Favourite authors enjoyed by older seniors
Session 405 “70 Plus: older seniors love the library too!”. OLA Super Conference 2013
“Nice” stories Lillian Beckwith Maeve Binchy James Herriot Grace Livingston Hill Gervase Phinn Rosamunde Pilcher Nicholas Sparks Patrick Taylor (Irish Country Doctor series)
Westerns Louis L’Amour Donald Clayton Porter Dana Fuller Ross
Frontier and pioneer fiction Pierre Berton Farley Mowat Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mysteries Lillian Jackson Braun Agatha Christie Janet Evanovich Dick Francis Erle Stanley Gardner Sue Grafton J. J. Marric Ngaio Marsh Ed McBain James Patterson Ann Purser Wilbur Smith Alexander McCall Smith Rex Stout (Nero Wolfe series)
Gentle romance Barbara Cartland Marion Chesney Catherine Cookson Clare Darcy (Regency romances)
Gentle Romance continued… Georgette Heyer Mary Stewart
Romance (may include some sexual content) Debbie Macomber Belva Plain Nora Roberts Danielle Steel
Humour Stuart McLean P. G. Wodehouse
Christian fiction Jan Karon Karen Kingsbury Janette Oke
Historical fiction Pearl S. Buck (Good Earth trilogy) John Jakes (Civil war family sagas) Jean Plaidy (also wrote under Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, Ellalice Tate) Edward Rutherford Elswyth Thane (American Revolution) Nigel Tranter (Scottish history)
Non-fiction Bible Biographies (musicians, movie stars, royalty, war/political figures, explorers) Inspirational/uplifting (Chicken soup for the soul) Medical (macular degeneration) Reader’s Digest magazine Self-help (bereavement)
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