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Reader's Advisory Herman Brown Free Library March 2018 Read Alike Suggestions (All authors listed are available in the Burnet County Library System) A _______________________________ Abbott, Jeff James Lee Burke * Lee Child * Mary Jane Behrends Clark * Michael Connelly * P. T. Deutermann * Stephen Hunter * Ward Larsen * Glenn Meade * Michael Savage Adler, Elizabeth Sandra Brown * Mary Higgins Clark * Janet Dailey * Judith Gould * Tami Hoag * Susan Isaacs * Iris Johansen * Kat Martin * Karen Robards * Nora Roberts * Katherine Stone Albert, Susan Wittig Mignon Franklin Ballard * Stephanie Barron * Rita Mae Brown * Agatha Christie * Diane Mott Davidson * Alexander McCall Smith * Denise Swanson Albom, Mitch Deepak Chopra * Paulo Coelho * Harold Kushner * Yann Martel * Rick Warren Alcott, Louisa May T. Davis Bunn * Catherine Cookson * Jan Karon * Janette Oke * Judith Pella * Francine Rivers Alexander, Victoria Mary Balogh * Jo Beverley * Catherine Cookson * Christina Dodd * Sherrilyn Kenyon * Lisa Kleypas * Stephanie Laurens * Julia Quinn Allende, Isabel Bill Bryson * Michael Chabon * Pat Conroy * Jeffrey Eugenides * Sue Monk Kidd * Barbara Kingsolver * Gabriel Garcia Marquez * Ann Patchett * Amy Tan Anderson, Catherine Candace Camp * Janet Dailey * Lisa Gardner * Kay Hooper * Judith Krantz * Elizabeth Lowell * Karen Robards * Nora Roberts Andrews, Mary Kay Rita Mae Brown * Dixie Cash * Jennifer Crusie * Janet Evanovich * Joan Hess * Sophie Kinsella * Jayne Ann Krentz * Jennifer Weiner Andrews, V.C. Lawrence Block * Mary Higgins Clark * Robert Cormier * Lois Duncan * Kathleen O’Neal Gear * Adele Geras * Kay Hooper * Peter James * Billie Letts * Barbara Michaels * Joyce Carol Oates * James Patterson * Anne Rice * John Saul * Thomas Tryon * Phyllis Whitney * Stuart Woods Angelou, Maya Margaret Atwood * Sandra Dallas * Alexander McCall Smith * Terry McMillan * Toni Morrison * Walter Mosley * Kimberla Lawson Roby Anthony, Piers Douglas Adams * Terry Brooks * Janet Evanovich * Diana Gabaldon * Terry Pratchett Archer, Jeffrey David Baldacci * Clive Cussler * Vince Flynn * John Grisham * Jack Higgins * Jonathan Kellerman * Stuart Wood Arnaldur, Indridason James Lee Burke * Karin Fossum * Lynda La Plante * Henning Mankell * Jo Nesbo * Ian Rankin * Anders Roslund Atherton, Nancy Mignon Franklin Ballard * Lilian Jackson Braun * M. C. Beaton * Rita Mae Brown * Carolyn Hart * Garrison Keillor Atkins, Ace Nevada Barr * Jan Burke * Bill Crider * Janet Evanovich * Sue Grafton * Joan Hess * Tony Hillerman * J. A. Jance * Marcia Muller - 1 - Atkinson, Kate Geraldine Brooks * Michael Chabon * Tracy Chevalier * Louise Erdrich * Fannie Flagg * Sue Monk Kidd * Barbara Kingsolver * Liane Moriarty * Philipp Meyer * Elizabeth Strout Atwood, Margaret Margaret Drabble * Charles Frazier * Gail Godwin * Mary Gordon * Lev Grossman * Barbara Kingsolver * Penelope Lively * Toni Morrison * Joyce Carol Oates * Felix Palma * Marge Piercy * Annie Proulx * Carol