Writers Who Read is a group of writers who meet monthly to use Literary Forensics to dissect recent novels for the purpose of uncovering how the author has utilized their skills for effect. Storytelling is an art, but it’s not a mystery.
The months we meet it’s on the 1st Sunday at 2:30 pm, somewhere in Boulder County, Colorado. Upcoming meetings are listed below.
Up Next
- October 1: Stella Maris – Cormac McCarthy (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online [REGISTER HERE]
- November 5: Avalon – Nell Zink (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online [REGISTER HERE]
- December 3: Trust – Hernan Diaz (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online [REGISTER HERE]
Past Books
2023
- September 3: The Passenger – Cormac McCarthy (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- June 4: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- May 7: Sea of Tranquility – Emily St. John Mandel (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- April 2: The Candy House – Jennifer Egan (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- March 5: Winter Work – Dan Fesperman (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- February 5: Cold Enough for Snow – Jessica Au (Australia, 2022) @ Louisville Library & online
- January 8: The School for Good Mothers – Jessamine Chan (USA, 2022) @ Superior Community Center & online
2022
- December 4: The Netanyahus – Joshua Cohen (USA, 2021) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- November 6: When We Cease to Understand the World – Benjamin Labatut (Spain, trans. 2021 by Adrian Nathan West) @ Louisville Library & online
- October 2: Matrix – Lauren Groff (USA, 2021) @ Louisville Library & online
- September 4: Literary Forensics Primer @ Louisville Library & online
- June 5: Crossroads – Jonathan Franzen (USA, 2021) @ Louisville Library & online
- May 1: Intimacies – Katie Kitamura (USA, 2021) @ Louisville Library & online
- April 3: The Promise – Damon Galgut (S. Africa, 2021) @ Louisville Library & online
- March 6: The Plot – Jean Hanff Korelitz (USA, 2021) @ Louisville Library & online
- February 6: Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishaguro (UK, 2021) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- January 2: No One Is Talking About This – Patricia Lockwood (USA, 2021) @ Main Boulder Library & online
2021
- December 5: Deacon King Kong – James McBride (USA, 2020) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- November 7: Inside Story – Martin Amis (UK, 2020) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- October 3: Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell(UK, 2020) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- September 5: Shuggie Bain – Douglas Stuart (USA, 2020) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- June 6: The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett (USA, 2020) @ online
- May 2: The Lying Life of Adults – Elena Ferrante (Italy, trans. 2020 by Ann Goldstein) @ online
- April 4: Apeirogon – Colum McCann (Ireland, 2020) @ online
- March 7: Interior Chinatown – Charles Yu (USA, 2020) @ online
- February 7: Red Pill – Hari Kunzru (USA, 2020) @ online
- January 3: A Burning – Megha Majumdar (USA, 2020) @ online
2020
- December 6: The Nickel Boys – Colson Whitehead (USA, 2019) @ online
- November 1: Weather – Jenny Offill (USA, 2020) @ online
- October 4: The Testaments – Margaret Atwood (Canada, 2019) @ online
- September 6: Olive, Again – Elizabeth Strout (USA, 2019) @ online
- August 2: Lost and Wanted – Nell Freudenberger (USA, 2019) @ online
- July 5: Bangkok Wakes to Rain – Pitchaya Sudbanthad (USA, 2019) @ online
- June 7: Agent Running in the Field – John le Carré (England, 2019) @ online
- May 3: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk (Poland, trans. 2019 by Antonia Lloyd-Jones) @ online
- April 5: Fleishman is in Trouble – Taffy Brodesser-Akner (USA, 2019) @ online
- March 1: Lady In The Lake – Laura Lippman (USA, 2019) @ Main Boulder Library
- February 2: Trust Exercise – Susan Choi (USA, 2019) @ Main Boulder Library
- January 5: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous – Ocean Vuong (USA, 2019) @ Main Boulder Library
2019
- December 29: 2017-2018: The Canon – A summary of books discussed to date @ Main Boulder Library
- December 1: The House of Broken Angels – Luis Alberto Urrea (USA, 2018) @ Main Boulder Library
- November 3: American Spy – Lauren Wilkinson (USA, 2019) @ Main Boulder Library
- October 6: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman (Scotland, 2017) @ Main Boulder Library
- September 8: Newcomer – Keigo Higashino (Japan, trans. 2018 by Giles Murray) @ Main Boulder Library
- May 1: The Witch Elm – Tana French(Ireland, 2018) @ Main Boulder Library
- April 3: There There – Tommy Orange (USA, 2018) @ Main Boulder Library
- March 4: Kudos – Rachel Cusk (UK, 2018) @ Main Boulder Library
- February 10: The Female Persuasion – Meg Wolitzer (USA, 2018) @ Main Boulder Library
- January 2: Exit West – Mohsin Hamid (UK-Pakistan, 2017) @ Main Boulder Library
2018
- December 5: Asymmetry – Lisa Halliday (USA, 2018) @ Colorado Building
- November 7: Origin – Dan Brown (USA, 2017) @ Boulder Book Store
- October 3: Mrs. Fletcher – Tom Perrotta (USA, 2017) @ Boulder Book Store
- September 5: Less – Andrew Sean Greer (USA, 2017) @ Boulder Book Store
- August 1: The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas (USA, 2017) @ Boulder Book Store
