I liked this book, The Draco Tavern. It was a collection of short stories, or vingettes, all (or mostly all) taking place inside the Tavern at the Spaceport that was established in Siberia by aliens. Each story was pretty much self contained, like most sitcom episodes are.
Reading these stories was kind of like watching episodes of Cheers, only they were Sci-Fi and not so much Comedy.
Rick Schumann, the bartender, is the only recurring character in all the stories. He is pretty much the main thread throughout all the stories.
