Atlas Books

Atlas Books Atlas Books is a cooperatively owned independent bookstore, located in downtown Johnson City, TN

Happy Friday! 💫 🎉 😎 June is just around the corner and we've got a calendar chockfull of fun events. Next Tuesday, June ...
05/29/2026

Happy Friday! 💫 🎉 😎 June is just around the corner and we've got a calendar chockfull of fun events. Next Tuesday, June 2nd, we have our monthly "Books & Brews" book club at Johnson City Brewing Company's Walnut Taproom at 6:30pm where we'll be discussing "Natural Beauty" by Ling Ling Huang.

We're also quite excited to celebrate the Summer Solstice in collaboration with Shakti in the Mountains on June 20th. The event will feature recipes from Lola Milholland's memoir "Group Living" and will focus on discussion around intentional community. This is a ticketed event with limited seating, so please visit Shakti's page to reserve your spot!

June is also Pride Month, and we'll be celebrating both with our usual q***r book club meet up on Thursday the 25th and Rainbowfest on Saturday the 27th! Keep an eye out for updates.

05/22/2026

There has been a slight change of plans for Michael Amos Cody's book launch tomorrow due to rain in the forecast... The book launch will take place at 7:00 PM tomorrow, Friday May 22, at the Generalist. 248 East Main Street, Johnson City, Tennessee.

The musical part of the evening will take place, but not until next Friday the 29th!

Howdy, friends! We have a quick update regarding the book launch for Michael Cody's newest novel "Avalon Moon". Given th...
05/22/2026

Howdy, friends!

We have a quick update regarding the book launch for Michael Cody's newest novel "Avalon Moon". Given the iffy weather forecast, we'll be relocating festivities to The Generalist in downtown JC. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and we're confident the author will be happy to sign yours if you ask nicely! 😉

See you all Friday at 7pm!

It's the first Tuesday of the month, which means we have our "Books & Brews" book club over at Johnson City Brewing Comp...
05/05/2026

It's the first Tuesday of the month, which means we have our "Books & Brews" book club over at Johnson City Brewing Company's Walnut Street Taproom! Join us at 6:30pm to discuss this month's pick "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach.

See y'all soon!

Happy May! Despite the little cold snap, we're feeling that spring buzz and have some fun things on the calendar 🌼 🐝 ✨To...
05/04/2026

Happy May! Despite the little cold snap, we're feeling that spring buzz and have some fun things on the calendar 🌼 🐝 ✨

Tomorrow, May 5th, we have our "Books & Brews" book club over at Johnson City Brewing Company's Walnut Street Taproom where we'll be discussing "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach. Book chat starts at 6:30pm!

Our q***r book club in collaboration with the Pride Community & Education Center will meet Thursday, May 28th, at JCBC's downtown taproom to talk about "Our Wives Under the Sea" by Julia Armfield. Join us at 7pm—new folks always welcome!

We're also quite excited to announce that local author and ETSU professor Michael Cody will be releasing his newest novel "Avalon Moon" this month! There will be a release party on Friday, May 22nd, which will include a musical performance and book signing. We'll be there with books available for purchase!

Check out Facebook for additional event details: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BGEhj9Ykh/

That’s almost a wrap on April! We’re still riding that high from Indie Bookstore Day, so many thanks again to everyone w...
04/29/2026

That’s almost a wrap on April! We’re still riding that high from Indie Bookstore Day, so many thanks again to everyone who came out to show support ✨

If you’re still hankering for some bookish activity, we have our monthly q***r book club in collaboration with over ’s downtown taproom starting at 7pm—new folks always welcome!

We’ll be back soon with our May calendar of events, so keep an eye out 👀

🎉 Today's the day! 🎉 Come help us celebrate Independent Bookstore Day! We have some fun exclusive titles and merch avail...
04/25/2026

🎉 Today's the day! 🎉 Come help us celebrate Independent Bookstore Day! We have some fun exclusive titles and merch available over at our "book nook" at The Generalist, open today from 11am–10pm. And if you didn't already know, we have quite a few great indie bookstores throughout the area, so be sure to hit them up today and show your support!

Shop special online sales all weekend long at bookshop.org and libro.fm—check the links in our bio!

As an indie bookstore in Appalachia, we cannot abide laws that threaten to take away our ability to share the stories of...
04/16/2026

As an indie bookstore in Appalachia, we cannot abide laws that threaten to take away our ability to share the stories of our people and communities, which are as diverse as the natural world of mountains and hollers that we call home.

We stand alongside over 100 grassroots and national advocacy organizations, publishers, booksellers, parent groups, and professional associations in opposition to H.R. 7661.

CALL TO ACTION: Use the EveryLibrary action center to urge your representative to vote NO, or better, yet, to not take it up for a vote. https://tinyurl.com/hapf2m9r

We've made it midway through the month and we're not slowing down! Here's a look at all the exciting things we've got go...
04/16/2026

We've made it midway through the month and we're not slowing down! Here's a look at all the exciting things we've got going on:

- This Saturday, April 18th, we'll be at The Hideaway for Tree Fest with a fun little curated selection of titles and goodies. Come for the music and maybe leave with a rad book! 🤘

- Next Tuesday and Wednesday, April 21st–22nd, we're back at the annual ETSU Spring Literary Festival! Shout out to the Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative for organizing this event and always inviting us to take part. Get full programming details of speakers and panels on their page. 📚

- And what serendipity that the entire week of April 20th is gearing up for Indie Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 25th! Libro.fm and Bookshop.org are both running special sales to celebrate—use the links in our bio to shop and support us! 🎉

- Rounding out the month we have our q***r book club in collaboration with the Pride Community & Education Center. Join us over at Johnson City Brewing Company's downtown taproom on Thursday, April 30th at 7pm to discuss this month's pick "Brat" by Gabriel Smith! 💫

What's one to do with this wealth of literary goodness? Whatever you decide, we appreciate ya!

🌷Happy April, y'all!🌷It's another month of book clubs and events, including the annual ETSU Spring Literary Festival pre...
04/02/2026

🌷Happy April, y'all!🌷

It's another month of book clubs and events, including the annual ETSU Spring Literary Festival presented by the Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative and Independent Bookstore Day! 🎉🎉🎉

Catch us at Johnson City Brewing Company's Walnut Street Taproom next Tuesday, April 7th for our monthly "Books & Brews" book club where we'll be discussing "The Rainfall Market" by You Yeong-Gwang. New folks are always welcome!

Be sure to mark your calendars for the week of April 20th when we harness all the big book energy into Indie Bookstore Spirit Week and the ETSU Literary Festival. Keep an eye out for more details over the coming weeks! 💫

Finishing out the month our q***r book club in collaboration with the Pride Community & Education Center will meet over at JCBC's Downtown Taproom on Thursday, April 30th to chat about "Brat" by Gabriel Smith. Book chat starts at 7pm!

As always, thanks for supporting your local indie!

The month is flying by and we have a couple events coming up for folks in need of some more literary programming in thei...
03/26/2026

The month is flying by and we have a couple events coming up for folks in need of some more literary programming in their lives! Tonight, we have our monthly q***r book club meetup in collaboration with the Pride Community & Education Center to discuss "Babel-17" by Samuel Delany over at Johnson City Brewing Company's downtown taproom. The book chat starts at 7pm!

Next Tuesday, we'll be over at ETSU helping out with their Translation Symposium featuring poet Manuel Iris. Find us at both the 2pm and 7pm sessions to purchase his most recent works and get them signed! Check out Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative page for more event details.

And, another community reader recommendation to inspire you if you're in a reading rut, or just enjoy compulsively adding titles to your TBR lists—we won't judge! If you're interested in submitting a reading rec, shoot us a message 🤙

We've got some fun things coming up for April, so keep an eye out for updates!

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The Generalist Store/248 East Main Street
Johnson City, TN
37604

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 10pm
Tuesday 11am - 10pm
Wednesday 11am - 10pm
Thursday 11am - 10pm
Friday 11am - 10pm
Saturday 10am - 10pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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