I had to return this but honestly I want to own this book and I don't say that about many books. For as much as I read, I'd be bankrupt if I owned everything I read. This is a great book to have on your coffee table or to reference making drinks. I think I'm going to buy it. Liquid Intelligence was technically esoteric: will I actually make recipes from it? Maybe. Ditto that with the Aviary (holiday cocktails). The Cocktail Codex is amazing at mapping similarities and backbones of different drink. Drunken Botanist is 1 part history, 2 part biology and 3 part mixology strained over papyrus (har har) and I love it.