“'Ender's Game,' by Orson Scott Card. I've heard from several people that it's a really good book.”

— Mike Auchard, musician, Lawrence

“'The Princes of Ireland,' by Edward Rutherfurd. It's a historical fiction that covers six or seven interesting periods in Irish history.”

— Dan Schamle, group home manager, Lawrence

“On my night stand right now I have Garrison Keillor's 'Good Poems (for Hard Times).' It's a collection of poetry by a variety of authors both dead and living.”

— Virgina Meyer, advertising, Manhattan

“'Guns, Germs, and Steel,' by Jared Diamond. It's about how societies develop and why it was Eurasia that conquered the world.”

— Daniel Neumann, youth pastor, Lilongwe, Malawi, Africa

“'A Confederacy of Dunces,' by John Kennedy Toole. It's kind of a satire about this fat man traveling through life ignorant and stubborn.”

— Mike Jones, Kansas University senior, Lawrence