Recs if you like Dead Money...

Every single Aardvark Book Club book pick since its inception. Updated monthly!

Books where the protagonist is anywhere from smart to genius, and that intelligence gets them through the plot. (Ie lots of characters are smart in dif ways, but these characters solve plot-based conflicts intelligently)

The title explains itself.

E.g. Books that center women, particularly women’s friendships, wlw relationships, women’s resistance and survival in the patriarchy, women of color, queer womanhood and queer women, sisterhood and sisters, white women who reckon with their privilege, and women’s power and strength and fortitude. These books usually don’t cover all the topics at once, this is just the range at which the list includes.

Things I want to read in the new year

The list includes nominations for the Best Debut category from the Edgar Awards which is given by the Mystery Writers of America.