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My Favorite Sci-Fi Reads I love how science fiction stretches the way I think about what's possible, You might also like the Greedy Reading lists of past years' Bossy favorites: Six Four Star (And Up) Science Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into Six More Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into If you've read any of these titles, I'd forcing intimacy with their fellow astronauts--their only company, and in close quarters, for many months

You can find other lists of favorite fantasy reads from past years here . What are some of your favorite fantasy reads? mischievous and complementary) group of allies fights to reveal the source of the evil at work, and favorite I love a story that flips a traditional setup, and Long Live Evil  is my newest favorite in the Villains dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of her sister's favorite

Bossy Mystery Reads I didn't read as many mysteries last year as I typically do, but here are six of my favorites What are some of your favorite mystery or suspense reads? Listen for the Lie   (reviewed above) and also the Good Girl's Guide to Murder  series (featuring a favorite

My very favorite books from March! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, in no particular order. read of the month); How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu's fascinating, disturbing, strange I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? 01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams This was my favorite read of the month!

Bossy Favorites of 2025 So Far I love looking back on my reads of the year to date and taking stock of my favorites. What are some of your favorite reads of 2025? daughter Maia, Bear; in a second, she makes a less aggressive but unsanctioned name choice that's her favorite

My very favorite books from February! Here are my favorite reads of the past month, in no particular order: No Cure for Being Human, a funny I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite books from January! Aaaaaand here we are in February! My favorite reads of the past month include, in no particular order: The Maid, Nita Prose's recently I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite books from December! My own Favorite Books of 2021 comes out on December 31. But let's take a look at some great books I read this month, shall we? I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? It's June 1954, and eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson has just served fifteen months on a juvenile work

But for now, here are six of my favorites. What are some of your favorite literary fiction reads? 01 Intermezzo by Sally Rooney Intermezzo is one of my favorite Rooney novels yet, exploring complicated This book was one of My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads . This book was one of My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads . 05 Land of Milk and Honey by C.

Here are just six of my favorite reads--some of which cross genres into mystery, science fiction (time Please stay tuned for more lists of Bossy historical fiction favorites! What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads?

Bossy Contemporary Fiction Reads I loved a range of great books last year, and these were six of my favorite What are some of your favorite contemporary fiction reads? because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain from spending time in her favorite

My very favorite books from November! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? I read Caste with a group and met every other week to discuss it--and we went months past our original

My Favorite Rom-Com Reads This is my first of two favorites lists of rom-coms and romantic reads. Not in Love  is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the banter is excellent--funny dialogue is a favorite

My very favorite books from October! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? This was my favorite read of the month!

My very favorite Bossy reads so far this year! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite reads so far this year? Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the banter is excellent--funny dialogue is a favorite I love books about dragons (check out some of my favorites). 04 Being Mortal by Atul Gawande This is my favorite read of the year so far.

My Very Favorite Bossy Summer Reads! so I had a tough time deciding on the six books I most loved reading during the heat of the past few months You might also want to check out the books on my spring Greedy Reading List Six of My Favorite Reads And I'd also love to hear: what were some of your favorite reads this summer? while navigating the sparkly idea--and messy reality--of romance, with the inspiration of her mom's favorite

My very favorite books from September! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads This is my second favorites lists of rom-coms and romantic reads from Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Light Fictions Reads of the Past Year Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year Six Henry's Beach Read  was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading Center doesn't rely on a miscommunication trope (my very least favorite), and I could see where both

You can find my first list recapping last year's favorites here . You can find other lists of favorite fantasy reads from past years here . What are some of your favorite fantasy reads? I love books about dragons  (check out the link for some of my favorites). 02 Starter Villain by John soon finds herself navigating the complex world of seers, frauds, and holy men vying for the king's favor

My very favorite reads of 2023! I post my favorite reads each month, and I was having such a great reading run, in late spring I posted Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far. To check out my favorite reads from prior years, take a look at My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads, My Twelve Very Favorite 2021 Reads, and My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books.

My very favorite books from August! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List

More Great Bossy Historical Fiction Reads It's March, and I'm still spending Fridays obsessing over my favorite I loved so many historical fiction books last year, this is my second list of favorite reads. You can find the first list of favorites here . What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? librarians , and Janet Skeslien Charles's novel Miss Morgan's Book Brigade takes that setup farther into favorable

My very favorite books from July! Here are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads--or books you've read recently that just decision-making and astute threat assessment; and retreats from overwhelming interactions to watch its favorite Cosby This was my favorite read of the month. loved his gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite

What are some of your favorite literary fiction reads? Her cruel, controlling father is high up in the school board, so while he lords over her this "favor"

Here's the gist of each of the books I most loved reading during the past month, in the order in which reads of the month: Hank Green's second book in his quirky, lovely, character-driven, big-hearted science read of the month, Christina Lauren's heartwarming, funny story featuring strong friendships, plus it's reads of the month! book of the month.

Favorite Bossy Historical Fiction Reads of the Year I loved reading so many historical fiction books last year, this is my fourth list of favorites in that genre. You can find the first list of my historical fiction favorites here , and you'll find Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the past year here . What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads?

Historical Fiction Favorites These were just a few of my favorite historical fiction reads during the Do you have any historical fiction favorite reads that I should add to my outrageously unmanageable to-read Longings. 04 Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland The backdrop for the story of a few summer months

My very favorite books from May! In no particular order, here's the gist of each of the books I most loved reading during the past month read of the month: Maggie Shipstead's interconnected stories about two independent, defiant, appealingly What are some of your recent favorite reads--or books you've read recently that weren't for you? read of the month!

My very favorite books from April! In no particular order, here's the gist of each of the books I most loved reading during the past month What are some of your recent favorite reads--or books you've read recently that weren't for you? The Survivors is my favorite Harper book yet.

My very favorite books from March! Here are the books I most loved reading during the past month: a beautiful story of heartbreak and searches What are some of your recent favorite reads--or books that weren't for you? I loved having more time with my favorite minor character, the plain-speaking, tough, brutal but fair

The Summer Favorites These titles aren't light "summer reads," but they were my favorites from a summer WWII, with its giant hotels, piers, and general hubbub, is the backdrop for the story of a few summer months Florence Adler Swims Forever, the story of a few summer months in the life of an extended family--including

These are my favorite book club reads from the past year. (I've already read our November and December books and they're listed here as favorites!) For some of my favorite book club reads from the past, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Book Club Books I Loved Last Year, Six Book Club Books I Loved in 2021, and My Six Favorite Book Club Books of Have you had any favorite book club reads this year?

Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West, Six Historical Fiction Favorites What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads?

My very favorite reads this year! I post my favorite reads each month, and I was having such a great reading year, in late spring I posted My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far. (Three books from that list made it to my final Favorites list here.) What were some of your favorite reads of the year? Let's do some Bossy book talking!

Six Favorite Memoir Reads The Bossy memoir love continues! I've been posting roundups of my favorite reads from last year by genre. You can check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year. Did you read any favorite memoirs last year or have you read any new favorites this year? After long months of mystery and suffering, she received a diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia and a rare

Some of my very favorite reads of the year...so far! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? the small moments, impulses, generosities, omissions, and aversions that make up a day, a week, and a month

Six Bossy Favorite Light Fiction Reads from Last Year I love spending Fridays highlighting books I've (Stay tuned for another list to come of six more favorites!) For more Bossy lighter fiction favorites, you might want to check out the books on these Greedy Reading Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads too. What are some of your favorite lighter fiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

Six Favorite Fiction Reads I recently posted about Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six (And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) Here are six of my favorite fiction reads from last year--with more lists to come. I'd also love to hear about some of your favorite fiction reads, from last year or from this one so far to ancient texts for guidance, discovers magical abilities, and begins to understand that the gods' favor

Six Bossy Favorite Light Fiction Reads from Last Year I love spending Fridays highlighting books I've (You can check out my roundup list Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year, which I For more romantic reads and lighter fiction Bossy favorites, you might want to check out the books on Bossy favorites, check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads too. Except, Harriet and Win broke up months ago...and haven't told anyone yet.

