Kimberly Mills, hospice nurse, Lawrence

“I’m reading ‘The Meditations of Sister Faustina Kowalski.’ She was a Polish nun.”

Caleob King, engineer, Lawrence

“‘How to Build a House Without a Mortgage’ and ‘What to Expect when You’re Expecting.'”

Casey King, physical therapist, Lawrence

“A romance novel by Julia Quinn.”

Brian Johnson, attorney, Lawrence

“‘The Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison. It was the first black American novel ever written.”

Dawn Rothwell, owner of Sacred Sword, Lawrence

“‘Waiting for Godot’ by Samuel Beckett.”