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 What are some of your favorite mystery reads, whether from the past year or beyond? McConaghy is also the author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves Wild Dark Shore was one of My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads . 04 We Are All Guilty Here (North Falls #1) by Karin Slaughter I like a story

The fifth book in the Veronica Speedwell series offers more of Raybourn's magic: witty dialogue, an unorthodox Throughout her Veronica Speedwell series, Raybourn proves herself an expert in providing a captivating In this fifth book of the series, Veronica and Stoker become involved in a mystery involving a house I listened to this as an audiobook, which is wonderfully narrated, as the rest of the series has been (There are currently eight books in the series, with a ninth scheduled for publication in 2024.)

Emma Makepeace returns in the second book in the series, The Traitor, and when one thing leads to another

In her novel for young readers--from my favorite publishing company for young people, Peachtree Publishing The next book in this series is Pretty Rude for a Girl. Elliott is also the author of the Owl Diaries series and over twenty picture books.

Chambers is also the author of the Wayfarers series; click here to read my review of The Long Way to

212 and a Tour de France Obsession by Ned Boulting (2023) The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Bossy gift idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, 2023 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World Shhh! Bossy Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas   2021 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! shocking lengths the drug lord and his biggest rival were willing to go to in order to control their favorite

It's a little dark, consistently fascinating, sometimes funny, and very satisfying. Shadow and Bone is my favorite among multiple great Bardugo series, and it's also the title of the first The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, A Conspiracy of Kings (this was possibly my favorite among favorites), Thick As Thieves, and Return of the Thief are the other books in the series. I've got enough other favorites in this vein that I could probably make a second list sometime.

In the second installment in Leigh Bardugo's Alex Stern series, Alex is as brave, scowling, and unapologetic for adults whose story line is not connected to the Grishaverse, is the first in Bardugo's Alex Stern series I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series. and the King of Crows duology discussed here, which is expected to be the end of the interconnected series

ICYMI: The second in Johnson's young adult mystery series offers growing friendships, determined sleuthing This is the second in Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious series (the first is Truly Devious). Maureen Johnson is also the author of Truly Devious, The Hand on the Wall, and the fourth book in the series Johnson also wrote the young adult Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's crimes newest book, Nine Liars, which also features Stevie Bell, is scheduled for publication December 27, 2022

Six More Favorite Fantasy Reads This is the third of three fantasy-favorite lists I've developed as I've You can also 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 . The Summer War is a novella by one of my favorite authors. I don't read very many novellas, and regarding Novik and her rich world-building, charming supporting

The audiobook was narrated by Dick Hill, who has a voice that sounds very similar to Sam Donaldson in This felt very retro to me, and I admit that I often found myself thinking of the narrator’s voice rather Child has been writing Jack Reacher novels since 1997, so whether you're committed to the series or you #mysterysuspense, #series, #threestarbookreview

recommendations so that I could beef up my Dragons shelf on Goodreads and put together a post of my favorite , several people asked if I'd read Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series. So, things are upended for Breen in every way. Dragons are very much a side note in this book, alternately soaring in the sky and carrying Keegan to I'm in for the second book in this series, fall 2021's The Becoming, but I thought that the series was

This first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery series offers not only an irresistible listened to the audiobook of Sherry Thomas's A Study in Scarlet Women, the first in her Lady Sherlock series Then a series of unusual events lead to Charlotte's assuming the identity of a made-up detective, Sherlock I can't wait to read more in this series! Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? books in the Lady Sherlock series, with the seventh, A Tempest at Sea, scheduled for publication in 2023

us, establish when an intriguing book is likely to be generally widely available from the library, vary Here are my personal book club favorites from last year. I also enjoyed two of my favorite authors' newest books, Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet and Matt Haig's The For my favorite book club reads of 2020, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Book Club Books I Loved Three days later, she was recovered in a miraculous series of events that ended up with her rescue and

Book two of Thomas's Lady Sherlock series offers a robust dual mystery, clever female characters, priceless I can't wait to read all of the other books in this series! This series invites comparisons to another fantastic Victorian-era-set mystery series featuring a strong series thus far, with Raybourn's character development taking more center stage in that series, but I adore both of these series.

irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she broke from rigid medieval gender roles in favor We're reintroduced to the story with an introductory poem written in verse that is funny, poignant--and Click here to check out my review of the first book in this series, Tess of the Road.