Six Bossy Favorite Nonfiction Reads Fridays are for highlighting books I've loved! I've been posting about favorite reads from lots of genres that I've loved reading in the past year: Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Memoir Reads Last Year You can also check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my absolute favorite What are some of your favorite nonfiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

Bossy Backlist Favorites I read many of these books as the Covid-19 pandemic began to shape our lives fiction you may have missed, you might also want to check out the Greedy Reading List Six Backlist Summer Favorites

Six Favorite Fantasy Reads I love spending Fridays raving about books I've loved! I've also recently posted about favorite reads from various genres that I've loved reading in the past year: Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Memoir Reads Last Year And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my absolute most favorite What are some of your favorite fantasy reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

Bossy Bookworm's Very Favorite Books of 2022..So Far! I love a favorites list--check out my favorites lists, posted at the end of each month and year and sometimes The end of April seemed like a great time to take stock in a Greedy Reading List of my favorites so far : My Favorite Reads of the Month February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month 01 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

ICYMI: Bossy Bookworm's Very Favorite Books of 2020! I love an end-of-year, best-of, favorite books list, and I loved putting together my very first year-end A year later, I stand by all of these titles as favorites! This book made the Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads. This title was also listed in My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

These are my favorite book club reads from the past year. For my favorite book club reads from the past, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Book Club Books It's June 1954, and eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson has just served fifteen months on a juvenile work

