ICYMI: Geraldine Brooks crafts a historical fiction story of 1666, a year in which disease, fear, and

the Month 01 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarer #1) by Becky Chambers Chambers's science fiction In The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope. In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer

Morton's newest historical fiction involves two timelines, a decades-old tragedy, and a modern-day descendant's and a formidable figure, but due to her grave illness and her unconscious state, she is only seen in action

In this historical fiction-fantasy, characters from Dickens's tale are plunged into a dark, powerful emerges as unlikely from the boozy, smart but lazy, bitter character, remains in place within this fan-fiction

I'm Reading Now I'm reading The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong, a recently published historical fiction 01 The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong Addison Armstrong's recently published historical fiction The

Harrison's nameless (fictional) narrator is coping with multiple miscarriages, fertility treatments,

Unsinkable is historical fiction by Jenni L. Walsh that's set in two timelines.

I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin, charming historical fiction set during World War II; I'm reading Matt Haig's fascinating, thought-provoking science fiction The

candid memoir, Being Henry; and I'm reading Secondhand Daylight, Eugen Bacon and Andrew Hook's science fiction

Ninth House, fiction for adults, is the first in Bardugo's Alex Stern series.

read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction

The Invention of Wings is historical fiction that tracks the characters of (the real-life) Sarah Grimke Sue Monk Kidd spins this historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes It's uncomfortable, disturbing, and infuriating to read historical fiction about the actual horrors that Mermaid Chair, and The Book of Longings, which made it onto two Greedy Reading Lists: Six Historical Fiction

loved reading this past month: a beautiful, poignant nonfiction book about living and dying; a science fiction story about an inherited villain's career, heavily featuring savvy and communicative cats; a historical fiction featuring female doctors, set in 15th century China; a gothic, magical-realism Western; a historical fiction

A book that kept coming to mind as I read this one is This Tender Land, historical fiction by William

I loved this fictionalized peek at life with a beloved star. Have you read anything like this?

up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

I was hooked by Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction novel about tough young Sena, her skittish In Meg Long's debut, the young adult science fiction novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena

Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

The female characters are often strong, and there's often lush historical fiction detail.

If you like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading This is a great example of a light-fiction-feeling romance that deals with weighty, meaningful themes

I recently posted about Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year, Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year, Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year. Elizabeth McCracken's The Hero of This Book (altbough McCracken asserts that this is not a memoir, but fiction Her mother's volatile emotions; upsetting and controlling actions; pushy manner; mental, emotional, and

with emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

illustrating the interconnectedness of grief, love, community, and nature in this heartwarming literary fiction The ending section is lovely, with heartwarming promise, hope, resolution, and a fig-tree-related revelation Stories of various characters are interwoven through the historical fiction novel and add depth to the

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Sequoia Nagamatsu's recently published science fiction How High virus begins pass like a whirlwind through societies and nations around the globe, Nagamatsu's science fiction

characters--as well as a romantic story that tackled weighty issues (my favorite kind), and a historical fiction Dunlap's debut novel is dark, twisty, gothic, and it's set in 19th-century Scotland as fictionalized

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fictional account of an interracial music duo's rise to success If you like fiction about music, you might want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six

01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I wonderful), and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

Choo is also the author of The Night Tiger, a title I listed in my Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Guncle, Steven Rowley's sassy, heartwarming fiction about an mental illness and coping with depression; and The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson's science-fiction 01 The Guncle by Steven Rowley In Steven Rowley's fun, funny, and heartwarming fiction The Guncle, aging

Gupta explores her Indian American culture, her parents' expectations, society's pressures, and the fiction

Lostetter's standalone science fiction about AI, a space crew, friendship, and bravery. Lostetter Activation Degradation, standalone science fiction from Marina L. Lostetter's book started off with a lot of logistics that slowed things for me, but as of page 66 the action

Emily Habeck's odd and sweet novel Shark Heart: A Love Story; I'm reading Heather Webb's historical fiction

debut novel, a space opera, Some Desperate Glory; and I'm listening to Evil Eye, Etaf Rum's newest fiction

This literary fiction from Ash Davidson is wonderfully wrought, with lots of tense undercurrents, heartbreaking This literary fiction from Ash Davidson is wonderfully wrought, with lots of tense undercurrents, a growing

Axelrod offers a light fiction romance that's heavy on engaging passages about making music, band life Axelrod offers a light fiction romance that's heavy on engaging passages about making music, band life If you like fiction about bands and music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rocking

In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. 05 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer about strong women making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction

book in his quirky Ink & Sigil fantasy duology; The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd's historical fiction Sue Monk Kidd spins this historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes Monk Kidd also wrote The Book of Longings, which made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction

career, and his future at an East London commune; Revelations, Mary Sarratt's immersive historical fiction In Revelations, Sharratt offers an immersive historical fiction novel that includes thoroughly researched

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Sally Hanan's My Heart Went Walking, upcoming fiction with plenty of family drama set in 1980s Ireland; the science fiction story Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir, the

Morris's historical fiction novel, set in 11th century Scotland with events surrounding the imagined

This one is difficult to summarize so far, but in this science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time who has an odd experience in the forest with inexplicable futuristic visions and sounds, a science fiction

The list skews toward light fiction, but I've got a mystery, a great novel by Allison Larkin, and a wonderfully witchy historical fiction read on here as well. Read was one of my favorite books last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction review of this book, please see Life After Life. 05 Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon This light fiction For more summer reads, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism

Now I'm reading Woman of Light, Kali Fajardo-Anstine's upcoming fantastical, indigenous historical fiction ; The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid's dual-timeline historical fiction about the

And you can c lick here for other science fiction and fantasy books I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm. I love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or the spot for me with trademark Bardugo detail and world-building that set a dark, rich scene for the action female main character, a tension-filled Chosen One premise, a fight for respect and to trust others, action

Williams's gritty, frank memoir about music, love, and life; The Trackers, wonderfully detailed historical fiction In The Trackers, Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier offers historical fiction featuring a Great Depression-era Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune Summertime is the backdrop to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction

in full bluster talks himself around difficult issues and out of uncomfortable feelings around his actions which apparently comes directly from God, seems to shrug shoulders about responsibility for self, for actions This feels like a shocking blanket absolution for anyone taking actions that are harmful to individuals I included Lincoln in the Bardo  in the Greedy Reading List   Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories

Nagamatsu's science fiction centers around a resurgence of an ancient Arctic plague. the virus passes like a whirlwind through societies and nations around the globe, Nagamatsu's science fiction

story made me cringe while staying riveted by the main protagonist's deeply faulted reasoning, criminal actions Kuang puts forth here, she wavers between attempting to justify her compounded, ethically devastating actions appropriation, she builds elaborate justifications for her increasingly complicated lies, theft, and the fictional

Yellowstone National Park, The Ranger; and I'm listening to the second in an irresistible historical fiction