When you see someone reading a book you love, Meg Wasmer believes a quiet connection forms between you and that person. “There’s nothing like making friends on the train—even though you never talk to each other—when you see someone who is reading a book you love,” said the co-owner of Beverly’s Copper Dog Books. “David Eddings was what made me a reader, and I remember lighting up on the train one day because someone was reading one of his books. It’s a way of knowing that there’s a piece of you that matches someone else.”