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small-town Irish community's everyday and extraordinary events in this poignant, gorgeous literary fiction As the community wonders at his mysterious, whimsical appearance, they embrace Brendan, as he is ultimately Click here   for my full review of The Boy from the Sea . 06 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Mysteries When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest There are mysteries at the center of the story, but for me this was a captivating, atmospheric dive into

of Bees as well as 2014's The Invention of Wings, which is on my to-read list (and was inspired by a historical This book made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year and My

Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. For my full review, check out Exiles . find my other Jane Harper reviews here . 02 The Wife and the Widow by Christian White White's twisty mystery This was like a Secret Garden for grown-ups, with intertwined, mysterious stories from 1900, 1975, and For my full review, check out Only Killers and Thieves . 06 The Lost Man by Jane Harper Harper's mysteries I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year .

Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian For other science fiction and fantasy books I've read and reviewed, please check out the titles at this

of Howl Mountain, and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War. the Cranes Fly South. 05 This Is Happiness by Niall Williams This is gorgeous Niall Williams literary fiction

Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history

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

More about Emma Pattee Emma Pattee is a climate journalist as well as a fiction writer. Northwest in the next 50 years, and that it would be one of the biggest natural disasters in North American history

In The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical fiction story of a precocious third daughter of the grand duke of Florence.

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

In this science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time and time travel as well as mysteries surrounding developed, but they're important to the structure and the odd interconnectedness at the heart of the mysterious identical personal experience; and detective Gaspary from the future's Night City investigates their mysterious

novel, My Friends ; I'm reading and loving Patrick Ryan's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) literary fiction friendship that comes out of a painful loss. 02 Buckeye by Patrick Ryan In Patrick Ryan's upcoming literary fiction Island and awaiting her best friend Bridget's arrival when she meets Felix, a gorgeous guy serving up oysters

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the newest (eighth) book in Martha Wells's Murderbot science fiction She is learning the mixed, disturbing history and heritage of her line while falling in love with Andreas

I'm doing a lot of things for the first time in human history out here and there's a lot of stuff that and he's got two dead crewmates, a chatty AI robot caregiver, a lot of complicated equipment, and a mysterious Click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm!

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

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

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.

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 .

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.

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.

engrossing gymnastics details that made the setting come to life, Head Over Heels was the engrossing, light fiction details that made the setting come to life, Head Over Heels was, as I'd hoped, the engrossing, light fiction I mentioned this book (along with the epic science fiction/fantasy To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and a young adult historical fiction story set during the Gold Rush, How Much of These Hills Is Gold) in the Greedy

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

tensions and factors that led the town of Tombstone to live on in infamy in this very thorough look at the history At times the retracing of the town's history and the backgrounds of those involved in the climactic ride Reading this book reinforced the fact that my personal taste leans more toward character-driven historical fiction Western tales, such as Mary Doria Russell's book Doc about Doc Holliday.

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.

favorite reads of December--a nonfiction wonder, a bonkers fever dream, a heartwarming tale, an intriguing mystery boxes, a funny and poignant story about living fully into oneself, and a solid installment in a great mystery Voss  is a bighearted novel with an irresistible main protagonist and surrounding players, and the mystery I can't wait to read her next mystery. Now she awaits her mysterious boss Mr.

are Talking About: The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett The Help author's 656-page Depression-set historical fiction tackles issues of poverty, body autonomy, women's rights, race, and more within two timelines by Elizabeth Strout In Strout's newest novel, we meet an irresistible new character in high school history Artie Dam is a high school history teacher, father to a grown son, longtime husband to his wife, and

woman while stumbling into her iconic lifetime role as Princess Leia; The Invisible Woman, World War II historical fiction by Erika Robuck based on the real-life spy Virginia Hall, a courageous, idealistic, determined independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time; Hour of the Witch, Chris Bohjalian's historical Alexandra Andrews's twisty-turny mystery about a reclusive author and the ambitious assistant she takes fiction about the real-life World War II-era spy Virginia Hall.

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

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

enormous and are important to all of us, every day, and she wraps them in an immensely readable work of fiction How much of what we consider fact and truth is skewed by our histories, our prejudices, our privilege

series offers wonderful, typically strong Carriger women with unique talents, clever minds, a nose for mystery by dismantling a clock or to arrive to tea disheveled, having climbed a nearby tree to ponder life's mysteries , than she is to master the proper curtsy or perfect her needlework, as is becoming to a Victorian-era The only thing that isn't a lie is her mysterious ability to instinctually, instantaneously heal others I listed Amina in the Greedy Reading List Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I

I had several literary fiction reads, a dystopian fantasy, and a fun nonfiction book. As the community wonders at his mysterious, whimsical appearance, they embrace Brendan, as he is ultimately check out Silver Elite . 06 O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker O Caledonia  is a modern classic, literary 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.

the beautiful, heart-wrenching An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination . 02 The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans The Office of Historical Corrections offers so much to unpack; Evans's In The Office of Historical Corrections , Evans offers short stories centering around themes of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those who shape historical "fact," as well as grief and Click here for my full review of The Office of Historical Corrections . 03 Both Ways Is the Only Way

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

If you also like stories like this, you might enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West.

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

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. And for more mysteries, please check out these Bossy titles.

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.

through two timelines; the final book in a darkly playful young adult fantasy series; a quirky, campy mystery There are mysterious forces and machinations, many of which remain unclear to the reader until late in mystery that extends over generations, involves her closest friendship, and shakes the basis of her career After a series of almost slapstick misunderstandings, Finlay is left a mysterious note implying that Cosimano's mystery has a wonderfully quirky setup and campy tone.

Like many of us who question historical accounts that feel whitewashed or wiped of women due to sexism By the end of the book we learn more about these "abilities" and their role in the greater history of

This is gorgeous Niall Williams literary fiction, centering around an Irish country village, a young Is In Heaven , The Fall of Light , Only Say the Word , Boy in the World, Boy and Man , John , and History

My book club read this refreshing twist on one of my favorite historical fiction book topics, World War

In Out Front the Following Sea, new historical fiction by Leah Angstman, it's 1689 and King William's

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.

7s" and much more, Serrano uses wit and helpful obsession to explore pivotal players and points in history For the Tween Mystery Fan 04 The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell Along with The chance, I'll be giving a certain someone this 2025 title, described as " a whimsical, adventure-filled mystery But the place is filled with young ladies solving mysteries, protecting the city, and fighting bad guys For the History Lover 05 Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Barraclough

But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction

Today's list is made up of more fiction I've loved in the recent-ish past, whether quirky, poignant, Then mysterious threats and unexplained feminist changes begin appearing within the script, aimed at When William's painful history resurfaces, it shakes the entire family with its repercussions. When June witnesses Athena's death and then mysteriously comes up with a story about Chinese laborers learns that his like-a-brother friend Misha from his childhood World War II-era orphanage has died under mysterious

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 In Half His Age  McCurdy offers a complicated story about an illegal, inappropriate, mystifying, all-encompassing main character who moves past sex, a desire for love, and a need for affection as the drivers of her actions

Notice, Browder traces his path from Wall Street to the Soviet Union after its breakup--and the crimes, mysteries 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