Grand Junction’s Friendly Bookstore!
Out West Books is an indie bookstore located on Main Street. Our goal is to provide readers of all ages with a great selection of books. From local authors and topics to the latest New York Times bestsellers, come browse our shelves and find your next read! Out West Books can also preorder or special order just about any new book in print.
Out West Books was established in 2014 by a Western Colorado native and is staffed by friendly readers who love giving book recommendations just as much as we love hearing about what you’ve already enjoyed. We pride ourselves on having a variety of genres, books for all ages, and more than a decade of experience in the Grand Valley.
Almost Animal and Amy Irvine are coming in November!
A ferocious, incandescent memoir about motherhood, liberation, and the natural world—following one woman’s journey to reclaim her wildest self. Almost Animal is available starting Tuesday, November 10.
Amy Irvine visits Out West Books on Tuesday, November 17 at 6pm. This is a free event and open to all.
Amy Irvine is a sixth-generation Utahn who descends from the first Mormons to occupy the West. Her memoir Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land received the Orion Book Award and the Colorado Book Award. Her second book, Desert Cabal: A New Season in the Wilderness, is a feminist response to Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire, and during lockdown, Pam Houston and Irvine coauthored the epistolary Air Mail: Letters of Politics, Pandemics, and Place. Irvine’s essays have appeared in both The Best American Science and Nature Writing and The Best American Food Writing, as well as Orion, Outside, High Country News, Lit Hub, and Backpacker. She lives and writes on a remote mesa in southwest Colorado.
Our Staff Recommends:
Stop into Out West and check out our “Staff Recommends” section to see what our staff are reading! Below is a sample of some of our recent favorites. Click on the Button below to be taken to our full recommendation page!
