Joining a book club is a great way to connect with your neighbors and find a community of fellow readers. Gunnison County Libraries facilitates book clubs in both Gunnison and Crested Butte locations. They are free and open to anyone to join.
How it works: Book clubs meet on a recurring basis, every month, to discuss a title the group has all read, often over light snacks. Copies of books are placed on hold for book club participants and are available to check out at the library. Titles for the next month’s meeting are announcing a month before. They will also be available in e-edition, audiobook, large print, etc.
Crested Butte
Books-N-Bars
For those who like to imbibe in books, beverages or both! This group meets the second Tuesday of every month from 5:30-7 pm at local watering holes. They read mainly contemporary fiction, with a few non-fiction titles every once in a while.
Upcoming meet-ups and reads:
August 13: Beartown by Fredrik Backman | Location: Montanya’s Distillers
September 10: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward @ Location TBA
October 8: Unsheltered by Barbara Kingslover @ Location TBA
November 12: Waiting for Eden by Elliot Ackerman @ Location TBA
December 10: The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish @ Location TBA
January 14: The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig @ Location TBA
February 11: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Green @ Location TBA
Novel-Tea
This group is for those who enjoy curling up with a novel (or a classic) and sipping a cup of hot tea. Meetings are the third Thursday of every month from 2-3 pm at the 2nd floor of the Crested Butte Library, or on the benches out front, weather dependent.
Upcoming meet-ups and reads:
August 15: Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
September 19: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
October 17: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
November 21: The Optimistic Decade by Heather Abel.
December 19: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Gunnison
Gunny GoodReads
This newly formed group has just jumped into the book club scene in Gunnison. They read contemporary fiction, with a taste for the suspense or thriller genre and meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 4 pm.
Upcoming meet-ups and reads:
August 28: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman.
September 25: TBD
October 23: TBD
November 20*: TBD
*date moved to accommodate Thanksgiving holiday the following week
December 18*: TBD
*date moved to accommodate Christmas holiday
If you’re interested in receiving email communications or additional information about these book clubs, please reach out to adult programming coordinator, Taylor Cull (taylor@gunnisoncountylibraries.org)