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

Tracking back in history, she recounts her front-desk work at a questionable plastic surgeon, to her

I mentioned Boy Swallows Universe (along with A Burning and The Office of Historical Corrections) in

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

I loved Soulmate Equation for solid light fiction. It's fun and romantic with great characters. of essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History

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

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

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.

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

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

Rum's female characters--but also many other real-life women in comparable situations--to write a new history But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles are some that have stuck with me in one way or

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

Ryan moves the reader through some of the simmering resentments borne of close-knit histories, professions

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

I loved this science fiction debut. Cara is one of a dwindling number of traversers. She weaves songs into her stories and personal history, and the placement of the music feels seamless of essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History

We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout In Elizabeth Strout's newest novel, we meet Artie Dam, high school history

If Una and Owen are going to change the way history is remembered--or have a chance at a life together

I loved Soulmate Equation for solid light fiction. It's fun and romantic with great characters. of essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History

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

long-distance boyfriend) David in London, they cook up detailed research plans and immersion in the history

Meanwhile Jude is coming to terms with the implications of her history in this town, and she's regretting

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

protagonists, developing depth to her characters and their relationships amid the secrets, lies, and hidden histories

Kosta digs into his history as a young professional tennis player--including the unglamorous early tour

War II fade in contrast to the responsibility and haunting we witness as Gretel relives her personal history perfectly straddling the status of unaware childhood and responsible young adulthood and a capability for action

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

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

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

She is learning the mixed, disturbing history and heritage of her bloodline while falling in love with

The janitor is a cultural outsider with a complicated history, and what he lacks in training he makes The final section of the book doesn't shy away from violence, end-of-days drama, and a nuclear option

Atkinson is also the author of Shrines of Gaiety , Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life

and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history

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

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

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

To look up at the nighttime sky is to become a part of a long line of people throughout human history

residents, their murky pasts (which are uncomfortably, distantly related to the aging former agents' own histories

importantly for me, the adventure, elite training, secret powers, double-edged quest, unrevealed personal history

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

of the month: Hank Green's second book in his quirky, lovely, character-driven, big-hearted science fiction of essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History

stage, spouted off comedic takes on her life, and after lots of scrapping and scrambling, the rest was history

Sure that it's an error, Polly digs into her family history to make sure she is who she has always thought

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! This totally hit the spot.

If Una and Owen are going to change the way history is remembered--or simply get Owen back to his own