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Teenager Holly Sykes is suddenly drawn into the world of “the radio people,” whose voices she heard as War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young women and their interconnected destinies I love a World War II story about strong women making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about In twentieth-century Idaho, Zeno has lived a long life filled with yearning, war, and unexpected late-in-life She largely lives in a vivid virtual world but leaves to scribble scraps of information about the same

In Kate Quinn's newest historical fiction, she shares the story of a real World War II figure, a Russian “Because people love war heroes…but even in my own beloved homeland, war heroes are supposed to be clean This time she tells the World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female Later in the war, on a trip to America to boost support for the Russian fight against the Nazis, Mila

go to to try to avoid coping with the difficulties of life; and I'm listening to The Librarian Spy, World War II historical fiction by the author of The Last Bookshop in London. of the random literary event invitations he's received and to put together a makeshift tour of the world out this link for my review of Andrew Sean Greer's Less. 03 The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin As World War II explodes, Ava loves her job at the Library of Congress.

Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire. 02 The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn The war Quinn's debut is a doorstop of a book at 558 pages, and the story sweeps through time from the 1920s to World War II, tracking the lives within a community of family and friends on a secluded English estate, Chilcombe

I do love historical fiction, and my World War II focus has been pushing out all others in my book club War II. McCann is also the author of Thirteen Ways of Looking, Let the Great World Spin, and other books. 02 War II. The rest of the world fell away for me as I was reading, and I couldn't wait to get back to this book

I love a peek at a secret world and books about spies specifically. War II. 01 Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees Rees does an excellent job of taking us through War II. The Invisible Woman is historical fiction about the real-life World War II-era spy Virginia Hall. War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young women and their interconnected destinies

Hart's debut novel links women in three timelines through blood and a powerful connection to the natural world In Weyward, Emilia Hart's story of witchcraft and the natural world, she explores three timelines of In 1942, as World War II disrupts the world, Violet is stuck in her family's ramshackle estate when she , struggle against the binds society attempts to put upon them, connect powerfully with the natural world

Kate Quinn's newest historical fiction, based on a real-life Russian bookworm turned sniper during World War II; I'm listening to Casey McQuiston's One Last Stop, a mostly lighthearted romp through New York Kate Quinn Based on a true story, The Diamond Eye is Kate Quinn's most recent historical fiction, a World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper. Philpott In her new memoir Bomb Shelter, Mary Laura Philpott explores her worries and views of the world

In Patrick Ryan's literary fiction title Buckeye , which begins before World War II and spans to the Her husband Cal is, disappointingly to him, unable to serve in the war due to congenital factors causing she learns that her husband, serving out of harm's way on a cargo ship, might have been a casualty of war Because they had to go to a wife, or to work, or to war, or to that secret place of stoic brooding all sometimes painfully) flags for a time as our protagonists spend months and years suffering in their own worlds

I loved this post-World War II book about bravery and rural life for middle-grade readers. girl Betty moves to town and begins to push people around, cruelly setting her sights on Toby, a local World War I veteran who hasn't been the same since the war. Rural life just after World War II, a godawful bully, an odd but lovely area wanderer, a sometimes claustrophobic and a young but tough main twelve-year-old protagonist who's messily figuring out her place in the world

I'm in for World War II-set books with tough, brave female protagonists, and especially female pilots I sometimes think that I'm about to max out on World War II historical fiction.

complications, each of these novels captivates with its plausible look inside a secret, "glamorous" world Love Experiment . 06 One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London One to Watch  is engrossing escapism into a world one of them), Bea is surprised when a show producer reaches out to her with an unexpected question: Would

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading John Boyne's novel told in two timelines, World War II and present-day

Why strangers needed to ask about a person's appearance, gender, or physical makeup at all he would likely Al Hess's World Running Down tracks the adventures, challenges, unexpected meetings, and joys of a trans I love a dystopian story, and this setup as well as the unorthodox relationship at the heart of World

The story's later timeline takes place in the time of World War II as Daphne, an intelligent and educated

War II-set historical fiction follows a Jewish resistance fighter and spy through the Warsaw Ghetto The details of World War II and of resistance to the Nazis are heartstopping, and I was hooked on each Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. But by 1914, World War I is drawing most of these young boys into a swirl of wartime horrors. You might also be interested in these Bossy reviews of books set during World War I .

unforgiving, beautiful, wild land, the women face dangers and surprises in order to bring the written word The Ship of Brides (mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II), and other novels.

