Unabridged Bookstore

The Queer Book Club meets to discuss Garth Greenwell's acclaimed debut novel—a lyric, unflinching exploration of desire, loneliness, and the ways our pasts shape how we love. This monthly reading group alternates between classics of gay fiction and contemporary voices,...

The Horror Book Club digs into Kylie Lee Baker's award-winning novel—a darkly brilliant horror story about a crime scene cleaner haunted by her sister's murder, inner trauma, and hungry ghosts in Chinatown. Baker's writing blends East Asian heritage, pandemic-era violence,...

The Reading is Resistance Book Club digs into Robert Macfarlane's "Is a River Alive?"—a sweeping meditation on rivers as living beings, told through three journeys across Ecuador, India, and Canada. Macfarlane's prose is the kind that makes you slow down...

Unabridged's Fiction Book Club digs into Mary Renault's "The King Must Die," her ingenious retelling of the Theseus myth. Renault, celebrated for her forthright treatment of gay relationships and her vivid reconstructions of ancient Greece, transforms legend into a fast-paced...

Tuesday nights at Unabridged belong to readers diving into queer literature that actually matters. This month the group is tackling Chloe Michelle Howarth's Sunburn — a book that's been generating real conversation about desire, identity, and what it means to...

A monthly gathering for readers who love horror with substance—the kind that gets under your skin and stays there. This month, the group digs into Lindqvist's atmospheric vampire novel, a story about isolation, connection, and what it means to be...

Dive into Premilla Nadasen's "Care" with a group of readers who think critically about what books mean and why they matter. This month's Reading is Resistance gathering explores care work, community, and the politics of everyday life—the kind of conversation...

Unabridged's Fiction Book Club digs into Fran Ross's cult classic "Oreo"—a sharp, inventive novel that's part picaresque adventure, part satire, all brilliant. Come ready to talk about what makes this book such a singular read, and why it's stuck with...

Unabridged's Speculative Book Club is diving into Shannon Chakraborty's swashbuckling fantasy adventure about a retired pirate captain drawn back into a dangerous world of magic and intrigue. It's the kind of book that sparks real conversation — richly imagined worldbuilding,...

The Queer Book Club digs into Owen Keehnen's "A Place for Us" — a story about finding home and community in unexpected places. Expect thoughtful conversation, a room full of readers who actually show up ready to talk, and the...

The Queer Book Club digs into Owen Keehnen's "A Place for Us" — a novel about queer life, community, and finding where you belong. Gather with fellow readers who actually want to talk about the books that matter to them....

Unabridged's Horror Book Club digs into Michael McDowell's "The Elementals," a Southern Gothic masterpiece about a family haunted by something far older and stranger than a typical ghost story. If you love horror that builds dread through atmosphere and character,...