We asked iread members to respond to: "If I were a Read poster, what book would I be holding?" Here are their answers: the favorites of these librarians!

(Some of us had a difficult time choosing just one...!) 

 

• One True Thing by Anna Quindlen
• Sour Puss by Rita Mae Brown

 

• A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving

 

• 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

 

• anything by Chris Crutcher

 

• My Heartbeat by Garrett Freymann-Wehr

 

• Science Fiction - any book in the Miles Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold

 

• Fantasy - any book by Patricia McKillip

 

• Mystery - any book by Ellis Peters

 

• Historical - any book by Sharon Kay Penman (also writes excellent mysteries!)

 

• any by Stuart Woods

 

• any by Robert B. Parker (especially Spenser novels)

 

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

 

• any of the Mary Russell series by Laurie King

 

• a nonfiction title possibly a cookbook as I love to collect t

 

• a YA title (Richard Peck is one of my favorites) which I recommend for all adults.

 

• Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon.

 

• a classic in the hopes of persuading other readers to give classics a try

 

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

 

• Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland

 

• The Wedding Dress by Carrie Young

 

• A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck

 

• "Tell No One" by Harlan Coben

 

• any books by: Alex Kava, Daniel Silva, Rose Connors, Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, and Kate White

 

• The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene

 

• The title might change on any given day, but I'd be holding a romance or romantic suspense novel

 

• surrounded by Patricia Cornwell, Michael Connelly, Dean Koontz

 

• Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (my favorite classic of all time!)

 

• Hard Eight - Janet Evanovich (my guilty pleasure reads and favorite in the series!)

 

• Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane

 

• Retribution - Jilliane Hoffman

 

• Salivation: For the love of dogs - Rachael Hale

 

• Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte

 

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

 

• On the Beach, by Nevil Shute

 

• Frances Mayes' "Tuscany" books.

 

• Anything by Kris Radish.

 

• the 'Wrinkle in Time' series by Madeleine L'Engle

 

• 101 Salivations: For the love of dogs - Rachael Hale

 

• Something like the Kama Sutra just to see if they'd start a Banned Posters list

 

• anything by David Baldacci, Diane Mott Davidson, Robin Cook, or David McCullough although right now I'm reading Pat Conroy and Paulo Coehlo

 

• The Dollmaker by Harriet Arnow remains one of the most memorable books I've ever read.

 

• "Marley & Me," and include my yellow lab in the picture (possibly with the book in her mouth?)

 

• Anything by Kinky Friedman or 'Love, Love, Love' by Charles Taliaferro

 

• These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

 

 

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