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

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

I was most struck by the character-driven World War II sections, which were haunting and lovely. For great historical fiction of all types, you might like to check out Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year and Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year.

I mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year.

01 The Vanishing Half In The Vanishing Half, Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins It's action-packed but character driven. fourstarbookreview 04 Utopia Avenue ​ In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional The book contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life musicians

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

This cookbook offers doable and fun science experiments and interesting facts to train a budding young

Part memoir, part travelogue, and part science writing, A Most Remarkable Creature is a book that feels

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Anthony Doerr's upcoming literary fiction tale of interconnected

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

When the Stars Go Dark, about a missing persons detective coping with her own tragedy; the historical fiction

light fiction novel The Unsinkable Greta James, Greta is an up-and-coming indie rock star whose father

year and which I also listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction

If you love Carrie Fisher, you might also like A Star is Bored, a fictionalized celebrity-focused book Lee Smith has written numerous fictional stories about the Appalachian South, including Fair and Tender

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

Are you interested in a historical fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and

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

since 1997, so whether you're committed to the series or you only dabble in suspense, mystery, or crime fiction

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

this book reinforced the fact that my personal taste leans more toward character-driven historical fiction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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