“I just finished 'Running with Scissors,' by Augusten Burroughs. It's a funny memoir about his childhood. I'm going to pick up the next one, which is apparently more about his adult life.”

— Abbey Faris, Kansas University junior, Lawrence

“'Yearnings,' by Irwin Kula. It's kind of a modern version of Jewish wisdom.”

— Libeth Tempero, consultant, Liberty, Mo.

“'Ulysses,' by James Joyce. I'm reading it partly for class and partly because I love it.”

— Ted Kritikos, graduate teaching assistant, Lawrence

“'Lost in a Good Book,' by Jasper Fforde. It's the second book in his series that follows a detective through an alternate reality.”

— Adrian Benn, University of Kent, London

“I just finished 'The Compass of Zen,' by Seung Sahn. It's about the different divisions of Buddhism and Zen.”

— Sounithta Vilayvanh, KU sophomore, Wichita