Books & Brews

One of the best things about reading is connecting with people that love books and hearing how others relate to the stories and characters. Often by learning what someone else loves to read, we can discover more authors and connections across the genres.

We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Decatur Brew Works, at 6 pm. Join us to chat about books (both the monthly pick & what you love to read) and enjoy a drink if you'd like.

2025

October 21st - Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney also available on Hoopla as an ebook and an audiobook

November 18th - The Husbands by Holly Gramazio also available on Hoopla as an ebook and an audiobook

December 16th - The Lying Game by Ruth Ware also available on Hoopla as an ebook and an audiobook

Check out the suggested titles for January to June 2026 and vote for your top 6 below:

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kavaguchi

The Blackhouse by Carole Johnstone

The Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons by Katie Khavari

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How to Dodge a Cannonball by Dennard Doyle

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

I Can See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kinney

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Last Exchange by Charles Martin

The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

The Love Scribe by Amy Meyerson

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegu

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

One by One by Frieda McFadden

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Woodworking by Emily St. James

You Deserve to Know by Aggie Blum Thompson

You Didn’t Hear This from Me by Kelsey McKinney

*I did hold back a few to keep the list somewhat manageable, I will hold on to those submissions for the second half of the year.

Past reads:

September 16th - The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

August 19th - I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

July 15th - James: a novel by Percival Everett also available on Hoopla as an ebook and an audiobook

June 17th - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix also available on Hoopla as an audiobook

May 20th - The Push by Ashley Audrain

April 15th - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree also available on Hoopla as an audiobook

March 18th - The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell also available on Hoopla as an ebook or audiobook

February 18th - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T J Klune also available on Hoopla as an ebook

January 21st - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, also available on Hoopla as an audiobook