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Here are six of my favorite fiction works that have to do with rock and roll, writing songs, performing (The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones & the Six, mentioned below.) Utopia Avenue contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life Nick Hornby is also the author of High Fidelity-- another fictional book about music that I could have In Daisy Jones & the Six, Reid offers a fictionalized account (written as fictional interviews) of the

one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction my review here , and you might like to check it out on the Greedy Reading List Six More Great Light Fiction

a time-travel story in any genre, and this Greedy Reading List offers a little of everything: light fiction /rom-com, mystery, fantasy, contemporary fiction, and science fiction. In this science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time and time travel as well as mysteries surrounding This book appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year

For classic light fiction that's also great for summer reading, check out these titles and Bossy reviews In The Vanishing Half, Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella, Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional The book contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life musicians here. 05 When These Mountains Burn by David Joy Joy offers an often dark work of Southern literary fiction

I read this engrossing family story in a day and can't wait to read future fiction by Claire Lynch. Characters come off as less realistic than their fictionalized versions (who are main protagonists of story inside a story), and the ability of those with money and power to manipulate the truth into pure fiction Sophie Elmhirst revisits a decades-old true story that she crafts like fiction, skillfully using dry

one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction you can check out my review here, and you might like to check out its spot on Six More Great Light Fiction

This is light fiction, and I typically love a book about the love of books, but I couldn't buy into the If you like light fiction stories, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

Jen Beagin's literary fiction novel is consistently bizarre, at times base, and often darkly funny as matter-of-fact approach to life and her graceful ability to cope with her significant past trauma and dark history

stark climate-change dystopian future, in which her small community fights to survive and to preserve history --from the roof of the American Museum of Natural History--before a horrific storm sends them fleeing Their settlement is on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH, or "Amen), and they in a confined boundary of existence, wandering the partially destroyed museum and wondering at the history Nonie and her group carry a book holding precious history preserved from Amen, and on their journey they

As they mastermind a plan to bring the exes together in Rachel Lynn Solomon’s light fiction story, Russell In an excellent example of how authors of light fiction can take on weighty issues with grace and care You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

Heartwarming books and quirky fiction were two types of stories that suited me then and still hit the If you're looking for more great fiction you may have missed, you might also want to check out the Greedy conditional loyalty, and he allows characters to craft chosen relationships into a beloved pod that functions No Man explores the incredible drive and bravery required by Rum's female characters to write a new history

In this speculative fiction story, issues of memory, creativity, wealth and power, envy, fame, self-doubt

Summertime is the backdrop to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction with an anchor in deeper issues For more books I've loved, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

This is a great example of a light-fiction-feeling romance that deals with weighty, meaningful themes

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

Beach Read is a gem for your light fiction-escapism-pandemic-era reading list. Is it fair for a person (me) with particular requirements for light fiction (ideally: not too outlandish connections that warm my heart, and a little romantic something-something) to continue reading light fiction They're perfectly imperfect, not over-the-top light-fiction perfect with fake flaws, nor are they wholly The sections of this light fiction book that are about writing light fiction felt very true and real.

Sherry Thomas also writes young adult fantasy books as well as historical romances.

O Caledonia is a modern classic, literary fiction that encompasses darkly funny passages and tragic

Females are overshadowed, abused, and generally wronged throughout the book, a reflection of realistic, historic This cover style says "light fiction" to me, but this book addresses deeper issues--of what it means

Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Is it really summer without some great rom-com reads teed up and ready If you're into lighter fiction with some romance and laughs, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune Summertime is the backdrop to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction I loved the playful tone, the ghost angle within this light fiction, romantic story, and the focus on

Through mining past research and history on the matter as well as interviewing individuals who have reached nonfiction books, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction

I'm doing a lot of things for the first time in human history out here and there's a lot of stuff that Click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm!

If you like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading

But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles resonated with me, each offering glimpses into Rum's female characters--but also many other real-life women in comparable situations--to write a new history

Life and AI Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Lostetter Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends 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. This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor

to in the book's title) that comprise his motivations--small and large--for getting out of bed and functioning Haig is also the author of the fiction titles The Midnight Library and How to Stop Time.

Harkin's fascinating debut speculative fiction considers a memory clinic that erases and reinstates memories Jo Harkin's debut novel, her speculative fiction Tell Me an Ending, is about a tech company that erases I love fiction about memory and how it shapes us, and I thought Harkin's Tell Me an Ending was wonderful Still Alice by Lisa Genova and What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty are two other fiction titles I loved

stalker; and I'm reading Katherine Center's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) Hello Stranger, light fiction guilt and self-doubt lead her to track down the almost-victim, Wade Austin, he assures her that her actions interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: contemporary fiction, young adult, nonfiction, fantasy , and light fiction titles, including several LGBTQ reads perfect for Pride month. For my full review, check out A Marvellous Light. 02 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler I listened to Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe's exhaustive history of the Sackler family as traced

to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village, etc.) than to pin down their specific taste in fiction by Alex Johnson In Art Day by Day, editor Alex Johnson offers snapshots of important moments in art history thefts, murders, and mishaps included too, Johnson's Art Day by Day offers unexpected gems from art history Perfect for flipping through or referencing, each section has key information, dates, births, deaths,

Dunlap's debut novel is dark, twisty, gothic, and it's set in 19th-century Scotland as fictionalized

For more fiction and nonfiction books about race Colson Whitehead is also the author of The Underground

Bossy reviews of books set in Ireland, including the nonfiction book Say Nothing , Claire Keegan's fiction

Dani Francis's dystopian romance series, Silver Elite ; and I'm listening to Garrett Carr's literary fiction

01 Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles In Table for Two: Fictions, Amor Towles offers six short stories

This gorgeously written postapocalyptic climate-fiction story offers up a future in which civilization civilization kept reminding me of the Talking Heads song "Nothing But Flowers," and Brooks-Dalton's climate fiction

Scholomance trilogy; Yaa Gyasi's story about family, clashing cultures, and science and faith; and a light fiction She weaves songs into her stories and personal history, and the placement of the music feels seamless Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise gravitating toward lighter stories like Very Sincerely Yours lately, and I need to create another light-fiction For other light fiction books I've enjoyed, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Annalee Newitz's newest science fiction, Automatic Noodle , a novella

This Greedy Reading List offers a little of everything: light fiction/rom-com, mystery, fantasy, contemporary fiction, and science fiction. In this science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time and time travel as well as mysteries surrounding This book appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to literary fiction with a story within a story that's been on

I already offer many of my fiction and nonfiction book recommendations through this blog. Green's observations are fun, often oddball, and sometimes poignant, with short sections that are easily digested separately and in small doses. 04 Music Is History by Questlove Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson In Music Is History, Questlove examines the last half century of music, providing context in the form For example, in the Falling Out of History section, he sets the scene for the concept of forgotten songs

For more books I've loved, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

The characters frequently intersperse political, historical, feminist, cultural, and other context throughout was interested in the facts but didn't feel drawn into the characters or their stories during those sections

But I'm still excited to read Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy book, the first in She's eager to learn more about her mother's wartime history, yet desperate not to be defined and constrained Last week I offered a roundup of Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism; this week I'm bravely

loyalty, and I rejoiced when his characters crafted their chosen relationships into a satisfying pod that functioned This book was listed in the Greedy Reading List Six More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year.

My Oxford Year is my favorite kind of romance; Whelan uses a light-fiction structure to take on seriously

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

I read this engrossing family story in a day and can't wait to read future fiction by Claire Lynch.

For more fantasy/science fiction stories I've loved, please check out these titles .