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Books and More

Books are my weakness and I've done my best to share my love of books with nieces and nephews. After employees at several bookstores started asking me where I got the lists of books I ordered, I decided to create my own websites devoted to books. The first actually includes CD's and DVD's as well as books for teaching art and music (Classical, Jazz, Ballet, Opera). At the second, you will find information about teaching history, science, math, reading, and writing. You will also find lists of great books for ALL AGES including: science fiction, fantasy, classics, Christian fiction, mysteries, spy novels, romance novels, and recent fiction. The book pictured on the left is one of my favorites. It is a fantasy (trolls, ogres, elves, and sorcerers) with a murder mystery to solve. You can read more about this book at the Fantasy link below.

Art and Music Education

Books and More 4 Kids

Which authors are teens reading? 

If you would like to know more about Sarah Dessen's very popular books check out another of my lenses at the link provided here.

Sarah Dessen

If you would like more information about: Khaled Hosseini, Jay Asher, Lisa McMann, Meg Cabot, Alice Sebold, Amy Tan, Maya Angelou, Libba Bray, Anthony Horowitz, J.D. Salinger, Betty Smith, Ann Brashares, Sophie Kinsella, Emily Giffen, Nicholas Sparks, John Gunther, John Knowles, Tracy Chevalier, and other authors currently popular with teens check the link provided below.

Recent Books for Teens

The very popular Twilight Series and The Host by Stephenie Meyer are showcased further down this page.

Fantasy Authors and Titles 

So you have now read each Harry Potter book at least three times, but what's next?

Edwin A. Abbott, Richard Adams, Piers Anthony, Isaac Asimov, Robert Lynn Asprin, Richard Bach, R. Scott Baker, T. A. Barron, John Beachem, Frank Beddor, Libba Bray, Terry Brooks, Jim Butcher, Meg Cabot, Orson Scott Card, Don Callander, Bob Chapman, Susanna Clark, Eoin Colfer, Glen Cook, Chris D'Lacey, Stephen R. Donaldson, David Eddings, Michael Ende, Steven Erikson, Dave Farland, Raymond E. Fiest, Cornelia Funke, Neil Gaiman, David Gemmell, Terry Goodkind, Joe Haldeman, Joanne Harris, Herge, Tracy Hickman, Robin Hobb, Brian Jacques, Diana Wynne Jones, Robert Jordan, Carol Kendall, E. E. Knight, Dean Koontz, Mercedes Lackey, Madeleine L'Engle, Ursula K. LeGuin, Elizabeth A. Lynn, George MacDonald, D. J. MacHale, Juliet Marillier, George R. R. Martin, Anne McCaffrey, Patricia A. McKillip, Stephenie Meyer, Karen Miller, Michael Molloy, Shane Moore, Brandon Mull, Garth Nix, Andre Norton, George Orwell, Christopher Paolini, Katherine Paterson, James Patterson, Donita K. Paul, Tamora Pierce, Terry Pratchett, Phillip Pullman, Howard Pyle, Mary Stewart, John Steinbeck, Jonathan Stroud, J. R. R. Tolkien, Margaret Weis, T. H. White, Gene Wolfe, Janny Wurts, and Roger Zelazny are all showcased at the link provided below. At that site you will find a list of titles for each as well as links to official websites for most of them.

Fantasy Authors and Titles

Science Fiction 

Have you already read everything by Asimov and Heinlein, but now are looking for new authors and titles?

James White, Madeleine L'Engle, E. E. "Doc" Smith, Andre Norton, Ursula K. LeGuin, Lois Lowry, Scott Westerfeld, Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, C. S. Lewis, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Edwin A. Abbott, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, Stanly Robinson, Orson Scott Card, Walter Tevis, Frederick Pohl, David Brin, Joe Haldeman, James Blish, Gene Wolfe, Stanislav Lem, Philip K. Dick, George Orwell, Frank Herbert, Kurt Vonnegut, Aldous Huxley, Douglas Adams, and Nancy Farmer are featured at the link given below. You will find titles for each author as well as links to other websites for most of them.

Science Fiction

Mysteries, Suspense, Medical Thrillers, and Legal Thrillers 

Readers who enjoy a good mystery are probably familiar with the names Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. However, if you are looking for someone new, you might want to check the list below. You will find quite a bit of variety in writing styles and settings. Gerritsen writes Medical Thrillers; Grisham's works are Legal Thrillers. If you want something light-hearted and funny, try Evanovich. At the link below you will find a list of titles by each of these authors as well as links to official websites for many of them.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Linwood Barclay, M. C. Beaton, Steve Berry, Sandra Brown, Gwendoline Butler, Stella Cameron, Raymond Chandler, Lee Child, Mary Higgins Clark, Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwall, Catherine Coulter, Robert Crais, Paul Doherty, Barry Eisler, Janet Evanovich, Joanne Fluke, Dick Francis, Margaret Frazer, Lisa Gardner, Anne George, Elizabeth George, Tess Gerritsen, Sue Grafton, Andrew Greeley, John Grisham, Dashiell Hammett, John Hart, Maddy Hunter, P. D. James, Faye Kellerman, Dean Koontz, Gordon Korman, Patricia Lewin, Ross MacDonald, Sharyn McCrumb, Ngaio Marsh, Mary E. Martin, Brad Meltzer, Stuart Palmer, Robert B. Parker, James Patterson, Richard North Patterson, Ridley Pearson, Ellis Peters, Ian Rankin, J. D. Robb, Dorothy L. Sayers, Daniel Silva, Karin Slaughter, Alexander McCall Smith, Marilyn Todd, Peter Tremayne, Margaret Truman, Patricia Wentworth, and Steven White.

