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Book summaries with tea or coffee pairings.

  • Half of a Yellow Sun

    Title: Half of a Yellow Sun Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Genres: African fiction, War fiction Summary (from publisher): A seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters. Tea/Coffee: Maraba Read more

  • The House on Mango Street

    Title: The House on Mango Street Author: Sandra Cisneros Genres: Latino fiction Summary (from publisher): Told in a series of vignettes—sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyous—Cisneros’s masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery and one of the greatest neighborhood novels of all time. Tea/Coffee: Hot Chocolate Coffee using Cafe Rebelde Read more

  • Giovanni’s Room

    Title: Giovanni’s Room Author: James Baldwin Genres: LGBTQ+ fiction, Black American fiction Summary (from publisher): Set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality.  Tea/Coffee: Latte using Aviator Read more

  • Milk and Honey

    Title: Milk and Honey Author: Rupi Kaur Genres: Poetry Summary (from publisher): The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Tea/Coffee: Golden Lily Oolong Tea Read more

  • Love in the Big City

    Title: Love in the Big City Author: Sang Young Park Genres: Korean Fiction, LGBTQ+ Fiction Summary (from publisher): Young is a cynical yet fun-loving Korean student who pinballs from home to class to the beds of recent Tinder matches. He and Jaehee, his female best friend and roommate, frequent nearby bars where they push away Read more

  • Brown Girl Dreaming

    Title: Brown Girl Dreaming Author: Jacqueline Woodson Genres: Biography, African American Biography, Poetry Summary (from publisher): Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the Read more

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