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

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. going at once, or did these just happen to be the three books from my stack that are due back to the library

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

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

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

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

More wonderful character-driven science fiction by Blake Crouch. Recursion is more fantastic character-driven science fiction from Blake Crouch, and I found this sooooo

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

Kingdom Will Not Kill Me shines in so many ways: Maggie's love of books, Maggie's entering into the fictional despairing, and often gallows-humor-fed path through the depths of her grief to a place where she can function

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

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

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

to in the book's title) that comprise his motivations--small and large--for getting out of bed and functioning Haig is also the author of the fiction titles The Midnight Library and How to Stop Time.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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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

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 challenges and disabilities play and learn social and practical skills; on other set days she visits the library conditional loyalty, and he allows characters to craft chosen relationships into a beloved pod that functions I went with some members of my book club and other friends to hear Kevin Wilson speak at our local library

sinister underbelly of their rural North Carolina town, and basically everything about this intricate literary

Talking About: The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett The Help author's 656-page Depression-set historical fiction

French's Irish-set Cal Hooper mystery series, The Keeper ; and I'm reading a mystery built around a fictitious

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

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

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

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

02 White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses  is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical fiction behind-the-scenes peeks at the residential rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned

Sophie Elmhirst revisits a decades-old true story that she crafts like fiction, skillfully using dry

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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