“Right now I'm reading 'Warlock,' by Oakley Hall. It's a western that throws together all these characters and outlaws from the wild west into one town. It's pretty bizarre, but I like it.”

— Thomas Hamm, barback, Lawrence

“'Who's Your City?,' by Richard Florida. He's a guy who wrote about the 'creative class,' and this book is an extension of that theory. It's about where the creative class is located throughout the world and the implications that has.”

— Laura Felleman, minister, Lawrence

“I'm reading a book called 'Collapse,' by Jared Diamond. It's about the rise and fall of past societies from an ecocentric standpoint and what that can tell us about our own.”

— John Mullen, Kansas University freshman, Lawrence

“Awhile back, I found a copy of 'The Stranger,' by Albert Camus, outside of US Bank that I've been reading. I'd really like to thank whoever left it there.”

— Zachary Clancy, front desk manager, Lawrence

“I just finished 'Strangers in Death,' by J.D. Robb. It's a futuristic murder mystery about a reoccurring main character that he writes about. It's very 'CSI.'”

— Brianne Colson, dental assistant, Lawrence