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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 relatively short chapters, which necessitates hustling along from story to story, but even within each section

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

allows those who are grieving or coping with tragedy to soften their emotions and emerge better able to function

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 wondered if this would be a sort of young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast, and it IS, in

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

Joy offers an often dark work of Southern literary fiction through which bubbles of hope emerge.

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.”

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

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

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

baby Jessica" and the well), the third and final book in a captivating fantasy trilogy, and a lighter fiction

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

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.

Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of others aren't tuned into, if she's mentally ill, or if the ghostly voices are real and influencing her actions

For me, this was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction.

faulted, privileged few are terrifying in their elaborate, exclusive plans, which exclude all but a fraction

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

wishing for more exploration into the human condition as contrasted with the carefully scripted robot functioning

A couple of these are historical fiction mysteries, one was jointly written by two authors, one was set

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

moment with some implausible early details in Holidaze, which I sometimes struggle with in lighter fiction

I've been meaning to read for years; a book that plays with time (one of my favorite setups); a light fiction

Kline deftly exposes the raw truths of tough situations in her character-driven historical fiction. threw me for a loop and I'm not sure I recovered from it; when I woke in the night after reading this section

This book was mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past Year.

As she sorts through the past and works to find support and to function more fully in the present, she

involving unapologetic body positivity, and I hope Bea doesn't fall into the somewhat common light fiction

Is this kind of a young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast? I'm really hoping so.