Books Quote by Michael Connelly

“I think that’s why I love to read. I’ll read almost anything—mystery, suspense, slice of life—but what I really love is romance. Contemporary is…

— S.T. Prussing

“Don't you think it would be interesting if you could read the story of your life - written perfectly truthfully by an omniscient author?”

— Jean Webster

Judging by the volume of titles published each year, mystery readers are restless in their pursuit of literary escape. They might travel to far-flung…

— Sarah Weinman

I do like a good mystery. I'm reading Edgar Allan Poe now. I also like autobiographies.

— James Van Praagh

“I love reading (and writing) historical fiction.”

— Barbara Carney-Coston

“It is a still stranger thing that there is nothing so delightful in the world as telling stories. It is far pleasanter than writing…

— Virginia Woolf

It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery…

— Anne Tyler

“There are always messages, even enigmas to be searched, mysteries to be solved in all of my books. I like to puzzle readers, but…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

“I would probably have to say that reading fiction — those stories fill the space that other people might use religious stories for. The…

— Tom Perrotta

“My first three books, the collections, were fun to write and a great start but I have matured so much as a writer since…

— Ricardo Fleshman

“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not…

— Victoria Connelly

“For a writer it's a genuinely interesting and hopefully profitable era that makes a variety of books available to a variety of readers, extending…

— Sara Sheridan