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 Through mining past research and history for wisdom as well as interviewing highly successful individuals

Katie is a ghostwriter for a successful romance author and Tyler is an aspiring literary fiction author

Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Is it really summer without some great rom-com reads teed up and ready And 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 Stories. Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune Summertime is the backdrop to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction

There's a major leaning toward science fiction and speculative fiction in this list, so I am apparently thoughtful book recommendations and excellent customer service all year round.) 01 Babel: An Arcane History Kuang's Babel: An Arcane History introduces the character of young Robin Swift.

small-town Irish community's everyday and extraordinary events in this poignant, gorgeous literary fiction You can find Bossy reviews of other novels set in Ireland here and more reviews of literary fiction

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fictional account of an interracial music duo's rise to success Sunny Shelton shapes an oral history of two music idols, tracing their family lives, youthful experiences If you like fiction about music, you might want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six

These four fiction works and two nonfiction titles resonated deeply with me. Rum's female characters--but also many other real-life women in comparable situations--to write a new history

In Ma's science fiction novel, China is the sole global superpower, and citizens' memories are valuable

natural world, she explores three timelines of women connected through the ages by power and by society's historical

You might also like the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and you can find other Bossy light fiction reviews here .

Wilkerson is exceptional at laying out absurdities, horrors, disturbing historical events, shocking trends

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 my review here , and you might like to check it out on the Greedy Reading List Six More Great Light Fiction

Sink into this light-fiction escapism; Nora Goes Off Script is romantic and satisfying in its outlandishly In Annabel Monaghan's light fiction Nora Goes Off Script, Nora Hamilton is a scriptwriter for a Hallmark-style If you like light fiction, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. Or you can search for light fiction reviews on the site.

I'm listening to Beverly Gage's nonfiction truth-telling and celebratory exploration of our nation's history Shea Ernshaw is also the author of The Wicked Deep, A History of Wild Places, Winterwood, and other titles History by Beverly Gage Beverly Gage is a lifelong historian who traveled across the United States in order to write this work highlighting key points in our history, unforgettable characters who shaped

I've reviewed lately include Sarahland by Sam Cohen, Half Wild by Robin MacArthur, and The Office of Historical

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

I'm Reading Now I'm reading a romantic book about aspiring musicians with intertwined pasts; the rich fictional history of an esteemed figure in early twentieth century New York and his mysterious death; and a science fiction-slanted story about young women shaped by their unusual creation stories who seek to form their real-life, essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History they discover strange, unique powers as they rely on each other and attempt to unravel their shared history

More Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Adorable rom-coms feel like the perfect summertime reading, and I've If you're into lighter fiction with some romance and laughs, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. Have you loved any other romantic comedy or lighter fiction stories lately? This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved.

McCurdy translates the singular voice she displayed in her candid, darkly funny memoir into fiction with find out how McCurdy's significant command of narrative nonfiction storytelling would translate into fiction main character who moves past sex, a desire for love, and a need for affection as the drivers of her actions

McDaniel's Appalachian-set novel Betty with my book club, Xiran Jay Zhao's young adult blend of Chinese history and science fiction in Iron Widow, and Susan Conley's slim, powerful novel Landslide, about a modern first read of 2022. 02 Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao Xiran Jay Zhao blends Chinese folklore with science fiction robots and aliens in this feminist young adult action story that's fascinating me so far.

This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. 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.

Ali Hazelwood's light fiction novel is wonderfully immersed in science, offering a forbidden relationship 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.

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

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

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

This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts, loss, betrayal, a love that seems impossible I loved the playful tone, the ghost angle within this light fiction, romantic story, and the focus on If you like light fiction, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

Mason plays with the tone of his newest literary fiction, offering vast rural expanses, claustrophobic

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

insufferable, and she glosses over anything that doesn't fit the narrative she has created and the fictional

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

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

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

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.

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

Kitasei's stark dystopian science fiction sets sisters adrift in a future world where oceans have risen The story is sectioned into disparate parts, and at times the sisters are privy to little or no information

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.

01 Country People by Daniel Mason Mason plays with the tone of his newest literary fiction, offering Her heartbreaking history surprised me, as did the revelations at the end of the novel.

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

Ashley Elston's mystery First Lie Wins  (it was on my December favorites list ; it was one of my Bossy Fiction

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

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!

return to Camelot to save magic, The Once and Future Queen ; and I'm reading Yume Kitasei's climate fiction