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Kepler's Books

Menlo Park

This Peninsula landmark was saved from closure by community love in 2005 and now thrives as a hybrid nonprofit. Browse thoughtfully organized shelves with staff picks that'll expand your reading list, then catch Pulitzer winners and local authors at constant literary events.

70-year legacy
community-owned nonprofit
constant author events
staff picks throughout

Tips

๐Ÿ’š"the perfect cure for a not-so-great day"
๐Ÿ“šStaff Picks section "inspired many reads I wouldn't have otherwise tried"
โ˜•grab a frosted mocha at Cafe Borrone next door

Kepler's Books

1010 El Camino Real #100, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA

Upcoming at Kepler's Books

Tuesday, Jun 9
Ruth Ozeki with Molly Antopol

Ruth Ozeki with Molly Antopol

June 9 at 7pm

Ruth Ozeki returns to Kepler's to unpack *The Typing Lady*, her new collection exploring life's thresholds through eleven stories woven with typewriters, letters, and disappearing ink. The Booker finalist and Zen priest joins Stanford's Molly Antopol for a conversation about how we record ourselves in language, and how language records us back.

Ruth Ozeki โ€” The Typing Lady

Ruth Ozeki โ€” The Typing Lady

June 9 at 7pm

Ruth Ozeki brings her Zen Buddhist sensibility to a new story collection about typewriters, ghosts, and the stories that shape us. Expect meditative fiction and thoughtful conversation on how language records who we become.

Ruth Ozeki โ€” Kepler's Literary Foundation

Ruth Ozeki โ€” Kepler's Literary Foundation

June 9 at 7pm

Ruth Ozeki brings her Booker-shortlisted wisdom to Kepler's for an evening exploring her new short story collection. Expect meditations on identity, aging, and the stories we tell ourselves, delivered by one of contemporary fiction's most thoughtful voices.