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Featured Genre:
Stimulating Literature
Consumption of stimulating beverages and stimulating literature has long been associated across world cultures and through time. Coffeehouses and tea houses through the ages have largely served as centers of social interaction providing members with a place to congregate, talk, write, read, entertain one another, or quietly pass the time alone. Whether with friends or alone, a good book and a warm cup of tea or coffee equals a delightful combination.
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
-C.S. Lewis (British Scholar and Novelist. 1898-1963)
Stimulating Literature
Books for tea and coffee lovers
Consumption of stimulating beverages and stimulating literature has long been associated across world cultures and through time. Coffeehouses and tea houses through the ages have largely served as centers of social interaction providing members with a place to congregate, talk, write, read, entertain one another, or quietly pass the time alone. Whether with friends or alone, a good book and a warm cup of tea or coffee equals a delightful combination."You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
-C.S. Lewis (British Scholar and Novelist. 1898-1963)
Stimulating Fiction
- The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
- Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
- Dead as a Scone by Ron Benrey
- Various Flavors of Coffee by Anthony Capella
- Tea Shop Series by Laura Childs
- Harlequin Tea Set by Agatha Christie
- Espresso Shot by Cleo Coyle
- Let it Rain Coffee Angie Cruz
- Murder After Tea-time by Leela Cutter
- Sex, Murder and a Double Latte by Kyra Davis
- Milk in my Coffee by Eric Dickey
- The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
- A Cup of Tea by Amy Ephron
- Mystery Roast by Peter Gadol
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- High Tea by Sandra A. Harper
- Coffee Trader by David Liss
- Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall-Smith
- Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall-Smith
- Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens
- The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters
- In Death Series by J.D. Robb
- Hot Flash Club by Nancy Thayer
- Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
"Among the numerous luxuries of the table...coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication: and the pleasing flow of spirits which it occasions...is never followed by sadness, languor or debility."
-Benjamin Franklin
Stimulating Nonfiction
- Starbucked: A Double Tale of Caffeine by Taylor Clark
- How to Open Your Espresso Cart by William P. Ferguson
- The Agony of the Leaves by Helen Gustafson
- The Story of Tea: A Cultural History by Mary Lou Heiss
- A Proper Tea by Joanna Isles
- Espresso Quick Reference Guide by Phillip Janssen
- The Coffee Cookbook by William Kaufman
- The Tea Cookbook by William Kaufman
- The Joy of Coffee by Corby Kummer
- Empire of Tea by Alan McFarlane
- Espresso! Starting & Running Your Own Speciality Coffee Business by Joe Monaghan
- The Afternoon Tea Book by Michael Smith
- Making Your Own Gourmet Tea Drinks by Mathew Tekulsky
- The Honest Herbal by Varro E. Tyler
- The Ultimate Tea Diet by Mark Ukra
- Espresso for a Woman's Spirit by Pam W. Vredevelt
"Better to be deprived of food for three days than of tea for one."
-Chinese proverb