“I just read 'Atonement,' by Ian McEwan. I heard it was a good book, and with the movie out, I wanted to read it before I see it.”

— Jennifer Harris, homemaker, Lawrence

“I've been reading 'Angels & Demons,' by Dan Brown, which is the prequel to 'The Da Vinci Code.' I think I like this one even more.”

— Natasha Kastl, manager, Lawrence

“'The Black Angel,' by John Connolly. It's a murder mystery about angels and the occult with a good twist ending.”

— Gene Hatfield, retired law enforcement agent, Tonganoxie

“'The Mermaid Chair,' by Sue Monk Kidd. She also wrote 'The Secret Life of Bees.' This one is about a girl who returned home to take care of her mother and ends up having an affair with a monk from a monastery near the house she grew up in.”

— Tana Wolf, server, Lawrence

“'The Bonfire of the Vanities,' by Tom Wolfe. It's about class and race conflict in New York during the 1980s.”

— Susan Borchardt, homemaker, Kansas City, Mo.