“In Frau Blucher’s library,” says Andrea Martin, to the sound of whinnying horses, “you will find the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe.”

And no one knows Blucher – neiighhhh! – better than Martin (except, perhaps, the film’s Cloris Leachman).

As the fervant keeper of a mad scientist’s flame in Broadway’s “Young Frankenstein” (“He vas my boyfriend!”), the former SCTV star is one of the show’s best special effects.

Offstage, Martin’s a lot more subdued. Bookish, even.

“I have always loved libraries,” she tells The Post’s Barbara Hoffman. “When I was a child growing up in Portland, Maine, the public library was a second home to me. I would spend hours at the little wooden tables, where I would pore over anything that caught my attention.”

These days, the Tony and Emmy winner has less time than she’d like for reading, which she does in “fits and starts . . . I’ll read three books one month, not read anything for two months, and then read another three books, one after the other.”

Below, a few of the books that have left their mark on Martin over the years.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

It was recommended to me by a wonderful man, Gabe Motola, who has a PhD in Literature (we work out at the same gym and we always talk about books). I’m rereading the book, actually. It is an epic, a seminal piece of literature, hilarious, moving and profound.

Black Dog of Fate

by Peter Balakian

A personal and historical examination of the author’s Armenian heritage. As I am a second-generation Armenian myself, I found the book to be an insightful and painful reminder of our shared history, the Armenian Genocide.

Seize the Day

by Saul Bellow

A day in the life of a man and the recollection of his failed life. It is a novel of despair, humanity and, finally, self-acceptance.

Crossing to Safety

by Wallace Stegner

A beautifully quiet and wise book about enduring friendships, unrealized dreams and the small quiet moments that make up a life. A deeply compassionate and tender novel.