Books Quote by Alexandra Bracken

What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men.…

— Tansy Rayner Roberts

Seduction is an absolute pleasure to read -- clever, suspenseful, exciting, mysterious, learned, and engrossing. Some of the best historical fiction I've read in…

— David Liss

Romance novels satisfy a very specific fantasy of romantic love that seems to be a powerful part of the female psyche.

— Melissa Pritchard

The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my…

— Karen Thompson Walker

The romance genre is the only genre where readers are guaranteed novels that place the heroine at the heart of the story. These are…

— Jayne Ann Krentz

Romance novels are tales of brave women taming dangerous men. They are stories that capture the excitement of that most mysterious of relationships, the…

— Jayne Ann Krentz

I write novels about ordinary women who face seemingly insurmountable odds but through courage and determination find their heart's desire.

— Francis Ray

If readers like The Thorn and the Blossom, which I would call literary fantasy, I think they would like books such as Elizabeth Hand's…

— Theodora Goss

I Need a Good Book I need a good story. I need a good book. The kind that explodes Off the shelf. I need…

— John Lithgow

Trace of Magic caught me up fast and pulled me in tight for a fun, action-and-sass adventure full of deadly magic and dangerous romance.…

— Devon Monk

I love a psychological thriller, particularly ones that are written by women. I've just finished 'Gone Girl' by Gillian Flynn, which was so creepy…

— Sarah Alexander

I've always read broadly: literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, chick lit, historical, dystopian, nonfiction, memoir. I've even read Westerns. I prefer female protagonists.

— Sandra Cisneros