Books & Brews: Seven Easy Pieces🔗

Online

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte (2024).

The other suggestions were:

• Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange (2024).
• There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak (2024).

Seth is suggesting books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Minor Plagiarism Edition🔗

Online

From Shack’s suggestions we chose:

• Yellowface by R F Kuang (2023).

The other suggestions were:

• The Wedding People by Alison Espach (2024).
• The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (2024).

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Taciturn Moose Edition🔗

Online

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (2023).

The other suggestions were:

• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (1992) 🏆.
• Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (2008) 🏆.

Shack suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 All the Pretty Horses: National Book Award winner 1992.

🏆 Olive Kitteridge: Pulitzer winner 2009.

Books & Brews: Vast, Deep, Mostly Dark🔗

Online

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (2023).

The other suggestions were:

• There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak (2024).
• Playground by Richard Powers (2024).

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: May Contain Job-Like Substance🔗

Online

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura (2020).

The other suggestions were:

• Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin (2024).
• What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama (2020).

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Starbucks Name🔗

Online

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• Jaded by Ela Lee (2024).

The other suggestions were:

• Mockingbird Summer by Lynda Rutledge (2024).
• Grown Women by Sarai Johnson (2024).

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Or Can It🔗

Online

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935).

The other suggestions were:

• The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (2023).
• North Woods by Daniel Mason (2023).

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: The Past Isn't Over🔗

Online

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry (2023).

The other suggestions were:

• Trespass by Rose Tremain (2010).
• After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by 2009 (Evie Wyld).

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: A Journey into the Interior🔗

Online

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• Marrow by Robert Reed (2000).

The other suggestions were:

• The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez (2020).
• These Burning Stars by Bethany James (2023).

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Pro Caring🔗

Online

From Shack’s suggestions we chose:

• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005).

The other suggestions were:

• The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis (2023).
• Weyward by Emilia Hart (2023).

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Fast Forward🔗

Online

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins (2023).

The other suggestions were:

• The Future by Naomi Alderman (2023).
• Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (2023).

Shack suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Well-Armed🔗

Online

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (2022).

The other suggestions were:

• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (2019) 🏆.
• Translation State by Ann Leckie (2023).

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 A Memory Called Empire: Hugo winner 2020.

Books & Brews: Fortune Puzzle🔗

Online

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• Trust by Hernan Diaz (2022) 🏆.

The other suggestions were:

• The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter (2017) 🏆.
• The Odyssey by Homer and Emily Wilson (−800).

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 Trust: Pulitzer winner 2023.

🏆 The Art of Losing: IMPAC winner 2022.

Books & Brews: No Epic Life Wherein🔗

Online

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• Middlemarch by George Eliot (1872).

The other suggestions were:

• Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (1848).
• The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (1881).

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Not a Body of Water🔗

Online

From Charlotte’s suggestions we chose:

• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (2023).

The other suggestions were:

• Summer’s Lease by John Mortimer (1988).
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1937).

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: How monstrous exactly?🔗

Online

From Keeley’s suggestions we chose:

• Ordinary Monsters by J M Miro (2022).

The other suggestions were:

• American Gods by Neil Gaimain (2001).
• Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay (2016).

Charlotte suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Beach Babe->Revolution🔗

Underbutt House

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (2022).

The other suggestions were:

• Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (2023).
• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (2022).

Keeley suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Surprisingly Relevant to Right Now🔗

Online

From Chantae’s suggestions we chose:

• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (2022) 🏆.

The other suggestions were:

• Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence (1928).
• Empire by Gore Vidal (1987).

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 Demon Copperhead: Pulitzer winner 2023.

Books & Brews: Blast from the Past🔗

Online

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (2022).

The other suggestions were:

• The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule (2023).
• Recursion by Blake Crouch (2019).

Chantae suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Triple Play🔗

Online

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• The Actual Star by Monica Byrne (2021).

The other suggestions were:

• Ombria in Shadow by Patricia McKillip (2002).
• Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (1991).

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Mass Dragoning Event🔗

Online

From Jess’s suggestions we chose:

• When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (2022).

The other suggestions were:

• Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy (2021).
• Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller (2020).

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Some Number of Tomorrows🔗

Online

From Shack’s suggestions we chose:

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (2022).

The other suggestions were:

• Downbelow Station by C J Cherryh (1981) 🏆.
• The Fifth Season by N K Jemisin (2015) 🏆.

Jess suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 Downbelow Station: Hugo winner 1982.

🏆 The Fifth Season: Hugo winner 2016.

Books & Brews: Harry 15.0🔗

Online

From Michael’s suggestions we chose:

• The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (2014).

The other suggestions were:

• When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (2022).
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (2020).

Shack suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Death and Variations🔗

Online

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (1855).

The other suggestions were:

• Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (1874).
• Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (1848).

Michael suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Atonal Response🔗

Online

From Keeley’s suggestions we chose:

• Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R F Kuang (2022) 🏆.

The other suggestions were:

• Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay (2016).
• Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott (2022).

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution: Nebula winner 2023. Locus Fantasy winner 2023.

Books & Brews: Basalt Plains🔗

Online

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (2022).

The other suggestions were:

• Upgrade by Blake Crouch (2022).
• The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton (2022).

Keeley suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Mars Equation🔗

Online

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier (2022).

The other suggestions were:

• The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler (2022).
• Sand by Hugh Howey (2014).

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Oakland Bound🔗

Online

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• There, There by Tommy Orange (2018).

The other suggestions were:

• Obasan by Joy Kogawa (1981).
• Atonement by Ian McEwan (2001).

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Just a Pointy Stick🔗

Online

From Dominica’s suggestions we chose:

• Spear by Nicola Griffith (2022).

The other suggestions were:

• The City Inside by Samit Basu (2022).
• A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys (2022).

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: The Hunger🔗

Online

From Jess’s suggestions we chose:

• Milk Fed by Melissa Broder (2021).

The other suggestions were:

• Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson (2022).
• The Midnight Bargain by C L Polk (2020).

Dominica suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Urban Gloom🔗

Online

From Shack’s suggestions we chose:

• The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (2019) 🏆.

The other suggestions were:

• Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021).
• Space Opera by Catherynne M Valente (2018).

Jess suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 The City in the Middle of the Night: Locus SF winner 2020.

Books & Brews: Exclusive Tutelage🔗

Online

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• The Secret History by Donna Tartt (1992).

The other suggestions were:

• The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen (1938).
• The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald (1995).

Shack suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Haunting at the Bookstore🔗

Online

From Danielle’s suggestions we chose:

• The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (2021).

The other suggestions were:

• Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi (2021).
• The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (2019) 🏆.

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 The City in the Middle of the Night: Locus SF winner 2020.

Books & Brews: Seven-Star Painting🔗

Online

From Michael’s suggestions we chose:

• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V E Schwab (2020).

The other suggestions were:

• Midnight Library by Matt Haig (2020).
• The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley (2017).

Danielle suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Praying or Sinning🔗

Online

From Keeley’s suggestions we chose:

• The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak (2013).

The other suggestions were:

• The Bone Ships by R J Barker (2019).
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2001) 🏆.

Michael suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 American Gods: Nebula winner 2003. Hugo winner 2002. Locus Fantasy winner 2002.

Books & Brews: Ravenous Near-Homophone🔗

Online

From Heather’s suggestions we chose:

• The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh (2004).

The other suggestions were:

• Dust by Elizabeth Bear (2007).
• Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1989) 🏆.

Keeley suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 Hyperion: Locus SF winner 1990. Hugo winner 1990.

Books & Brews: Climate Secrets🔗

Online

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (2021).

The other suggestions were:

• Bewilderment by Richard Powers (2021).
• Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (2021).

Heather suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Violin Antihero🔗

Online

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (2021).

The other suggestions were:

• A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (2021).
• Constance by Matthew FitzSimmons (2021).

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Tell Us a Story🔗

Online

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• The Telling by Ursula K Le Guin (2000) 🏆.

The other suggestions were:

• The Actual Star by Monica Byrne (2021).
• Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A McKillip (2002) 🏆.

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 The Telling: Locus SF winner 2001.

🏆 Ombria in Shadow: WFA winner 2003.

Books & Brews: Other Sister Edition🔗

Online

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë (1847).

The other suggestions were:

• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847).
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1847).

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Like What You See🔗

Online

From Danielle’s suggestions we chose:

• Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang (2002).

The other suggestions were:

• The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich (2008).
• The South by Colm Tóibín (1990).

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Reverberation Spouse🔗

Online

From Sarah’s suggestions we chose:

• The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (2021).

The other suggestions were:

• Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (2019).
• Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Meryem Alaoui (2020).

Danielle suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Merciful Fate🔗

Online

From Jess’s suggestions we chose:

• The Fate of Mercy Alban by Wendy Webb (2013).

The other suggestions were:

• Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia (2021).
• People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (2021).

Sarah suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Write Down the Magic🔗

Online

From Michael’s suggestions we chose:

• Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett (2018).

The other suggestions were:

• The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (2014).
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V E Schwab (2020).

Jess suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Listen, Speak, Release🔗

Online

From Keeley’s suggestions we chose:

• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow (2020).

The other suggestions were:

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (2009) 🏆.
• The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neil Gaiman and Nicole Galland (2017).

Michael suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 Wolf Hall: Booker winner 2009.

Books & Brews: Totally Not Lord of the Flies🔗

Online

From Dominica’s suggestions we chose:

• A Luminous Republic by Andrés Barba.

The other suggestions were:

• Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami.
• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Keeley suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Rose-Tinted Glasses🔗

Online

From Shack’s suggestions we chose:

• Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde.

The other suggestions were:

• The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson.
• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green.

Dominica suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: An Eclipse at Solstice🔗

Online

From Bryne’s suggestions we chose:

• Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.

The other suggestions were:

• The Bone People by Keri Hulme.
• The Barren Grounds by David Alexander Robertson.

Shack suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Done with Bonaparte🔗

Online

From Brandon’s suggestions we chose:

• The Passion by Jeannette Winterson.

The other suggestions were:

• If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin.
• Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.

Bryne suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Turned You Around🔗

Online

From Heather’s suggestions we chose:

• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell.

The other suggestions were:

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

Brandon suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Wild and Free🔗

Online

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.

The other suggestions were:

• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid.
• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi.

Heather suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Saunas Bad🔗

Online

From Matt’s suggestions we chose:

• The Ministry of the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson.

The other suggestions were:

• The Peace War by Vernor Vinge.
• The Vorrh by B Catling.

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Sleight of Plane🔗

Online

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• The Adjacent by Christopher Priest.

The other suggestions were:

• Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A McKillip.
• Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner.

Matt suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Wormfood🔗

Online

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• Dune by Frank Herbert (1965) 🏆.

The other suggestions were:

• When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole.
• The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel.

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 Dune: Nebula winner 1966. Hugo winner 1966.

Books & Brews: Race to the Top🔗

Online

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead.

The other suggestions were:

• Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky.
• The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman.

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Heathcliff Cthulhu Electric Boogaloo🔗

Online

From Danielle’s suggestions we chose:

• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

The other suggestions were:

• Tales of Burning Love by Louise Erdrich.
• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi.

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Stories of Empire🔗

Online

From Sarah’s suggestions we chose:

• Kalpa Imperial by Angèlica Gorodischer.

The other suggestions were:

• The Island of Eternal Love by Daína Chaviano.
• Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson.

Danielle suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: London Needs More Colors🔗

Online

From Michael’s suggestions we chose:

• A Darker Shade of Magic by V E Schwab.

The other suggestions were:

• The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley.
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern.

Sarah suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Here Be Dragons🔗

Online

From Keeley’s suggestions we chose:

• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon.

The other suggestions were:

• The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie.
• Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott.

Michael suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Fairytale of New York🔗

Online

From Jess’s suggestions we chose:

• The City We Became by N K Jemisin.

The other suggestions were:

• Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey.
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.

Keeley suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Hard SF Fantasy🔗

Online

From Dominica’s suggestions we chose:

• 16 Ways to Defend a Walled City by K J Parker.

The other suggestions were:

• Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
• The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea.

Jess suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Red vs. Blue🔗

David & Jess's Place

From Shack’s suggestions we chose:

• This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.

The other suggestions were:

• Out by Natsuo Kirino.
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.

Dominica suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Don't Stop Moving🔗

Underbutt House

From Chantae’s suggestions we chose:

• Flights by Olga Tokarczuk.

The other suggestions were:

• Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi.
• The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai.

Shack suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: For Your Own Good🔗

Underbutt House

From Meghan’s suggestions we chose:

• Dawn by Octavia Butler.

The other suggestions were:

• A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.
• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.

Chantae suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Acculturation🔗

Triangle House

From Heather’s suggestions we chose:

• Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks.

The other suggestions were:

• His Master's Voice by Stanislaw Lem.
• The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh.

Meghan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: A Bug's Life🔗

Triangle House

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• The Bug by Ellen Ullman.

The other suggestions were:

• The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar.
• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.

Heather suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Please Read This🔗

Matt's place

From Matt’s suggestions we chose:

• To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers.

The other suggestions were:

• Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson.
• Spaceman Blues by Brian Francis Slattery.

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Ent Network🔗

Glascock House

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• The Overstory by Richard Powers.

The other suggestions were:

• The Telling by Ursula K Le Guin.
• The Adjacent by Christopher Priest.

Matt suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Like Avatar, But Not Stupid🔗

Triangle House

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin.

The other suggestions were:

• Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson.
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: American Nighttime🔗

Glascock House

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• Tender Is the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald.

The other suggestions were:

• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.
• Papillon by Henri Charrière.

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: American Dreamland🔗

The Treehouse

From Charlotte’s suggestions we chose:

• Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue.

The other suggestions were:

• Life After Life by Kate Atkinson.
• Less by Andrew Sean Greer.

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: In the Shadow of Brexit🔗

Glascock House

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• Autumn by Ali Smith.

The other suggestions were:

• Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan.
• Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer.

Charlotte suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Who Was This Guy?🔗

The Treehouse

From Danielle’s suggestions we chose:

• The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett.

The other suggestions were:

• Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich.
• Zone One by Colson Whitehead.

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Not the Carl Hiaasen one🔗

Sarah's Place

From Sarah’s suggestions we chose:

• Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin.

The other suggestions were:

• Radiance by Catherynne M Valente.
• The Fifth Season by N K Jemisin.

Danielle suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: The Book U Read🔗

Triangle House

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.

The other suggestions were:

• A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza .
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah .

Sarah suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Science versus the World🔗

Triangle House

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders.

The other suggestions were:

• The City of Brass by S A Chakraborty.
• Vicious by V E Schwab.

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Shapeshifting Queer Theory🔗

Jess & Shack's place

From Jess’s suggestions we chose:

• Paul Takes the form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor.

The other suggestions were:

• The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney.
• The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert.

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: First Rule of Civility Club🔗

Triangle House

From Owen’s suggestions we chose:

• Rules of Civility by Amor Towles.

The other suggestions were:

• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.
• A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.

Jess suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: WWII Sisterhood🔗

Jess & Shack's place

From Shack’s suggestions we chose:

• The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck.

The other suggestions were:

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Husseini.
• Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata.

Owen suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Space Hostel Melodrama🔗

Triangle House

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• Brightness Falls from the Air by James Tiptree, Jr..

The other suggestions were:

• Middlemarch by George Eliot.
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.

Shack suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Wonders in the Dark🔗

Underbutt House

From Chantae’s suggestions we chose:

• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.

The other suggestions were:

• The Summer Book by Tove Jansson.
• Freedom and Death by Nikos Kazantzakis.

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Winding Warping Words🔗

Triangle House

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• Amatka by Karin Tidbeck.

The other suggestions were:

• An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard.
• Hild by Nicola Griffith.

Chantae suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Shaky Flame🔗

Underbutt House

From Meghan’s suggestions we chose:

• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng.

The other suggestions were:

• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.
• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: The Real Enemy of my People is Here🔗

Allan's place

From Liz’s suggestions we chose:

• The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

The other suggestions were:

• Geek Love by Katherin Dunn.
• American War by Omar El Akkad.

Meghan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Summer is Coming🔗

Harper House

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• The Snow Queen by Joan D Vinge.

The other suggestions were:

• Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan.
• Blindness by Pam Muñoz Ryan.

Liz suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Electric Love🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Bryne’s suggestions we chose:

• The Power by Naomi Alderman.

The other suggestions were:

• Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor.
• Egalia's Daughters by Gerd Brantenberg.

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Sanity is a Closed Book🔗

Allan's place

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin.

The other suggestions were:

• Clade by James Bradley.
• Noumenon by Marina J Lostetter.

Bryne suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: YAEP🔗

The Treehouse

From Charlotte’s suggestions we chose:

• Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell.

The other suggestions were:

• The Power by Naomi Alderman.
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Boxed In🔗

Harper House

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• The Box Man by Kōbō Abe.

The other suggestions were:

• The Dichronauts by Greg Egan.
• The Vegetarian by Han Kang.

Charlotte suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Love Among Books🔗

The Treehouse

From Danielle’s suggestions we chose:

• How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry.

The other suggestions were:

• What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons.
• Refuge by Dinah Nayeri.

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Allegedly Sexy Magic Fun Times🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Bryce’s suggestions we chose:

• Imajica by Clive Barker.

The other suggestions were:

• Silverlock by John Myers Myers.
• Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake.

Danielle suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Other Friends Just Average🔗

Underbutt House

From Chantae’s suggestions we chose:

• My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.

The other suggestions were:

• A Mercy by Toni Morrison.
• Native Son by Richard Wright.

Bryce suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Space or Soap Edition🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.

The other suggestions were:

• The Mount by Carol Emshwiller.
• Queen City Jazz by Kathleen Ann Goonan.

Chantae suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Superfluous OYGBIV🔗

Harper House

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• Beautiful Red by M Darusha Wehm.

The other suggestions were:

• Dawn by Octavia Butler.
• Purity by Jonathan Franzen.

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Upstairs/Downstairs🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Bryne’s suggestions we chose:

• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

The other suggestions were:

• The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Counterculture Aftermath🔗

Harper House

From Meghan’s suggestions we chose:

• Vida by Marge Piercy.

The other suggestions were:

• The Unseen World by Liz Moore.
• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

Bryne suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Small Still Water🔗

Jess & Shack's place

From Jess’s suggestions we chose:

• Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett.

The other suggestions were:

• The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney.
• Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry.

Meghan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: After the End🔗

Jess & Shack's place

From Shack’s suggestions we chose:

• Wool by Hugh Howey.

The other suggestions were:

• Crosstalk by Connie Willis.
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.

Jess suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Butter Synergy🔗

Allan's place

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie.

The other suggestions were:

• Purity by Jonathan Franzen.
• Kindred by Octavia Butler.

Shack suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Conformity Process🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon.

The other suggestions were:

• Permutation City by Greg Egan.
• Plus by Joseph McElroy.

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Apocalyptic Gender Destiny🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• The Gate to Women's Country by Sherri S Tepper.

The other suggestions were:

• The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson.
• The Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald.

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: A Lot To Live Up To🔗

The Treehouse

From Danielle’s suggestions we chose:

• The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.

The other suggestions were:

• A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin.
• Angels & Insects by A S Byatt.

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: The Key to a Good Story🔗

The Treehouse

From Charlotte’s suggestions we chose:

• What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi.

The other suggestions were:

• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
• Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire.

Danielle suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Italian Beach Edition🔗

Jenn & Stu's Place

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante.

The other suggestions were:

• Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
• The Alchemist by Paulo Cuelho.

Charlotte suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: French Cookie Appreciation🔗

Underbutt House

From Chantae’s suggestions we chose:

• Swann's Way by Marcel Proust.

The other suggestions were:

• To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf.
• Ada or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov.

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Irresponsible Ice Cream Cones🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Bryne’s suggestions we chose:

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

The other suggestions were:

• The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan.
• The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.

Chantae suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Unlined Writing Paper Edition🔗

Underbutt House

From Brandon’s suggestions we chose:

• Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar.

The other suggestions were:

• The Kite-Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
• Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce.

Bryne suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Copenhagen City to NYC and Back🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Zosha’s suggestions we chose:

• A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James.

The other suggestions were:

• Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar.
• The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R Delany.

Brandon suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: One Sun Good, Three Suns Bad🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Matt’s suggestions we chose:

• The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu.

The other suggestions were:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
• Spaceman Blues by Brian Francis Slattery.

Zosha suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: What's What on Pala🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• Island by Aldous Huxley.

The other suggestions were:

• The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne.
• The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse.

Matt suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Twelve and Seven🔗

Sarah's Place

From Sarah’s suggestions we chose:

• The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton.

The other suggestions were:

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
• City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer.

