About Us

Boyle Heights is a book desert. There and elsewhere, Libros Schmibros puts good books into all hands, native and immigrant, Eastside and West, upholding literature as the brainstem and backbone of a democratic republic. We are a Boyle Heights-based nonprofit lending library dedicated to the proposition that the world distills its best ideas from imaginations nourished on the humanities. Through everything from book-lending at street level to advocacy at the highest levels, Libros Schmibros champions the pleasure of reading and its power to connect.

Mission Statement

Libros Schmibros champions the pleasures of literature and its power to change lives.

Visit us

103 N. Boyle Avenue
Boyle Heights
Los Angeles, CA 90033

across from the Mariachi Plaza Metro Station

Hours

Wednesday through Sunday 12 – 6 PM

CALL us 

323-604-9991

 Libros Schmibros is generously supported by the Durfee Foundation,
the Roth Family Foundation, and the Rosenthal Family Foundation
and is fiscally sponsored by Community Initiatives.