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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

life was built upon a lie, and his years of unchecked abhorrent, violent, narcissistic, horrifying actions Movies by Lynn Painter I've been on a rom-com kick this summer, and while I'm picky about my light fiction

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.

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

In Vengeance Road, Erin Bowman offers up great action along with what I thought were perfect amounts This book appears on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Novels Set in the American You might also like the books on the list Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American assassins was the right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action

But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles resonated with me, each offering glimpses into

Hester is richly imagined historical fiction with connections to themes and characters from The Scarlet

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

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

In Alex White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in White's Salvagers A Big Ship is a space heist book with lots of action, strong women characters driving the plot, and a

also like stories like this, you might enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

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 behind bars, securing a more equitable New York public school system, establishing the New York Public Library

Out of Love is not light fiction. revealed along the way, allowing for some illumination about (sequentially) earlier motivations for actions

For me, this was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction. Macintyre's nonfiction book was wonderful; it really read to me like fiction. carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction

reading, I imagined how Clinton's experiences as Secretary of State and First Lady may have informed her fictionalized

This young adult science fiction story has been on my list for a while because of its irresistible premise I'm liking this mix: young adult space science fiction story, dystopian fantasy series prequel, and character-driven

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.

offers fascinating, wonderfully detailed perspectives in a rich, layered family memoir that reads like fiction I thought it read like fiction. For historical fiction about female spies, you might want to check out the Greedy Reading List Six Books

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.

fantasies; to a Sarah who is a reimagined trans biblical character; to a Buffy-obsessed Sarah writing fan fiction

Cosby; a light fiction story that's multigenerational, features a winery backdrop, and references racy So far this is a lovely light fiction story that also focuses on racy reads from the 1980s in the form

Margo Orlando Littell is also the author of Each Vagabond by Name, which is suspenseful fiction that's

In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish Incident. 04 Chenneville by Paulette Jiles Jiles's newest stark, beautiful, heartbreaking historical fiction I got full-body chills when I saw that Paulette Jiles had a new historical fiction novel coming out.

King by Linnea Hartsuyker is the first in a completed trilogy of the same name that links historical fiction have not read it, despite wanting to, because I am a very greedy person who has too many books on her library Carsten Jensen provides epic historical fiction also said to be humorous, and it includes Vikings, seafaring #Vikings, #nordic, #historical fiction 06 Kristin Lavransdatter ​ I also own this book (this is actually haven’t already, because: Sigrid Undset offers an epic story, first published in 1920, of historical fiction

Katherine Center's newest light fiction offers an irresistible premise--a female bodyguard poses as the And her newest client is the Jack Stapleton, action star, household name--and, in recent years, recluse

The majority of page time in the historical fiction title is spent showing the tasks of daily life (and Utopia Avenue contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life This title was listed in Six More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year. This title was listed in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year. for Great Escapism Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read

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

mind-bender that's also about responsibility and causality; and I'm listening to a stand-alone historical fiction Kentuckians and their environment, and in The Book Woman's Daughter she delves back into the Pack Horse Library

In this science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time and time travel as well as mysteries surrounding

nonfiction books, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction

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This mix is working well for me: science fiction with themes about society's reliance on attention and mystery with beautifully imperfect characters bringing it all to life; and a woman-powered historical fiction

review, check out Doctors and Friends. 05 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow it's 1948 and Iris Digby, her American

conflicts and political upheaval won't touch them out in the wild, and they figure that the charged friction

It was tough to witness Casey's struggles and pain (even fictionalized, the disastrous trifecta of money That was suuuuch a different book (dark historical fiction set in 1933 New Guinea), but as in Writers

But I'm still excited to read Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy book, the first in Last week I offered a roundup of Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism; this week I'm bravely

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

Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and is also the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, a light fiction

role he may have played in adding to his playmate Cletus's potential anguish over his father's tragic actions Much of his largely autobiographical fiction explored loss--he was haunted by losing his own mother when

control, secrets of all kinds are revealed and key characters must each determine their courses of action This is enjoyable light fiction, and I had fun with the various siblings' stories and with the glamorous

enslaved people at the center of our nation's history; and Part of Your World, romantic, funny light fiction

This book made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year and My

This is a lovely light fiction story with elements that offer appealing weight.

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.

Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book--or any historical fiction/fantasy series you love?

up in the oppressive Community, secretly and voraciously reading as a lifeline of sorts at the local library Nathaniel Hawthorne--although the author treats him very differently as a character--is the historical fiction

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating totally fits the bill as light-fiction escapism--in this case, with Light, romantic fiction like this is a genre that's working well for me during Pandemic Times.

Blake Crouch writes character-driven science fiction that I love (Dark Matter is another of his that I adore a character-driven science-fiction tale. Also, time travel!

O'Farrell imagined Agnes, wife to John (the fictionalized William Shakespeare character) as an independent

nonfiction, you may like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction