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Murder Will Out - Agatha Christie Read-Alikes
If you like mysteries where all of the main characters are stuck in some kind of confined environment (a large, scary, old house) trying to solve some kind of crime or love the Agatha Christie novels when Poirot dramatically explains the crime's solution at the end of his books to the group of suspects, should enjoy these authors/characters: Margery Allingham's Albert Campion
Carolyn Hart's Henrie O'
M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin
Sep 10, 2009
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Princesses, Princesses, Princesses!
Everyone loves a good princess tale, whether young or old, and the Children's Department has an awesome selection of titles for you to pick from. For the early readers we have such series as: The Tiara Club and Pony-Crazed Princess. For those who like humorous/fractured adaptations of traditional tales, try these spin-off series: The Frog Princess or Princess School. Historical fiction fans will soon learn that some real-life princesses of old did not have a fairy-tale existence at all when they read Girl in a Cage.Memoirs in Medicine
If you're hooked on television series like House or Scrubs, you may like these medical memoirs.- Another Day in the Frontal Lobe by Katrina Firlik
- Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent
- Complications by Atul Gawande
- A Final Arc of Sky by Jennifer Culkin
- Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
- The Pact by Sampson Davis
Sep 08, 2009
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Simply Good Listening
Audiobooks are great in the car, at the gym, anywhere! And this is fabulous list for anyone who wants to listen to a great book. A broad selection of authors, styles, and narrators prove that variety is the spice of life.
- The Sea by John Banville (read by John Lee)
- The Lace Reader by Barry Brunonia (read by Alyssa Bresnahan)
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (read by the author)
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (read by Karen White)
- When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (read by the author)
- The Guersney Literary and Potato Peel Society (read by various readers)
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (read by Bernadette Dunne)
- The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (read by Simon Vance)
- Montana 1948 by Larry Watson (read by Beau Bridges)
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (ready by Richard Poe)
True Crime
Looking for a good thriller with an added dose of reality? Daring to take a peek into the mind of a psychopathic killer? Well then true crime is just the genre for you! Here is a list of suggested titles:
- Fatal Vision by Joe McGinnis
- Hunting Eric Rudolph by Henry Schuster
- In Plain Sight: The Startling Truth Behind the Elizabeth Smart Investigation by Tom Smart and Lee Benson
- Devil in the White City: Murder Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
- Murder in Greenwich: Who Killed Martha Moxley by Mark Fuhrman
If you like Nora Roberts and Julie Garwood...
If you enjoy the suspense elements of Nora and Julie's books, our Contemporary Romantic Suspense bookmark may help you find some appealing new authors. Perhaps you also like the fantasy elements Nora has been dabbling in lately. The following authors mix romance with fantasy for an exciting blend. We've listed book one from each of their series, so you can start at the very beginning.The Calling by Jennifer Ashley
Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
Fantasy lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
If you like Rosamunde Pilcher...
you may also want to try
- Circle of Friends or any other title by Maeve Binchy
- Windfallen by Jojo Moyes
- The Men and the Girls by Joanna Trollope
If you like Jacqueline Winspear...
and her Maisie Dobbs mystery series featuring a British woman-detective set between World Wars I and II then you might also enjoy these titles,
- Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers
- Cover her Face by P. D. James
- A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie
- Sweet Poison by David Roberts
Rainbow Magic Read-alikes
Do you love animals? Do you love magic? Do you love the Rainbow Magic series, but have a hard time finding one on the shelf? If so, try some of these other series books.There are more magical creatures than you ever imaged to read about!Fantasy With a Little Romance On the Side
Do you like fantasy fiction with a little love thrown in for fun? Try these suggestions for a different side to fantasy fiction:- Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- The Dark Mirror by Juliet Marillier
- Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
- Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Aug 25, 2009