Bird, Sarah: Alamo House (women Without Men, Men Without Brains) [FICTION BIRD]

The sorority sisters of Alamo House at the University of Texas have one thing in common: They all hate the fraternity rats across the street, the Sigma Upsilon Kappas—aka the SUKs. But Alamo House is also the scene of an extraordinary, endearing friendship among three women: Mary Jo, the narrator, hilariously confused about life love but determined to get both right; Fayrene, flushed with freedom after her escape from Baptist Waco; and Collie, party girl and self-proclaimed guide to the ways of the world. Together they embark on a roller coaster of escapades that changes them all, and galvanized Alamo House into an all-out counterattack against the SUKs.

Bird, Sarah: The Boyfriend School [FICTION BIRD]

Welcome to 4310 Caliche Drive (rear), home of Gretchen Griner, overworked, underpaid photographer for a shoestring biweekly, the Austin Grackle. The rent is due, her philandering boyfriend, Trout, is long past due, & Gretchen is ready for some major life changes. Trout must go. Gretchen knows it in her heart; she knows it in her mind; the only dissenting vote is cast by her libido.

Blackwood, Scott: In The Shadow Of Our House [FICTION BLACKWOOD]

9 linked stories.

Cook, Christopher: Robbers [FICTION COOK]

After shooting a 7-Eleven clerk over a penny, 2 drifters go on a crime spree across the state.

Denton, Bradley: Lunatics [FICTION DENTON]

Humorous novel about love, where a man mourning the recent loss of his wife starts waiting for a goddess on moonlit nights while he's nude.

Eighner, Lars: Pawn To Queen Four [FICTION EIGHNER]

In a comic novel of drag courts an influential radio preacher, Brother Earl, threatens to incite a homosexual witch hunt, despite the existence of some compromising photographs.

Gause-jackson, Arlene: Howling Against The Wind [FICTION GAUSE-JACKSON]

Lenore Hanson is stalking Dr. Gleeson for using her as a guinea pig to test a new medical implant.

Grape, Jan: Austin City Blue [MYSTERY GRAPE]

Mystery; Zoe Barrow, Austin PD, is surrounded by murder & mayhem while on administrative duty as she’s being investigated for killing a gang member on the job.

Green, Tim: Outlaws [FICTION GREEN]

A thriller about a pro-football player for the Texas Outlaws who, through the intrigues of his beautiful wife, becomes the target of a ring of ruthless international arms dealers.

Green, Tim: The Red Zone [FICTION GREEN]

Sequel to Outlaws. When Luther Zorn, linebacker of the Marauders football team, becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the team's owner, he hires defense attorney Madison McCall to prove his innocence.

Hearon, Shelby: Hannah’s House [FICTION HEARON]

The gap between generations is explored in the relationship between Beverly Foster (known as Foster) and her nineteen-year-old daughter Hannah. Hannah, a senior at the University of Texas, is engaged to Eugene and the most important things to her are being a “Bluebonnet Belle,” a sorority girl, and planning for her marital bliss.

Hearon, Shelby: Armadillo In The Grass [FICTION HEARON]

Clara Blue is a housewife in Austin. Her husband is a professor, and she is bored with her life as a mere helpmate. She decides to try her hand at art, and, under the direction of a teacher who guides her and almost turns her head, becomes a success at creating something of beauty and integrity.

Hearon, Shelby: Group Therapy [FICTION HEARON]

Lutie Sayre has been under her mother’s thumb all her life. Now, at age 32, she sets out on her own. She leaves Austin with her new Ph.D. in hand and her furniture in a U-Haul and heads for a job interview at Vassar. She doesn’t get the job, but by a stroke of luck, she gets a temporary professorship at SUNY Purchase. She does in NY what she could not do in Texas: she learns to be her own woman.

Holder, Anne Thiele: Tennessee To Texas [FICTION HOLDER]

Short historical novel based on stories told from generation to generation of Francis Tannehill & his family who lived during the era of Texas history from the days of colonization through the Civil War in eastern Travis Co.

Jensen, Muriel: Billion Dollar Bride [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; Event planner and single mother Anna Maitland is delighted when she is hired to orchestrate the forthcoming wedding of super-rich Austin Cahill and his fiancée, Caroline Lamont, until Anna finds herself falling in love with the prospective groom.