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Spatial Disintegration Edition🔗

Public House

From Caitlin’s suggestions we chose:

• Men in Space by Tom McCarthy.

The other suggestions were:

• Open City by Teju Cole.
• The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson.

Sarah suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Snow White Remix Edition🔗

Public House

From Meghan’s suggestions we chose:

• Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi.

The other suggestions were:

• A Replacement Life by Boris Fishman.
• The Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber.

Caitlin suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Visionary Swarm Edition🔗

Allan's place

From Allan’s suggestions we chose:

• Octavia's Brood by Walidah Imarisha, adrienne maree brown, and eds..

The other suggestions were:

• Geek Mafia by Rick Dakan.
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon.

Meghan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Timey Timething of Time Edition🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy.

The other suggestions were:

• A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki.
• The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey.

Allan suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Clock Ritual Edition🔗

TMI

From Claudia’s suggestions we chose:

• The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks.

The other suggestions were:

• Death on the Installment Plan by Louis Ferdinand Céline.
• Skagboys by Irvine Welsh.

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Hell and Back Edition🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Jess’s suggestions we chose:

• Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey.

The other suggestions were:

• Sunshine by Robin McKinley.
• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

Claudia suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Afrofuturism Edition🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Dash’s suggestions we chose:

• Wild Seed by Octavia Butler.

The other suggestions were:

• Cannery Row by John Steinbeck.
• The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez.

Jess suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: RTFM🔗

Public House

From Chantae’s suggestions we chose:

• Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec.

Dash suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: What Color is this Wine?🔗

Public House

From Dustin’s suggestions we chose:

• Black Wine by Candas Jane Dorsey.

The other suggestions were:

• The Golden Age by Michal Ajvaz.
• Lock In by John Scalzi.

Chantae suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews Says Ursula Don't Need No K🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Shack’s suggestions we chose:

• The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin.

The other suggestions were:

• Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
• Neuromancer by William Gibson.

Dustin suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: The Interestings🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Jenn’s suggestions we chose:

• The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer.

The other suggestions were:

• Life After Life by Kate Atkinson.
• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

Shack suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Red Harvest🔗

Jabba the Loft

From Seth’s suggestions we chose:

• Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929).

The other suggestions were:

• Desolation Angels by Jack Keruoac (1965).
• The Underground Man by Mick Jackson (1997).

Jenn suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews Goes Postal🔗

Public House

From Stuart’s suggestions we chose:

• Post Office by Charles Bukowski (1971).

Seth suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: The Blind Assassin🔗

The Treehouse

From Danielle’s suggestions we chose:

• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2000) 🏆.

Stuart suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 The Blind Assassin: Booker winner 2000.

Books & Brews: Interpreter of Maladies🔗

From Charlotte’s suggestions we chose:

• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (1999) 🏆.

Danielle suggested books at this meeting.

🏆 Interpreter of Maladies: Pulitzer winner 2000.

Books & Brews: The Instructions 2🔗

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• The Instructions by Adam Levin (2010).

Charlotte suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: The Instructions 1🔗

Public House

From Tadhg’s suggestions we chose:

• The Instructions by Adam Levin (2010).

The other suggestions were:

• Ulysses by James Joyce (1922).
• The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson (1975).

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: House of Leaves🔗

From Bryne’s suggestions we chose:

• House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski (2000).

Tadhg suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: The Crying of Lot 49🔗

From Brandon’s suggestions we chose:

• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (1966).

Bryne suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: The People of Paper🔗

Public House

From Zoelle’s suggestions we chose:

• The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia (2005).

Brandon suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: The Carpet Makers🔗

Public House

From Dustin’s suggestions we chose:

• The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach (1995).

The other suggestions were:

• Bloodchild by Octavia Butler (2005).
• Atlantis: Three Tales by Samuel R Delany (1995).

Zoelle suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: Heart-Shaped Box🔗

Public House

From Claudia’s suggestions we chose:

• Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (2007).

The other suggestions were:

• Rant by Chuck Palahniuk (2007).

Dustin suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: A Fisherman of the Inland Sea🔗

Public House

From Chantae’s suggestions we chose:

• A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K Le Guin (1994).

Claudia suggested books at this meeting.

Books & Brews: First Meeting🔗

Public House

Chantae suggested books at this meeting.