“’The Hobbit’ by J.R.R. Tolkien. It’s awesome. It comes before ‘Lord of the Rings’ and it has Bilbo Baggins.”

— Dustin Hall, Kwik Shop employee, Lawrence

“The Halo comics by Marvel Comics. They’re about super soldiers in space years and years into the future. The world is being invaded and they’re the best of the best so they go out to defend it.”

— Cutter Spaeth, unemployed, Topeka

“’Breaking Dawn’ by Stephenie Meyer. Edward and Bella, the two main characters, get married. She gets pregnant and has a super kid. They have to make Bella a vampire and fight off the law of the vampire world.”

— Altaire Simonson, student, Topeka

“’The Redemption of Althalus’ by David Eddings. It’s about a thief who finds a goddess and changes his ways and he saves the world from darkness.”

— Davie Murphy, call center representative, Eudora

“’A Child called “It”’ by Dave Pelzer. The guy who wrote it was abused as a child and wrote about it.”

— Brigitte Oslin, social work major, Tulsa, Okla.