The Bookish Ashley

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Olivie Blake returns with something sharp, wicked, and a little bit glossy. Girl Dinner is a clever blend of dark academia, social satire, and psychological unease—served up like a beautifully curated charcuterie board with something rancid hiding underneath. This…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ (4/5 stars) Freida McFadden is back with another pulse-pounding thriller that proves why she’s become one of the biggest names in the genre. The Intruder is everything you’d expect from McFadden — fast-paced, tightly wound, and dripping with tension — but it also has an emotional undercurrent that lingers…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ (4.5/5 stars) What if happiness isn’t something to chase—but something you simply choose? That’s the radical, refreshing idea at the heart of The Courage to Be Disliked, the global phenomenon by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga. Inspired by the work of psychologist Alfred Adler, this book strips away the…

Jo Piazza’s Everyone Is Lying to You is the glossy, unfiltered, and delightfully unhinged thriller we’ve all been waiting for—a murder mystery wrapped in Instagram filters, influencer culture, and the dark side of “tradwife” perfection. Piazza takes aim at the curated chaos of modern motherhood and online fame, crafting a…

Juliet FitzGerald’s Liar’s Dice is a striking debut that blends the raw ache of sisterhood with the charged atmosphere of 1970s Brazil under dictatorship. It’s a story about love, loss, and survival, told through the eyes of a teenage girl who refuses to stop searching for her twin sister, no…