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and NetGalley. 03 No One Is Talking about This by Patricia Lockwood No One Is Talking about This is fiction

feminism, and a dramatic showdown. 06 Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese Hester is richly imagined historical fiction

This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor

series, has cover art that to me evokes fantasy, but the series is actually captivating historical fiction This blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and paranormal continues with LaFevers's Dark Triumph, Mortal

This is magical realism, folklore, and historical fiction wrapped up in one very interesting read. 05 The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo The Night Tiger is a wonderful historical fiction mystery and love story I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You. 06 Uprooted

This is a lovely light fiction story with elements that offer appealing weight. And for more summer reads, see the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism

You might also like some of the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to

I'm Bossy about buying and merchandising fiction for my kids during the year, as in: "Here is a tableau But for holiday book gifts, other than providing the first in a fiction series I think they'd like, typically

to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village, etc.) than to pin down their specific taste in fiction Perfect for flipping through or referencing, each section has key information, dates, births, deaths,

This is a nice mix for me to have going on at once: a fictional, varied look at modern feminism and race

fascinating journeys through the multiverse, her various lives, and her alternate selves in this science fiction

I spend most of the year focusing on fiction titles, with a healthy dose of memoirs and some nonfiction

I adore a character-driven science fiction tale. Also, time travel! This totally hit the spot.

In The Vanishing Half, Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella,

So if you're in for Fiona Valpy historical fiction like I now am, you have lots of lovely reading to

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

author’s note at the end outlines the often ignored life-and-death tragedies that inspired this work of fiction

captivated by explorations of what make up a meaningful life (or death, or both) and by stories, true or fictionalized

His various early actions that felt critical toward Olive also didn't feel resolved. I adore the will they/won't they fall in love tension, and lately I've really enjoyed lighter fiction

This section was my favorite part of the book. Stevens's fictional Cold Creek Highway setting is based on the real-life "Highway of Tears" in British

and contribute to her fear, her reluctance to trust, and her doubts about what is fact and what is fiction

A faction of my book club attends (virtually, the past couple of years) our local Library Foundation's

familial power structures are wonderful, and the way O'Farrell imagines Agnes as wife of John (the fictionalized

I'm not sure how much she departed from facts into fiction, and I'd be curious to know more about that

adored the vivid details Randall offered about everyday life during different eras, but the fifty-two sections Through the somewhat fictionalized voice of Ziggy, a real-life key player in the storied Detroit neighborhood of Black Bottom, Randall offers short sections about fifty-two mostly real-life characters who influenced The book is structured as many sections of Ziggy's storytelling, so some of the meandering felt appropriate My book club heard Alice Randall speak last year at the virtual Verse & Vino, our local library foundation's

I'm alternating between a fictionalized celebrity story with heart; a young adult mystery with a nerdy

Today's list is made up of more fiction I've loved in the recent-ish past, whether quirky, poignant, story made me cringe while staying riveted by the main protagonist's deeply faulted reasoning, criminal actions Kuang puts forth here, she wavers between attempting to justify her compounded, ethically devastating actions

I wondered if this would be a sort of young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast, and it IS, in I accidentally let this go back to the library before I had read it, but when I checked it out again

The first section of Lockwood's story about an internet darling is absurd, frivolous, vulgar, irritating , and frequently disturbing; the second section shocked me with its meaningful and poignant examinations No One Is Talking about This is fiction from Patricia Lockwood, the author of the memoir Priestdaddy. This section of the book is presented in very short snippets that are often comments, jokes, questions poetic view of the world is gloriously showcased in this section.

I'm Reading Now I'm reading an upcoming book from Chris Bohjalian (author of Midwives), a historical fiction

charge toward change, but typically teenage: to escape into role-playing video games and write fan fiction

There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has explored every different It's action-packed but character driven. a little while to get going for me, but just shy of halfway through, the setup is complete and the action like titles from the Greedy Reading Lists The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year and Six Historical Fiction

Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy world (with some historical fiction elements

Carlin always said it was the great value of fiction, to put us inside the minds of strangers.”

fascinating journeys through the multiverse, her various lives, and her alternate selves in this science fiction

Jane is a young single mother and a librarian at the New York Public Library. is suffering from dissociative fugue, a rare condition that could account for her ability to act and function

Sometimes in order to delve into a light fiction book I find that I have to suspend my disbelief about

Carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction

I looove a historical fiction mystery. If you do too, you might want to check out Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

middle, but Wells provides a fantastically unique point of view, and this series is perfect science-fiction else) strengthened loyalties, there is more of Wells's fantastically understated robot banter, there's action

My book club heard Miranda talk about this story at a virtual library foundation event in the fall, and baby Jessica" and the well), the third and final book in a captivating fantasy trilogy, and a lighter fiction

The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical fiction Nellie Coker is fresh out of jail and ready to jump back into the action, masterminding moves to increase

stumbling into her iconic lifetime role as Princess Leia; The Invisible Woman, World War II historical fiction see The Princess Diarist. 02 The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman is historical fiction

But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles have especially resonated with me since I read

Saga series, has a cover that to me evokes fantasy, but this series is actually captivating historical fiction This blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and paranormal continues with LaFevers's Dark Triumph, Mortal

The trick occurs early (also, one major aspect of the true situation directly echoes a fictional setup

audiobook but when it came up, I didn’t remember at first what the book was about; the beginning reads like fiction

If you like fiction about bands and music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rocking

Hearne offers a playful, action-packed, magical, layered modern-day London. Are you interested in a historical fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel from Gail Carriger.

This book was mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past Year. the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction