My very favorite October reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a bitingly funny, poignant book of essays; a candid...

Marcellus the octopus is the very deserving star of the show here, and being able to predict much of where the story was headed didn't...

Filled with sometimes playful, often weighty questions, scenarios, and ideas, How to Be Perfect makes considering ethics and morality...

Hawker offers irresistible details of daily life and historical elements that add vivid layers to this story of Utah Territory,...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading A Restless Truth, the second book in Freya Marske's historical fiction fantasy mystery duology; I'm...

The Gothic Undercurrents It's the perfect time of year to read some spooky, dark, gothic tales. Desolate settings, mysterious deaths,...

This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts, loss, betrayal, a love that seems impossible...and a ghostwriter who's...

Hester is richly imagined historical fiction with connections to themes and characters from The Scarlet Letter. It's magical and...

In and among Sedaris's oddball, incisive, skewering observations are poignant, funny, heartfelt, complicated moments from his personal...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Horse, the newest historical fiction novel by Geraldine Brooks; I'm listening to Happy-Go-Lucky,...

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...

ICYMI: I loved being along for the ride with Moyes's five strong women characters as they traveled through the wilds of Kentucky in...

I wished for more of a focus on the character of Tess and her personal story--and less on political strategies, power plays, and the many...

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

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Fire and the Ore, the newest historical fiction novel (to be published tomorrow!) from Olivia...

Witchy Book Love It's the perfect time of year to read a spooky book full of magic! If you haven't already, I hope you'll check out the...

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...

Zusy's Frederick sisters navigate a complicated, stressful situation and drastic changes with plenty of mistakes, forgiveness, and...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Hero of This Book, the newest novel (to be published tomorrow!) from the wonderful Elizabeth...