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Espach leans into the concept of chosen family, a favorite of mine, and offers up second chances with

with time, Wrong Place Wrong Time; I'm reading Antarctica, a collection of short stories by one of my favorite McAllister Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time (like some of my favorite

because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain from spending time in her favorite

I love a Favorites list, and now that I've got a spreadsheet (ahem!) of my favorite reads of the past year by genre, the hits are going to keep coming! This list highlights six more of my very favorite mystery reads of last year (Check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) What are some of your favorite mystery titles or mystery genres?

Gadgets, disguises, alternative identities, bugs and surveillance-- The Trap  involves many of my favorite

Except, Harriet and Win broke up months ago...and haven't told anyone yet. Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading

Do you have any favorite cold-setting books? Earth by Julia Phillips Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month and crushed, leaving the crew marooned on the ice in a brutal fight for survival that lasted twenty months The very existence of Hurley's images is incredible; the glass plate negatives lasted through months on ice floes, a week's travel in an open boat, and months buried in the snow.

Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres Here are six of my very favorite historical fiction reads of last year--with another list to come! (Check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? Everhart includes one of my favorite setups, in which a woman dresses as a man in order to achieve some

I love when stories play with time (see my multiple favorites lists below), and I loved that the relationship Several of my Greedy Reading Lists highlight some of my very favorite books that twist time: Six Riveting

The Books I'm Reading Now This week I'm reading the newest novel by a favorite author, Taylor Brown,

You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites, and Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved.

More Books You Might Like If you're interested in long books, check out this short list of Bossy favorites

the author of the nonfiction collection of essays The Anthropocene Reviewed  (which was one of my six favorite

My knowledge of Egypt is limited, but my interest was sparked by one of my favorite childhood reads,

My knowledge of Egypt is limited but my interest was sparked by one of my favorite childhood reads, The

One of my favorites, Saskia Maarleveld , is the narrator.

Her novel Isola was one of my favorite reads of 2025. 02 The Once and Future Queen (Lives of Guinevere

memoirs you might like, please check out these Bossy reviews as well as Greedy Reading Lists of my favorites

Catherine Newman is also the author of Sandwich (one of My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads ), We All

This is my favorite kind of lighter-tone contemporary fiction.

My favorite writing often turns expectations on their heads, and In Show Don't Tell , Sittenfeld draws

More Light Fiction Favorites When I posted a few weeks ago about favorite light fiction reads and asked for other's favorites, bookish friends recommended: more of Katherine Center's books (I posted about You might also like some of the titles on my first Greedy Reading List of light fiction favorites. best-friendship between Jess and Fizzy (Felicity) is one of the funniest aspects and was one of my favorite ), and Autoboyography (another favorite and a young adult LGBTQ+ gem).

Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Favorites I'm always thankful for books and reading, so I wanted to reshare Do you have all-time favorites you always recommend to others? What makes them your favorites?

dramaaaaatic teen angst, a cutthroat path to becoming a warrior, bucking expectations, a looming war--and, my favorite Aside from the dragons, my favorite element of the story is Violet's determined coping with and accommodations The overuse of smirking and " a corner of [his/her] mouth lifts" for amusement, the "cupping" of cheeks

If you're interested in or enjoyed this book, you might want to check out a favorite book of mine, Madeline

This was one of my favorite elements of the book.

You can find Bossy reviews of other memoirs--and Greedy Reading Lists of my favorites by theme-- here

of the Sea ; I'm listening to Jen Hatmaker's memoir Awake ; and I'm listening to my newly discovered favorite

daughter Maia, Bear; in a second, she makes a less aggressive but unsanctioned name choice that's her favorite

The found-family element is a favorite of mine, and the makeshift nature of Caffall's imagined future

My Oxford Year is my favorite kind of romance; Whelan uses a light-fiction structure to take on seriously

But my favorite element of the novel was the messy, wonderful family members that forge deeper connections

Intermezzo is one of my favorite Rooney novels yet, exploring complicated families, grief, unconventional relationships is unconventional, and various players involved struggle to let go of societal expectations in favor

My favorite science fiction novels examine the Big Issues: What makes us people?

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a favorite author's most recent historical fiction, The Briar Club

Jimenez is also the author of Just for the Summer (one of my Favorite Rom-Coms of the Year last year

And the found-family element is a favorite of mine; Kingfisher builds this aspect poignantly, messily

Reilly were two weeks into the several months they spent alternating the roles of Lee and Austin each If you love memoirs, you might like some of the books on my many Bossy lists of favorites: Six Illuminating

Annie Hartnett is also the author of the wonderful novel Unlikely Animals , which was one of my  Bossy Favorite

coping with the grief of having lost her mom and navigating romance using the inspiration of her mom's favorite coping with the grief of having lost her mom and navigating romance using the inspiration of her mom's favorite

also check my past Bossy gift idea lists (linked below) for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell Along with The Egypt Game and The Westing Game , two classic favorites

01 In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner I recently posted about some of my very favorite young adult books

Barbara Brown Taylor is one of my favorite authors, but this slim, early book of hers didn't offer the

With her savvy smarts and big heart, she was one of my favorite characters.

ICYMI: This five-star read--part memoir/part essay--is one of my favorite books of Ann Patchett's, and My book club wasn't unanimous on a five-star rating, but this is one of my favorite Patchett books.

into her perceived reality and actively participates within it in order to calm her down; he buys her favorite

of lighter fiction or rom-com books I've loved, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six More of my Favorite Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite

Sebastian de Castell's worldbuilding is fascinating, the magic-school setting is a favorite, and the

Black Woods, Blue Sky is a cold-setting story--one of my favorites--in which the unforgiving weather,

Naomi Novik is one of my very favorite authors, and The Summer War is her recently published novella.