War II; and Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction about a wolf War II in this historical fiction inspired by a true story. War II. War II, filling in gaps with researched, plausible, but imagined--and captivating--details and events I was hooked by Long's world-building, her evocative, immersive descriptions of the cold climate, and

War II. Quinn's character-driven post-World War II story was wonderful, with compelling and lush detail about I'm in for all of the World War II-set books with tough, brave female protagonists, and especially female This World War II-era story of female pilots and spies is written in two points of view. War II about a family stretched to its limits in the face of the horrors of Nazi-occupied France.

In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander writes gorgeously about Ficre Ghebreyesus, the husband she lost suddenly; the elements that made him irreplaceable to her and to the world; and the impossibility I mentioned The Light of the World in my Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore.

News of the World and Simon the Fiddler are two more by Paulette Jiles that I've waxed poetic about on Jiles also wrote the wonderful News of the World and Simon the Fiddler. 02 Fallen Land by Taylor Brown Ava's family is gone, killed by war. I don't reckon there's much honor left in the world now, but they had it that day and I honor them on reflections about the war, and it's a beautiful book, so I decided that it's going on my Civil War list

War II about a young girl balancing two worlds and families; Boys I Know, Anna Gracia's debut, young War II. [She was] caught between two worlds...one old England and one New. War II. Her explorations threaten to destroy her relationship with her mother even past the world-war-level disagreements

War II in this historical fiction inspired by a true story. War II. War II, filling in gaps with researched, plausible, but imagined--and captivating--details and events It's 1926 in London, and recovery from the Great War inspires many in the city to dive into the wild is a window to the greater world.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti, my book club's 01 A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti Chakrabarti's A Play for the End of the World takes A survivor of the World War II Warsaw Ghetto, Jaryk Smith arrives in New York City and falls in love

O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , studious Tarquin Mercator is the unlikely heir Pollution and multiple worlds' destruction drives the plot, and various characters' belief in their own

Marilynne Robinson that's focused on a meandering romance between an unlikely pair of characters just after World War II. hobgoblin by his side, Buck Foi, for adventure and more of their somewhat grumpy attempts to save the world Marilynne Robinson, focuses on a meandering romance between an unlikely pair of characters just after World War II.

Sheriff Brody Dern must face his own postwar demons when he confronts a Native American World War II

In fact, the whole world seems to be in terrible danger. she'll need to cooperate with her nemesis Rika Nonesuch, the cat burglar, in order to try to save the world I didn't follow all of the echo world-building, in which things are similar to yet different from earlier I listened to The Last Hour Between Worlds  as an audiobook.

Thornton draws both of the women into his world by offering to be their patron. friend Suzanne recently suggested that I read this book despite my recent feelings that I'm maxed out on World War II-set novels, and I'm so glad she did! Would Adam be willing to help them gather the stories that shape so many lives? Los Angeles and is adjusting to the showy personas she's encountering and the process of shifting her words

McCann is also the author of Thirteen Ways of Looking, Let the Great World Spin , and other books. 02 book traces the inspiring events from her mother’s incredible experiences before, during, and after World War II. Your Daughter Home . 06 The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue Donoghue immersed me so fully in this world The rest of the world fell away for me as I was reading, and I couldn't wait to get back to this book

in McMinn County unless the corrupt Machine profited by it...until the local GIs returned home from World War II and decided to set things right again for their families and community. The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in World War II.

dread—intermixed with sparks of hope—that sustained Vera and Edith in Hungary and Germany during the war creative routes to survival as single young women in Naples along with jarring adjustments to post-war

The Skylark's Secret has a dual timeline; the story is set in rural Scotland during World War II and Flora and her village are supporting the war effort, temporarily taking in children from Great Britain's brother as well as their childhood friend, the laird's son, are both serving in the military, and as luck would Valpy also wrote The Dressmaker's Gift, another World War II-era story (this time, set in Paris) with

differing points of view regarding the same chain of events in this rural South Carolina community after World War II. teaches at Western Carolina University) is also the author of other books set in Appalachia: Serena, The World

allies who are also seeking the truth about the house--and who want to protect its legacy from those who would Thistlefoot includes some scenes in which World War II atrocities are central; delves into the desperation

