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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Maggie has long leaned on rereading her favorite fantasy series for comfort and security.

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

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.

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

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?

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

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

I'm reading The Foursome, the newest historical fiction from a favorite author of mine, Christina Baker

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

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

Amy Bloom is the author of one of my favorite historical fiction novels (see below), but she is no stranger

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bovalino's non-swooning romantasy novel (featuring a female knight, one of my current-favorite elements

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.

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

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

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

of an Alibi by Ashley Elston I loved Ashley Elston's mystery First Lie Wins (it was on my December favorites

So many elements of this premise are favorites for me--a strong young female main protagonist, ship life

The strongest bonds between characters aren't those within the nuclear family, and this was one of my favorite

mischievous and complementary) group of allies fights to reveal the source of the evil at work, and favorite

listed in my Greedy Reading List Six More Time-Travel Stories to Explore , but included as one of my favorite

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

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.

The cover of this novel is gorgeous; the seaside setting is a favorite of mine, the ocean voyage is a

Center doesn't rely on a miscommunication trope (my very least favorite), and I could see where both