Due to popular demand, these are most of the books that are in this photo.

The pile of books on the far left, starting at the top:

• Crewel World by Monica Ferris. A woman inherits a knitting shop from her murdered sister—and knows nothing about knitting! First in a series. It was quite fun. I look forward to reading more of these some day.
• Polgara the Sorceress by David and Leigh Eddings
• Can’t make out the title on this one. Sorry.
• Death of a Hussy by M. C. Beaton. A Hamish Macbeth story. These are the stories that the BBC based the TV series on.
• Ratking by Michael Dibdin. I liked some of his other stories better. Cosi Fan Tutti was my absolute favorite.
• Looking for Ginger North by John Dunning. I don’t think I’ve read this one yet. Like a lot of Dunning’s books, it’s out of print, and difficult to find. People collect him. Wow. I just looked on Amazon, and old copies of this book are start at $65.61, and go up to $150.00. For a paperback book. Actually, I don’t think this one was every released in hardcover, but I could be wrong. Wow. Um, I didn’t pay anywhere near that much for it.
• Fool’s Puzzle by Earlene Fowler. Fun series. Similar feel to Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone stories. The protagonist, Benni Harper, is a quilt expert, and all the book titles are the name of a quilt pattern.
• Bird Dog by Philip Reed. Murder, cars, and fun.
• A Great Deliverance, Well-Schooled in Murder, and I think Payment in Blood, all by Elizabeth George. The Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley books. I love her books. The BBC has filmed a couple of them.

Some of you have recognized the Mary Stewart books. Under then are a few Ursula Le Guin books. Possibly some of the Earthsea stories. Then there’s one I can’t read. Space by James A. Michener really shows up there next to Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind. Then is one of Maxine O’Callaghan’s Delilah West stories. Again, she reminds me a bit of Kinsey Millhone.

The next pile is topped with one of Lawrence Block’s Bernie Rhodenbarr stories. You know the ones, The Burglar Who… Those are all quite fun. They’re on top of a couple of J. R. R. Tolkien’s books. And stacked in front of those are some of Katherine Kurtz’s Deryni stories.

Whew. That’s a lot of books. More in that little section than I’d realized.