ocean, interviewing the oceanographers, marine biologists, and geographers focused on exploring this mysterious

Selingo dives into revealing the truth behind some of the mysteries of admissions (for example, how colleges "Early decision serves the needs of colleges and universities a hell of a lot more than it serves students

Knoll's novel was inspired by real events; Bright Young Women traces a serial killer targeting young Bright Young Women is inspired by real-life events: the targeting of a sorority by the first "celebrity serial In 1978 Tallahassee, Florida, the serial disappearances and deaths of young women in the Pacific Northwest

about small-town Ireland; I'm reading Changeless, the second in Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger I loved the first in Gail Carriger's five-book Parasol Protectorate series , Soulless (I also listed it on the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love) The series takes place in 1870s London, and as in book one, the immensely appealing, practical, fearless Like Changeless, above, As Good As Dead is a sequel in a series I've loved (book one is A Good Girl's

She disappears from her family and leaves behind a tragic mystery, while in her forays through new worlds

For my full review, see Utopia Avenue. 04 Long Bright River by Liz Moore Long Bright River is a mystery disappears and a string of murders rock the community, everyone is suspect and Mickey's desire to solve the mystery (This premise reminded me somewhat of the TV series "The Boys.") I loooooved this book. Nonfiction Books I've Read This Year Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year

The author takes a striking or absurd situation and follows it through an uncomfortable series of twists

Notice, Browder traces his path from Wall Street to the Soviet Union after its breakup--and the crimes, mysteries

My very favorite Bossy reads so far this year! connection, to the young daughter of her former household, her former charge--and her growing wonder at the mysteries In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide's mysterious trunk opens

Now I'm reading what may be a perfect summer read with plenty of nostalgia; a dark, mythology-filled mystery

incredible genetic cloning advancements--but people have noticed that her husband has recently been mysteriously

examines her relationship with her first husband and considers how he has always been somewhat of a mystery

Three days later, she was recovered in a miraculous series of events that ended up with her rescue and Notice, Browder traces his path from Wall Street to the Soviet Union after its breakup--and the crimes, mysteries

Stevens offers a bad guy who's easy to despise in this mystery with great passages about surviving in The horrific abuses of power, toxic masculinity, and the disturbing, predatory serial killing in the

inhabitants, The Whalebone Theatre; and I'm listening to the first in Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series audiobook. 03 Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs begins Winspear's series

I read the first in that series, The Magicians , for but me it was short on magic and fantastical elements

Greene was a fair-skinned Black woman who hid her heritage in order to serve in this powerful role—one that was unusual for a woman to serve in at the time, and which would have been all but impossible for The tone of the book feels very earnest, and we spend a significant amount of time in Greene's thoughts power balance, nor the using-his-influence, spending-his-money, doing-his-bidding worker bee role she serves Marie Benedict is also the author of The Other Einstein, The Mystery of Mrs.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to the first in Hafsah Faizal's Blood and Tea series, A Tempest Tempest of Tea: Blood and Tea #1 by Hafsah Faizal In the first book of Hafsah Faizal's Blood and Tea series

I mentioned this book (along with the new mystery The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins and the young adult

--she's left behind everything she knows in a desperate attempt to make things right by keeping her mysterious

about talented but average-looking men dating gorgeous women...and then gorgeous pop sensation and serial In town, she'll always be known as The Girl Who Solved a Murder Mystery by Talking to Ghosts, with all

There's a low-key mystery Lexie is set on unraveling (key players are keeping secrets about events from

She is taken for ten years to serve him. I feel compelled to also mention that Novik has a series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series Check out my reviews of Lessons One and Two in the Scholomance series, A Deadly Education and The Last

She went on to star in movies like Anchorman and in television series like Dead to Me.

When a series of vindictive, one-star reviews threaten their business, they must figure out who has it

Schwab Schwab returns to the world of the four Londons in the first of a wonderfully paced new series job of reinforcing characters from prior stories while introducing new ones; in this first of her new series Jensen The first in Jensen's fantasy series ticked many of my boxes--strong female main character, a I can't wait to read the next in this series, A Curse Carved in Bone .

kids offers gorgeous images and factoids (in high quality Atlas Obscura style) of "100 surprising, mysterious But for holiday book gifts, other than providing the first in a fiction series I think they'd like, typically

rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned more like a not-very-fancy Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time  plays with time, and I love books that play

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series incredible genetic cloning advancements--but people have noticed that her husband has recently been mysteriously

Determined not to give up on the musical, Riley sneaks and works on a master plan for a performance-- The second book in this series is Dating and Dragons .

I felt as though he deliberately kept us in a plodding pace to emphasize the unwavering, repetitive misery explores the relentless oppression and hopelessness of slavery, the resigned existence of the imprisoned, masters But the white master of the plantation is Hiram's biological father, and composed young Hiram is set He may not inherit, nor may he rise above his station as owned and commanded by his white master. his mysterious powers that allow for shifts in time and space.

I read the first in that series, The Magicians , for but me it was short on magic and fantastical elements

The sudden death of a man who's Fred's doppelganger and a series of outlandish events lead to Fred's This is very sweet so far, and it's heavily reliant upon the suspension of disbelief so that all of the

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series about a training Wing (Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing is the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean fantasy series But a series of coincidences and misunderstandings lead to her being unaware until she arrives that the

When she finds a mysterious book her father had acquired, it shows January unlikely possibilities about

This was not the kidnappers' intention, but in yet another turn, an oddball series of heroes emerge,

She went on to star in movies like Anchorman and in television series like Dead to Me .

Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know about Women by Maggie Mertens (2024) 1923: The Mystery The author's obsession with the sport serves as a catalyst to reflect with personal, sometimes poetic

Mexico to the U.S. to reunite with her parent--and her disillusionment upon her arrival; and an upcoming mystery

books that center around a podcast are Listen for the Lie and also the Good Girl's Guide to Murder series

finding and spreading happiness; I'm reading the third in Naomi Novik's dark, wonderful Scholomance series here. 02 The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik A Deadly Education was the first in Novik's Scholomance series In The Golden Enclaves, the third installment of the series, the unlikely allied force of students faces

and race in Britain; a revenge fantasy with magical realism interwoven throughout; and a new-to-me mystery

and frank (her repeated mentions of "hairy buttholes" were jarring although these seemed intended to serve Much of the book feels like a series of heartfelt tirades and they're presented without a clear path

My very favorite Bossy May reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very handsomely for her work.

must also face his innate hatred for his counterpart Darnay, which he feels simply because of Darnay's very Escape of Uriah Heep , The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door , Heartless , and The Shadow Histories series

; here are just a few: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year Six Historical Fiction Mysteries

Her clever behind-the-scenes revelations catch the eye of the darkest and most mysterious villain of The dry humor in Hench also reminded me in a way of the Murderbot series (I review the first three books

Wang is also the author of The Sword of Kaigen  and the YA fantasy series The Volta Academy Chronicles

You can explore the twelve titles on My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads to find out about my overall We zigzag to spend page time with intriguing side characters (Yvette, with whom Phil has a very brief in a female-only boarding house in 1950s, McCarthy-era Washington, D.C., bookended by the story of a mysterious considerable talent for bringing history to life by tackling the McCarthy era--in what feels like a very At the very least it becomes clear that he will pay no dowry in order to make another match for her.

Flora's brother as well as their childhood friend, the laird's son, are both serving in the military, There's a low-key mystery Lexie is set on unraveling--key players are keeping secrets about events decades