Literary Starbucks

Drinks are up for your favorite authors and characters.
We are in no way affiliated with Starbucks, although we do drink it.


Support the Literacy Achievement Bonanza by shopping at Barnes & Noble!

You, Literary Starbucks fans, love books. So help foster a love of reading in kids in Jackson, Mississippi, who are participating in this year’s Literacy Achievement Bonanza (LAB)!

The LAB is a day camp full of literacy-based activities designed to foster a positive relationship with reading while improving literacy skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) in age-, skill-, and developmentally-appropriate methods aligned with the College and Career Readiness Standards. 

Support the Literacy Achievement Bonanza, or LAB, by shopping at Barnes & Noble with the code 12326815 February 9-14 in store or online at BN.com/bookfairs. 

Don’t know which book to buy? Allow us to recommend Literary Starbucks. We’ve heard it’s quite good.

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Interview | "Neulich bei Starbucks": Ein Interview zum Mitnehmen

We did an interview with German Randomhouse about the publication of Literary Starbucks in German! The interview is ALSO in German! If you read German, enjoy! If you don’t, most browsers will translate text into the language of your choice. Any way you read it, we hope you enjoy!

Peter Wimsey

Lord Peter Wimsey struts up to the counter. When he finds that there is no English Breakfast tea available, he storms out and speeds away in his Daimler. 

Mr. Bunter glares sternly at the baristas and exits the shop, jogging behind Lord Wimsey’s car at a respectable distance.

Captain America

Captain America goes up to the counter and punches a Nazi in the face.

Then he orders an americano.

Quirrell

Out of the shadows a hooded figure goes up to the counter like some stalking beast. It orders a unicorn frappuccino. After collecting its order, it drinks deeply. Only one who has nothing to lose, and everything to gain, would drink such a drink. The frappe of a unicorn will keep you alive, even if you are an inch from death, but at a terrible price. You have drunk something pure and caffeinated to save yourself, and you will have but a half-life, a cursed life, from the moment the frappe touches your lips.

Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter exits the shop and throws his empty cup in the trash bin outside. Seven years earlier, he goes up to the counter and orders two black coffees.

Ophelia

Ophelia goes up to the counter but before she can say anything the barista says, “Oh, we already have your order, miss, your father sent ahead.” Ophelia starts to say something but the barista continues, “and if you don’t like that, well, your brother also sent ahead an order for you. And Prince Hamlet as well. And also–”

Ophelia leaves the Starbucks drinkless.