Jules Wernersbach’s Book Notes music playlist for their novel Work to Do

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Jules Wernersbach’s Work to Do is a mesmerizing debut, a workplace novel that embeds the reader in the dramas of an Austin food co-op. Kirkus wrote of the book: “Wernersbach’s depiction of their large, diverse, economically struggling cast of characters gives even the minor players their full humanity and their evocation of the Austin setting sparkles with verisimilitude, right down to the very affordable pitcher of Lone Star at the Spider House Café. A workplace novel crossed with a soap opera, offering plenty of food for thought. (Organic and locally sourced, of course.)” In their own words, here is Jules Wernersbach’s Book Notes music playlist for their debut novel Work to Do:…