I don't actually mind gender-marketed covers, though. My problem is with the men who want to read the books more pitched toward women but get embarrassed by the cover.

But the slideshow isn't really about that - most of these books are general fiction which in theory are marketed to everybody. But all the female authors get girly covers and all the male authors get manly ones regardless of what their book is about or who would enjoy reading it.

In the past two weeks I have finished three books that I really enjoyed (Girl Gone, Devil Said Bang, and, Frost Burned) now I can't figure out what to read next. Any suggestions? I have to take a couple things back to the library today, so I'll probably look around there. We're headed to Mom's tomorrow for the weekend, and I'd like to have something good with me.

I really enjoyed The Diviners, by Libba Bray.

Have you read anything by N.K. Jemisin, sj? She's my new Recommend to Everyone. If you're in a fantasy mood, check out The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (first in a trilogy) or The Killing Moon (first in a duology).

seconding PC's rec for N.K. Jemisin.

What is apparently the last Sookie Stackhouse novel is out. I've got it (I find this series perfect for reading while lounging in the sun and maybe dozing off) but I haven't started it yet.

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman is my current favorite. Also, I've just read Elizabeth Speller's two mysteries set in post-WWI Britain. The writing is lovely and the mysteries are complex.

thanks for the recs. I became dissatisfied with the book I'm reading so I had to stop. I need to pick up another book an restart it.

for the love of god, I need to finish reamde too.

An Evening of Long Goodbyes by Paul Murray, or anything at all by Kate Atkinson. Or, to pimp for a moment, the Roz Kaveney SFF novel I co-edited last year that's racking up a metric buttload of awards and spots on best-of lists.

I second the Kaveney book!