While we’re trying to get used to the clock change getting us up an hour earlier in the morning, this might be a good time to indulge in some caffeinated reading. To that purpose, a list of books about coffee and or tea, or set in coffee/tea shops:
Poetry:
The Art of Making Tea: an Album of Recipes, Portraits, and Other Rituals
Elizabeth Jones Hanley
Teahouse of the Almighty: Poems
Patricia Smith
Graphic Novel:
The Haunted Tea-Cosy: a Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas
Edward Gorey (Note: I love this book, and Edward Gorey in general. If you have a dark sense of humor and you celebrate Christmas, you should remember this book come December.)
Mysteries:
Black Coffee: A Hercule Poirot Novel
Agatha Christie
Coffee, Tea or Murder: A Murder She Wrote Mystery
Donald Bain
Coffee to Die For: A Professor Teodora Morelli Mystery
Linda French
Decaffeinated Corpse
Cleo Coyle
Espresso Shot
Cleo Coyle
French Pressed
Cleo Coyle
Irish Coffee
Ralph McInerny
Latte Trouble
Cleo Coyle
One Coffee With
Margaret Maron (note: I didn’t leave words out of the title)
Tea Shop Mystery Series
Laura Childs
Other Fiction:
Coffee and Kung Fu
Karen Brichoux
Coffee in the Morning
Roz Denny
Coffee Rings: Three Women, One Tragic Event
Yvonne Lehman
The Coffee Trader: A Novel
David Liss
Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty
Jody Elizabeth Gehrmen
Darjeeling
Barti Kirchner
Fresh-Brewed Love: Four Novellas Share a Cup of Kindness With a Dollop of Romance
Various
High Tea
Sandra Harper
Stupid and Contagious
Caprice Crane
The Teahouse on Mulberry Street
Sharon Owens
The Teahouse Fire
Ellis Avery
The Various Flavors of Coffee
Anthony Capella
Non-Fiction:
The Art of Tea-Leaf Reading
Jan Struthers
Cappuccino/Espresso: The Book of Beverages
Christie Katon
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Coffee and Tea
Travis Arndorfer
Confessions of a Coffee Bean: The Complete Guide to Coffee Cuisine
Marie Nadine Antol
Eat Tea: A New Approach to Flavoring Contemporary and Traditional Dishes
Joann Pruess
The Empire of Tea: The Remarkable History of the Plant That Took Over the World
Alan MacFarlane
God in a Cup: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Coffee
Micheale Weissman
The Gospel According to Starbucks: Living With a Grande Passion
Leonard I. Sweet
The Green Tea Book: The Science-Backed “Miracle Cure”
Lester A. Mitscher
Green Tea: 50 Hot Drinks, Cool Quenchers, and Sweet and Savory Treats
Mary Lou Heiss
The Harney and Sons Guide to Tea
Michael Harney
Healing Herbal Teas: A Complete Guide to Making Delicious, Healthful Beverages
Brigitte Mars
A History of the World in Six Glasses
Tom Standage
Home Coffee Roasting: Romance and Revival
Kenneth Davids
How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
Michael Gill
Start and Run a Coffee Bar
Thomas Matzen
The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide
Mary Lou Heiss
Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud, From Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee
Bee Wilson
Tea: Addiction, Exploitation and Empire
Roy Moxham
The Tea Ceremony
Sen-O Tenaka
Tea Cup Reading: A Quick and Easy Guide to Tasseography
Sasha Fenton
Tea Cup Tales: The Art of Reading Tea Leaves
Margaret McWhorter
Tea: The Drink That Changed the World
Laura C. Martin
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace – One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
Mark Pendergrast
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Drink in the words and enjoy!
Nomadic Noesis 