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books set in tea shops, with a tea shop as a primary location, or centered around tea.
created by leylines
last updated August, 2026
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This is so cute! 🥰
Love this theme 💜🫖 Theodora's Tea Shop isn't out until next year, but would fit into this list!
leylinesOP
thank you!! adding now 🫡
So excited for this one, and happy for Christy for coming this far!
Yes! I am so excited to read it, she put so much hard work and heart into it 🫶 I love supporting Aussie authors too 🥹
Recommending Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young, I haven’t read it yet but it’s been on my TBR for a minute. 🙏🏼
leylinesOP
adding!
Quick question! Are these recommendations of tea books or rather a list of options for further assessment? Asking for my own knowledge and also bc I have read a book about tea but i really didnt like it so not sure if i should rec you add it haha
leylinesOP
a list of options! i haven’t read most of them, but wanted gather them for myself and others who may want something tea-themed at some point ◡̈ ill take recs even if they werent your cup of tea (sorry had to)
Hahahaha not my cup of tea got me, i should have seen it coming. Had a lil giggle. Ty for your (tea) service.
Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
This is such a lovely idea, adorable! I've read a few here and am definitely going to peruse it for more suggestions ☕🍵
Also if anyone has a milk tea/bubble tea setting in a book, let me know. I’ve only seen one so far, and it gives off AI vibes. 😬
leylinesOP
which one (so i can avoid it aggressively) 👀
I just checked the forum for it, and people say it’s just a web novel that was published in traditional book form. I was just judging it by the cover. (It has that yellowy ai tone to it.)
It’s Demon World Boba Shop. I kind of feel bad speculating about it now. 🫠
leylinesOP
ooooh gotcha! honestly its better safe than sorry if youe internal ai warning goes off imo :/
there is one i vaguely heard about thats bubble tea related but i cant for the life of me rmr the title. im going to do some research and try to find it and report back!
I haven't read them, but there's 2 MG one called It's Boba Time for Pearl Li! and Bubble Trouble.
I cannot believe I missed this??? Adding to my tbr 💞
Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer Chow is the first in a cozy mystery series that takes place In LA. Cafe con Lychee is an MM YA romance, and Super Boba Cafe is a middle-grade graphic novel about a 4th-grader and her grandma who run a tea shop, adopt a litter of kittens, and save San Francisco.
You’re a freaking star! I’ve been wanting to read a mystery book, so this comes at such a serendipitous moment??? I appreciate you 🥹💞
If You Don't Love Me We Both Die by CM Stunich has a main character who is obsessed with bubble tea and she counts down her days left to live with a milk tea for each day!
leylinesOP
adding immediately
