My county library has a "new arrivals" shelf, usually holds 20-30 books, always an extremely mixed bag! I just pick up whatever book appeals based on title, picture, subject, book-size, whatever ... fact, fiction, adult, young-adult, how-to, political, travel, mystery; oh and some in Large Print too which is increasingly nice :-) Because it's a public library and costs me nothing to take a few home, I "test drive" a lot of books. I have a certain place in my house where the stack of library books go, so they don't get lost and it's easy to remember to take them back when I'm done. Don't be afraid to walk through the Non-Fiction section of your library, there will be lots of interesting things there too. Costs nothing to see if you really like Shakespeare or want to read about a science topic, etc. Plus it'll have cookbooks, gardening books, poetry etc in addition to all the "intellectual" stuff, lol. I love autobiographies, especially of common people (non-celebrities, that is) who write just to share what their world was like growing up. The second way I find/choose books is I keep a Word document titled "Books to look for" on my computer ... and anytime I'm on-line, I cut & paste interesting recommendations into my document. Then every so often, I review the list, jot down a few titles/authors to look for. Mysteries - my library is big on mysteries, or is it the entire publishing world now-a-days? Some are light-hearted (talking animals, etc), others are more serious, and I guess there are grim/gorey/scary selections too although that doesn't appeal to me! Whatever hobby or passtime you're into, there will be mystery series using that as a theme. Common themed mysteries are cooking, dogs, cats, gardening, antiques, junk-collecting, various periods of history, etc. I think you could google "mystery" plus any subject you wanted, and come up with a list. I hope you find something you like :-)

In addition to ones already listed: Nevada Barr, her heroine is a National Parks Ranger Stuart Woods - only those where the protagonist is a female former sheriff. These are set in a locale in Florida very close to where I live (Central Florida, east coast) Dorothy L Sayers - Lord Peter Whimsy Colin Dexter - he wrote a series featuring Inspector Morse. The public TV stations aired numerous movies based on Morse, on the Mystery series.

I know, Susanjf, but I can't imagine a Robb book having the same budget as a Willis movie.... maybe special effects aren't as expensive as I think, though..... So, OK, let's order up a few movies, they would be fun! :) The hologram room would be fun, too. Cruise as Reacher is just stupid. And when asked, Cruise said he was a little sensitive about the criticism. Um. REACHER wouldn't be! So right there, it tells you it's poorly cast! Hopefully, "One Shot" bombs and they recast for a 2nd movie. I won't go see it, I don't want my mental image of Reacher tainted. Plus, I don't like Tom Cruise.

Yes I have....and a few of the follow up ones as well. I loaned them all out to an old neighbor and never got them back. After she moved I realized she never returned my books. I love that series and wanted to collect them again. It was a sad, sad life for David Peltzer, but he did well as he grew up. Very good books!