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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

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

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.

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.

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

Six More Favorite Fiction Reads I love spending Fridays raving about books I've loved! I listed Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year in this Greedy Reading List, then I highlighted six more of my favorite fiction reads from last year in a second Greedy Reading List. Memoir Reads Last Year And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my absolute most favorite What are some of your favorite fiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

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. Which books were your favorites this year? I love an end-of-year, best-of, favorite books list, and I loved putting together this very first year-end list (which is not precisely in order of most to least favorite, although the titles are numbered for

My very favorite reads so far this year! I post a monthly wrap-up of my favorite reads, but now that 2021 is halfway over, it feels like time to share the best books I've read in the past six months. Great Circle is my favorite book of the year so far! What are some of your recent favorite reads? Let's do some Bossy book talking!

My year-end list of 2021 favorites is coming soon! My very favorite reads so far this year! I post a monthly wrap-up of my favorite reads, but now that 2021 is halfway over, it feels like time to share the best books I've read in the past six months. Great Circle is my favorite book of the year so far! What are some of your recent favorite reads? Let's do some Bossy book talking!

City, and its giant hotels, piers, and general hubbub are the backdrop for this story of a few summer months #comingofage, #heartwarming, #faith, #nordic, #fourstarbookreview What have been your favorite books published this summer, or favorite books you've read this summer?

Lepucki's strange, interesting time-travel novel centers around betrayal, broken hearts, second chances, and the power of hate--and of love. When Ursa was a child she was horribly abused by her father, and while she feels that she's pushed beyond it, the trauma has undoubtedly shaped her. When she flees to remote California, her ability to travel through memory to revisit the past secures her a revered role in a counterculture 1950s community that builds around her. A friend's borrowed, rambling home becomes a refuge for unwed mothers and mothers-to-be, with the women on site treating Ursa as a goddess--and the children being horrifically neglected as the women enjoy proximity highs when Ursa time-travels. Ursa's neglect of her own son Ray causes him to flee--vowing to cut ties with Ursa forever. But Ursa's ability to travel through time has, unbeknownst to all, passed on to Ray's child Opal. A meeting of grandmother and grandchild could change everything forever. Ursa's brokenness and bitterness seem to stem directly from her terrible childhood abuse, yet she is far from a sympathetic character. She is petty, self-important, and rigid. The rift she forces into her own family is heartbreaking but doesn't feel fixable. The time travel itself is fascinating. A precious few in the story have the ability, and the power can be used for good (reminiscing, reliving beloved moments, spending moments with those lost to us) or evil (creating a whirlwind of negative feeling that shapes others' actions in significant ways). I loved the father-daughter bond, and Opal is a wonderfully quirky, self-possessed young person. The ending is satisfying as well. I received an audiobook edition of this book courtesy of Libro.fm and Recorded Books, Inc. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Lepucki is also the author of the novels California, Woman Number 17, There's No Place Like Home, and If You're Not Yet Like Me. If you're intrigued by time-travel stories, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories.

The first book in Rachel Gillig's Stonewater Kingdom series, The Knight and the Moth , considers Sybil Gillig builds a layered fantasy world on elements of stone and water, and the moth symbolism changes The Knight and the Moth is built on a spare yet satisfying fantasy world with a limited number of characters As The Knight and the Moth 's story evolves, the humorous moments make the haunted, gray setting and

advance copies of almost all of the titles I list here, so I need to get to work reading and sharing my favorite Some of these upcoming titles are books by favorite authors and others are from authors new to me, but Are there any titles you’re especially excited to read this month?

Check out the books pictured above for some of the titles I'm hoping to read this month. I look forward to hearing about your favorite summer reads once I'm back to the blog! xoxo, Amy

Six More Favorite Bossy Mystery Reads I love looking over my favorite reads from the past twelve months You can explore the twelve titles on My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads to find out about my overall favorite reads from last year, you can read about Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year here What are some of your favorite mystery reads, whether from the past year or beyond? memory. 06 Heartwood by Amity Gaige Amity Gaige's Appalachian Trail-set novel offers several of my favorite

And what on earth is her purpose in stringing along Hayden and Alice for a month--if she even intends More Emily Henry love Henry's Beach Read  was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it also Emily Henry is also the author of Funny Story (one of my Favorite Reads of the Year ), Happy Place

I've been rom-comming it up, and you can find lots of my favorite romantic reads on the blog--with a list of recently published favorites to come soon, as well as a Greedy Reading List featuring my favorite

Six More Favorite Contemporary Fiction Reads This is the second of three contemporary fiction lists I'll You can explore the twelve titles on My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads to find out about my overall favorite reads from last year, or you can read about past Bossy contemporary fiction favorites here . What are some of your favorite contemporary fiction reads, whether from the past year or beyond? The Favorites  is heavy on the skating--which I loved.

This debut cozy novel showcases many of my favorite elements--magic, banter, a grumpy-sunshine hard-won Violet Thistlewaite has lots of my favorite elements: magic, a grumpy-sunshine matchup, a fresh-start

Bossy Mystery Reads We've reached the point in the year--the very beginning--when I obsess over my favorite reads from the past twelve months in every genre and share them with you each Friday. You can explore the twelve titles on My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads to find out about my overall favorite reads from last year. What are some of your favorite mystery reads, whether from the past year or beyond?

Six Favorite Fantasy Reads This is the first of three fantasy-favorite lists I'll have for you as I mine You can explore the twelve titles on My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads to find out about my overall favorite reads from last year, or you can read about past Bossy fantasy favorites here . What are some of your favorite fantasy reads, whether from the past year or beyond? The Everlasting was one of my favorite reads across all genres in 2025.

I loved Ashley Elston's mystery First Lie Wins  (it was on my December favorites list ; it was one of More Mystery Love I recently published Greedy Reading Lists of favorite mystery reads: Six Four-Star And you can find my favorite mystery reads from the year before here .

Six More Favorite Contemporary Fiction Reads This is the third of three contemporary fiction lists I've put together as I've mined my recent-past reading for my favorite reads of the past year--you can find my first list of contemporary fiction favorite reads from last year here and my second list here . favorite reads from last year, or you can read about past Bossy contemporary fiction favorites here What are some of your favorite contemporary fiction reads, whether from the past year or beyond?

She wrapped some of my favorite elements in funny banter, poignant (non-swooning) romance, and enough This funny, poignant, powerful connection is one of my favorite aspects of the novel. Gawain (a favorite, scene-stealing character) is key to that discovery. For more books about time travel, one of my favorite narrative devices, please check out these titles

I was initially disappointed that Veronica and Stoker spend (a fast-forwarded) six months apart at the banter and sexual tension and match-up of will and intellect between Stoker and Veronica that are my favorite It wasn't my favorite of the series mysteries thus far, but I enjoyed the dark, gothic feel of twisting

Soon I'll be posting about my favorite December reads--and my favorite reads of 2024!

Six More Favorite Fantasy Reads This is the third of three fantasy-favorite lists I've developed as I've You can find my first list of favorites from the past year here and my second list here . favorite reads from last year, or you can read about past Bossy fantasy favorites here . What are some of your favorite fantasy reads, whether from the past year or beyond? The Summer War is a novella by one of my favorite authors.

This historical fiction novel from Quinn is a departure from much of my favorite Quinn fiction--brave And Quinn's inspiration for the Grace March storyline is a personal favorite; The Americans  is one of my all-time favorite shows.

Six Favorite Contemporary Fiction Reads I love looking over my favorite reads from the past year and considering my favorite 2025 reads in each genre. favorite reads from last year, you can read about past Bossy contemporary fiction favorites here . What are some of your favorite contemporary fiction reads, whether from the past year or beyond? 01 The Correspondent by Virginia Evans This was my favorite read of 2025!

