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

mind-bender that's also about responsibility and causality; and I'm listening to a stand-alone 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I listed Amina in the Greedy Reading List Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I

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

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

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

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

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

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

small-town Irish community's everyday and extraordinary events in this poignant, gorgeous literary fiction

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.

Nathaniel Hawthorne--although the author treats him very differently as a character--is the historical fiction

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

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

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

King by Linnea Hartsuyker is the first in a completed trilogy of the same name that links historical fiction 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

Pride of Eden just might be the literary fiction version of what I think Tiger King sounds like: exotic I can't wait to see what the heck this book is all about. 02 Rodham ​ Curtis Sittenfeld offered a fictionalized In A Witch in Time, Constance Sayers is offering us historical fiction, witches, and repeated reincarnation

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

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

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

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

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!

Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. I loved this literary fiction--the increasing vulnerability and search for connection after heartache

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

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

The early sections of the book focus on language, but that angle doesn't carry through the book in a you might like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction

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Others (Killers of a Certain Age #2) by Deanna Raybourn Killers of a Certain Age  was darkly funny, action-packed It was the right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action and Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

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

published mystery set in the forest, One Step Too Far; and I'm reading Donna Everhart's recent historical fiction

And you can c lick here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming found family, steady action

Awake illustrates Hatmaker's vulnerability as she searches for a way out of grief, fights to simply function

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.

Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian

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

01 Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman In Out Front the Following Sea, upcoming historical fiction

If you love Carrie Fisher, you might also like A Star is Bored, a fictionalized celebrity-focused book

personality; a dark academia story that centers around feminism and building new perspectives; historical fiction

Kate Quinn, the queen of historical fiction about women who are spies, recently recommended these titles 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 isn't a complete surprise, I found it really satisfying. 04 The Nightingale

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amor Towles's almost-600-page historical fiction story Lincoln