Shields * Jane Smiley * Alice Walker * Amanda Eyre Ward * Fay Weldon Auel, Jean John Darnton * Kathleen O’Neal Gear * Sue Harrison * Linda Lay Shuler * Wilbur Smith * James Alexander Thom * Joan Wolf Austen, Jane Agatha Christie * Diana Gabaldon * Jodi Picoult * Nicholas Sparks * Joanna Trollope * Robert James Waller Austin, Lynn Robin Hatcher * Dee Henderson * Jan Karon * Beverly Lewis * Janette Oke * Jodi Picoult * Lori Wick * Beth Wiseman * Cindy Woodsmall B Baldacci, David Jeffrey Archer * Peter Benchley * William Bernhardt * Dale Brown * Dan Brown * Stephen Cannell * Lee Chiild * Michael Connelly * Nelson DeMille * Robert Dugoni * Matthew Dunn * Linda Fairstein * Frederick Forsyth * James Grippando * John Grisham * Kaui Hart Hemmings * Andrew Klavan * Dennis Lahane * David Levien * Robert Ludlum * Steve Martini * Brad Meltzer * Kyle Mills * T. Jefferson Parker * Michael Savage * Lisa Scottoline * Sidney Sheldon * Robert Tanenbaum * Scott Turow * Stuart Woods Ballard, MignonFranklin Susan Wittig Albert * Stephanie Barron * Rita Mae Brown * Agatha Christie * Diane Mott Davidson * Alexander McCall Smith * Denise Swanson Balogh, Mary Jo Beverley * Candace Camp * Catherine Cookson * Patricia Gaffney * Mary Jo Putney * Joan Wolf Barnard, Robert M. C. Beaton * Dorothy Cannell * Agatha Christie * Mary Daheim * Elizabeth George * Martha Grimes * Carolyn Hart * Joan Hess * P. D. James * Faye Kellerman * Elmore Leonard * Elizabeth Peters * Ruth Rendell * Barbara Vine Barr, Nevada Peter Bowen * C. J. Box * Lilian Jackson Braun * Deborah Crombie * Linda Fairstein * Tricia Fields * Elizabeth George * Sue Grafton * Sue Henry * Tony Hillerman * J. A. Jance * Karen Kijewski * Dana Stabenow * Kelli Stanley Barrett, Lorna Susan Wittig Albert * David Baldacci * Janet Evanovich * Julie Hyzy * Kathy Reichs * Dana Stabenow Barry, Dave Bill Bryson * Jennifer Crusie * Janet Evanovich * Carl Hiaasen * Elmore Leonard * Steve Martini Beaton, M. C. Mignon Franklin Ballard * Lorna Barrett * Lilian Jackson Braun * Dorothy Cannell * Carolyn Haines * Denise Swanson Beck, Glenn James Lee Burke * Melody Carlson * Richard Paul Evans * Vince Flynn * Thomas Kinkade * Bill O’Reilly * Frank Peretti * Francine Rivers * Joel Rosenberg * Donna VanLiere Beck, Jessica Avery Aames * Riley Adams * M. C. Beaton * Dorothy Cannell * Robyn Carr * Laura Childs * Janet Evanovich * Joanne Fluke * Jenn McKinlay * Danielle Steel - 2 - Bell, Ted Larry Bond * Dale Brown * Lincoln Child * Stephen Coonts * Harold Coyle * David Poyer * Douglas Preston * Matthew Reilly * Patrick Robinson * James Rollins Berenson, Alex David Baldacci * Dale Brown * Ben Coes * Vince Flynn * Brian Haig * Ward Larsen * David Poyer * Michael Savage * Brad Taylor * Brad Thor * Thomas W. Young Berg, Elizabeth Tiffany Baker * Alan Bradley * Annie Dillard * Kaye Gibbons * Alice Hoffman * Sue Miller * Jacquelyn Mitchard * Anna Quindlen * Luanne Rice * Anne Tyler Bernhardt, William John Grisham * John T. 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