Welcome to Bay Books’ ‘Books and Wine’ book club. Our book club invites new members to join. The more the merrier. Once a month we meet up together to discuss the book of the month. During this time we welcome you to indulge in conversation as well as bring a beverage of your choice. We meet each month on the second Tuesday at 5:30pm here at Bay Books.
Marchs’s Book Club
Our next book pick isĀ Loot by Tania James This month’s book club is May 13th. Come join us and enjoy lively,Ā spirited discussion! RSVP by sending us a message.
A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century ā a heroās quest, a love story, the story of a young artist coming of age, and an exuberant heist adventure that traces the bloody legacy of colonialism across two continents and fifty years. A wildly inventive, irresistible feat of storytelling from a writer at the height of her powers.
ā Loot held me spellbound from the first page. This is an expertly-plotted, deeply affecting novel about war, displacement, emigration, and an elusive mechanical tiger.ā āMaggie OāFarrell, best-selling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait
Abbas is just seventeen years old when his gifts as a woodcarver come to the attention of Tipu Sultan, and he is drawn into service at the palace in order to build a giant tiger automaton for Tipuās sons, a gift to commemorate their return from British captivity. His fateāand the fate of the wooden tiger he helps createāwill mirror the vicissitudes of nations and dynasties ravaged by war across India and Europe.
Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Lucien du Leze, Abbas hones his craft, learns French, and meets Jehanne, the daughter of a French expatriate. When Du Leze is finally permitted to return home to Rouen, he invites Abbas to come along as his apprentice. But by the time Abbas travels to Europe, Tipuās palace has been looted by British forces, and the tiger automaton has disappeared. To prove himself, Abbas must retrieve the tiger from an estate in the English countryside, where it is displayed in a collection of plundered art.
‘Books and Wine’ Book Picks 2025
The following is our book club line up. Get your copy today to and read ahead
May 13th is Loot by Tania James.
June 10th is The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon.
Help us Pick the Next Six Months
Running up Considerations
Help us pick the rest of the year’s ‘Books and Wine’ book club’s books. We have a fantastic selection of books we are still considering to finish out 2025 strong. Here’s our list. Join our book club and help us decide what we will be reading in the coming months.
- Disaster Tourist by Ko-Eun-Yun
- The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan
- Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett
- Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
- The Memory Library by Kate Storey
- Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
- Benjamin Franklinās Last Bet by Michael Meyer
- The One-In-A-Million Boy by Monica Wood
- Babylonia by Constanza Casati