And Emma would very much like to make it out of this alive as well. longest night of their lives as they work to evade the thousands of cameras documenting London citizens' every I was so happy to realize this is the first in a planned series. Sign me up for every bit of this!

More from Catherine Newman Catherine Newman is also the author of Sandwich  (one of My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads ), We All Want Impossible Things , the wonderful nonfiction Waiting for Birdy , and

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.

ICYMI: This is the first in Johnson's young adult series, set in a boarding school in rural Vermont, might be interested in the titles that make up the Greedy Reading Lists Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series

In Steelstriker, the second and final book in the series, the last free nation in the world has been Lu, a former artist in the video game industry, has written multiple young adult series (Legend, Warcross

These were my favorite elements. I received a prepublication copy of this book, published May 4, 2021, courtesy of Sourcebooks Casablanca The author plans to write more books in The Lillys series.

baggage or knee-jerk reactions to it, who was willing to dive in and who would maybe just maybe love this series Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games series) offers a unique setting while doing something fascinating: You might like the books I included on the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series

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 . Meanwhile, Sera realizes that a very old spell exists that could restore her powers.

The first in the series sets up a strong young Black heroine who bucks tradition as she explores her Bree's mother dies in an accident, she escapes the painful memories of her childhood home and town in favor was reading Legendborn, with its Arthurian references, during the same period I was reading another (very Legendborn is the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult Legendborn Cycle series. I look forward to reading the second book in the series, Bloodmarked.

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.

The Book of Delights. 03 Strange Gods by Alison Kimble In Alison Kimble's Strange Gods (published in 2021 Until the End of the World #1) by Sarah Lyons Fleming A bookish Instagram friend is in love with this series

This second book in Raybourn's historical fiction mystery series, set in Victorian London, hooked me loved listening to A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series I'm already listening to the audiobook of the next in this series, A Treacherous Curse. Deanna Raybourn is the author of A Curious Beginning and the rest of the Veronica Speedwell series, as

I'm all in for the Cormoran Strike series. In the fifth installment of the mystery series by Robert Galbraith (J.K. I'm all in for this series. For my reviews of books one through four, check out Review of the Cormoran Strike Series books 1-4.

In A Court of Thorns and Roses, the first of five books in Maas's series of the same name, young Feyre (in the audiobook this is pronounced very emphatically as "FAY-ruh") and her spotty success with hunting I've been told that the series strengthens over time, so I plan to take a breather and then read the next in the series, A Court of Mist and Fury.

all, last time around, all kinds of horrible things happened as she dug into (and solved, thank you very A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is Holly Jackson's first book in this series.

Cookbook Book Gift Ideas Here are the 2023 cookbooks (with the exception of The National Parks Cookbook Another 2023 cookbook I was tempted to include here was Dan Pelosi's Let's Eat. Don't forget to check my past Bossy idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites Bossy Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas 2023 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! ice-cream pie to the Grand Teton's Huckleberry Margaritas, these recipes will transport you back to favorite

considerable talent for bringing history to life by tackling the McCarthy era--in what feels like a very This historical fiction novel from Quinn is a departure from much of my favorite Quinn fiction--brave Nora thought of the Bill of Rights, which she saw in its case every day. And Quinn's inspiration for the Grace March storyline is a personal favorite; The Americans  is one of my all-time favorite shows.

I’d forgotten that there was a second book in this series, American by Day, which I now recall that I very much want to read. He also wrote a very different book, The Girl in Green, about a British journalist and an American private #nordic, #heartwarming, #series, #fourstarbookreview

lurks in the night, threatening the stability of the hard-fought status quo of the Tearling and placing every I very much enjoyed harking back to the childhoods of the Fetch, Row Finn, and Jonathan Tear to better The elaborate escape plans and rescue plots in the book were one of my favorite elements. I already miss my favorite characters from the series. read this ending to the trilogy before delving into the prequel because I'd read the others in the series

in which people aren't always what they seem; and a young adult mystery with heart, the second in a series established characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one, along with other old favorites

