Sharron
I'm giving my 5 & 6 year old granddaughters FANCY NANCY. My son loves weather so he is getting STORMCHASER, the book with incredible photos. My daughters-in-law are getting cookbooks. I'm getting myself (of course) BLUE CHRISTMAS and maybe one or two paperbacks to keep me reading during the holidays.

Jacqui
THE GOLDEN COMPASS by Philip Pullman

Rosalie Sambuco
The Kite Runner
Sisters of the Heart
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Kristy
QUIET STRENGTH by Tony Dungy
THE CHRISTMAS PEARL by Dorothea Benton-Frank
THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS and THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS

Ray Palen
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J. D. Salinger
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein
CARRION COMFORT by Dan Simmons

Barbara Kirch
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Water for Elephants
For One More Day

Ann Blethen
HOW THE SOUTH COULD HAVE WON THE CIVIL WAR: The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat by Bevin Alexander
T IS FOR TRESPASS by Sue Grafton
THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR by Dean Koontz

Joy Martineau
3 Cups of Tea
Suite Francaise
Water for Elephants

Lyla
WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahme

WINNIE THE POOH by A. A. Milne

THE HOBBIT by J. R. R. Tolkein

Book Festival
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
BOUND TO PLEASE by Michael Dirda
DREAMS FROM MY FATHER by Barak Obama

Book Festival
The Uncommon Reader
Broken Trust
How Starbucks Saved My Life

Janice Halinar
Come Back
Loving Frank
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Julia L. Rule
1. The Mists of Avalon
2. Moon Called
3. Dead Until Dark

Janet Hoyt
The Dress Lodger
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
A Thread of Grace

Scott Schneider
The Road
Rhett Butler's People
Book of the Dead

Sue Beckley
The Pillars of the Earth
The Fountainhead
Atlas Shrugged

Debbie Moore
SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See
THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini
BENEATH A MARBLE SKY by John Shors

Jane Ann Railey-Clear
Any book by by Erica Spindler --- I just finished SEE JANE DIE

The Virgin River trilogy by Robin Carr

FREE FALL by Fern Michaels, which is 7th (I think) in the Sisterhood series. Guess I better buy them the whole series...

Cam
LOVING FRANK by Nancy Horan
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
ABUNDANCE by Sena Jeter Naslund

Sandra Hughes
THE TIE THAT BINDS by Kent Haruf
THE YEAR OF FOG by Michelle Richmond
LAND THAT MOVES, LAND THAT STANDS STILL by Kent Nelson

Mary
Garden Spells
The Double Bind
World Without End

Barbara Broberg
CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN by Fannie Flagg
THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver
SHELL SEEKERS by Rosamund Pilcher

Sandy Greathouse
HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS by Jan Karon
THE CHOICE by Nicholas Sparks
DOUBLE CROSS by James Patterson

Lori Furan-Schultz
1, ON WINGS OF THE MORNING by Marie Bostwick
2. IT'S GETTING UGLY OUT THERE by Jack Cafferty
3. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee

Linda M. Johnson
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
FARMS AND FOODS OF OHIO: From Garden Gate to Dinner Plate by Marilou K. Suszko
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom

Michelle Miller
RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE and WORLD WITHOUT END for my sister, and WORLD WITHOUT END for my mom as well.

Mary
Water For Elephants
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Harriet Insler
THE LOOMING TOWER
DOUBLE CROSS --- to my daughter
THE KITE RUNNER

Gail
TWILIGHT by Stephanie Meyer
THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett

Linda Estrin
JUNKY by William S. Burroughs
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES by Ernesto Che Guevara
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac

Peggy Kincaid
LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN by Janet Evanovich, STONE COLD by David Baldacci, and DEAD HEAT by Dick Francis

Dianne
The Daring Book for Girls
The Dangerous Book for Boys

Brenda Broadway
THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR by Dean Koonz
DARKNESS FALLS by Kyle Mills
MAGIC HOUR by Kristin Hannah

Lori Barnes
THE LONG WALK HOME by Will North, THE BEACH HOUSE and SWIMMING LESSONS by Mary Alice Monroe

Laurie Staalberg
The three books I would give as gifts are: 1) THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY
2) LIGHT AS SNOW
3) THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER

Nova Moody
THE QUICKIE by James Patterson
THE WRONG MAN by John Katzenbach
THE BLUE ZONE by Andrew Gross

Sharon Lumb
STONE COLD
SHOPAHOLIC & BABY
Clive Cussler's new book

BS
Nicholas Sparks' THE CHOICE, James Lee Burke's THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN, and John Sandford's INVISIBLE PREY and DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.

Kathryn
I like to give the Page-A-Day Calendar for BookLovers; you'll give 365 mini book reviews! And then I enclose a gift card to local bookstore.

Sal williams
In Cold Blood
Music For Chameleons
To Kill A Mockingbird

Darcy L. Chambers
The Terror
The Book Thief
To Kill a Mockingbird

Jean
NOW AND THEN by Robert B. Parker
T IS FOR TRESPASS by Sue Grafton
THE ABDUCTION by Mark Gimenez

Louise Pledge
DEAD SILENCE, DEAD GIVEAWAY, and DEAD RIGHT, all by Brenda Novak

F Tessa Bartels
THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS (for my niece)
PEONY IN LOVE (for my sister-in-law)
A FAMILY CHRISTMAS (for my brother and his family)

Kathryn
To children: THE SCRAMBLED STATE OF AMERICA

To mother: A Cookbook by Ellie Krieger

To neice: Little House first reader series

Rose from CT
PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett
BOOM! by Tom Brokaw
ON THE NIGHT YOU WERE BORN by Nancy Tillman

Alice
Gone with the Wind
Crossing to Safety
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Cynthia Baxter
This year I am giving Kevin Sites's IN THE HOT ZONE, Christopher Moore's THE STUPIDEST ANGEL and Bill Buford's HEAT as Christmas presents.

