Lessons in Chemistry explores deep issues, conflict, and dark times, yet offers hope and joy. Exciting news for story-to-screen fans: the book is reportedly being adapted into a streaming series

I loved the key elements of this story: the capable con woman, the past coming back to haunt her, the She is also the author of six young adult books, including The Lying Woods , This Is Our Story , The

Through it all, death looms, and as Barbara prepares to exit the corporal world she is at times afraid die-hard cocksureness, and she shows moments of vulnerability as her frailty becomes overwhelming--and at times

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Anatomy: A Love Story, a gothic young adult historical fiction 01 Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz In Anatomy: A Love Story, Dana Schwartz's young adult gothic it's 1817 in Edinburgh, and Hazel Sinnett is a young woman desperate to become something women in her time

Absolutely Remarkable Thing, click right here. 03 Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Maggie Shipstead's story In interconnected stories--which felt equally compelling to me--Shipstead brings to life these disparate The story is steamy and romantic at times without being dramatic. , and everything else in this epic story. The Great Mistake feels like a love letter to turn-of-the-century New York and a captivating story.

I'm intrigued by a missing-persons story, and I'm a fan of Emiko Jean's writing. I'm fascinated by a missing-persons story . The story takes us inside the claustrophobic, twisted, abusive, extremely disturbing compound where Ellie The reveal of the true story behind the abductions, cruelties, and murders seemed far-fetched (every Emiko Jean is also the author of the great young adult stories Tokyo Ever After and Tokyo Dreaming

I was intrigued by; Great Circle, my favorite read of the month: Maggie Shipstead's interconnected stories and meaning in the natural world and in everyday tasks; The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Daré's story Maggie Shipstead's story spans the wilds of Prohibition-era Montana, the blustery Pacific Northwest, If you like stories about witches, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You.

Dean's escape from media scrutiny leads him to rent Evvie's apartment for a time. I listened to it as an audiobook while I gardened, and it was a perfect summer story.

01 Skylark by Paula McLain Paula McLain's Skylark is a historical fiction story set in Paris and told But it's tough to tame her power when she's been trained since childhood to be expecting attacks and

Grodstein tells a poignant, powerful story of the Warsaw Ghetto--of making a life within its prison walls Would Adam be willing to help them gather the stories that shape so many lives? The heart of this story was inspired by the real-life project aimed at preserving the testimonies of Stories of various characters are interwoven through the historical fiction novel and add depth to the story.

I'm currently solidly on the sidelines of college application hustle and bustle, so it seemed like time You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania, insightful, thorough, down-to-earth New York Times research that attempts to separately consider institutions' elite names and their graduates' success stories

I've been eagerly awaiting the release of this story, which I understood to be part whodunit, part boarding Meanwhile our main protagonist is a middle-aged woman appealingly muddling along at times, doing her

Mysteries abound within McConaghy's Wild Dark Shore , but the story is largely an atmospheric story of With violent storms on the horizon, no line of communication open with the outside world, and enormous There are mysteries at the center of the story, but for me this was a captivating, atmospheric dive into difficult truths and dare to imagine a bright future) alongside the relentless, unforgiving weather and storms

wonderfully oddball Stevie Bell as she takes her sleuthing skills outside of Ellingham Academy for the first time The story is set at a small-town summer camp (Nate repeatedly and entertainingly references Friday the

Klune's newest book, Under the Whispering Door, the author offers a heartwarming story that does just Klune's story features the selfish, narcissistic, workaholic character of Wallace, who notices one day Before crossing over from the living forever, Wallace spends time in a mysterious in-between place (a Klune, the author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, offers another whimsical, tender, light-LGBTQ-love story The story's characters are full of love.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Gary Shteyngart's story of a precocious young girl finding her Shteyngart is also the author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook , Absurdistan , Super Sad True Love Story I don't love the title, but I'm hooked on the story. 03 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental

the roof of their South Carolina home again, and cooking and eating together became a collective past time Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat by Emily Weinstein and New York Times My household's dinners are largely inspired by New York Times Food emails and recipes, and I'm all in offer practical methods for finding creative inspiration right under your nose--without a trip to the store recipes that reflect the way she cooks now: simple ingredients, easy to get on the table, short on time

Betty is based on the author's family stories of difficulties, abuse, tragedies, and a hardscrabble life She revels in the wonders of the natural world, soaks in her father's rich stories, loves her sisters There's excruciating, relentless pain for almost the entirety of Betty's story. McDaniel's fanciful language is sometimes tragically beautiful, and other times frustrating when it means This distracted me, but in a way it also suited the story.

