she pokes fun at her fellow writer in a sketch about talented but average-looking men dating gorgeous women I read Illuminations with a group of women over a period of months, and we were captivated by the details

her husband and stepsons prepare for another catastrophic hurricane bearing down on Florida, one in a string

Stout's recently published middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough

City laundry room while trying to keep his sister from doing the same--and they both end up in a dark, strange

This is a slim book that's full of heart and strange, captivating details of Chambers's imagined world

Jane is a young woman who is new to Birmingham, Alabama.

friendship with Matt Lauer, and her healthy professional competitiveness with Diane Sawyer and other women

weighty questions about identity, reality, motives, and events of the past threaten the lives of both women

challenges of being a Black female lawyer in what increasingly seems like an Atlanta company hostile to women

When the women are tipped off by their accidental underworld contacts that there's a hit out on Finlay's

(Eventually I just had to brace myself with reminders that I am a grown woman capable of reading a spooky

More Book Gifts for Kids and Teens. 01 The Comfort Book by Matt Haig "It is a strange paradox, that many in a Quaint English Village features Edward Gorey-type pen and ink illustrations from Jay Cooper. 06 Strange Pyle's Stranger Planet (as well as Strange Planet) in one of my gift guides last year (Shhh!

JungHo's childhood clan all grown up; each of their loves; and the wealthy and influential men pulling strings

be happy to sit around for much longer than an hour listening to Mindy Kaling talk about brunch, a strange

Frankie and Zeke want to create something--something strange, something people will notice, yet something

and as Veronica and Stoker follow clues they venture from a royal palace to an artists' refuge to a strange

She also has a strong, passionate grasp of widely experienced inequalities—and ideas of how to chip away

Vigil , by the author of the strange, wonderful novel Lincoln in the Bardo , introduces fascinating elements

wasn't the only Dolly Parton book published this year (She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Pyle Last year I gave Strange Planet to teenagers and young-at-heart family members on my gift list;

Freddie is reported as having died, but strange and unnerving clues indicate to Laura that something

We built our lives into a set of mutual agreements, a string of small gifts lobbed back and forth.

When her sister Kacey disappears and a string of murders rock the community, Mickey's need to solve the When Kacey disappears and a string of murders rock the community, everyone is suspect and Mickey's desire

A strange fellow offers to lead Ollie to Gwen.

When the women are tipped off by their accidental underworld contacts that there's a hit out on Finlay's

The city is soon awash with ghosts of Lola's brief encounters, big loves, strange connections, and heartbreaks

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on each other's nerves work together to determine who is responsible for a puzzling murder and other strange

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

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

codependence on her adolescent daughter, and how the author unraveled the many smothering ties to the woman

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

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

Jessica is a single, middle-aged mom, a successful lawyer, and a helpful mentor to the younger women

1960s girl groups, their often working-class backgrounds, and the power disconnects between the young women

The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen

I love the tone of this trilogy: playful, otherworldly, and with faulted, greedy, scared, strong, angry

really liked; and other books set in the American West (such as Epitaph); historical fiction (2019's Women

It also features racy reads from the 1980s in the form of past and current book clubs for women, an element Women explore traditional roles and push back against infuriating chauvinism; characters consider their

Informed by Jewish folklore, Thistlefoot is a strange, epic adventure tale.

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

One client does make a strange appearance late in the book, which felt jarring and off topic. serial killer danger lurking getting drinks in the early afternoon and going to secluded places with strange

I love a Gold Rush story, a young adult story, a story about brave young women meeting challenges.

and class, a deadly fear of scandal, and terrible mistreatment of those in lower castes, especially women When Kacey disappears and a string of murders rock the community, everyone is suspect and Mickey's desire

Sea of Tranquility is strange and ethereal, with a surprise toward the end that I delighted in.

Hampton's F*ckface, Kevin Wilson's Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, and Ron Rash's Something Rich and Strange McCracken is a fantastic writer who highlights odd, strangely beautiful elements in small moments.

The Humans is funny, strange, deep, and lovely. I loved it.

funny, and simply the best at taking a scientific topic and diving in, bringing a reader along for a strange

McCracken is a fantastic writer who highlights odd, strangely beautiful elements in small moments.

mentions of endless projects, ideas, collaborations, and plans make clear she's one of the hardest working women

She goes to sleep satisfied, but wakes up in another life: a strange apartment, a different boyfriend This was strange and compelling. 06 All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai There are flying cars in the