Staff Picks: Books on Tap

Books on Tap is a book club for people who don’t want to be told what to read.  We meet the third Thursday of the month at 6pm a rotating location of local breweries and pubs to talk about all things books.  Below is a list of (almost) all the books we talked about.

The next meeting is Thursday, July 18 at Trinken Brewing Co., and is open to readers of all genres and styles.

 

 

The Power by Naomi Alderman

Ghost Station by S. A. Barnes

Broken Lives by Estelle Blackburn

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

The War that Saved My Life and Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Bone Harvest by James Brogden

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Wolf in White Van and Devil House by John Darnielle

Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen

James by Percival Everett

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Golden Bough: A History of Myth and Religion by James George Frazier

The Women’s War and Mother of All by Jenna Glass

The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Happy Place by Emily Henry

The Fireman by Joe Hill

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

Talks to Teachers on Psychology by William James

Ulysses by James Joyce

Favorite Stephen King Books: Four Seasons (series), The Cell, The Body, 11:22:63

A Court of Thorns and Roses (and all her other series) by Sarah J Maas

Fast Talker by Michael Mahana

I’m Glad My Mom Died (specifically the audio book as it is read by the author) by Jennette McCurdy

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

Lies and Sorcery by Elsa Morante

Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Super Host by Kate Russo

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

Toast by Nigel Slater

Night of the Living Rez and Fire Exit by Morgan Talty

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Horror Movie and Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

The Last House of Needless Street by Catriona Ward

The Midcoast by Adam White

Nothing To See Here (and other titles) by Kevin Wilson

Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt by Andrea Wulf

Global Babies (board book)

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