In We Are Not Like Them, real-life friends and collaborators Christine Pride and Jo Piazza offer a story they've always been very different in many ways, yet the women have been through difficult and joyful times

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Naomi Novik's book of stories, Buried Deep ; I'm listening to Colm 01 Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik is the author of fantasy novels featuring Naomi Novik's Buried Deep is a collection of thirteen stories that span the worlds of her novels. I received a prepublication copy of Buried Deep and Other Stories courtesy of NetGalley and Ballantine

it, but Poppy has convinced Alex to join her again on vacation to try to recapture their effortless times She'll just push down her strange feelings about Alex and pretend that fateful time never even happened This is already feeling like a will they/won't they story I'll love. a favorite book of mine last year, and it made it into the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories Harley's story about loyalty, loss, and pushing forward is beautiful; it's sometimes heartbreaking and

Towles's evocative stories drew me in, sometimes made me uncomfortable, and illuminated characters' true In Table for Two: Fictions , Amor Towles offers six short stories set in New York City and a novella The six New York-set stories all take place around the year 2000, and they consider the impacts of chance Towles's writing is so lovely, I'm willing to follow his stories and his characters anywhere.

men set against each other in the trenches serves as a backdrop for a tentatively begun, deep love story Tragedy and looming doom are twisted through this story of a hard-fought love story between Gaunt and onward toward mutual destruction--all of this serves as a backdrop for a heartwarming, heartbreaking story

Harris's action-packed World War II story moves between the terrors of 1930s Germany and the glamour Harris's book is fast-paced, without a lot of page time spent setting a background or lingering on self-reflection you like World War II-set books, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories

When I first read the premise of this book, I knew I was hooked: When Prince’s 1987 record Sign o’ the Times Is Hard, Setiya considers the toolbox of philosophy--and how it might help us navigate treacherous times , as well as two novels and a short story collection. He served as the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine for three years and was an original founder

Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II. This World War II-era story of female pilots and spies is written in two points of view. and I can't dive into the story. The premise hooked me, but I loved Graudin's execution of the story even more. -type closure for both felt too convenient, and even a little dismissive of the complexities of the time

After a terrible storm that took her mother's life, young Fable was abandoned by her father, who's a atmospheric descriptions of imagined twisted seaside towns, deserted islands, and adventurous ocean travel

author of the captivating Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious, haunting historical fiction story In The Warm Hands of Ghosts, Arden presents the story of Laura, a combat nurse who is searching for her The story's pacing felt quite slow and the tone extremely dark and hushed for the majority of the book herself to be vulnerable toward the end of the novel, and I very much liked the resolutions of the story Witchy Stories to Charm You.

written in a copy of the novel, a seeming suicide, a disappeared body, and other mysterious circumstances tie Much of the page time in The Other Side of Night is spent with characters who exhibit odd, unexplained I found myself wanting to finally feel for the story's characters--who have really been through unprecedented

Victorious in war, unchallenged by foreign foes in North America for the first time in its history, the Gwynne also offers the compelling story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white captive who assimilated into the fascinating, as were the details of Comanche life and the Comanches' collective transformation over time

fighter and spy through the Warsaw Ghetto to her second act as a Hollywood movie star, linking the story's In Lisa Barr's newest historical fiction, The Goddess of Warsaw , the author tells a story in two timelines inserts herself into the resistance as a key player--but these elements paled against the intrigue of the story to the Nazis are heartstopping, and I was hooked on each of the two timelines in this interconnected story

Part of Your World, The Friend Zone, and The Happy-Ever-After Playlist. 03 Charm City Rocks: A Love Story by Matthew Norman Billy Perkins is a happy music teacher living above a record store in Baltimore called sounds intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List, Six Rockin' Stories

The story alternates between the present-day crisis, with mass destruction, frantic, often hurt citizens I'm typically fascinated by a post-apocalyptic setting for a story, and the earthquake in the story is

The story twists and turns through confidential informants, militias arming themselves with black-market fortysomething, married creative writing teacher, and in Half His Age McCurdy offers a complicated story

His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was one of my Six of the this hefty expansion of the 1619 Project, which was spearheaded by Nikole Hannah-Jones at The New York Times I watched The Good Place for the third time just before reading this, and I loved hearing Schur's references and a heartwarming reminder that there are thoughtful, kind, well-meaning people out there spending time Victorious in war, unchallenged by foreign foes in North America for the first time in its history, the

A Deadly Education is the first in Novik's Scholomance series, which begins the story of a magical high fractured nature of the fight in The Golden Enclaves meant that I didn't get to spend extended page time

Fletch's book is an interesting choice, and for me, somewhat disappointing, but in another case, a meta story-within-the-same-story

01 The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden This is an ancient-feeling, dark fairy tale of a story The Girl in the Tower and The Winter of the Witch are the others, and I think Arden's stories get even I really liked this story and I still think about this book, years after reading it. Novik's story offers endless odd, lovely, unexpected, and complex elements. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through.

the local ex-CIA agents can't resist involving themselves in; Atmosphere , Taylor Jenkins Reid's love story Schwab's historical fiction-fantasy story about vampires linked together through centuries. The first is The Spy Coast . 02 Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid Joan has always been

I love a Gold Rush story, a young adult story, a story about brave young women meeting challenges. (If you do too, take a look at my Greedy Reading List of Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in who must become tough as nails to make their way in the world and to boost each other through rough times Zhang layers the kids' current circumstances and journey with stories of the youth and origins of the (Ba shares sensitive reflections, regrets, and advice with Lucy in his own sections of the story--but

light "summer reads," but they were my favorites from a summer past, and they all stand the test of time Atlantic City just before WWII, with its giant hotels, piers, and general hubbub, is the backdrop for the story I loved watching the story's events unfold in this lovely debut from Rachel Beanland. Florence Adler Swims Forever, the story of a few summer months in the life of an extended family--including This was a really captivating story that kept me intrigued throughout.

James crafts a tender, funny story with zing about a secretly trans high school teacher in a small town The novel flits between the stories of three women from disparate backgrounds, drastically different

special "I'm Every Woman" features Morgan's signature plaintive looks at the audience, accompanying stories I love to hear people's stories, and I found all of this endearing. short memoir, and if you're already a fan of Leanne Morgan's, you'll likely enjoy hearing her back story

the persona of a romance novelist at readings and signings, but she becomes entranced by the romantic story Can the romantic story that brought them together help them rethink their recent heartbreak? Lydia Byrd , a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories

and to preserve history--from the roof of the American Museum of Natural History--before a horrific storm future in which the glaciers have melted, Nonie, a young girl with a gift for feeling the water, coming storms I was also struck by the haunting moments of grown-ups sharing the old stories: what it was like to swim The story keeps in the forefront the looming dangers, the fear of disease and ill intent, and the bone-weary This story was upsetting, fascinating, and wonderfully shaped.

I feared that the story was going to involve characters continually making bad decisions, which is a setup I have a difficult time reading, but Krueger offered more. The story grew and the characters evolved in a satisfying way.

The wilderness and isolation of the story combined with the looming dangers posed by the outside world This feels like a tricky story to bring to a close, and I had mixed feelings about the sacrifice at the But I very much enjoyed my time in the woods with Cooper and especially Finch.

The Comfort Book is the newest book from Matt Haig, author of the novel How to Stop Time and the memoir This slim book of lists, notes, stories, and facts and scientific research from around the world make and they serve as an uplifting collection of reassurances that are perfect for giving as a gift. 02 Time In Time to Eat, Hussain offers weeknight meal solutions, ways to streamline meal preparation, precise More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays), and he has a new book out in time for the holiday gift-giving

Chris Whitaker ( We Begin at the End ); I'm listening to In Memoriam , a historical fiction LGBTQ love story the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Chris Whitaker's novel All the Colors of the Dark builds a story Tragedy and looming doom are twisted through this story of a hard-fought love story between Gaunt and onward toward mutual destruction--all of this serves as a backdrop for a heartwarming, heartbreaking story

his quirky Ink & Sigil fantasy duology; The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd's historical fiction story Sue Monk Kidd spins this historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes excruciating details of the time, including various horrifying punishments for enslaved people considered Louis, and Robinson explores complex issues regarding race and related societal pressures of the time