“I just finished ‘Home Front’ by Kristen Hannah and am looking for another by her.”

— Cindy Monshizadeh, works for county treasury, Lawrence

“‘The Lower River’ by Paul Theroux.”

— Liz Kundin, financial adviser, Edward Jones, Eudora

“A book about the brain, philosophy and neuroscience — why we think the way we do.”

— Dan Coonfield, grants administration, Lawrence

“A biography of Tobias Matthay, a piano teacher.”

— Richard Reber, professor of piano, Lawrence

“‘Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America’ (by Jo B. Paoletti).”

— Ciara Xyerra, mother-to-be, Lawrence