Denver Gay Book Club

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Denver, CO, US

1,010 members · Public group

What we’re about

We read books and meet to talk about them. All genders and orientations are welcome, so long as you actually read the book (or at least some of it).

About a dozen readers showing up to our events, more in the winter, less in the summer (notwithstanding the 1000+ Meetup members we have).

Check out our Past Events to see the sorts of books we choose: Always fiction, often queer and contemporary, at times young adult or a classic.

Upcoming events

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Sun, Jan 11, 2026 · 1:00 PM MST
Housemates
Barquentine Brewing Company, 5505 W 20th Ave Suite 178, Edgewater, CO, US
At 1pm on January 11, 2026 at Barquentine, we will discuss "Housemates: A Novel" by Emma Copley Eisenberg. From Goodreads:

Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in a fractured America in this sparkling novel of love, friendship and chosen family, by the award-winning author of The Third Rainbow Girl.

What does it feel like, standing in the moments that will mark your life?

When Bernie replies to Leah's ad for a new housemate in Philadelphia, the two begin an intense and defiantly uncategorizable friendship based on a mutual belief in their art, and one another. Both aspire to capture the world around them: Leah through her writing; Bernie through her photography.

After Bernie's former photography professor, the renowned yet tarnished Daniel Dunn, dies and leaves her a complicated inheritance, Leah volunteers to accompany Bernie to his home in rural Pennsylvania, turning the jaunt into a road trip with an ambitious mission: to document America through words and photographs.

What ensues is a three-week journey into the heart of the nation, bringing the aritsts into conversation with people from all walks of life—“the absurd dreamers and failures of this wide, wide country”—as they try to make sense of the times they are living in. Along the way, Leah and Bernie discover what it means to to pursue their own ideas and dreams, and to embrace what they are capable of both romantically and artistically.

Housemates is a warm and insightful coming-of-age story of youth and freedom, a glorious celebration of queer life, and how art and love might save us all.
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