What Books Are the Characters from Brooklyn Nine-Nine Reading?

Tolani Osan
September 12 2018
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine dodged a major bullet when the series was let go by Fox and almost immediately picked up by NBC for a sixth season. Within twenty-four hours of learning the show would not return for a new season, the likes of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Hamill, and thousands of fans on Twitter, rallied to overturn the cancellation—and succeeded.

Though we’ll have to wait an undetermined amount of time for a reunion with our favorite NYPD precinct, there are some good reads we can dig into in the meantime. If you’ve ever wondered what the characters of Brooklyn Nine-Nine have on their bookshelves—because who doesn’t?—here are some books they’re likely reading when the cameras aren’t around.

This post was originally published on GetLiterary.com.

The Woman in the Woods
by John Connolly

Jake Peralta
Detective Jake Peralta—a wisecracking NYC native and Die Hard stan—loves a good case—and often pursues them relentlessly (and sometimes employs super unorthodox methods in doing so). Surely, Nine-Nine’s best detective would enjoy a good John Connolly mystery, right? In Connolly’s latest novel, PI Charlie Parker must unravel the strange events surrounding the body of a woman who apparently died during childbirth.

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The Woman in the Woods
John Connolly

“Fans will agree that this is Connolly's masterpiece.” —Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed review) *Includes a free soundtrack download* From internationally bestselling author and “creative genius who has few equals in either horror fiction or the mystery genre” (New York Journal of Books) comes a gripping thriller starring Private Investigator Charlie Parker. When the body of a woman—who apparently died in childbirth—is discovered, Parker is hired to track down both her identity and her missing child.In the beautiful Maine woods, a partly preserved body is discovered. Investigators realize that the dead young woman gave birth shortly before her death. But there is no sign of a baby. Private detective Charlie Parker is hired by a lawyer to shadow the police investigation and find the infant but Parker is not the only searcher. Someone else is following the trail left by the woman, someone with an interest in much more than a missing child…someone prepared to leave bodies in his wake. And in a house by the woods, a toy telephone begins to ring and a young boy is about to receive a call from a dead woman.

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Bonfire
by Krysten Ritter

Rosa Diaz
While there’s still so much we don’t know about Detective Rosa Diaz, I like to imagine she spends her free time cozied up with a good book. Bonfire is the perfect read for someone like Rosa. Featuring a protagonist like Nine-Nine’s resident badass, Bonfire follows Abby Williams, an environmental lawyer with a secret past. When she’s forced to return to her small-town life thanks to a new case, Abby draws some unsettling connections between the place’s most high-profile company and the disappearance of a close friend.

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Bonfire
Krysten Ritter

Nothing burns as bright as the truth. It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small-town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands. But when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the town’s most high-profile company and economic heart, Abby begins to find strange connections to Barrens’s biggest scandal from more than a decade ago, involving the popular Kaycee Mitchell and her closest friends—just before Kaycee disappeared for good. Abby knows the key to solving any case lies in the weak spots, the unanswered questions. But as she tries desperately to find out what really happened to Kaycee, troubling memories begin to resurface and she begins to doubt her own observations. And when she unearths an even more disturbing secret—a ritual called “The Game”—it will threaten reputations, and lives, in the community and risk exposing a darkness that may consume her. With tantalizing twists, slow-burning suspense, and a remote rural town of just five claustrophobic square miles, Bonfire is a dark exploration of what happens when your past and present collide.

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The Last Equation of Isaac Severy
by Nova Jacobs

Amy Santiago
Though one might say Amy’s high-strung personality and her hyper-competiveness make her an easy target, you have to admit her painstaking approach to everything in life makes her a damn good detective. That’s why she’d likely love a novel like The Last Equation of Isaac Severy. Teeming with clues, mathematical references, and a literary mystery at its core, this is a novel I’m sure Amy would devour whole—though not before annotating and flagging every single page.

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The Last Equation of Isaac Severy
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When’s Happy Hour?
by The Betches

Gina Linetti
Gina Linetti has mastered the art of contributing as little as humanly possible to the precinct and society at large. But to rise up the ranks and to do so effortlessly, she’s going to need the help of the Betches. When's Happy Hour? is a guide to helping you balance your messiness and keeping your glow-up game “toight” (as Jake would say). Gina could learn a thing or two, but then again, she’s fared pretty well so far.

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When’s Happy Hour?
The Betches

The New York Times bestselling authors of I Had a Nice Time and Other Lies and Nice Is Just a Place in France are back with a guide on how to thrive professionally, get ahead in the workforce, and basically become the Beyoncé of whatever you aspire to do. We get it. You run shit. You can go from being blackout at drunk brunch to being ready to meet your new boyfriend’s parents in two seconds. But how do you go from being the boss of your personal life to taking charge of your career? That’s where the Betches come in. We are dedicated to making you the most successful, betchiest career woman you can be. After all, we only became Betches after we worked like, really hard. And now we’re confident enough to help you become the best. You’re welcome. You can thank us later. As New York Times bestselling author Jessica Knoll says, “I only ever want the cold, hard truth from a betch.” So whether you’re trying to become a CEO, navigate an office hookup, or just save enough money to go to happy hour twice a week, we’re here to help. It’s time to channel your inner Elle Woods, Miranda Priestly, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Per our last email, you better read this.

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The Lost Queen
by Signe Pike

Terry Jeffords
At odds with Sergeant Terry Jeffords’s stature are so many surprising quirks—like his obsession with yogurt, his propensity to refer to himself in the third person, and his overall…wimpiness. But who would’ve guessed that Jeffords loves an epic fantasy novel? The first installment of Signe Pike’s fantastical historical trilogy, The Lost Queen has everything Jeffords would love—romance, betrayal, and even some magic.  

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The Lost Queen
Signe Pike

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Black Klansman
by Ron Stallworth

Captain Ray Holt
As the only gay black man on the force, Raymond Holt faced a lot of bigotry while serving and protecting in the 70s. In fact, it’s very likely he heard about Ron Stallworth—a Colorado Springs police officer—through the grapevine. Like Holt, Stallworth witnessed racism firsthand and even infiltrated one of the most infamous white supremacist institutions—the KKK. The basis of a certified-fresh movie directed by Spike Lee, Black Klansman is an awe-inspiring story that delves into the darkest corners of our society. 

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Black Klansman
Ron Stallworth

When detective Ron Stallworth, the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department, comes across a classified ad in the local paper asking for all those interested in joining the Ku Klux Klan to contact a P.O. box, Detective Stallworth does his job and responds with interest, using his real name while posing as a white man. He figures he’ll receive a few brochures in the mail, maybe even a magazine, and learn more about a growing terrorist threat in his community. A few weeks later the office phone rings, and the caller asks Ron a question he thought he’d never have to answer, “Would you like to join our cause?” This is 1978, and the KKK is on the rise in the United States. Its Grand Wizard, David Duke, has made a name for himself, appearing on talk shows, and major magazine interviews preaching a “kinder” Klan that wants nothing more than to preserve a heritage, and to restore a nation to its former glory. Ron answers the caller’s question that night with a yes, launching what is surely one of the most audacious, and incredible undercover investigations in history. Ron recruits his partner Chuck to play the "white" Ron Stallworth, while Stallworth himself conducts all subsequent phone conversations. During the months-long investigation, Stallworth sabotages cross burnings, exposes white supremacists in the military, and even befriends David Duke himself. Black Klansman is an amazing true story that reads like a crime thriller, and a searing portrait of a divided America and the extraordinary heroes who dare to fight back.

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The Tucci Table
by Stanley Tucci

Charles Boyle
Sure, Detective Charles Boyle doesn’t have a lot going for him but for his covetable palate. Charles is very optimistic, loyal, and lovable, and he takes his foodie passion very seriously. In Stanley Tucci’s The Tucci Table, Boyle would likely find plenty of tasty recipes to pester the precinct with and which would also help inspire his food truck goals.

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The Tucci Table
Stanley Tucci

Featuring family-friendly recipes and stunning photography, an all-new cookbook from New York Times bestselling author, beloved actor, and respected foodie Stanley Tucci.Stanley Tucci’s association with wonderful foods began for fans with the movie Big Night and resonated in his role as Julia Child’s husband in Julie & Julia. But well before these films, he was enjoying innovative homemade Italian meals throughout his childhood, when family and food were nearly inseparable and cooking was always a familial venture. Now, in a completely new, family-focused cookbook, Tucci captivates food lovers’ imaginations with recipes from his traditional Italian roots as well as those of his British wife, Felicity Blunt, tied together with a modern American ribbon. The time-tested recipes include pasta alla bottarga, mushroom-stuffed trout, pork chops with onions and mustard sauce, barbeque chicken wings, and much, much more! Nothing will make you happier to spend time with family than the aroma of a hearty Italian dish sizzling on the stovetop. Featuring 100 luscious new full-color photographs, The Tucci Table captures the true joys of family cooking. Buon apetito!

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Die Laughing
by William Novak

Hitchcock & Scully
Hitchcock and Scully—partners for more than 30 years—are probably just biding their time until retirement. As the “old folks” of the precinct, they have their own special brand of humor, often steeped in immaturity, laziness, and electronic illiteracy. William Novak’s Die Laughing is a collection of jokes about getting old, which Hitchcock and Scully would no doubt relate to.

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Die Laughing
William Novak

From the cocreator of the celebrated Big Book of Jewish Humor comes a “funny…geezer-licious” (Jack Handey, author of Deep Thoughts) collection of jokes about growing older that makes fun of memory loss, marriages, medicine, sex, the afterlife, and much more—a perfect gift for almost anyone who was born before you were.Growing older can be unsettling and surprising. (How on earth did this happen? Where did the years go?) So what better way to deal with this new stage of life than to laugh about your new reality? Die Laughing includes more than enough jokes (not to mention cartoons!) to let that laughter burst out. Whether it’s dealing with doctors, dating in one’s seventies, or unexpected bodily changes (not to mention funny noises), some things are easier to face with a smile of recognition. That’s why Die Laughing is the perfect gift for your parents, anyone celebrating a significant birthday, or any boomer with a sense of humor whose age begins with a six or higher.

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