She's hacked into the game plenty of times and glitched the system to work in her favor. I've been putting Marie Lu series (Legend, The Young Elites, and Warcross) into my son's hands for years

Filled with sometimes playful, often weighty questions, scenarios, and ideas, How to Be Perfect makes considering ethics and morality fun, and Michael Schur's tone is self-deprecating and thoughtful. The best thing about Aristotle’s “constant learning, constant trying, constant searching” is what results from it: a mature yet still pliable person, brimming with experiences both old and new, who doesn’t rely solely on familiar routines or dated information about how the world works. In How to Be Perfect, Michael Schur, the creator of Parks and Recreation and The Good Place, relies upon takeaways from morality and ethics writings and lessons to craft this guide to how to behave in the world. What does being a "good" person mean? What do we owe to each other? What is our duty to our fellow humans in different situations? Schur begins the book, which is largely made up of distilled concepts and highlights of 2,500 years of writing about ethics, with a simple question to consider: "Should I punch my friend in the face for no reason?" He builds to more complex scenarios, touching on the popular trolley problem and its variations, morality and intersections with money, friendship, and knowledge, and, in the words of Samuel Beckett, how we might continue to "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." “Virtue comes about...not by a process of nature, but by habituation.… We become just by doing just actions, temperate by doing temperate actions, brave by doing brave actions.” He explores various schools of thought about ethics and morality to consider more complex issues, including how much one should give to charity; whether rigidity to rules such as "no lying" will win a person friends; and when and why to help others or to do the "right" thing--even if you don't receive any credit for doing so. Schur comes across as intelligent and kind, thoughtful, and self-deprecating. I'm watching The Good Place for the third time, this time with my youngest, and I love hearing his references to the inspiration for the show and hearing his references to specific scenes, currently fresh in my mind. With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a heartwarming reminder that there are thoughtful, kind, well-meaning people out there spending time reflecting on how best to be a human in today's world. That in and of itself is a comfort. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Michael Schur is the creator of the television shows The Good Place and Parks and Recreation. The acknowledgments section of this book is so funny, generous, specific, thanks-filled, and lovely, these pages alone are enough to make me feel confident that Michael Schur is a gem of a human being.

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? This is the second installment in this mystery series to appear on this list of favorites from the past

established characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites

of a famous Jane's story) are published, so there will be no impatient waiting for the others in the series an oddball fantasy element in which the life-and-death conflict is not religion, but the rights and very This book is part of the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview

She wrapped some of my favorite elements in funny banter, poignant (non-swooning) romance, and enough Her love Vincent died in an accident, her father is very ill, she's waiting tables, and she feels generally 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

The Cormoran Strike-Robin Ellacott Saga I've been listening to the fifth installment in this series, I've had time to reflect upon the fact that I haven't yet posted reviews of the other books in the series This isn't a fast-paced series, yet I've consistently felt hooked on how the cases build--and on the strengthening; her fiance is insufferable; his ex-girlfriend is emotionally unbalanced; and it's all very I'm currently listening to the fifth book in this series, Troubled Blood.

ICYMI: I've been thinking lately about robot books and specifically about this great series by Neuvel The next books in this series are Waking Gods and Only Human, and I liked them both.

There are two other books in Turner's Sarah Agnes Prine series that I haven't yet read, but they look very promising. #historicalfiction, #Western, #series, #threestarbookreview

In the first book in Alex White's Starmetal Symphony space opera series, Gus is a jazz pianist whose My obsession with the irresistible dry humor, grudging and undying loyalty, and love for the series The I really enjoyed Alex White's Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in the Salvagers series That first book in that space opera series offers diverse characters, strong women, a heist setup, and

The Queen of Nothing is the final book in Black's Folk of the Air trilogy (I mentioned the series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series). I loved having more time with my favorite character, the plain-speaking, tough, brutal but fair Grima twisted humor, various satisfying endings (including regarding Jude and Cardan) that did justice to the series

in this duology, Ink & Sigil, so much so that it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series The playful tone of this series often reminded me of The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C.

The second book in Marske's series is an irresistible queer magical mystery thriller with Edwardian England The third book in the Last Binding series will be titled A Power Unbound.

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 . And 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