Kahn, Sharon: Which Big Giver Stole The Chopped Liver? [MYSTERY KAHN]

Mystery; When her nemesis launches a campaign to change Temple Rita and institute a new spiritual leader, rabbi's wife Ruby watches with growing concern as a planned reunion stirs memories best left forgotten, a situation that escalates into a murder.

Lanigan, Catherine: Tender Malice [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; Karen the creator of a revolutionary new computer program called Mastermind finds her life suddenly consists of not only 2 boyfriends, but a thief out to get Mastermind at any cost.

Leonard, Tina: Quadruplets On The Doorstep [PBRACK ROMANCE]

Romance; Caleb McCallum's instant attraction makes him do the unthinkable: offer to marry his sister's best friend, so April Sullivan can get custody of the abandoned quadruplets at Maitland Maternity. Strictly a marriage of convenience.

Lockwood, Cara: I Do (but I Don’t) [FICTION LOCKWOOD]

Follows a divorced wedding consultant as she finds her professional and personal life turned upside down by her demanding boss, psychotic clients, and neurotic friends.

Magnuson, James: Windfall [FICTION MAGNUSON]

While searching for the missing family cat, University of Texas English professor Ben Lindberg stumbles upon some hidden coolers containing a fortune in dirty money that he takes and uses to enhance his family's life, until dangerous strangers arrive in town to acquire their missing millions.

Meyer, Charles: Saints Of God Murders [PBRACK MYSTERY]

Mystery; Rev. Lucas Holt has just taken over St. Margaret’s Episcopal in downtown Austin. As an ex-prison chaplain, he’s made it his business to watch over ex-cons. But, there’s a serial killer on the loose who leaves one clue–the words to an old hymn.

Michaels, Fern: Texas Fury [FICTION MICHAELS]

3rd in Texas series. Amelia Coleman Assante finds herself in danger of losing her Cary to a younger woman. Sawyer finds success running Coleman Aviation in Tokyo while his heart remains behind in Texas. Riley, torn between Eastern traditions & Western love, must make the most important decision of his life. Rand, Maggie's husband, suddenly discovers he might have a grown-up daughter.

Michaels, Fern: Texas Heat [FICTION MICHAELS]

2nd in Texas series. Maggie, Moss & Billie's daughter, has invited the whole Coleman clan & several hundred guests to Sunbridge, the 250,000 acre spread near Austin, for a July 4th barbecue. But wherever Colemans gather, they somehow manage to generate their own special brand of fireworks.

Michaels, Fern: Texas Rich [FICTION MICHAELS]

1st in Texas series. Billie Ames meets Moss Coleman, a wealthy Texan, in Philadelphia during World War II. Billie marries him and goes with him to Texas.

Michaels, Fern: Texas Sunrise [FICTION MICHAELS]

4th in Texas series. Billie Coleman Kingsley, beloved matriarch of the clan & founder of a fabulously successful fashion empire, is dying. As her family gathers together in this time of heartbreak, the indomitable Billie offers new hope to heal the rifts that separate them.

Palfrey, Evelyn: Everything In Its Place [FICTION PALFREY]

While trying to get custody of her grandchild, Bobbie meets Ray & discovers she’s not too old for new love.

Palfrey, Evelyn: Price Of Passion [FICTION PALFREY]

When Texas State Representative Walter Carlson brings home his illegitimate baby by another woman and expects his wife Vivian to care for it while still maintaining their "picture-perfect" marriage, he finds himself sadly mistaken.

Pennebaker, Ruth: Both Sides Now [YOUNG ADULT FICTION PENNEBAKER]

Young Adult; Fifteen-year-old Liza tries to deal with the normal everyday crises of life in an Austin, Texas, high school, a process complicated by her mother's fight with breast cancer.

Pineiro, R.j.: Conspiracy.com [FICTION PINEIRO]

Computer/technology thriller.

Redd, Louise: Hangover Soup [FICTION REDD]

Set in Austin, TX, the novel traces the story of Faith's determined efforts to sober up her husband, Jay, a pot-smoking, beer-guzzling, poetry-quoting, smooth-talking DJ. Jay's on-air marathon toward sobriety starts off well but then takes a drastic turn when he finds out about Faith's brief night of unfaithfulness. Throughout, the novel is sprinkled with advice from Faith's mother, a tomato-growing guru, and enlivened with scenes of Faith's efforts to cram good grammar and basic science into the heads of the university athletes she tutors.

