ALT Catherynne Valente's COMFORT ME WITH APPLES is flanked on the left by a bottle of Beaver Pond Distillery Apricot Eau de Vie, and Copper & Kings American Apple Brandy. To the right of the book is a cocktail glass with a creamy bone white cocktail and a bottle of Crude Bitters "Sycophant" orange and fig bitters.

ALT Recommendation chart for THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR suggesting A DOWRY OF BLOOD, ELDER RACE, and THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR

ALT Recommendation chart for THE ATLAS SIX suggesting EVOCATION, THE STARLESS SEA, and VITA NOSTRA

ALT Recommendation chart for GIDEON THE NINTH suggesting A BOTANICAL DAUGHTER, AMBERLOUGH, and KALYNA THE SOOTHSAYER

ALT Recommendation chart for SUMMER SONS suggesting LAST EXIT, WAKE THE BONES, and THE EMPEROR AND THE ENDLESS PALACE

ALT A bright red cocktail sits atop TRAITOR OF REDWINTER and WITCH QUEEN OF REDWINTER by Ed McDonald. They are flanked by a box containing a bottle of the Bowmore 12 yr scotch whisky and DAUGHTER OF REDWINTER by Ed McDonald.

ALT THE DAGGER IN VICHY by Alastair Reynolds

ALT Recommendation chart for PIRANESI suggesting THE NAMING SONG, THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER, and THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS

ALT Recommendation chart for THE VANISHED BIRDS suggesting AUGUST KITKO AND THE MECHAS FROM SPACE, NO GODS, NO MONSTERS, and ESCAPE VELOCITY

ALT Recommendation chart for THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI suggesting THE POMEGRANATE GATE, CHILD OF A HIDDEN SEA, and A MASTER OF DJINN

ALT Recommendation chart for SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN suggesting THE WOODS ALL BLACK, THE TIGER’S DAUGHTER, and WALKING PRACTICE

ALT The club is bumping, the ladies look good, the alcohol is flowing. There is much pain in the world, but not in this room.