Books and Literature for Coffee Lovers

Coffee has stimulated the creation of some terrific books, poetry, and other literature. Choose a book from the coffee lover's bookshelf, pour yourself a good cup of coffee (or have your favorite barista pour one for you), and enjoy!

On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle (Coffeehouse Mystery #1)

By Brian Lokker. Published January 25, 2013, last updated June 19, 2020.Leave a Comment

“The perfect cup of coffee is a mystifying thing,” says Clare Cosi, the manager of the historic Village Blend coffeehouse in New York City’s Greenwich Village. So begins On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle, the first book in her Coffeehouse Mystery series. But what is even more mystifying is how the Blend’s part-time assistant manager, young dancer Annabelle Hart, ended up unconscious at the bottom of the basement stairs. Annabelle appeared to be alone, with all the doors locked and no sign of forced entry. Clare is convinced that Annabelle’s fall was not an accident, and she leaves no coffee cup unturned in her quest to learn the truth.

Coffee To Die For by Linda French

By Brian Lokker. Published January 15, 2013, last updated June 19, 2020.Leave a Comment

Can coffee kill you? If it’s valuable enough, the answer is yes. In the entertaining murder mystery Coffee to Die For by Linda French, coffee plants provide a motive for murder. Dr. Leo Faber, a botanist at the University of Washington with funding from biotech giant AgroGene, has developed a naturally chocolate-flavored coffee plant. Coffee expert Luigi Oliveri hosts a cupping of Leo’s hybrid coffee and loves it. But before Leo can enjoy his success, he is murdered, and his coffee plants have disappeared. It’s up to Professor Theodora Morelli to locate the missing plants and find out whether Leo in fact died for coffee.