Ribon, Pamela: Why Girls Are Weird [FICTION RIBON]

Bored with her life, Anna Koval decides to publish the stories of her life online and begins to dream up all kinds of wonderful things for her personal diary, but her plan backfires when her online journal begins to attract some all-too-adoring fans.

Riordan, Rick: The Devil Went Down To Austin [MYSTERY RIORDAN]

Mystery; 4th in Tres Navarre series. When his brother Garrett, a wheelchair-bound computer genius, is accused of killing his oldest friend, Texas private detective and English teacher Tres Navarre ventures into a world of high-tech evil to find the real killer.

Ripley, J.r.: Lost In Austin [MYSTERY RIPLEY]

Mystery; 3rd in Tony Kozol series. Tony has finally landed a dream gig even though it’s temporary & looking more so by the day as his bandmates are singled out for murder.

Saylor, Steven: A Twist At The End [FICTION SAYLOR]

Set in Austin in 1885 about perhaps the first recorded serial murders in America. Young Will Porter, aka O. Henry, becomes involved when his girlfriend becomes a victim.

Simon, Michael: Dirty Sally [FICTION SIMON]

The only member of his department who is Jewish and from the north, Austin homicide detective Dan Reles follows clues pertaining to the brutal murder of a young prostitute, a case with ties to the area's wealthy elite.

Smith, Barbara Burnett: Mauve & Murder [MYSTERY SMITH]

Mystery; On-air radio personality, Cassie Ferris must find who poisoned her morning show partner. (2000)

Smith, Barbara Burnett: Mistletoe From Purple Sage [MYSTERY SMITH]

Mystery; 4th in Jolie Wyatt series. Jolie heads to Austin to celebrate Christmas & finds a dead employee in the company bathroom during a party.

Sublett, Jesse: Rock Critic Murders [PBRACK MYSTERY]

Mystery; The legendary Austin band called True Love plans a one-night reunion, but when the band starts playing musical beds, a band member is assassinated, drugs are missing, and local rock critics are being murdered, bassist Martin Fender decides to investigate.

Sublett, Jesse: Tough Baby [MYSTERY SUBLETT]

Mystery; When bass player Martin Fender awakens after a late-night gig to find that the woman he picked up the night before has been brutally bludgeoned with his bass, the jazz musician must clear his name.

Taylor, Chuck: The Lights Of The City: Stories From Austin [FICTION TAYLOR]

Modern short stories set in Austin.

Walker, Mary Willis: All The Dead Lie Down [MYSTERY WALKER]

Mystery; 3rd in Molly Cates series. While reopening the distressing investigation into her father's suicide, crime reporter Molly stumbles on a plot to kill the entire Texas state legislature over a concealed handgun law.

Walker, Mary Willis: Under The Beetle's Cellar [MYSTERY WALKER]

Mystery; 2nd in Molly Cates series. In a cult compound similar to that of the Branch Davidians in Waco, a demented evangelical leader holds 11 school children & their bus driver hostage in a bus buried deep in the earth, counting the days until they will be sacrificed to prepare for the end of the world.

Walker, Mary Willis: Zero At The Bone [MYSTERY WALKER]

Mystery; A mysterious and miraculous correspondence from her long-lost zookeeper father may be the last hope for Katherine Driscoll to save her dog kennel and her pet golden retriever from being auctioned by the bank. Arriving in Austin, Katherine finds that her father is dead--mauled by a Siberian tiger. Suspecting foul play Katherine persuades the zoo to employ her in the reptile house where she discovers that the killer is somewhere among the zoo employees.

Ward, Amanda Eyre: Sleep Toward Heaven [FICTION WARD]

The lives of three women—a twenty-nine year-old death row inmate, a young New York physician, and a recently widowed librarian—converge in a small Texas town.

Warner, Sharon Oard: Deep In The Heart [FICTION WARNER]

Explores the issue of abortion when a 40 year old school teacher becomes pregnant for the first time & decides to terminate it without telling her husband.

Webb, Don: The Double [FICTION WEBB]

After finding a dead man on his living room floor that looks just like him, John Reynman sets out through Texas’s hidden nooks & the deeper mysteries of his inner self to find out what’s going on.

Webb, Don: Essential Saltes [FICTION WEBB]

Matthew Reynman, an Austin used-bookstore owner and fireworks devotee, investigates the strange disappearance of his late wife's ashes, and suddenly finds himself deeply involved in an unlikely criminal world.