Fifteen Must-Read Books About Colorado
In honor of 303 Day and the Centennial State’s 150th birthday, read these 15 books about Colorado — one for each decade.
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Chapter Two: Kwame Spearman Opens Denver Book Society in Uptown
Former Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman opens up a new literary locale with a focus on community.
Denver Public Libraries’ Most Popular Books of 2025
Based on checkout stats, here’s what DPL visitors were reading most.
Denver Poet Seth Brady Tucker Takes on Masculinity in New Collection
Tucker will launch the book on February 12 at Foothills Art Center.
Stories on Schedule: Denver Author Plans to Write a Story a Week in 2026
Denver author Nick Arvin is filling 2026 with a story a week, delivered free straight to readers.
Colorado Has a New Poet Laureate: Crisosto Apache
“I hope my time in this role can serve as a bridge, helping young people discover the voices that will shape our futures.”
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Reading Between the Lines: Colorado Study Shows Prison Libraries Could Reduce Recidivism
“Prison libraries feel very familiar. This isn’t Shawshank.”
Josiah Hesse’s Visceral Take on Growing Up in Religious Extremism
The Denver writer’s memoir takes on “fear, shame, poverty, and the making of the Christian Right.”
West Side Books Enters a New Era With New Owner and Focus
The Northside’s indie bookstore will close for a week in early January to re-tool and re-focus.
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From a Dream at Sea to the Page: No One Aboard Adds to Emy McGuire’s Breakout Year
Emy McGuire, a Littleton writer, celebrates the release of her debut novel, No One Aboard, this month and reflects on her whirlwind year.
Rebecca Yarros, Nuggets Announce Fourth Wing Night
The author’s previous collab event with the Avalanche sold out immediately when tickets went on sale in August.
Colorado Poets Laureate Gather for Release of Begin Where You Are
The book has already sold over 600 copies.
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Colorado’s First Poets Laureate Anthology Features Previously Unpublished Work by Andrea Gibson
Proceeds from the book will help sustain the state’s Poet Laureate program.
Ten Colorado Books That Would Make Good Holiday Gifts This Year
The work of local authors may be the best Colorado gift of all.
Denver Writer Explores Publishing, Social Media in Satirical New Novel
“Publishers think that readers don’t like reading about writers, but I don’t think that’s true.”
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Ellen O’Clover Imagines a Place Where Broken Hearts Come to Heal in New Romance Novel
“I think that pain and love are so closely related to each other.”
Why You Seriously Need to Stop Trying to Be Funny at Work
What feels wrong but okay to one colleague can feel simply wrong to another.
Rock, Scissors, Paper: Central Library to Host Nearly 100 Zine Exhibitors for Zine Fest
Check out hundreds of zines on Sunday at Central Library.
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The Boy Who Created The Boy and the Thing and a Lot of Other Things
Denver writer and artist Mariano Velasco wants to become the next Jim Henson.
Let’s Take This Book on the Road: Denver Teachers Take Their Book Van Around the City
A Novel Affair is a mobile romance bookshop named Doris.
What Happened to Silver Dollar Tabor? Rebecca Rosenberg Uncovers the Story of Baby Doe’s Daughter
Author Rebecca Rosenberg writes a second book in her Gold Digger series, this time focusing on Baby Doe Tabor’s daughter.
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Best-Selling Boulder Author Orbits Into the World of Martians With New Book
“We tend to think of space exploration as something that happened in the 1960s, or maybe the ’50s. But it really began with the Mars craze.”