Science Fiction Faves I've been giving book talks lately about stories I've loved and upcoming titles I'm excited about, and I've seen some eyes-glazing-over reactions when I gush about science fiction books. I love character-driven science fiction stories. Sci-fi books can be so lovely and weird and immersive, and the stories can dive into so many fascinating big-deal issues, like feeling a greater purpose, facing a deep responsibility to other beings, undertaking noble missions, bravely exploring new worlds, or finding common ground with those who are different from you. Have you read any of these books? I'd love to hear what you thought. Which other books should I add to my science fiction to-read list? 01 Recursion by Blake Crouch Recursion is more fantastic character-driven science fiction from Blake Crouch. I cared about Sutton and Smith and their mission. Blake Crouch's Barry Sutton is a NYC detective looking into a suicide. Helena Smith is a neuroscientist creating technology to preserve memories and allow people to relive them. People like the victim Sutton is investigating are told that their vivid recollections of their life’s memories are not real, and that they’re actually mentally ill, suffering from False Memory Syndrome. When they encounter loved ones from their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases they are unable to cope with their conflicting realities. While Sutton begins digging into what’s real and what’s a lie, Smith works feverishly to preserve memories and reality. Together, they have to identify and confront dark forces that might be manipulating—and destroying—the minds and the framework of society as we know it. I found this sooooo good, unexpected, sweeping, and compelling. Click here for my full review of this book, and check out my review of Crouch's Dark Matter. Recursion also appears in the Greedy Reading List Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes. 02 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers Chambers's science fiction is full of heart, heartbreak, and hope--with a fascinating backdrop of space travel and interspecies relations. In The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young Rosemary feels lucky to have landed the job of clerk for the quirky, ragtag, but welcoming crew of the Wayfarer ship. The group is made up of various creatures from around the galaxy, and they've already built bonds through working together for ages. Yet they make room in the mix for Rosemary, who's grateful--and who's frankly glad to leave her significant personal troubles behind. Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope. The book feels much more focused on the characters--with a backdrop of space travel and otherworldly creatures--than on exploration or adventure. Much of the story is about acceptance and openness and finding ways to get along. Interspecies relations are prickly, comfortable, romantic, puzzling, or all of the above. I just adored this. Click here for my full review of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. 03 The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey This sci-fi thriller is about betrayal and revenge, but it's not the other-woman story you might expect. Evelyn Caldwell is a brilliant scientist who has long enjoyed an inspiring professional relationship with her husband, also a scientist. She's winning awards and well-deserved international attention for her incredible genetic cloning advancements--but people have noticed that her husband has recently been mysteriously absent from her side as she collects her many honors. This sci-fi thriller is about the forces that drive apart a husband and wife, and the story is about betrayal and revenge, but I hadn't read the premise before I started reading, and I almost dropped the book when I realized what was going on, I was so shocked by the setup--it's not your usual cheating-husband situation. There are loops and layers to Gailey's story that have to do with identity, autonomy, freedom, shaping others to suit your expectations and desires--and recognizing how you're shaped by others in turn. I loved the characters' unanticipated loyalty to unlikely parties and their hard-won emotional growth. I was hooked on this one and couldn't wait to find out what happened. I'd love to watch this in movie form. For my full review, see The Echo Wife. 04 Machinehood by S.B. Divya Space! Robots! Artificial intelligence! Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always complicated pressures of life in the future--as they try to save the world. In her debut novel, Divya sets the scene in the world of 2095. Humanity around the world is reliant on pills--for health, for work focus, for sleep, and for transitioning between all of the above. The economy runs on robots, partially augmented humans, and humans desperately trying to compete with artificial intelligence and survive in the gig economy. Welga Ramirez is an elite bodyguard who is former special forces, and she's on the verge of retirement. Then the unthinkable happens: her team's client is murdered. Violent crimes really don't happen anymore, and society is thrown into a tailspin. In the midst of a global panic, Welga is drawn back into intelligence work in order to identify and fight a new enemy--one that may turn out to be a new incarnation of an old nemesis. Many large-scale issues are shown in interesting shades of gray rather than black-and-white, including the meaning and value of personhood; the definitions of health, autonomy, and freedom; sometimes-necessary compromises; and the promise for the future of the world. For my full review, please see Machinehood. This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI. 05 Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy Young adult Josie's origins--specifically her immaculate conception--have overshadowed everything else in her life. Now she must delve into the darkness of her history to try to save her mother--and uncover her own true identity. Young adult Josie is Girl One, the first of nine baby girls who were famously conceived without male sperm years ago on the now-dismantled commune The Homestead. Josie has spent her life plagued by criticism, misogyny, obsessed fans, and the weight of the fascinating, unusual circumstances of her conception. When her mother disappears, Josie begins to track down the other Girls, and together the young women discover strange, unique powers as they rely on each other and attempt to unravel their shared history. They're learning to trust that the circumstances of their creation do not determine their full identities--or what they're capable of. Murphy presents the Girls as they emerge in all of their feminist, powerful glory. The journey isn't too easy, there are some identity realizations, love connections, and plot twists, and the ending of Girl One satisfied me. For my full review, please see Girl One. 06 Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson Robots, time travel, teen angst, and this gorgeous cover. Yes to all of this. I didn't anticipate the twists Johnson provides, and I was delighted by each of them. Teenage Andra finally wakes up after being cryogenically preserved for a century-long journey to a new planet. She's a little creaky and sore, sure, but she's ready to be reunited with the team, which includes her mother and the rest of her family, plus many others involved in the complex project. They'll begin the work of bravely populating and building a new life on this planet. Except...Andra soon realizes she wasn't sleeping for 100 years. She was asleep for 1,000. The people, terrain, and language are not what she studied for or expected, everyone she once knew has already lived and died--oh, and the general population, whoever they are, thinks she's a goddess, and they've been waiting excitedly for her to wake up and save them. There are some funny exchanges because of the differences in characters' languages. At one point Andra calls her friend Zhade (who is from a time 1,000 years past her origin time) an insult ("a-hole"), which horrifies and fascinates him. He says "That is a massive yet disgusting insult. I reck [reckon] I was born about a thousand years too late. I missed all the best words." For my full review, please see Goddess in the Machine. This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI.

You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into She's hacked into the game plenty of times and glitched the system to work in her favor.

Six Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads I'm having so much fun spending Fridays highlighting books I've loved I've also been posting about favorite reads from lots of genres that I've loved reading in the past year : Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Memoir Reads Last Year You can check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my absolute most favorite What are some of your favorite lighter fiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

Six More Favorite Fiction Reads I listed Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year in this Greedy In today's post I highlight six more of my favorite fiction reads from last year. I read and loved so many books in the past year, I can't resist more more more roundups of my favorites Memoir Reads Last Year And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads I'd also love to hear about some of your favorite fiction reads, from last year or from this one so far

My very favorite reads this year! I post a monthly wrap-up of my favorite reads, and now that 2021 is almost over, it's time to share the In no particular order, here are my absolute favorite reads of the year. What are some of your recent favorite reads? Let's do some Bossy book talking! Cosby; I loved Blacktop Wasteland last year (it was one of my Six Favorite Summer Reads) and I just read