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 announced 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:
January 14: The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig @ Tin Cup Pasty Co.
February 11: Wait for Signs by Craig Johnson @ Location TBA
March 10: 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:
January 16: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
February 20: The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson.
Additional Spring 2020 titles TBA.
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:
January 22: Circe by Madeline Miller
February 26: Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
March 25: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
April 22: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
May 27: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
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)