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What is your favorite genre of book? Mine are mysteries. And you? [View all]

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What is your favorite genre of book? Mine are mysteries. And you? [View all] debm55 Tuesday OP

Mystery/Thriller OLDMDDEM Tuesday #1

Thank you very much, OLDMDDEM. debm55 Tuesday #6

I would have to say biographies. Mad_Dem_X Tuesday #2

Thank you very much Mad_Dem_X. I also enjoy reading historical biographies. debm55 Tuesday #8

I fell in love with Sherlock Holmes at the age of 12 from reading "Study in Scarlet" Coventina Tuesday #3

HAHAHHAHAHAH. Thank you very much, Coventina debm55 Tuesday #9

Cozy mysteries written with lots of humor and animals integral to the story. SheltieLover Tuesday #4

OMG! I love cozies!!! Do you have a favorite series? Coventina Tuesday #5

Great choice, SheltieLover. Great choice. debm55 Tuesday #10

Sci/Fi, Fantasy, Action adventure, spooky stories (King & Koontz) historicall novels, biographies. lark Tuesday #7

Thank you, lark. Excellent choices. debm55 Tuesday #12

Mystery is my favorite genre. MIButterfly Tuesday #11

Thank you very much MIButterfly. Wonderful choices. debm55 Tuesday #13

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Historical novels madamesilverspurs Tuesday #15

Thank you very much, madamesilverspurs. Those are great choices. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Tuesday #16

"Herman Wouk's Winds of War and War and Remembrance are compelling." 3catwoman3 Tuesday #29

Excellent choices, 3 catwoman3, I too like to read the book before seeing the movie to see castong changes and what was debm55 Tuesday #37

Nonfiction, earth sciences and meterology, history catbyte Tuesday #17

HAHAHA, Thank you very much, catbyte. I married a science geek. debm55 Tuesday #23

it varies, but I've mostly been reading history and biographies lately mike_c Tuesday #18

Thank you very much, mike_c. Great choices of books. debm55 Tuesday #24

Same here peacebuzzard Tuesday #28

I'm especially interested in 20th century world history mike_c Tuesday #34

Agree, with you peacebuzzard. And in this point in time, it will only get worse. debm55 Tuesday #38

Science fiction/ Fantasy WmChris Tuesday #19

Wonderful, WmChris. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Tuesday #25

Include me in with the mystery crowd. Polly Hennessey Tuesday #20

Wow, You really love to read. Thank you, Polly Hennessey for all your current selections. debm55 Tuesday #30

True crime and then mysteries. sinkingfeeling Tuesday #21

Thank you very much sinkingfeeling. I have been watching true crime on my tablet. debm55 Tuesday #31

Mysteries but not the gore and macho man type. efhmc Tuesday #22

Agree with you efhmc. I not into gore books and movies. debm55 Tuesday #39

Non fiction. Cultural histories. applegrove Tuesday #26

Wonderful choices, applegrove. debm55 Tuesday #40

Horror exboyfil Tuesday #27

Very interesting. Thank you so much, exboyfil, for sharing with us. debm55 Tuesday #33

It depends entirely on what I'm in the mood for, and that varies a lot. 3catwoman3 Tuesday #32

Agree 3catwoman3. I used to like scary books in my younger days. I agree with rereading books, especially mysteries as debm55 Tuesday #41

Rock Star & Band Bios ProfessorGAC Tuesday #35

Thank you very much, ProfessorGAC. It sounds very interesting. debm55 Tuesday #36

Sci-Fi, Action adventure, Spies dickthegrouch Tuesday #42

Great choice of reading books and variety of selections. Thank you very much, dickthegrouch. debm55 Tuesday #43

Mysteries, Thrillers, and Science Fiction LogDog75 Tuesday #44

Thank you very much, LogDog75. I have read all the books in the Outlanders series. It is set in Scotland and characters debm55 Tuesday #47

Sci-fi/Bio's/History-n/t marked50 Tuesday #45

Thank you very much for sharing. marked50 debm55 Tuesday #46

Mysteries, yes some_of_us_are_sane Tuesday #48

Thank you very much, some_of _us_are_sane. debm55 Tuesday #49

Mysteries MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #50

Thank you very much, MustLoveBeagles. debm55 Tuesday #51

I mostly enjoy historical non-fiction JoseBalow Tuesday #52

Thank you very much, JoseBalow, for sharing your books with us. debm55 Tuesday #53

Non fiction choie Tuesday #54

Excellent.choice.Thank you for sharing. debm55 Tuesday #55

Thanks for asking! choie Tuesday #57

Mysteries/thrillers. Scandinavian noir. Biographies. History. Diamond_Dog Tuesday #56

Thank you very much, Diamond_Dog. wonderful. debm55 Tuesday #61

I enjoy a good mystery... Trueblue Texan Tuesday #58

Thank you, Trueblue Texan. I sometimes read historical fiction. debm55 Tuesday #62

Historical fiction.... Based on some history with some enhanced story telling. Norrrm Tuesday #59

Thank you very much,Norrm. Great selection. debm55 Tuesday #60

Science fiction. Morbius Wednesday #63

Thank you very much, Morbius. You have a wide variety of books. Yes, for the History. debm55 Wednesday #68

Cozy Mysteries wendyb-NC Wednesday #64

Thank you very much, wendyb-NC. Thank you for your unique selection of books. debm55 Wednesday #67

Mostly ART BOOKS... GReedDiamond Wednesday #65

Thank you very much, GReedDiamond. Wonderful genre of books. debm55 Wednesday #66

Various Sciene Fiction. Maigical Realism... electric_blue68 Friday #69

Excellent selections, thank you very much, electric_blue68 debm55 Friday #71

Anything by John Grisham. Emile Friday #70

Terrific. Thank you Emile. debm55 Friday #72