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  • Six Historical Fiction Favorites

    Historical Fiction Favorites These were just a few of my favorite historical fiction reads during the But I could make ten lists of my historical fiction loves from over the years (and I just might)! I do love historical fiction, and my World War II focus has been pushing out all others in my book club Do you have any historical fiction favorite reads that I should add to my outrageously unmanageable to-read

  • Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You

    Historical Fiction Mysteries I adore historical fiction and mystery books, and I love the intersection Here's a greedy reading question: What other historical fiction mysteries should I read? Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of Ghostly Echoes, and The Dire King. 06 The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo The Night Tiger is a wonderful historical fiction mystery and love story shaped by superstition, fables, and tales.

  • Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites

    Historical Fiction Story Love If you're into historical fiction, you might also like to take a look at the books I listed on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West, Six Historical Fiction Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You, and Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War. What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads?

  • Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You

    Historical Fiction Mysteries I adore historical fiction and mystery books, and I love the intersection Here's a greedy reading question: What other historical fiction mysteries should I read? Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of Ghostly Echoes, and The Dire King. 06 The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo The Night Tiger is a wonderful historical fiction mystery and love story shaped by superstition, fables, and tales.

  • Six More Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year

    Six More Four-Star Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres to read, and I recently posted about Six Four-Star (And Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year Two other historical fiction books made it onto My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads: Demon Copperhead and I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American

  • Six Four-Star (and Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year

    Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres , and just as I do every year, I loved my historical fiction reads in 2023. I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? You can click here for other historical fiction books (and lists of favorites) I've reviewed on Bossy Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American

  • Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West

    Historical fiction set in the West also lends itself to stories of strong female characters in a time You might also be interested in the titles on the Greedy Reading Lists Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West, Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You, Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year, and Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year. 01 Vengeance Road Turner has also written a couple of other historical fiction books that look promising. 03 West by Carys

  • Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year

    Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres , and I loved my historical fiction reads in 2022. You can click here for other historical fiction books I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm. I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? But this is a solid historical fiction story that I loved.

  • Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You

    Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of 06 The Night Tiger ​ The Night Tiger is a wonderful historical fiction mystery and love story shaped What are your favorite historical fiction mysteries? I love an intersection of historical fiction and mystery, two genres I adore. So here's the greedy question: What are some other historical fiction mysteries I should read?

  • Six More Four-Star (and Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    Six More Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres, and I loved my historical fiction reads in 2022. I posted last month about Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, but I had six more And four historical fiction books were on my overall favorites list for last year: The Last Bookshop I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads?

  • Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War

    If you like historical fiction, check out these other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You Six Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West And which other books should I add to my Civil War historical fiction to-read list? I also mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Novels I Loved in the Past

  • Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year

    What's some of your favorite historical fiction? I could make one meellion lists of my historical fiction loves (and I might).

  • Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year

    Fiction Stories Set in the American West. 05 Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird ​ Bird's What are some of your favorite historical fiction books you've read lately? You might also like to take a look at the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West, Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year, and Six Captivating Nordic Stories You can also search by category under the Bossy Book Reviews menu to find other historical fiction books

  • Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West

    Erin Bowman offers up great action along with what I thought were perfect amounts of self-actualization Turner has also written a couple of other historical fiction books that look promising. 03 West ​ This

  • Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West

    Doc is nonfiction, but it reads like historical fiction (as opposed to a heavier nonfiction title like What are some of your favorite historical fiction books? If you like historical fiction mysteries, you might try the books listed here: Six Historical Fiction And for great historical fiction of all types, look at: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year and Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year.

  • Review of Pope Joan: A Novel by Donna Woolfolk Cross

    Donna Woolfolk Cross offers a fascinating historical fiction tale of a pioneering, headstrong, brilliant Pope Joan is Donna Woolfolk Cross's historical fiction about a figure whose existence the Catholic church Cross includes historical events, but makes up some characters (as with Gerold, Joan's love interest I was fascinated by Cross's Author's Note detailing the extensive research and rich history surrounding Other historical fiction books with faith elements that I've loved include Revelations and Illuminations

  • Review of The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore

    ICYMI: Graham Moore tells a historical fiction tale based on real events surrounding the rise of the The Last Days of Night is a fictionalized account based on the dramatic Edison-Westinghouse-Tesla conflicts You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year, and Six Historical Fiction You can find others by searching "historical fiction" on this blog.

