Bossy Favorites of the Month In October I read a number of books that I liked but didn't love. Luckily, a few of my reads during the second half of the month were standouts. Here are my six favorite reads of October. What were some of your favorite reads this month? 01 Katabasis by R. F. Kuang I loved the dark--and often darkly funny--journey of Cambridge postgraduate magick students Alice and Peter to hell, a quest they undertake because their advisor has died and they reall

Tough women, secrets and smarts, and sneaky spying! I love a peek at a secret world and books about spies specifically. My first Greedy Reading List on this topic was Six Books about Brave Female Spies . If you like stories about brave women during wartime, you might also like the titles I listed on the recent Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II . 01 Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees Rees does an excellent job of taking us t

Bossy Short Story Love Some of you bookworms have told me in the past that you don't like or at least don't gravitate toward short...

Finding Your Next Great Read Librarians are amazing. They welcome everyone who comes through the door, they shepherd visitors through...

Bossy Favorites of the Month Here are my six favorite reads of September, with a strong literary fiction showing--and a couple of other...

The Second-Chance Stories I love a good second-chance book in which the main character gets the opportunity to go back and try again,...

Tough women, secrets and smarts, and sneaky spying! I love a peek at a secret world, and each of these books (all but one are fiction)...

Just a Few of My Many Historical Fiction Favorites These were just a few of my favorite historical fiction reads during Bossy Bookworm's...

Do you love witchy books? I love a good witch-focused book. Magic, intrigue, strong women, defiance of societal rules; yes to all of...

Bossy Favorites of the Month I've read a lot of books I've loved this month, in a range of genres. Here are my six favorites, although I...

I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie When I was compiling this list and double-checking page counts, I kept surprising myself with my own...

The Time-Travel Books I love a time-travel book in any genre. Time-travel and time shifts allow a story to go places it otherwise never...

Bossy Romantic Favorites The heat of August feels like a perfect time to dive into recently published romantic stories, and these have...

Bossy Favorites of the Month It's been a solid reading month for me. My favorite reads included several books from some of my very...

Bossy Favorites of 2025 So Far I love looking back on my reads of the year to date and taking stock of my favorites. These are six of my...

More Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Adorable rom-coms can be perfect summertime reading. These Bossy favorites from a summer past stand...

A Varied List of Maine Books I was recently visiting my old stomping grounds in Maine for a whirlwind trip to see family, and I started...

My very favorite Bossy June reads! These were my favorite reads in June. I had several literary fiction reads, a dystopian fantasy, and a...

Royalty, Intrigue, and Magically Wonderful Stories It's tough to fall in love with the first book in a series and then twiddle thumbs...

The Summer Favorites These titles aren't classic, light "summer reads," but they were my favorite reads from a summer past, and they all...