Davis Pagan, Coast Guard employee, Topeka

“I’ve got three books started right now, ‘The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq,’ ‘Stupid White Men,’ and ‘The Da Vinci Code.'”

Mario Silveira, marketing, Stuttgart, Germany

“A comic book, ‘I Am Legend,’ and two fantasy novels, ‘The Highway Man’ and ‘The Jewel of Turmish.'”

Benjamin Burgess, pilot, Stuttgart, Germany

“The last books I read were ‘The Soulforge’ by Margaret Weis and Anne Rice’s ‘The Vampire Lestat.'”

Jack Klinknett, attorney, Lawrence

“A book called, ‘Rare Earth.’ It’s about astrobiology, life in places other than Earth.”

Pat Huyett, English teacher, Kansas City, Mo.

“Right now I’m reading ‘The Jane Austen Book Club’ and ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ by Zora Neale Hurston.”