Former child actress McCurdy's account of her mother's narcissistic, harmful, abusive behavior and how it has shaped the author's life is...

Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth, is a complex, fascinating, gruesome story full of action and shifts in...

Chambers's slim book explores a man's search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining the status quo might open...

Carley Fortune offers a satisfying story of coming home, young love, mistakes and redemption, romance, lake life, and some past and...

In Lucy by the Sea, familiar Strout characters Lucy Barton and her ex-husband William flee New York City for rural Maine during the...

Through various doctors' and medical experts' points of view, Martin paints a picture of a worldwide pandemic, crises and impossible...

The first book in Blanchet's Neath trilogy offers a bizarre dark underworld; cruelty and revenge; an unlikely hero; and heartwarming...

Historical Fiction Favorites These were just a few of my favorite historical fiction reads during the first year I started the Bossy...

Heartbreaking and disturbing, this is a fascinating exploration of the motivations behind and the execution of white men's relentless...

Straub offers a wonderful story that plays with time, explores sentimental moments, offers do-overs, and sweeps the reader into a...

My very favorite books from August! What a fantastic Bossy reading month! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, all of which...

In Reid's newest novel, Carrie Soto is unapologetically driven and determined. I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the...

This World War II-set novel is a love letter to books, to looking out for others, to forming friends-like-family connections, and to...

The Humans is about mathematics, aliens, and shape shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family and an unimaginable, shocking,...

Garmus's debut is witty and smart, heartbreaking, infuriating, and lovely. Lessons in Chemistry explores deep issues, conflict, and dark...

Bossy Backlist Favorites I read many of these books as the Covid-19 pandemic began to shape our lives, and I can vouch for each of these...

The second installment in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series is satisfying and comfortable, as Bree becomes more powerful,...

ICYMI: Evvie Drake Starts Over, by the author of Flying Solo, is sweet, with funny dialogue, surprises, best-friendship, and a Maine...

In this satisfying story by the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, Linda Holmes offers sweet, funny dialogue; a complicated reunion...

How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) is a charming, irresistible young adult story about superheroes, villains, a crushing premed...