Books about the natural world or how things work seem to best lend themselves to being read at one's Philip Ball In Beautiful Experiments, Philip Ball ventures to answer questions such as How does the world What is the world made from? What is light? What is life? And How do organisms behave? to make earth-shaking discoveries while reflecting on how we came to understand the way in which the world out to run the rough, boulder-strewn Colorado River, recognized as the most dangerous river in the world

I listened to All the Beauty in the World  as an audiobook.

unlikely allied force of students faces the aftermath of their ambitious book two plan to save the world protagonists I love. 03 Weyward by Emilia Hart In Weyward, Emilia Hart's story of witchcraft and the natural world In 1942, as World War II disrupts the world, Violet is stuck in her family's ramshackle estate when she

romance while incorporating weighty issues into her light fiction opposites-attract story Part of Your World In Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez takes on a meet-cute between a rural renaissance man (he's the small-town And she can't bring Daniel into her world, because her parents would literally disown her and never speak access to health care, domestic abuse, and emotional abuse, as well as a personal reckoning in which the warring Told in alternating points of view from Daniel and Alexis, Part of Your World is romantic, often funny

Athens by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in World War II. The book's subtitle is And How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful, Armed Rebellion since the , called Empress Carlotta by the people, is behind the scenes in Mexico running things for Napoleon III

#mysterysuspense, #deadlywaters 02 Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook ​ It's 1945. --and maybe even help them prosecute war crimes. World War II historical fiction, a tough female protagonist, a mission of uncovering war criminals in For my full review, see Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook. One spooky suspense story, one World War II historical fiction title, and one combination: a spooky historical

War II. [She was] caught between two worlds...one old England and one New. Beyond That, the Sea tells the story of two families on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. stun medieval British society with her vow of celibacy and ambitious pilgrimage halfway around the world

Reading Now I'm listening to The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher's memoir focused on the early Star Wars I'm reading The Invisible Woman, historical fiction from Erika Robuck based on the life and work of World War II-era spy Virginia Hall. Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman is a historical fiction book about the life of real World War II-era spy Virginia Hall.

The wilderness and isolation of the story combined with the looming dangers posed by the outside world They have no electricity, no family, and almost no connection to the outside world. strategies for him and especially for his beloved Finch in order to ensure that her best interests would memoir about her Japanese-American grandparents and their experiences in an internment camp during World War II, as well as the novel Fallen Mountains, a mystery set in rural Pennsylvania.

She can travel through the multiverse, but only to worlds where another version of herself no longer She collects off-world data, the purpose of which has never been of interest to her--she's more focused But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking secrets are revealed that connect various worlds and shake Cara to her core. There's a postapocalyptic feel to the story, with turf wars, corruption, mercenary "runners" who shake

Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny's collaborative story of suspense inside the White House and around the world STAR, a WING-WALKING WONDER borne upon the wings of CAPTAIN ZENO MARIGOLD, a DOUBLE ACE of the GREAT WAR War II ace pilot and his daring wingwalking wife travel Depression-era America, wowing audiences and loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War In Steelstriker, the second and final book in the duology, the last free nation in the world has been

What in the World?!   But her memoir also traces her youth (when she imagined that she would find fame in some way), her first marriage to her current husband, the birth and joy of her kids, her rocky start in entertainment--and the world-rocking I listened to What in the World?!  as an audiobook read by the author.

The Invisible Woman is historical fiction about the real-life World War II-era spy Virginia Hall. She's beginning to wonder if good can possibly overcome evil in this interminable war, but her ragtag

in each of the other interconnected timelines, as we see privileged Martha Jackson dive into the art world stun medieval British society with her vow of celibacy and ambitious pilgrimage halfway around the world Lessons in Chemistry. 05 The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn The Diamond Eye is historical fiction about a real World War II figure, an unassuming Russian woman who fought the Nazis and earned the nickname Lady Death. Kate Quinn tells the World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper

Quinn’s The Rose Code, historical fiction about the women who broke codes at Bletchley Park during World War II.