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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/14/23 Edition

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

  • Review of Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy

    You can click here to find fiction and nonfiction books I've read and reviewed that explore issues of

  • Review of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

    I can't help comparing this lighthearted fiction about the formation of a group of unlikely friends to

  • Review of Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

    I've been on a rom-com kick this summer, and while I'm picky about my light fiction reads, I've laughed through characters' fixations on details of who said what and how, (mis)interpretations of looks or actions

  • Review of This Other Eden by Paul Harding

    Harding bases his slim historical fiction novel This Other Eden on a real-life, racially integrated island

  • Review of Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

    involves mishap after mishap, the travelers begin to wonder whether the legend of the treasure was fiction

  • Review of The Huntress by Kate Quinn

    I sometimes think that I'm about to max out on World War II historical fiction. This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past

  • February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences. 03 Big Swiss by Jen Beagin Jen Beagin's literary fiction for my full review of Big Swiss. 04 Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall Marshall's debut historical fiction In this historical fiction, Marshall explores the goings-on at 1960s unwed mothers' homes in Canada--

  • Review of The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

    In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/27/21 Edition

    fishing guide at an elite but eerie Colorado resort; and The Ex Talk, Rachel Lynn Solomon's debut light fiction His actions drew even more ire from Putin and those in his ranks, and Putin famously retaliated to Browder's If you like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction. 02 The Guide by Peter Heller A new Peter Heller varied books, including his thrilling, character-driven story The River, the meditative yet decisively action-oriented

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/25/23 Edition

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

  • Six Great Books about Brave Female Spies

    Kate Quinn, the queen of historical fiction about women during wartime, recommends these titles that I'd love to hear: What are your favorite (fiction or nonfiction) books about tough lady spies? full review, see The Huntress. 03 Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein In Wein's young adult historical fiction And while the second section wasn't a complete surprise, I found it really satisfying. 04 The Nightingale

  • Review of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/12/23 Edition

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/5/23 Edition

    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

  • Six Book Club Books I Loved in 2021

    Loved Last Year. 01 The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda Miranda uses the framework of a famous fictional Christina Baker Kline deftly exposes the raw truths of tough situations in her character-driven historical fiction If you like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction and Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/30/22 Edition

    Reading Now I'm reading A Rip Through Time, the first in Kelley Armstrong's time-travel historical fiction mystery series; Young Mungo, Shuggie Bain author Douglas Stuart's most recent literary fiction about

  • Review of The Guncle by Steven Rowley

    In Steven Rowley's fun, funny, and heartwarming light fiction story The Guncle, aging former sitcom star I've been on a light-fiction kick lately, but I need some depth in my lighthearted reading in order to

  • Review of In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

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

  • Review of Red Notice by Bill Browder

    Browder's doggedly investigative, cannily media-focused, and sometimes desperate political actions drew If you like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction or Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/23/22 Edition

    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

  • October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    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

  • Review of American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/1/23 Edition

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

  • Review of Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

    Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional psychedelic British sixties band on its In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional psychedelic British sixties (The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones and the Six.) Utopia Avenue contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/24/21 Edition

    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

  • Review of Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/14/22 Edition

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/27/23 Edition

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

  • Review of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

    Cummins offers a fictional Mexican family’s urgent motivation, incredible fortitude, fears, failures, Through her American Dirt characters (both sympathetic and unsympathetic), Jeanine Cummins offers one fictional The balance of unlikely joys and brutality puts fictional but plausible faces on an important situation

  • Review of We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/2/20 Edition

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

  • Review of The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

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

  • Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences

    These four fiction works and two nonfiction titles resonated deeply with me.

  • Review of I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/20 Edition

    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

  • Review of The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream by Jeannie Zusy

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/4/21 Edition

    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

  • Review of Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

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

  • Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/3/20 Edition

    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.

  • Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading in the Past Year

    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

  • Review of Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth

    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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/19/22 Edition

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

  • Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

    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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/27/23 Edition

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

  • Review of The Course of All Treasons: An Elizabethan Spy Mystery by Suzanne M. Wolfe

    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.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/4/21 Edition

    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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/22/20 Edition

    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.

  • Review of News of the World by Paulette Jiles

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

  • Review of Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

    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

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