A little romance? Get swept away with Scarlett and Rhett, become enriched in Love in the Time of Cholera, or understand the pangs of want with Jane Eyre.

A grand escape? Hit the high seas aboard Gulliver's several ships, slide down the rabbit hole alongside Alice, or shoot into the fantastic beyond with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy.

Some thrilling chills? Let The Turn of the Screw haunt your dreams, attend prom with Carrie, or go off the deep end in American Psycho.

However you feel (or want to feel), let 1001 Books for Every Mood be your guide. Acclaimed critic and novelist Hallie Ephron serves up a literary feast, sure to satisfy your emotional appetite. Whether you want to cry or laugh, remember or forget, behave or misbehave-it's all here.

It's your must-have guide to hours and hours of reading pleasure, now and forever-no matter what your mood!

Want even more? Visit www.hallieephron.com/1001books for reading group guides to many of the books featured inside.

Hallie Ephron, Ph.D., is a critically acclaimed writer. Her fiction has been praised by Publishers Weekly for its "adrenaline-pumping prose" and by the Sun Sentinel for "rapid-fire pacing" and "crisp writing." Her book on mystery writing was an Edgar Award finalist, and she teaches at writing workshops throughout the country. An award-winning book review columnist for The Boston Globe, Ephron knows her literature.

Susan Stamberg is a nationally renowned broadcast journalist. She is the first woman to anchor a nightly news program and has won every major award in broadcasting. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame and Radio Hall of Fame. Stamberg served as co-host of NPR's All Things Considered for fourteen years and is now guest host of NPR's Morning Edition and Weekend Edition Saturday.