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mother and daughter, which also plays with time; and The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh's contemporary fiction The tone of this feels like contemporary fiction, but The Love of My Life is also a psychological thriller

friends and musicians in 1700s Vienna; I'm reading Beyond That, the Sea, Julia Spence-Ash's historical fiction

Donoghue's captivating historical fiction centers around two real-life young women in an early 1800s

other letters; and I'm reading Matthew Norman's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) music-focused light fiction lovers, teammates, and the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, a program at the heart of CAPE, or Criminal Action

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a light fiction book about a dedicated single mom who gives love another try, listening to a fantastic audiobook of Abi Daré's Nigerian-set fiction, and reading the big-hearted young female pirate; specifically: The Soulmate Equation, Christina Lauren's newest light fiction

ICYMI: This fictionalized version of a first lady's personal history from the talented Curtis Sittenfeld

funny, poignant book of essays; a candid memoir of abuse and inner strength; two fascinating historical fiction Her mother's volatile emotions; upsetting and controlling actions; pushy manner; mental, emotional, and review of I'm Glad My Mom Died. 03 Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese Hester is richly imagined historical fiction author's note explains the historical events at play and illuminates the ways in which Hawker's historical fiction With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a

I've got historical fiction/fantasy, royal historical fiction, and a compelling nonfiction story that reads like fiction going right now.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the upcoming The Secret Life of Flora Lea, historical fiction with

This cover style says "light fiction" to me, but this book addresses deeper issues--of what it means

race, ignorance, privilege, stereotypes, systemic racism, and more within their collaborative work of fiction

Light fiction, historical fiction mystery, and celebrity memoir. I recently offered a roundup of Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism if that feels down your

By tracking the fictional course of events as they spiral out of control, exploring Zeke and Frankie's

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Kate Atkinson's newest book, historical fiction set in 1926 jazz-era

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amy Harmon's Revolutionary War-set historical fiction about a young

robots, #timetravel 02 Beach Read ​ Is it fair for a person (me) with particular requirements for light fiction connections that warm my heart, and a little romantic something-something) to continue reading light fiction Because I think Emily Henry's Beach Read is going to be a major gem on the light fiction-escapism-pandemic-era Is this kind of a young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast? I'm really hoping so. And, ahem, it's due back to the library momentarily, so I will be reading and reviewing it promptly!

These are my current Bossy book wishes, whether because my library doesn't have a copy (Strange Gods; There's a major leaning toward science fiction and speculative fiction in this list, so I am apparently

series about a magical school filled with evil and darkness; and Very Sincerely Yours, lovely light fiction Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise

Ashley Poston's newest romantic fiction is centered around Clementine, a harried book publicist who falls

For more Bossy reviews of fiction and nonfiction books about boarding schools, click here.

judgment leads to another, foolish choices end in bloodshed, and one brother makes justifications for his actions of tone and spirit, you might also like those listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction And stay tuned for this Friday's upcoming list of Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the

Historical fiction, light fiction, and fantasy/science fiction is the wacky concurrent combo working

Zusy notes that the character of Ginny was inspired by Zusy's own brother, and the fictional interactions

But she's also alert enough to know that because of the inevitable publicity, the fiction of her current

More wonderful character-driven science fiction by Blake Crouch. Recursion is more fantastic character-driven science fiction from Blake Crouch, and I found this sooooo

If you like mysteries and historical fiction like I do, you might also like some of the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of I really liked recently was A Curious Beginning, and it shares some of these elements of historical fiction

This is character-driven historical fiction at its best. This is character-driven historical fiction at its best. I loved loved loved it.

She exposes the raw truths of tough situations in character-driven historical fiction so deftly, I have I'm really greedily excited about reading all three of these books--historical fiction (Austraaaaalia , celebrity-focused fiction, and a memoir with a quirky hook. going at once, or did these just happen to be the three books from my stack that are due back to the library

Russell has also written Children of God (The Sparrow, #2); the character-driven historical fiction book Holliday), which I really liked; and other books set in the American West (such as Epitaph); historical fiction

Hawkins, and I'm listening to the audiobook version of A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, a science fiction In this first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young Rosemary feels lucky

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry's newest light fiction Read was a favorite book of mine last year, and it made it into the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction

Science and Nature Book Gift Ideas I spend most of my reading time on fiction titles, but my favorite earth-shaking discoveries while reflecting on how we came to understand the way in which the world functions

World War II historical fiction, a tough female protagonist, a mission of uncovering war criminals in One spooky suspense story, one World War II historical fiction title, and one combination: a spooky historical fiction book.

to evade a killer who has it in for them; I'm reading Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver's newest fiction

guilt and self-doubt lead her to track down the almost-victim, Wade Austin, he assures her that her actions Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell #2) by Deanna Raybourn This second book in Raybourn's historical fiction up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical fiction thriller with fantastic details of the Heretic's Daughter, Martha Carrier's tenth generation descendant Kathleen Kent offers a historical fiction

magical healing and warring kingdoms; Fugitive Telemetry, the newest book in Martha Wells's science fiction Saints by Alice Randall My book club heard Alice Randall speak last year at Verse & Vino, our local library Through the voice of the fictional Ziggy, a dance instructor and key connector of various figures in the storied Detroit neighborhood of Black Bottom, Randall offers short sections about fifty-two mostly

protagonist, a jazz pianist, is tasked with saving humanity; and I'm listening to This Other Eden, historical fiction

The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical fiction

recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction

Towles crafts a solid historical fiction adventure for his young-men protagonists, balancing weighty

And I love historical fiction set in the Western United States. (If you do too, take a look at my Greedy Reading List of Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in (Ba shares sensitive reflections, regrets, and advice with Lucy in his own sections of the story--but

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading A Restless Truth, the second book in Freya Marske's historical fiction With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Horse, the newest historical fiction novel by Geraldine Brooks;

Miranda uses the framework of a famous fictional rescue story to imagine the characters' turmoil and She takes a famous fictional rescue story and imagines the characters' turmoil and desperately cobbled-together My book club heard Miranda talk about this book at a virtual library foundation event in the fall, and

This Depression-era-set historical fiction story tracks characters in intensely difficult situations

extrication from Russia (and the use of a British diplomat’s baby as a distraction) reads like suspenseful fiction Macintyre's nonfiction book was wonderful; it really read to me like fiction.

Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical fiction thriller with fantastic details of the Heretic's Daughter, Martha Carrier's tenth generation descendant Kathleen Kent offers a historical fiction

I love Jiles's richly imagined Civil War-era historical fiction, and I'm in for her other books. The action scenes, when they occur, are fast and furious, with aftershocks the characters scramble to This is the kind of richly imagined historical fiction I adore, and I'm in for each of Paulette Jiles's This is the third Paulette Jiles Civil War-era historical fiction book I've read.