But after the school opened, Ellingham's wife and daughter were kidnapped.

Zamora takes us through what often feels like his literal step-by-step journey, without summarizing or I read Michelle Obama's wonderful book Becoming, but after my wise friend Katherine mentioned having

After all, the Vanguards, giant, deadly AI robots, are headed from deep space to destroy Earth at any

Leigh Bardugo's second and final book in the young adult King of Scars duology; I'm listening to Life After harboring enormous, dark secrets--and revealing them would almost certainly lead to his undoing. 02 Life After In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships

In Kelly Link's wonderfully oddball debut novel The Book of Love , she uses every bit of the book's 640

combines with her lack of commanding details around the mission she has set out on to cause upheaval at every

They had learned, fundamentally, every child washes in from the sea, washes up against the ankles of

Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Collins I tried to get my older child to read Gregor the Overlander with me after

“I’m jealous of the armor that holds you when I can’t, the sheets on your bed that caress your skin every

My very favorite books from November! I wasn't sure if I was ready for another Sally Rooney book after reading Conversations with Friends so I read Caste with a group and met every other week to discuss it--and we went months past our original

Then Monica's mother became inspired after the tragic death of John F. and community in a crisis and in common suffering, and figuring out the impossible: how to move on after I'm also going to admit here that in the notes I made with my five-star rating just after reading this

his career solving cold cases; and I'm reading Samantha Markum's young adult You Wouldn't Dare, about summer Only, the lengths Junie went to to keep their summer fling a secret might turn out to be unforgivable

After all, last time around, all kinds of horrible things happened as she dug into (and solved, thank you very much) the mystery of the Andie Bell and Sal Singh case. Pip is still producing her popular podcast, but after the trial, she's convinced that she'll be finished Pip is as perfectly imperfect a character as ever.

cutthroat tennis legend making a comeback, Carrie Soto Is Back; and I'm listening to Empire of the Summer a prepublication edition of this book courtesy of Ballantine Books and NetGalley. 03 Empire of the Summer Gwynne In Empire of the Summer Moon, S.C.

odd tone shifts and what felt like repeated nonsensical or strange timing for characters' reactions (after

Robin is trying to keep the household afloat after the deaths of his parents, to support his bright,

After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes On the other hand, wasn't that the very definition of life?

Klune's newest novel is heartwarming, earnest, light, and sweet, with a vision of an in-between afterlife juvenile audience than the story (it is at heart an exploration of mortality and what might happen after told how many things aren't known about the in-between state--and how little is known about what comes after The last quarter of the book involved some transformation, action, and surprises, and the ending is very

For a committed science lover, this title could very well do the trick. 04 Brave the Wild River: The But goldfish can remember that a colored paddle means food is coming, even months after the association octopus, who goes without food while keeping her eggs safe; the strange, vicious Bobbitt worm (named after And although we now know much more about these amazing journeys than ever before, the process of how

My very favorite books from June! Robin is trying to keep the household afloat after the deaths of his parents, to support his bright, After being involved in multiple disasters in only her first day of classes, Barrett fears that college to herself--she's kind of cynical, she doesn't have a lot of friends, and she's holding true to form after

It's the last day of high school, and nemeses Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have battled bitterly for every once allows Rowan and Neil to see sides of the other person that aren't so infuriating and off-putting after few small valuables into her pockets, to sell for cash or just because she can, no one is likely to ever is desperate to leave her dark past behind her--has wormed her way into the idyllic community in the aftermath

relationship, Ann Liang's This Time It's Real; and I'm reading the third book in Tamsyn Muir's dark, eerie He's already seen how convincing her writing can be, after all. She's got everyone fooled. But she woke up in a stranger's body six months ago and has lived in it ever since.

novel so far. 02 The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee Maneka Roy has temporarily returned to India after city full of malls and the promise that all will be newer, bigger, shinier, and better than India has ever The story is narrated by Soneela Nankani. 03 American Mermaid by Julia Langbein I've been so very excited

01 Where the Forest Meets the Stars Joanna is feeling adrift after her mother's death, and she disappears The characters, the story arc that isn’t too easy but leaves you in a promising place after all, and For my full review of this book, see When We Were Vikings. 04 Nothing to See Here I was very glad to Very very happy. looking for more great fiction, you might also want to check out the Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer

Sally Gould's memoir is named after a darkly humorous term of affection for paramedics in Australia ( And does grasping the information contained in Fault Lines feel more relevant and essential than ever This title was one of My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads across all genres. 04 A Marriage at Sea: A True

Deadly danger and darkness lurk around every corner. the same name (Blood & Honey is the second, with the third, Gods & Monsters, set for publication this summer This is all very angsty and dramatic so far, and I love it!

