Drinking Games: A Memoir by Sarah Levy

A sharp, hilarious, and unexpectedly tender ride through love, loss, and the messy rituals that help us feel less alone.

Sarah Levy didn’t set out to write a book about booze — she set out to survive her twenties. In Drinking Games, she turns barstools and college basements into a stage for a life lived loudly: the awkward hookups, the mixed-up friendships, the rituals that tether us to one another (and sometimes steer us off course). Part coming-of-age, part recovery road map, part love letter to the people who show up drunk at 2 a.m. and somehow stay sober in your memory, this memoir mixes whip-smart humor with raw honesty.

What to expect:

• Electric scenes that loop through college parties, roof-top arguments, and that one disastrous wedding toast.

• A narrator who’s equal parts sarcastic and sympathetic — a companion you’d invite to brunch but also let set the playlist.

• Quiet, luminous moments about grief, growth, and learning how to be kinder to yourself without surrendering your sense of ridiculousness.

• Sharp, intimate essays on how substances shape identity, intimacy, and the messy process of getting better.

Perfect for readers who loved David Sedaris’s self-awareness, Mindy Kaling’s warmth, or essays that make you laugh out loud and then, a few pages later, reach for a tissue.

Funny, fierce, and full of heart, Drinking Games is a memoir about the rituals we create to belong — and what happens when we decide to write new rules.