Mysteries, Suspense, Medical Thrillers, and Legal Thrillers

Spies, The Military, and Policemen: Tales of Action and Suspense 

Do you enjoy a good action thriller, but you have run out of authors and titles?

Anthony Horowitz, C. S. Forester, Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, W. E.B. Griffin, John LeCarre, Robert Ludlum, Hugh Laurie, Palma Harcourt, James W. Huston, Len Deighton, Brad Thor, Dale Brown, and Ian Fleming are featured at the link given below. At that site you will find titles for each author, as well as links to official websites for some. Anthony Horowitz is a particularly good choice if you have a teen or preteen son who doesn't like to read.

Spies, The Military, and Policemen: Tales of Action and Suspense

Romance Novels For Adults 

Are you a fan of Romance Novels and looking for some new authors?

Jo Beverly, Maeve Binchy, Sandra Brown, Catherine Coulter, Millie Criswell, Barbara Delinsky, Jude Deveraux, Jane Feather, Dorothy Garlock, Julie Garwood, Heather Graham Pozzessere, Robin Lee Hatcher, Linda Howard, Joan Johnston, Jayne Ann Krentz (Amanda Quick), Judith McNaught, Debbie Macomber, Linda Lael Miller, Constance O'Day-Flannery, Maggie Osborne, Diana Palmer, Rosamunde Pilcher, Mary Jo Putney, Nora Roberts, Dallas Schulze, Anne Rivers Siddons, LaVyrle Spencer, Danielle Steel, and Susan Wiggs are all featured at the link given below. At that site, you can find titles for each author, as well as links to official websites for many of them.

Romance Novels

Christian Fiction 

If you are interested in Christian Fiction you have probably heard of The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. However, are you familiar with his other works? Are you in search of other Christian Fiction Authors and Titles.

Stephen P. Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Isabella Macdonald Alden, Ernest Angley, Lynn Austin, June Masters Bacher, Karen Ball, Joseph T. Bayly, Deborah Bedford, William J. Bennett, Terri Blackstock, Lawanna Blackwell, Wanda Brumstetter, T. Davis Bunn, John Bunyan, Taylor Caldwell, Melody Carlson, Linda Chaikin, G. K. Chesterton, Mindy Starns Clark, Lori Copeland, Henry W. Coray, Thomas B. Costain, Dante, Jan de Hartog, Ted Dekker, Sandy Dengler, Lloyd C. Douglas, Martha Finley, Margaret Frazer, Graham Greene, David Gregory, Joseph Girzone, Beatrice Gormley, Elizabeth Goudge, Robin Jones Gunn, Robin Lee Hatcher, G. A. Henty, Dee Henderson, Kathy Herman, Grace Livingston Hill, B. J. Hoff, Marjorie Holmes, Parker Hudson, Angela Hunt, Hannah Hurnard, Dave and Neta Jackson, Grant Jeffrey, Douglas M. Jones III, Jan Karon, Sue Monk Kidd, Esther Ahn Kim, Karen Kingsbury, Peter Kreeft, Al Lacy, Beverly LaHaye, Joyce Landorf, Wendy Lawton, Tamara Leigh, Tracy Michele Leininger, Beverly Lewis, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Paul Maier, Catherine Marshall, Lurlene McDaniel, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Jean McAnlis McMurdie, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Gilbert Morris, Robert Boyd Munger, Andre Norton, Janette Oke, Virginia Stem Owens, Donita K. Paul, Jane Peart, Judith Pella, Frank Peretti, Alicia Peterson, Tracie Peterson, Michael Phillips, Eugenia Price, Piet Prins, Mary Ray, Francine Rivers, Margaret Rogers, Charles Sheldon, Lauraine Snelling, Elizabeth George Speare, Patricia St. John, Barbara M. Sutryn, Brock and Brodie Thoene, Tommy Tenney, David K. Todd, Lucille Travis, Ellen Gunderson Traylor, Louise A. Vernon, Laura Jensen Walker, Sydney Watson, Marian Wells, Morris West, Joe Wheeler, Lori Wick, Brenda Wilbee, Charles Williams, Joanne Williamson, Douglas Wilson, and Sally Wright are featured at the site below. You will find titles for each and external links for most of these authors.

Christian Fiction

Are you a fan of the Twilight Series? 

Stephenie Meyer Talks About Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse

Stephenie Meyer discusses her novels: Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse.

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Have you seen the Twilight movie? 

Twilight - Final Trailer

Watch the final trailer for the worldwide box office phenomenon! Starring Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart, TWILIGHT is based on Stephenie Meyer's beloved bestseller. The epic continues in 2009 with NEW MOON.

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Stephenie Meyer's Books on Amazon 

Do you like to read books on-line or do you like me like to curl up in a comfortable chair with your latest find?

Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)

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Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3)

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New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)

Release Date: 05/31/2008

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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)

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The Host: A Novel

Release Date: 05/06/2008

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