GCC Reads

Want to Join GCC Reads?

If you are looking for more information about GCC Reads or would like to join a reading group, please contact Julie.Gray@gccaz.edu.

What is GCC Reads?

GCC Reads is a college book club open to all students, faculty, and staff.  Each semester, we have weekly meetings to talk about a different book.

Why join GCC Reads?

  • You can earn class credit (participating instructors only). 
  • You'll read more.
  • You'll read things you might not normally read.
  • You'll meet new people.
  • You'll have fun!!

"It's what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." Oscar Wilde

Fall 2024 Semester Book:

The Iliad, a graphic novel illustrated by Gareth Hinds

Previous GCC Reads Books:

  • Puerto Rican Goldilocks by Marisel Herrera (Fall 2014)
  • The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha (Fall 2014)
  • The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and Janet Mills (Spring 2015)
  • Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (Fall 2015)
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Spring 2016)
  • The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Spring 2017)
  • The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Fall 2017)
  • The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie (Spring 2018)
  • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (Fall 2018)
  • The Round House by Louise Erdrich (Spring 2019)
  • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Fall 2019)
  • A Place to Stand  by Jimmy Santiago Baca (Spring 2020)
  • I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez (Fall 2021)
  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (Fall 2023)
  • Where the Mountains Meet the Moon by Grace Lin (Spring 2024)