November Book Club 2026

Welcome to Tea Shop Book Club!

Our super popular online book club is back! We take a special focus on specific genres and forms of literature each session, and monthly zoom meetings will feature special guest speakers to offer more context & depth to our discussions.

Club meets on the last Sunday of each month via Zoom from 10am-12pm PST. An email will be sent out the week before the meeting with discussion topics, zoom link ad introduction to the month's guest speaker! For the full season's schedule, click here.

Each box includes:

• 2 tea pairings, 1 oz each (1 caf, 1 decaf)
• 1 surprise goodie
• 1 book copy
• 1 letter from Friday

This season, we're offering a BYOB(ook) option, allowing you to source your own copy if you prefer!

And now, we present our November Selection: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

From the publisher:
"Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers, and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. He has seven moons to contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to the photos that will rock Sri Lanka."

Content Warnings: Homophobia, murder, suicide, gambling addiction

Genre: Sri Lankan Magical Realism

Page Count: 400

Signup Deadline: November 1st
Zoom Meeting: November 29th