Sure Bets

Yesterday, a patron came in to RV looking for a good book to read.  The last book he read was The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger, but could not think of any other books he’d read that he liked.  He wasn’t interested in classics so much, but just a good book.  What would you have recommended?  What are your Sure Bets?  (Books that you can confidently recommend to anyone.)  Please add your comments to this posting!

For more Readers Advisory discussion, here’s a great article by Mary K. Chelton on Readers Advisory 101, subtitled A Crash Course in RA: Common Mistakes Librarians Make and How to Avoid Them.  (CLJ)