Books & Brews 2021

A list of this year's titles for the Books & Brews Book Group!


Books & Brews 2021


Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

The heartbreaking and true story of an American family's struggle with schizophrenia, after six of the twelve children were diagnosed with the disease in the 1970's.

December 2021

The Night Watchman The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman tells the fictional stories of Thomas Wazhashk, a night watchman at a jewel bearing plant and Pixie Paranteau, a worker at the plant, as they balance their lives in a reservation community with the growing threat of anti-Native American legislature and family struggles.

November 2021

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Written in Mary Roach's uniquely witty style, Stiff breaks down and explores the history of cadavers.

October 2021

Call Me American: A Memoir Call Me American: A Memoir by Abdi Nor Iftin

Iftin's memoir begins with his childhood in Mogadishu and fascination with the lifestyles and pop culture of Americans, and follows him through surviving the rise of al-Shabaab while transmitting secret broadcasts to NPR and other Internet sources.

September 2021

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

What kind of conversations is your therapist having with her therapist? Gottlieb answers this question in a poignant memoir, following a personal crisis and self-revelations brought on by her own therapy.

August 2021

My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Moshfegh takes on the story of a young woman searching for happiness in the world with black humor and surprising vulnerability. The narrator seems to have everything, but is still struggling to feel fulfilled and seeks out the help of a psychiatrist and a whole lot of drugs.

July 2021

The Queen's Gambit The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

Now an acclaimed Netflix adaptation starring Anya Taylor Joy, The Queen's Gambit tells the story of Beth Harmon, a child chess prodigy since age eight.

June 2021

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously by Jessica Pan

Author Jessica Pan decides that for one year, she is going to live life as an extrovert and do everything she never did as an introvert. Her experiment goes right and wrong in the most interesting ways.

May 2021

Lakewood Lakewood by Megan Giddings

Lena Johnson takes a job in the mysterious town of Lakewood, following the death of her grandmother and the revelation of an extreme family debt. But learning about the secret research done in Lakewood will test her morality.

April 2021

Children of the Land Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernández Castillo

Renowned poet Castillo recants in this memoir the efforts of his family to immigrate from Mexico to America, and the difficulty of growing up undocumented in the United States

March 2021

Commonwealth Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

Commonwealth is a brilliant story about two families coming together in strange circumstances - how the parents and children's lives will change forever as the story grows bigger than them.

February 2021

The Subtweet The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya

The Subtweet is the story of two musicians who become friends until jealousy, fame, and a single tweet destroy everything between them.

January 2021

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