It's been five years since a local young woman, Andie Bell, was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh.

And what on earth is her purpose in stringing along Hayden and Alice for a month--if she even intends

Reading Now I'm reading Emma Donoghue's newest historical fiction, Learned by Heart, set at an 1800s women's

is difficult to pin down; there's dark humor, a haunting thread of tragedy, some irreverence, strange

In Kelly Link's strange, intriguing debut novel, The Book of Love , teenagers Mo, Daniel, and Laura have

This is a clever, strange, dark, and often darkly funny fantasy.

from the decades-old mystery and deaths at the villa to the growing unease in the present between two women

patterns, and, most importantly, she transports the reader into the gruff but hopeful mindset of a young woman forced to grow up too quickly--a woman who for years feels she must push away any hopes for a life

This was sweet and strange, and I really liked it. that someone is plunging the party down through layers of reality, through echoes of time in which strange

She goes to sleep satisfied, but wakes up in another life: a strange apartment, a different boyfriend This was strange and compelling. For my full review, please check out The Bone Clocks .

Crouch In the first book in Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines trilogy, secret agent Ethan Burke wakes up in a strange

has me completely hooked: Xio Axelrod's novel The Girl with the Stars in her Eyes is about a young woman

But the young woman who has taken on the name of Jane and is desperate to leave her dark past behind

her grandparents lived and where she was born, here offers stories spanning forty years, featuring women

the first in a historical fiction mystery series, a feminist mythological retelling, captivating and strange This is charming, creative, and wonderfully strange.

The women's lifelong friendship felt like the heart of the story and was a fantastic element. The grown women's lives aren't what they envisioned, but they remain tightly bound and even (somehow, The women's lifelong friendship felt like the heart of the story and was a fantastic element.

Sam's father left his mother for a younger woman years ago, which deeply fractured their father-son relationship

and she believes they're linked to the curse that the community believes has its hold on the Farrow women

The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.

Nina lives out a secret identity as a meek and mild young woman in Fjerda while attempting to uncover

newest Western-set story by Olivia Hawker, she tells the tale of the interconnected lives of three women

The war and all its deprivations seem relentless, but for Cristabel, there is a strange and guilty thrill

Theatre by Joanna Quinn The war and all its deprivations seem relentless, but for Cristabel, there is a strange

particularly urgent to stop the current-day killing--was necessary for the story, yet throughout, this seemed strange

coast of California; and Dark Roads, Chevy Stevens's suspenseful novel, out next week, about young women is set in the wilderness and rugged terrain of British Columbia, along a highway where unsuspecting women

be cruel, ruthless, and he's Wren's sworn enemy, a deadly force who has destroyed her countrymen and women Hoffman's The World That We Knew--featured in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women

“In the end, the courage of women can’t be stamped out, and stories—the big ones, the true ones, can gasped and enveloped law firms, and PR shops, and executive suites, and industries; that swallowed women was so distracted by Farrow’s versions of others’ voices and accents—*especially* the way he voiced women

It had shaped who she was in many senses, but now she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was

navigates danger and helps achieve justice by using her smarts, eschewing societal tradition and limits on women

Strange things begin happening to Cassie and Izzy when Cassie takes possession of the book, and soon

Sam's father left his mother for a younger woman years before, deeply fracturing their father-son relationship

When she alludes to mysterious connections between the women--and a long-ago crime--her persistent presence The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen

modern day, she serves primarily as a catalyst for Jess's arrival and amateur sleuthing, and it seemed strange

the United States are suffering from Alzheimer's at any given moment--and that two-thirds of them are women

Kimmery Martin's Doctors and Friends begins with a group of seven women, friends since medical school Stout Stout's middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough young heroine's

It had shaped who she was in many senses, but she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was not

twisty mystery is set against the backdrop of an unforgiving winter on an Australian island, with two women Only when the two women's worlds intersect can they piece together the full stories of their husbands

love of music in her, and raised her--although not always competently--until she was a young teenage woman

heartwarming, #booksaboutbooks 03 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder ​ It's been years since a local young woman

, she uses a fascinating story structure to explore different potential paths for interlinked young women

rural art commission to a leisurely country-wide search, an unlikely obsession, moments of brutality, strange

II-set books, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women

that we are all called to be part of the movement. 04 A Witch in Time ​ From the publisher: "A young woman

see The Ex Talk. 03 The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren The story is heartwarming, funny, with strong

When those pulling the strings change the rules to force a dramatic showdown, key characters must make

In and among these scenes, Sedaris shares strange, sweet, funny, pivotal moments with each of his living

in Winter, Lily King's newest collection of stories; Jessica Anya Blau's 1970s-set story of a young woman

After recently pulling together the Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women

I loved the Ottoman Empire setting, the strong female main protagonist, and the complications and sometimes

But Divya is too busy crafting strong female main protagonists (complete with working mother guilt, which