Book Match

The Lightning Thief, Graceling, The Hunger Games... these hot titles are jumping off the shelves in our teen section, but they also have a long wait list. What to read while you wait? At a recent Lit Bistro meeting, we discussed these hot books and what you might enjoy if you have to wait to get your hands on a copy.

The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith is a popular series! If you liked that series, you may also like these titles:

Marked by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
Enter the dark, magical world of The House of Night, a world where vampyres have always existed. Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird has just been Marked as a fledgling vampyre and joins the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampire. That is, if she makes it through the Change--and not all of those who are Marked do.
(Catalog summary). This is the first book in a series.

 If you like Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas, you might also like these titles and authors.

Here are some other books which may remind you of "Pillars of the Earth" and "World Without End".  

You may like books by Sharon Penman, who writes historical fiction about the same period. Try "When Christ and
His Saints Slept."   Also, "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco is historical fiction and a mystery. There is a series of mysteries about a medieval nun, Sister Frevisse, written by Margaret Frazer which is good, and a similar book is "Mistress of the Art of Death" by Ariana Franklin.

 If you liked  “The Thirteenth Tale” by Diane Setterfield, you may enjoy the following works:

Ghost Writer
by John Harwood
Victorian ghost stories and family secrets - guaranteed to kick your pulse up a notch.

If you like books by Faye Kellerman, you may also like...

Take a look at the Reading Room:
 

If you like "Rhett Butler's People," then you may also like:

Thank you for requesting a book match. If you liked The Choice by Nicholas Sparks, you may also like these titles and authors.

The Gazebo by Emily Grayson

Once a year for fifty years, Martin Rayfiel and Clair Swift have met at the gazebo in the square of a small town, but this year, they do not show, and it is up to Abby Reston, the local newspaper editor, to piece together the puzzle of these two lovers. (Catalog summary)


Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson

Here are several inspiring memoirs of people who have survived extremely abusive and difficult childhoods yet who have found success in their adult lives. The stories are grim, but inspiring.

All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg.

This haunting, harrowing, and gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin tells the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt poor in Alabama, and who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for "The New York Times". 

Thank you for requesting a book match.  If you like Ciao America! by Beppe Severgnini, then you may also like these titles and authors.

 

I'm A Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after 30 Years Away by Bill Bryson