About us
New to the area or just looking for fellow book lovers? Come join our relaxed book group. You must read the book to attend but after that it's a casual outdoor experience. Find other people to form a discussion or just talk to individuals. Each month will have a different genre come to the genres you like, or come to all of them. Books are selected by recommended reads from Bookshop Santa Cruz (no affiliation).
Upcoming events
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TBD a Booker Prize Longlist
Beer Thirty Bottle Shop & Pour House, 2504 S Main St, Soquel, CA, USThe booker prize Longlist is out! Let's pick one from the list. I included the 400+ page books but let's not pick one of those, sorry John of John. If you want to vote say something in the comments or at next month's meeting where we will officially decide. Note the meeting is on a Tuesday due to labor day.
### Booker Prize 2026 Longlist — sorted by page count (lowest to highest)
| Title | Author | Pages | Genre | Goodreads |
| ----- | ------ | ----- | ----- | --------- |
| Helen of Nowhere | Makenna Goodman | 168 | Literary fiction / satire, surrealism | 3.43 |
| The Shadow of the Object | Chloe Aridjis | 192 | Literary fiction / surrealism | 3.83 |
| The End of Everything | M. John Harrison | 208 | Dystopian sci-fi / satire | 3.62 |
| The Things We Never Say | Elizabeth Strout | 208 | Literary fiction | 4.22 |
| The Palm House | Gwendoline Riley | ~211 | Literary fiction / domestic drama | 3.53 |
| All Them Dogs | Djamel White | 240 | Crime thriller / literary fiction | 3.69 |
| The Renovation | Kenan Orhan | 256 | Literary fiction / magical realism | 3.89 |
| May We Feed the King | Rebecca Perry | 272 | Historical fiction | 3.91 |
| The Vivisectors | Missouri Williams | 288 | Dark academia / gothic literary fiction | 3.45 |
| Switzy | Emma Cline | 352 | Literary fiction | 4.06 |
| Black Bag | Luke Kennard | 400 | Campus satire / literary fiction | 3.63 |
| John of John | Douglas Stuart | 416 | Literary fiction / family drama | 4.30 |
| The Disappearers | Marlon James | 640 | Literary fiction / crime & social drama | 4.32 |4 attendees
Past events
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