Aaron Needham, digital output specialist, Lawrence

“Right now, it’s ‘The Shorter Stories of Honore de Balzac.’ It’s just a collection of his short stories.”

Shelley Hellman, Kansas University senior, Denver

“‘Strange Fits of Passion,’ by Anita Shreve. It’s about a woman who has an affair with her high school boyfriend.”

Ben Marsh, Kansas University Law School student, Lawrence

“‘A Civil Action,’ by Jonathan Harr. It’s about a company that polluted a community’s groundwater.”

Colin Millstone, technological consultant, St. Louis

“‘Map of Bones,’ by James Rollins. It has to do with the Roman Catholic Church, archaeology, science and a murder mystery.”