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Readers' Corner - Featured Genre

Past Features

Bildungsroman
Top Dawg & the Cat's Meow
Cooking Up a Cozy Mystery
Romances for Those who Despise Romances
Stimulating Literature
October Country: Horror
Family Sagas
Uncommon Valor: WWII
Gentle Reads
African-American Authors
Best of 2008
What's Your Verdict?
Elected Reads
Living on the Edge
Under Appreciated Mysteries
Shelf Life
Profiles in Prose
Fantasy
Road Trip!
What's So Funny?
Animal Attractions
Sweet & Savory
Southern Literature
International Fiction
Chick Lit
Inspirational Fiction

Featured Genre:

Real Men Read

• Award Winners
• Georgia Authors
• Guys Read
• Library Staff Recommendations

Award Winners

Dave Barry - Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, 1988
David Sedaris - Thurber Prize for American Humor
Joseph J. Ellis - Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, 2001 and 1997 National Book Award
Frank McCourt - Pulitzer Prize for biography and National Book Critics Circle Award for biography
David G. McCullough - Pulitzer Prize for biography and National Book Award
James Lee Burke - Two Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Best Crime Novel
Michael Connelly - Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best first novel
Patricia Cornwell - Edgar Allan Poe Award, Britain's Gold Dagger Award, and Sherlock Award
Michael Crichton - Two Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Ken Follett - Edgar Allan Poe Award
Richard Ford - Pulitzer Prize for fiction and PEN/Faulkner Award
Stuart M. Kaminsky - Mystery Writers of America 2006 Grand Master Award
James Patterson - Edgar Allan Poe Award and International Thriller of the Year
Martin Cruz Smith - Britain's Gold Dagger Award
Stuart Woods - Edgar Allan Poe Award

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Georgia Authors

Lewis Grizzard
Jeff Foxworthy
Stuart Woods

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Library Staff Recommendations

Adventure/Mysteries/Stories
Baldacci, David - Hour Game: A Novel
Connelly, Michael - Chasing the Dime
Follett, Ken - Pillars of the Earth
Patterson, James - London Bridges: A Novel
Woods, Stuart - Two-Dollar Bill

Books About Real People
Ellis, Joseph J. - His Excellency: George Washington
Foxworthy, Jeff - No shirt. No shoes-No Problem!
McCourt, Frank - Teacher Man: A Memoir
McCullough, David G. - John Adams

True (and sometimes funny) Books
Barry, Dave - Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys
Bryson, Bill - A Walk in the Woods
Grizzard, Lewis - If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground
Kiyosaki, Robert T. - Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Silverstein, Ken - The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor

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