My very favorite books from February! shaped by choices out of our control and her reckoning with the way in which she considers her body after I'm so very glad I stuck this one out so I could see these characters through and witness their journeys The author saved every one of her grandmother's voicemails, and here she uses them--along with emails

Soulless (I also listed it on the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love), but after ‘You haven’t even picked out a new duvet set; I’m told that’s a very important milestone.” Ever since her last detective work ended in a resolution (see Good Girl, Bad Blood, book two), Pip has

The very early scene-setting didn't feel as authentic to me as the rest of the book. Just afterward, she says "...that [old] January probably would've slathered herself in glitter, put on The sections of this light fiction book that are about writing light fiction felt very true and real. Another light fiction book I enjoyed this summer, but which had characters with job-interview-level fake faults (too caring, too beautiful, too artistic) was The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez.

The Museum is an elite killing force, but after four decades, Billie, Natalie, Helen, and Mary Alice

cookbooks in past book gift lists , and I'm dedicated to Kimball's Milk Street magazine, published every Half Baked Harvest: Quick and Cozy by Tieghan Gerard I mentioned Tieghan Gerard's Half Baked Harvest: Every

year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite Summer Derek and Isiah were estranged from their ex-con fathers, each of whom now regret every moment they didn't

My sister-in-law was enjoying this book while we were at the beach this summer, which is what finally

You can explore the twelve titles on My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads to find out about my overall favorite Forty women (one is a young girl, our main protagonist) live year after year as prisoners in an underground

She fought to get off the godforsaken island where she'd been stuck for years after her father abandoned throughout, which is clearly a nitpicky issue and a personal problem, but I am nothing if not Bossy, after

But several years later, just a few hours after Hua was at his party, Ken was killed in a carjacking.

to herself--she's kind of cynical, she doesn't have a lot of friends, and she's holding true to form after hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's events have happened after

01 Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo When tough, stubborn Alex Stern is offered a new start after surviving along with what I thought were perfect amounts of self-actualization and character development, without ever Vengeance Road is a rough and tumble story with enough suspense that I wasn't ever confident that the After four decades of successfully ridding the world of cruelty and destruction one person at a time, Five loosely linked Bayview High students walk into detention on Monday afternoon, all busted for having

And after we've gone, to know who we were.

of Stuart Turton's The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle are fascinating: Evelyn Hardcastle will die every But every day Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. But being able to track every detail and how it fit wasn't required (I kept reminding myself that I was She's determined not to stop until she finds out what really happened that summer.

My very favorite books from July! After long months of mystery and suffering, she received a diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia and a rare After Hitler's invasion of Russia and the Ukraine, Mila, along with so many others, enlists to fight Surmounting challenge after challenge, Mila ultimately becomes a sniper trainer and a lethal hunter of Upgrade presents a future version of our world in which humans are teetering closer than ever to extinction

intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction

I've had Small Things Like These on my to-read list for a while, but after recently talking to my friend

Their secret tryst at the end of season one ended badly, and they've been far from friendly ever since their final season, they'll have to play nice--and get more intimate on screen than either of them ever intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction

with family drama and dating again, Definitely Better Now ; and I'm listening to Jacqueline Harpman's eerie It feels like every messy part of her life is about to converge in a destructive collision. Harpman's slim novel is mysterious, eerie, and strange.

about a young poet hyper-focused on her interactions and romantic encounters; The Project, Courtney Summers's to Frances so far as she pursues a reckless dalliance with a married man. 02 The Project by Courtney Summers My book club is reading this suspenseful young adult book by Courtney Summers. one as a favorite of his while we talked about reading and books on his Maybe I'm Amazed podcast last summer

Why not take this fantasy all the way, after all?).

I recently posted about some of my very favorite young adult books, and I just mentally added In the I hold every memory of him like a match I let burn down to the end, singeing my fingers until it hurts

If a person pleads ignorance or credits terrible actions to the power of fear, can such acts ever be Can a person--or a nation--ever truly move on from evil? They're trying to cobble together their lives during and after World War II, and the tone and the angle

And inside the enigmatic pages are the words Any door is every door.