Six More Bossy Favorite Reads I've been posting lists of some of my favorite reads of last year by genre ; for my all-around favorites, check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads. I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite reads, whether you loved them last year or more the small moments, impulses, generosities, omissions, and aversions that make up a day, a week, and a month This was absolutely my favorite part of the book.

Six More Favorite Fantasy Reads This is the second of three fantasy-favorite lists I'll have for you You can find my first list of favorites from the past year here . You can explore the twelve titles on My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads to find out about my overall favorite reads from last year, or you can read about past Bossy fantasy favorites here . What are some of your favorite fantasy reads, whether from the past year or beyond?

matriarchs are split by a death and then a feud (the impetus of the bitter rift is the making of a family-favorite "Do me a favor. Take this from me." More Love for Allegra Goodman Allegra Goodman is a longtime favorite author for me. Her novel Isola   was one of my favorite reads of 2025.

These Bossy favorites from a summer past stand the test of time. And soon I'll post another set of Bossy romantic favorites, this time titles that were published this also like the books on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six 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 Rom-Com Reads of the Year , and Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year Have you loved any

The Summer Favorites These titles aren't classic, light "summer reads," but they were my favorite reads 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

Don't forget to check my past Bossy gift idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites collects some of the family's favorite recipes, as well as banter between Stephen and Evie. ...from Party Easy Weeknight Dinners , editor in chief Emily Weinstein has curated some of the greatest hits--100 favorite , from trusted writers Melissa Clark, Eric Kim, Yewande Komolafe, Ali Slagle, and more, served with mouth-watering in past book gift lists , and I'm dedicated to Kimball's Milk Street magazine, published every two months

Bossy Romantic Favorites The heat of August feels like a perfect time to dive into recently published romantic stories, and these have been six of my favorites this year. 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 Rom-Com Reads of the Year , and Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year Have you loved any

books, you might like the titles on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads , Six Favorite Nonfiction and Memoir Reads of the Year , Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved , Six of My Favorite

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

And as far as she can tell, Miles does odd jobs and traveled around without a permanent address for months Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading

Six Great Bossy Nonfiction Reads I promise that this is the last roundup list of 2023 favorites, which seems appropriate now that we have entered the month of May, 2024, ahem. You can find some of my many other lists of favorite nonfiction and memoir roundups here: Six of My Favorite What are some of your recent favorite nonfiction or memoir reads?

Six More Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite I posted last month about Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, but I had six more favorites to share...and here they are! You might want to check out all the titles on My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my very favorite I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads?

Mystery and Suspense Reads These six four-star mysteries are all so good and so different--they were my favorites I'd love to hear about your favorite mystery reads! radar, French is the author of six Dublin Murder Squad books (In the Woods, The Likeness--this is my favorite by Julia Phillips ​ Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month

Science and Nature Book Gift Ideas I spend most of my reading time on fiction titles, but my favorite And don't forget to check my past Bossy idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites My favorite bookstore is my local independent bookstore here in Charlotte, Park Road Books. But goldfish can remember that a colored paddle means food is coming, even months after the association How can such a small fish hold on to the memory of the snaking path of a maze for three months?

Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, When I read a collection of short stories, I inevitably develop favorites, and while reading Buried Deep

champions who dramatically split--until a documentary tell-all comes back to tell their story, The Favorites received a prepublication edition of Broken Country courtesy of Simon & Schuster and NetGalley. 03 The Favorites

I love a Favorites list, and I've made a Bossy spreadsheet (ahem!) of my favorite reads of the past year by genre, so the hits are going to keep coming! If you want more favorite-mystery lists, stay tuned for round 2 of last year's Bossy favorites, coming You can also check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year What are some of your favorite mystery reads?

If you enjoy memoirs, you can find Bossy reviews of my favorites here . And check out some of my favorite foodie memoirs here .