Kathy Crutchfield
The Camel Club
The Testament
A Death in Vienna

Coralie
The Book of Air and Shadows
The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Kate Green
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS by Richard Russo for my godson, any Beatles biography, and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS for anyone who hasn't read it yet,

Linda Baca
1) The House Of Mondavi
2) Stone Cold
3) The Mitford Bedside Companion

Lesa Davis
I'm giving THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE to everyone in my family, the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: THE BASKETBALL BOOK, and a book about fashion illustration.

Charlene Barron
The Kite Runner
Nineteen Minutes
1000 Moons

Brenda Moak
1. THE MITFORD BEDSIDE COMPANION by Jan Karon
2. THE GIVING TREE by Shel Silverstien
2. THE MITFORD KITCHEN COMPANION by Jan Karon

Joni Walter
DEATH BY BLACK HOLE by Neil deGrasse Tyson
T IS FOR TRESPASS by Sue Grafton
THE REINCARNATIONIST by M. J. Rose

Melodie
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse

Beverly
Three Cups of Tea
The Singular Pilgrim
Before I Die

Jane
THE RICH PART OF LIFE by Jim Kokoris
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
MARLEY & ME by John Grogan

Mitch, Charlotte, NC
First is BOOM by Tom Brokaw. He is such a spectacular writer. I haven't read it yet, but I enjoy his writing and have hinted strongly to at least 5 people about this book, so I suspect it will appear at least once. I can't wait to share it.

A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini is second on my list. We are so lucky to have such an insightful and easily enjoyable writer today that everyone should be given an opportunity to experience him.

Lastly only in number in the question is THE SECRET SERVANT by Dan Silva. There is so much to say about this book. Ultimately, though, it is so very timely and offers such high suspense and entertainment that I can think of no one who would not enjoy it!

Dorothy Lechmanick
The Book Thief
Atonement
The Kite Runner

Dena W.
BLOODFEVER by Karen Marie Moning
DARK POSSESSION by Sherrilyn Kenyon and ATLANTIS AWAKENING by Alyssa Day

Lori Dorman
The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Kite Runner

For One More Day

Ann Forsing
The Secret
9-11 A Tribute
A Day in the Life of Maine

Dorothy Olson
Purple Hibiscus
Pillars of the Earth
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Janet Hoyt
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
The Dress Lodger
A Thread of Grace

Marjorie L. Carmony
WHERE ANGELS GO by Debbie Macomber
QUIET STRENGTH by Tony Dungy
TO THOSE WHO SEE by Gwen Frostic

Rebecca Booth
One Tuesday Morning
Beyond Tuesday Morning
Oceans apart

Irene - Saratoga Springs NY
The Bridge of Sighs
World Without End

Kathleen
I'm already giving CARRIE and CHRISTINE by Stephen King and HELLO WORLD (an amateur radio book). Mitch Albom's books would make great gifts too.

Jennifer Lalley
HOLIDAYS ARE HELL (an anthology with Kim Harrison), THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS by L. Frank Baum, THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR DOGS, and CANDY CANE MURDER (anothology with Joanne Fluke)

Marsha Creter
The Christmas Pearl
Where Angels Go
Rhett Butler's People

Linda Hernandez
EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd
RUN by Ann Patchett

Nancy
THE CHRISTMAS PEARL by Doretha Benton Frank

THE POLAR EXPRESS with the DVD and Bell
(Tom Hanks Special)

ALL ABOUT ANGELS

Linda Estrin
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston
The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell

Jane
Water for Elephants
World Without End
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Ricardo Macias
The Pillars of the Earth
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Sue
The Faith Club
1,000 Places to See Before You Die

Carol Bosworth
Three Cups of Tea
Water for Elephants
Modoc: The Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived

Susan Meyers
1. The Virgin of the Small Plains
2. Nineteen Minutes

Laura
The Dangerous Book for Boys

Linda Miller
Pillars of the Earth
World Without End
Eat, Pray, Love

Lisa
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
VOICES by Arnuldar Indridason
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls

Judy Stein
The Thirteenth Tale
I Feel Bad About My Neck
Kockroach

Cynthia Baxter
Christopher Moore's THE STUPIDEST ANGEL, Kevin Site's IN THE HOT ZONE and Robert Service's BEST OF ROBERT SERVICE: BEST TALES OF YUKON

Kathy Vieira
THE LOTTERY by Patricia Wood
THE VIRGIN OF THE SMALL PLAINS by Nancy Pickard
THE HINDI BINDI CLUB by Monica Pradhan

Jean Robbins
The Choice
An Irish Christmas
Postsecret

Debi Honnoll
The Dangerous Book for Dogs
The Secret Life of Bees
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Debi Honnoll
The Dangerous Book for Dogs
The Secret Life of Bees
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Ana
THIRD DEGREE by Greg Iles
A SEASON IN PURGATORY by Dominick Dunne
MONTANA SKY by Nora Roberts

Fran Keneston
Eat, Pray, Love
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Marley & Me

Winterlily
I would give:

The Harry Potter boxed set to my nephew

The entire Eric Jerome Dickey collection of books to myself. The man's book keeps me warm on many cold nights.

James Patterson's Women's Murder Club books to my sister. She loves female heroines.

Dorothy Cowling
TIME PEACE by Ellen Vaughn
HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS by Jan Karon

Tommy Nichols
The Mist
Lisey's Story
The Quickie

D'juana Stevens
AMAZING GRACE: A Novel by Shareef Allman, BAILEY'S CAFE by Gloria Naylor, and THE INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison