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NOTE: THERE ARE NO PHYSICAL TICKETS FOR OUR EVENTS. YOU WILL BE ADDED TO THE GUEST LIST. BOOK BOXES WILL BE DELIVERED OR AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP BETWEEN AUGUST 4TH AND 20TH. YOU WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL. TICKETS FOR EVENTS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.**
*Tickets are limited for this intimate event.
Our Book Club in collaboration with The Bruce Hotel.
We’ve partnered up with The Bruce Hotel to host monthly gatherings in their lobby. At the start of each month we’ll deliver to your door the Book of the Month, a little treat or gift, and a voucher for a glass of wine (or other beverage) to redeem during our Book Club meeting to be held at the end of the month.
Dates for the September Book Club - The Book Lovers Club Subscription Box
August 4th to 20th - Free local delivery of the September Book Lovers Subscription Box (includes a copy of the book, a little gift, and a voucher to redeem for a drink at the meeting). The box can also be picked up at The Bruce Hotel or SAL's BOOK BAR.
Thursday September 24th - 6pm to 8pm - Book Club Meeting in the lobby of The Bruce Hotel
About the Book: People Like Us by Jason Mott
*Paperback releases August 4, 2026*
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Time—Atlanta Journal-Constitution—Star Tribune (Minneapolis)—Library Journal—Kirkus
Longlisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
Finalist for the Willie Morris Awards for Southern Fiction
Finalist for the BookTube Prize for Fiction
One of TIME Magazine’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
One of USA Today’s 15 Books You Should Read This Summer
One of Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Hot New Summer Reads
One of People's Most Anticipated Summer Books
One of Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025
A Late Show Book Club pick
“A captivating fever dream of a novel about memory, belonging, and what it's like to live as a Black writer in America today. Not all fever dreams are funny, but this one actually is.” —Stephen Colbert, The Late Show, A Late Show Book Club pick
“[S]o timely and close to home you won’t know whether to close your window or stick your head out for a better view. Either way, you won’t forget what you see, even when it’s difficult.” —The New York Times Sunday Newsletter
“Mott’s latest is a thought-provoking fever dream that offers an uncompromising look at the cost of gun violence.” —TIME Magazine, The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
“A mind-bending metanarrative that’s funny, frightening and altogether impossible to pin down. ... [A] slippery dance between the surreal and the all-too-real paradoxes of living Black in America.” —NPR
The riveting novel by the author of the National Book Award winner and bestseller Hell of a Book
In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world riven with violence. One is on a global book tour after winning a big prize; the other is set to speak at a school that has suffered a tragedy. And as the authors’ storylines merge, truths and antics abound in equal measure: from tiny French cars and melancholy winter hotel rooms, from humble family land to the wealthiest estates, this book asks us to witness people and their dreams enduring against all odds.
You will meet larger-than-life characters who deliver very real takes on our world. They experience deep loss and longing; they are also buoyed by riotous humor and share the deepest love. It is the latest creation of a writer whose work will leave you breathless, filled with joy for life, and changed forever by characters who are people like us.
About the author: Jason Mott
Jason Mott has published four novels. His first novel, The Returned, was a New York Times bestseller and was turned into a TV series that ran for two seasons. He has a BFA in fiction and an MFA in poetry, both from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His poetry and fiction have appeared in various literary journals, and his most recent novel, Hell of a Book, was named the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction in 2021.
