin, Texas, she frequently sets her novels in the Lone Star state, but she now lives in Los Angeles, where there's far less humidity, but not nearly enough Tex-Mex.

ABOUT THE BOOK: What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?

Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all and, if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. But after Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer.

It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life. But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast Listen for the Lie and its too-good looking host, Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one who did it.

The truth is out there, if we just listen.

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Meet at 11am outside at 1227 Montana Ave! Free La Colombe draft lattes provided upon arrival ☕️ We’ll finish the walk at Zibby’s Bookshop where our walkers will get to shop the store at 20% off. RSVP HERE!

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A bit about Nikki Erlick: Her work has appeared online with New York Magazine, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, Literary Hub, Indagare Travel, BookTrib, and Vox Media.

As a travel writer, she explored nearly a dozen countries on assignment—from rural villages in France to the arctic fjords of Norway. As a ghostwriter, she’s written for CEOs, entrepreneurs, and academics.

She graduated Harvard University summa cum laude and was an editor of The Harvard Crimson. I earned my master's degree in Global Thought from Columbia University.

Her second novel, The Poppy Fields, is coming June 17, 2025!

A bit about The Measure: It seems like any other day. You wake up, get ready, and head out.But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small box, holding the answer to the number of years you will live.Suddenly, everyone on earth is faced with the same choice: Do they wish to know how long they’ll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge? As society comes together and pulls apart, The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose paths interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that changes everything.

The Measure is a sweeping, ambitious, uplifting story about family, love, hope, and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.

The Measure, was an instant New York Times bestseller upon publication in June 2022, with translations forthcoming in 24 languages. The Measure was selected as Jenna Bush Hager and The TODAY Show’s #ReadWithJenna Book Club pick as well as the Barnes & Noble Discover Pick.

Our Laura Dave walk is being rescheduled for March. Date TBD.

A bit about Laura Dave: She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me, which was was chosen as the Goodreads Mystery & Thriller of the Year for 2021 and is now a series on Apple TV+, starring Jennifer Garner, co-created by Laura.

A bit about The Night We Lost Him: Estranged siblings chase a fifty-year-old secret that shaped their father's mysterious life--and death in this suspenseful and evocative family drama.

Additional details to come, but for now, save the date! Invite your friends or come alone and make new bookish buddies :)

RSVP here if you think you can make it! 💚 We can’t wait to see you there!!

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Samantha + Morgan