2024 marked the inaugural year for the Pabst Theater Group Book Club! While this has been an internal initiative, we wanted to share our reading list from the past year to inspire your own literary goals for the new year. Take a look at the titles below, and let us know which ones are making their way onto your "to read" list!
Fredrik Backman
"This book takes the classic "whodunit" plot with group of hostages and weaves in beautiful commentary on the human experience. It's a good reminder that you never really know what people are going through. There were multiple times that I stopped to re-read a particular line or paragraph to really let it sink in. Did I cry more than once? Maybe."
- Brittany Einberger, Digital Marketing Director
Lara Williams
"A sharply intelligent and intimate debut novel about a secret society of hungry young women who meet after dark and feast to reclaim their appetites--and their physical spaces--that posits the question: if you feed a starving woman, what will she grow into?"
Mona Awad
" An eerie story about beauty and obsession. After her mother’s passing, a woman stumbles into a bizarre skincare world. If you like reading about a weird main character or jellyfish, this book is for you!"
- Abby Dambeck, Graphic Designer
Annelise Ryan
"A light and fun mystery that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s kind of like reading a Scooby-Doo episode, with quirky characters and a bit of sleuthing. If you’re looking for a quick and enjoyable read that doesn’t demand too much, this is the book for you."
- Harrison Dilts, Graphic Design Manager
Kim Fu
"In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare."
John Wray
"The award-winning author John Wray dives deep into the wild, risky world of heavy metal in the 1980s and '90s.
Kip, Leslie, and Kira are outliers--even in the metal scene they love. In arch-conservative Gulf Coast Florida in the late 1980s, just listening to metal can get you arrested, but for the three of them the risk is well worth it, because metal is what leads them to one another."
T.J. Klune
"Welcome to Charon's Crossing.
The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through."
Bonnie Garmus
"Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results."
We strongly encourage supporting local bookstores whenever you can. Boswell Books is a fantastic option here in Milwaukee, amongst many others in the area! If you're an audiobook enthusiast, we also recommend Libro.fm. This service lets you purchase audiobooks from your favorite independent bookstores, and they share a portion of the profits with the store you select!
Happy reading!
Hillary is the Creative Marketing Manager for the Pabst Theater Group. You'll find her behind the scenes curating content right here on our Green Room blog, dreaming up captivating social media campaigns, overseeing the PTG Street Team, and coordinating our dedicated team of house photographers.
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