My very favorite Bossy February reads! February is the shortest month, but I squeezed in some great reading: compelling historical...

Cher's lack of agency in her relationship with Sonny Bono came through in passive, reactive behavior, but as she grew older, she found...

Cynthia and Sanford Levinson, a noted children's author and a constitutional scholar, have created a fascinating nonfiction book for...

Erin Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction explores the life of Junie, an enslaved young woman in rural Alabama haunted by...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Cher , the first in Cher's planned two-part memoir; I'm reading an upcoming science-fiction...

Six Great Bossy Mystery Reads I didn't read as many mysteries last year as I typically do, but here are six of my favorites. I'm hoping...

Eowyn Ivey is masterful at intertwining fantastical elements with the grounding of the vivid details of nature. To the Bright Edge of the...

In the third book in the series, the significant romantasy elements take a back seat to quests for knowledge and cures, attempts to...

Ann Liang's trading-places young adult story allows faulted, imperfect Jenna Chen to live as her perfect, beautiful, Harvard-bound cousin...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Lorne , the biography of Lorne Michaels, released as Saturday Night Live turns 50; I'm reading...

Six Great Bossy Historical Fiction Reads I loved so many historical fiction books last year. Here are just six of my favorite reads--some...

I had unreasonable hopes for gaining compassionate understanding of disparate political views through reading Haidt's book. I was...

This slim, debut novel about a small-town community in northern Maine introduces various faulted, interconnected characters making their...

Comedian Leanne Morgan's memoir traces her path from an attention-seeking, beloved young girl to a young adult facing missteps and...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Black Woods, Blue Sky , literary fiction about a single mother and mysterious man in the Alaskan...

Six Great Bossy Contemporary Fiction Reads I loved a range of great books last year, and these were six of my favorite contemporary...

This middle-grade writing collaboration inserts a clever young protagonist into the behind-the-scenes World War II British codebreaking...

Isola , based upon the story of a real-life sixteenth-century woman, shifts between details of a life of moneyed ease and an abandonment...

There Are Rivers in the Sky weaves together three stories set in three timelines, featuring disparate characters, to explore...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a historical fiction story set just before the Civil War, about a young enslaved woman haunted by...