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Bestsellers for a cold winter day...

© Irene Taylor

...by a few of my favorite authors!

If you're like me, you're happy to stay home on these cold winter days curled up with a great book and enjoying hot cocoa and a fire! It's been below zero here for days, so I've really been enjoying my latest book, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. If you read my December article, The Da Vinci Code, you know that I am a new fan of Dan Brown's work. I just got Angels and Demons from the library after a long wait with it on reserve, and it is as good as I expected. Twenty-six weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list - it's one great read from my newest favorite author.

Another favorite author is Dean Koonz. He is a superb writer in the thriller and horror genre. His latest, By the Light of the Moon was on the best-seller list for 8 weeks. It is the gripping story of a young man who is injected with a mysterious substance and then has to run for his life to prevent the "bad-guys" from getting it. Based on nanotechnology, this suspenseful book will keep you glued to the pages till you've finished it!

If you like the high-tech world of nanotechnology, another book to check out is Prey by another favorite author, Michael Crichton. Michael Crichton is about as versatile an author as I've ever read, with such hits as Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, and Sphere among many others. Prey, at this writing #15 on the best-seller list, is a techno-thriller that is sure to please. Crichton brings together nanotechnology, genetic engineering and computer-based artificial life in this gripping novel.

If your taste runs to the legalistic novel, I would recommend John Grisham's The King of Torts. Number 2 on the New York Times best-seller list this week, this book is a suspenseful read and an education into the world of the tort system at the same time. Says Publisher's Weekly, "Grisham's aim here clearly is to educate as he entertains. He can be didactic ("'Nobody earns ten million dollars in six months, Clay,' " a friend warns." 'You might win it, steal it, or have it drop out of the sky, but nobody earns money like that. It's ridiculous and obscene'"), but readers will applaud Grisham's fierce moral stance as they cling to his words every step along the way of this powerful and gripping morality tale."