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Diane Josefowicz Author Of Guardians & Saints

From Diane's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Diane's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Diane Josefowicz Why Diane loves this book

This novel, smartly translated by David Colmer, transported me directly to the hothouse world of wealthy Parisian families and the household staffers who know their lives so intimately. I loved the evocative scene-setting, and the dual timeline mystery came together seamlessly.

By Sacha Bronwasser , David Colmer (translator) ,

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1 author picked Listen as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2025

A twisty, slow-burn mystery set in Paris and the Netherlands that has become a Dutch sensation

In 1989, twenty-year-old Marie jumps at the chance to work as au pair in Paris—even though it means dropping out of her prestigious art program in the Netherlands. The city, the language, the complicated French family she works for all quickly overshadow the turmoil and pain she'd been reckoning with in school.

But years later, during the 2015 attacks in Paris, Marie is shocked to recognize her former teacher, the main reason she fled the Netherlands, pictured…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of The Belles

Diane Josefowicz Author Of Guardians & Saints

From Diane's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Historian Francophile Literary truffle hunter

Diane's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Diane Josefowicz Why Diane loves this book

Gorgeous writing, a stunning plot, evocative scene-setting—I could not ask for more from this wonderful debut novel about social class and cutthroat competition at a women's college in the 1950s. Swift, surprising -- this fabulously creepy story had me on my toes from the first word to the last.

By Lacey N. Dunham ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Belles as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.


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