Writers Who Read LIVE! is a group of writers who meet monthly in Boulder, Colorado, 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.
Between September and June we meet on the 1st Sunday at 2:30 pm, somewhere in Boulder County, Colorado. Meetings are hybrid–both in person and online–so even if you’re not here in person you can join the discussion. Just join the Meetup to get notices of upcoming events.
Past Books
2025
- June 29: Margo's Got Money Troubles - Rufi Thorpe (USA, 2024) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- May 4: Butcher - Joyce Carol Oates (USA, 2024) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- April 6: Burma Sahib - Paul Theroux (USA, 2024) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- March 2: James - Percival Everett (USA, 2024) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- February 2: Good Material - Dolly Alderton (UK, 2024) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- January 5: Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar (USA, 2024) @ Main Boulder Library & online
2024
- December 1: Let Us Descend - Jesmyn Ward (USA, 2023) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- November 3: Holly - Stephen King (USA, 2023) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- October 6: Tom Lake - Ann Patchett (USA, 2023) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- September 8: Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros (USA, 2023) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- June 2: Mr. Texas - Lawrence Wright (USA, 2023) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- May 5: Yellowface - R. F. Kuang (USA, 2023) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- April 7: Romantic Comedy - Curtis Sittenfeld (USA, 2023) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- March 3: Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton (NZ, 2023) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- February 4: Victory City - Salman Rushdie (UK, 2023) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- January 7: Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online
2023
- December 3: Trust - Hernan Diaz (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- November 5: Avalon - Nell Zink (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- October 1: Stella Maris - Cormac McCarthy (USA, 2022) @ Main Boulder Library & online
- 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 - BenjamÃn Labatut (Spain, trans. by Adrian Nathan West, 2021) @ Louisville Library & online
- October 2: Matrix - Lauren Groff (USA, 2021) @ 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 Ishiguro (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. by Ann Goldstein, 2020) @ 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 (UK, 2019) @ online
- May 3: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk (Poland, trans. by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, 2019) @ 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 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 (UK, 2017) @ Main Boulder Library
- September 8: Newcomer - Keigo Higashino (Japan, trans. by Giles Murray, 2018) @ 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, 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