I'm intrigued by a missing-persons story, and I'm a fan of Emiko Jean's writing. The Return of Ellie Black was a disturbing setup...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Molly Aitken's historical fiction novel set in 13th-century Ireland, Bright I Burn ; I'm listening...

Are you intrigued by reflections on life and death? This is a departure from many of my more playful Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books,...

Annis is a young Southern woman enslaved, sold, and abused in the years before the Civil War. In Let Us Descend , she leans on the...

I was hooked on the behind-the-scenes feeling of Moran's historical-fiction conversations between Maria von Trapp and an assistant to...

This historical fiction story in two timelines introduces the little-known real-life figure of librarian Jessie Carson, who traveled from...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Ava Glass's newest Emma Makepeace spy mystery, The Trap ; I'm listening to Miss Morgan's Book...

Historical Fiction Story Love If you're into historical fiction, you might also like to take a look at the books I listed on the Greedy...

I love Peter Heller's books, and Burn offers a wonderfully complicated friendship, meaningful connections to nature, momentous secrets,...

Thorpe's irresistible character of 19-year-old Margo discovers her strength, drive, creativity, and vulnerability after becoming...

Percival Everett's James is a fascinating retelling of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of enslaved Black character...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Michelle Moran's novel Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp ; I'm listening to James , Percival...

My very favorite Bossy August reads! Welcome to the last gasp of summer---and the final Bossy summer book reviews. I hereby present to...

The Paradise Problem is the perfect light fiction read to close out the summer, with a high-stakes fake marriage, comeuppances for the...

Elizabeth Strout examines the range of characters from her many books and their intersecting stories, their imperfections, and their...

The fantasy-science-fiction novel Moonbound spans time and splits into several stories, for me never quite gelling into a coherent tale I...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Christina Lauren's newest fake-marriage, tropical-island-set rom-com The Paradise Problem ; I'm...

Memoir Love! In case you haven’t noticed yet, I have a major thing for memoirs, and I especially love listening to an author read their...

A leviathan lurks in the ocean, threatening destruction on a grand scale, while an unorthodox, brilliant investigator and her stalwart...

The first installment in Faizal's Blood and Tea series offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming...