Underdog Bookstore

10/12/2026

Time for the final chapter: Revolutionary Promiscuity - Getting Free Together 💖

Our Love In a F*cked Up World book club has been meeting every second Wednesday to discuss a chapter a month. All are welcome to join whether this is your sixth time or your first!

🗓 Wednesday, October 14th, from 6:30-8PM
📍312 S Myrtle Ave, Monrovia

Support Underdog by purchasing a copy in store or through or 📚🎧

10/11/2026

What are the Underdogs reading? Here’s your top picks this week from in-store and online at Libro.fm Audiobooks and Bookshop.org US 📚🏳️‍🌈🐶

SLIDE 1: Top picks in-store

THE LAST TAMALE Orlando Mendiola

BACK FOR BLOOD .hawk

THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR ON PALESTINE by Rashid Khalidi

OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm Deena

DOPEFOOT Joshua Millican

REPRODUCTIVE RITES: The Real-Life Witches and Witch Hunts in the Centuries-Long Fight for Abortion Sophie Saint Thomas

HUMBOLDT CUT: A Redwood Gothic@allison_mick

MOONFLOW b karella

Slide 2: Top picks online

I, MEDUSA Ayana Gray

SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME Cynthia Pelayo

EAST OF THE RIVER: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood by Guadalupe Rosales Guadalupe Rosales

JONNY APPLESEED by Joshua Whitehead Joshua Whitehead

EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck

RADICAL SEÑORA ERA: Ancestral Latin American Secrets for a Happier, Healthier Life by Christina Kelmon & Ann Murray Dunning

LIVING RESISTANCE: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day Kaitlin Curtice

BELOVED by Toni Morrison

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10/11/2026

Join us for a new monthly series on the pagan gods & goddesses at Underdog!

This class explores gods and goddesses across all cultures who share similar themes, and we begin the series with the gods & goddesses of Knowledge!

In this debut class, learn about Thoth & Isis from Egyptian myth, Lilith from Mesopotamian myth, Oðin from Norse mythology, Apollo from Greek & Roman myth, Yemaya & Obatala from Yoruba myth, and more!

🗓 Tuesday, October 13th from 6-8PM
📍312 S Myrlte Ave, Monrovia
💸 RSVP by donation to support the Underdog Bookstore 501c3 nonprofit.

Note: This class is taught from a perspective of history and education. It is not about sharing secrets or how to do magical work with these energies.

Class is taught by Njord, , who holds a BA in History, is the Tarot reader and runes caster at the occult/metaphysical store , and serves as the High Priest of , a pagan order that is based in Orange, CA.

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

Reminder that crochet class is not meeting in the store this week! Please contact Stitch Craft for more information 💖

10/08/2026

When 30+ events in store isn't enough so you add some pop-ups to the mix too!

You can find Underdog this month at:

🏳️‍🌈 MODELS OF PRIDE 10/10 at Los Angeles LGBT Center

🍻 Business Mixer 10/15 at Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant

👻 Sugar and Moon Market 10/17 at Mt. Lowe Brewing Company

🌹 Celebration Market 10/18 at The Dragon and The Rose Legacy

🖼 Art Queerstory Closing Ceremony 10/24 at San Gabriel Valley LGBTQ Center

Thank you to everyone who supports us here in Monrovia, out in the community, or online from afar. We couldn't do this without you!

10/08/2026