  • Review of October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker

    Hawker's newest historical fiction gives a wonderfully evocative peek into a gritty period, as her main I love Olivia Hawker's books (see links to my other reviews below), and her newest historical fiction and One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West.

  • Review of The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

    ICYMI: Morton offers a strong historical fiction mystery, with assumed identities, dual timelines, twists I mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/25/24 Edition

    Wray's sassy multiple-timeline historical fiction novel about sisters who served pivotal roles in World War II, The Excitements; and I'm reading Allison Pataki's most recent historical fiction, about a little-known He begins wondering about unexplained aspects of his own family history, and when the three of them travel It's part historical fiction with wonderful World War II details and part sassy modern-day tale about

  • Review of The Night Ship by Jess Kidd

    Kidd's dual-timeline historical fiction, based on actual events, shines in its vivid settings, richly The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines mystery I gave four Bossy stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You.

  • Review of Into the Wilderness (Wilderness #1) by Sara Donati

    Sara Donati's historical fiction includes nods to Outlander and The Last of the Mohicans, considers the I've heard this called Outlander fan fiction (Jamie and Claire Fraser are mentioned in this novel), and Regardless of its true origins, Into the Wilderness did scratch the itch of reading a combination of historical fiction, romance, and rich descriptions of taming the wild. fiction novels.

  • Review of Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens

    The bedrock for Lucky Red is made up of wonderful historical fiction details of life in the dusty, volatile You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Novels Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Novels Set in the American West.

  • Review of The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson

    Richardson focuses her historical fiction on Kentucky again, picking up the story of the rural book delivery bad" are truly evil here, without gray areas or complex motivations to add layers to their terrible actions 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.

  • Review of Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash

    Beyond That, the Sea is a lovely character-driven historical fiction story about complicated relationships I loved witnessing the growth of each of the relationships in this character-driven historical fiction Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II or other World War II-set historical fiction books I've reviewed.

  • Review of Queens of London by Heather Webb

    Queens of London is fascinating historical fiction that explores the gritty underbelly of post-World I loved the girl power, historical detail, and the intersecting storylines. This is immensely readable historical fiction.

  • Review of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

    The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer fiction storytelling master like Kate Quinn could craft compelling storytelling around the potential For more about Kate Quinn’s The Huntress (and five other historical fiction books I loved), check out the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year. Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/9/23 Edition

    college admission book, The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber; I'm reading Olivia Hawker's newest historical fiction, scheduled for publication tomorrow, October in the Earth; and I'm listening to The Great Transition , Nick Fuller Googins's postapocalyptic climate-change fiction. fiction is set in Depression-era Kentucky. Fiction Stories Set in the American West.

  • Review of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt

    Sharratt's carefully researched, richly detailed historical fiction is based on the life of the medieval Mary Sharratt offers an exhaustively researched, fascinating historical fiction account of the life of Mary Sharratt also wrote Revelations, historical fiction about the life of Margery of Kempe, a mother

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/24/23 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Go as a River, historical fiction from Shelley Read; I'm listening version of Mary Otis's Burst, a story about a mother and daughter; and I'm reading Mary Sharratt's historical fiction, Illuminations. Mary Sharratt offers an exhaustively researched, fascinating historical fiction account of the life of

  • Review of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

    I loved the 1700s wintry Maine setting and the convictions of the historical fiction novel's strong midwife Historical fiction? Check. Maine setting? Check. Female character in the medical profession? Check. figure of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who defied tradition and convention--and, in Lawhon's historical fiction story, the law.

  • Review of The Madstone by Elizabeth Crook

    you're interested in this book, you might also like the titles on my Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American

  • Review of A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

    This second book in Raybourn's historical fiction mystery series, set in Victorian London, hooked me listening to A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries. lepidopterist (she studies butterflies and moths) and adventurer Veronica Speedwell teams up with her natural-history

  • Review of Lone Women by Victor LaValle

    History is simple, but the past is complicated. If you like Westerns, you might want to check out the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and  Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/4/23 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Emma Donoghue's newest historical fiction, Learned by Heart, set series, One of Us Is Back; and I'm listening to Niall Howell's debut, Only Pretty Damned, which is noir historical fiction set behind the scenes of a circus. Pretty Damned by Niall Howell I'm listening to Niall Howell's debut, Only Pretty Damned, which is noir historical fiction set behind the scenes at Rowland's World Class Circus.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/29/24 Edition

    Now I'm reading an upcoming book by a favorite author, Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts, a historical fiction story with magical elements; I'm reading the wonderful Ann Liang's soon-to-be-published young adult rom-com, I Hope This Doesn't Find You; and I'm listening to a historical fiction mystery based read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction fiction?

  • Review of Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance by Paulette Jiles

    Jiles's newest stark, beautiful, heartbreaking historical fiction tracks former Union soldier John Chenneville I got full-body chills when I saw that Paulette Jiles had a new historical fiction novel coming out. This was heartbreaking and lovely historical fiction from Paulette Jiles. I loved it.

  • Review of Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

    Nellie Coker is fresh out of jail and ready to jump back into the action, masterminding moves to increase Atkinson is also the author of Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life After Life, Human If you like historical fiction mysteries, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You.

  • Review of North Woods by Daniel Mason

    Mason's novel isn't simply a historical fiction story linked through timelines. But North Woods isn't a charming historical fiction novel.

  • Review of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird

    is down your alley, you might also be interested in the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American

  • Review of Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear

    truth in the aftermath of World War I in this irresistible first installment of Winspear's 18-book historical fiction series. Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/10/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Fire and the Ore, the newest historical fiction novel (to be Hawker is also the author of The Ragged Edge of Night, which I mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books wrote One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West. 02 I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy I wasn't familiar Her mother's volatile emotions; upsetting and controlling manner; pushy actions; mental, emotional, and

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/28/23 Edition

    reading Kate Morton's dual-timeline mystery, Homecoming; and I'm reading Ashley Poston's newest light fiction You might also be interested in the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West. 02 Homecoming Ashley Poston's newest romantic fiction is centered around Clementine, a harried book publicist who falls

  • Review of The Women by Kristin Hannah

    is conflated with romance-novel elements that keep things moving but frequently pulled me out of the historical fiction story I loved. The excellent historical fiction here is conflated with romance-novel-worthy storylines and dialogue

  • Review of Quantum Girl Theory by Erin Kate Ryan

    In Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction mystery, she uses a fascinating story structure to explore different In Erin Kate Ryan's recently published historical fiction mystery Quantum Girl Theory, Mary Garrett focuses Ryan explores various alternate histories and life tracks for Paula Jean while "Mary" digs more deeply The title and cover made me think "science fiction," but Quantum Girl Theory is rooted in historical fiction and offers a solid, twisty mystery as it moves through various fascinating potential realities

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/5/24 Edition

    reclaim versions of their lives using competitive magical tasks, The Book of Love; and I'm listening to a historical fiction story in two timelines, one on The Titanic and one centering around a female spy in World War Walsh Unsinkable is historical fiction set in two timelines by Jenni L. Walsh.

  • Review of The Trackers by Charles Frazier

    In The Trackers, Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier offers historical fiction featuring a Great Depression-era I love a Great Depression-set story, and in Frazier's literary fiction The Trackers, he immerses us in If you're interested in Great Depression-era historical fiction like I am, you might also like the books

  • Review of Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams

    Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, my book club's most recent read, it's In Williams's historical fiction mystery, which skips back and forth in time, four years later, Iris's

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/31/22 Edition

    I'm reading The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell's newest historical fiction, about a young duchess in Renaissance Italy; I'm listening to Nora Goes Off Script, Annabel Monaghan's light fiction about fiction about a strong young woman and her mining community in 1900s Colorado. to exist in this new world. 02 Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan In Annabel Monaghan's light fiction Fiction Stories Set in the American West.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/21/23 Edition

    A book that keeps coming to mind as I read this one is This Tender Land, historical fiction by William and the "restructuring" that cut off American Indians from their culture, their families, and their history character based upon Nathaniel Hawthorne--although it treats him very differently as a character--is the historical fiction novel Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese.

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