There are a ton of reading and book-related holidays throughout the year. Everything from special days devoted to reading to beloved authors’ birthdays, there is plenty to celebrate!

Book Holidays

January

• 2nd – National Science Fiction Day
• 3rd – J.R.R. Tolkein’s Birthday
• 16th – Book Publishers Day
• 19th – Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday
• 22nd – Library Shelfie Day (4th Wednesday)
• 27th – Family Literacy Day

February

• First Week – Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week
• 5th – World Read Aloud Day
• 7th – Take Your Child To The Library Day
• 9th – National Read In The Bathtub Day
• 14th – International Book Giving Day; Library Lovers Day
• 20th – Clean Out Your Bookcase Day
• 26th – National Tell A Fairy Tale Day

National Library Lovers Month

March

• 1st – 9th – Jewish Book Week
• 2nd – Read Across America Day; Dr. Seuss Day
• 2nd – 8th – Returned Borrowed Books Week
• 2nd – 8th – Read an E-Book Week
• 6th – World Book Day
• 16th – 22nd – World Folktales & Fables Week
• 19th – International Read To Me Day
• 20th – Bibliomania Day; World Storytelling Day; Hufflepuff Pride Day
• 21st – World Poetry Day; Slytherin Pride Day
• 22nd – Gryffindor Pride Day
• 23rd – Ravenclaw Pride Day
• 25th – Tolkien Reading Day

National Small Press Month; Gardening, Nature, And Ecology Books Month; National March Into Literacy Month; National Reading Month, Read An E-Book Month

April

• 1st – Reading Is Funny Day; Edible Book Day; Library Snap Shot Day
• 2nd – International Children’s Book Day
• 4th – National School Librarian Day
• 6th – National Library Day
• Second Week (6th – 12th) – National Library Week
• 8th – National Library Workers Day
• 10th – National Bookmobile Day
• 12th – D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) Day
• 14th – National Donate A Book Day
• 16th – National Librarian Day
• 17th – International Haiku Poetry Day; Celebrate Teen Literature Day
• 19th – Poetry And The Creative Mind Day
• 23rd – World Book Day
• 23rd – National Talk Like Shakespeare Day; Shakespeare’s Birthday; World Book And Copyright Day; Canada Book Day; World Book Night
• 27th – National Tell A Story Day
• 26th – Independent Bookstore Day (Last Saturday)
• 28th – National Great Poetry Reading Day
• 29th – National Poem In Your Pocket Day

National Poetry Month; D.E.A.R. Drop Everything And Read Month; National Literature Month; School Library Month

May

• 2nd – Harry Potter Day
• 3rd – Free Comic Book Day (1st Saturday)
• Second Week (11th – 17th) – Reading Is Fun Week
• 12th – National Limerick Day
• 16th – National Biographer’s Day
• 25th – Towel Day
• 26th – World Dracula Day

National Get Caught Reading Month; National Family Reading Month; Latino Books Month; National Share A Story Month

June

• 4th – Joe Hill’s Birthday

Audiobook Appreciation Month

July

• 4th – Alice In Wonderland Day
• 21st – Ernest Hemingway’s Birthday
• 30th – Paperback Book Day
• 31st – Harry Potter’s Birthday

August

• 2nd – National Coloring Book Day
• 9th – National Book Lovers Day
• 18th – Bad Poetry Day
• 20th – H.P. Lovecraft’s Birthday
• 21st – Poet’s Day
• 30th – Frankenstein Day; Mary Shelley’s Birthday
• 31st – We Love Memoirs Day

September

• 6th – National Read A Book Day
• 7th – National Buy A Book Day
• 8th – International Literacy Day
• 13th – National Twilighters Day
• 18th – Read An E-Book Day
• 20th – George R.R. Martin’s Birthday
• 21st – Stephen King‘s Birthday
• 22nd – Hobbit Day
• 25th – National Comic Book Day
• Last Week – Banned Books Week

Read A New Book Month; National Library Card Sign-up Month

October

• First Full Week – Mystery Series Week
• 4th – Anne Rice‘s Birthday; Bookshop Day
• 6th – Mad Hatter Day
• 8th – R. L. Stine’s Birthday
• 11th – Love Your Bookshop Day
• Third Week – Teen Read Week; Friends of Libraries Week
• 17th – Black Poetry Day
• Last Friday (31st) – Frankenstein Friday
• 31st – Books For Treats Day

National Book Month; National Reading Group Month; Dyslexia Month; National Cookbook Month; Black Speculative Fiction Month

November

• 1st – National Authors Day
• 4th – National Waiting For The Barbarians Day
• 6th – National Nonfiction Day
• 7th – 13th – National Book Award Week
• 11th – 15th – National Young Readers Week
• 12th – Neal Shusterman‘s Birthday
• 15th – I Love To Write Day
• 18th – High Five A Librarian Day
• 17th – 23rd – Book Week Scotland
• 24th – 28th – National Book Week

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo); Picture Book Month; National Family Literacy Month

December

• 10th – Dewey Decimal System Day
• 21st – National Short Story Day
• 24th – Jólabókaflóðið, also known as the Christmas or Yule Book Flood (Iceland)

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