Welcome to The Habitual Reader, the online fiction book club that features your reader profiles, book reviews, and favorite community bookstores. Are you curious to know . . . what books other readers would take to a deserted island? What books other readers would never pick up again? What makes you a Habitual Reader? This is a community designed for you -- book people of the world -- to talk about fiction.

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Featured Profiles With Their Lists of Ten       Angela Henry "I developed a love of books and reading when I was a child. As a kid you rarely saw me without my nose in a book. As an adult, I'm usually reading at least two books at once. There are a lot of things I could do without in this world, but books are not one of them." Read more... Maria Hudgins "I read for fun. Before I retired from teaching science, most of my reading was work-related but now I read whatever I want. And what I want is mainly mysteries. Now, I've started writing mysteries..." Read more... Michael Dutton "As much as I like a variety of art forms, including the cinema, there are elements in fiction that absolutely cannot be reproduced in other art forms. Example: Before our trip to London (to visit my daughter, Meg, who was schooling there), I re-read "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf... " Read more...     What's Your List of Ten?
Featured Shameless Self-Promotion   Wearing the Spider by Susan Schaab It starts with a simple unwanted kiss and evolves into a labyrinthine trail of forgery and illusion, a hijacked identity, a corruption scandal involving a U.S. Senator accused of channeling illegal benefits to a shady South American firm, even kidnapping and murder. Read more...   Featured Review   The Strand Prophecy By J.B.B. Winner Paul Gayron says: "The Strand Prophecy is just flat out a fun novel. The story starts with a futuristically caped and armored figure appearing on the steps of the White House and the story just runs from there. The pauses in the action are merely long enough to develop some feeling in the characters as you continue falling deeper and deeper into the story through the jungles of Brazil to the rivers of Africa." Read more...	Featured Plug Your Bookstore   Family Book Shop - Deland, Florida Recommended by Judy Mathys Family Book Shop is a full service book store selling new books, new magazines, and buying, trading and selling used books since 1976 in a delightful small southern university town. Read more...   ADVERTISE NOW!   Are you interested in posting an ad on the Habitual Reader? The parrot provides special discounts for authors and community booksellers. Click here to learn more about advertising with us.   You know you're a Habitual Reader if...   You know you're a Habitual Reader if you read your alphabet soup before eating it! - Jasmine Nakagawa, Oakland, CA Read more...     back to the top