Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire. 02 The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn The war debut is a doorstop of a book at 558 pages, and the story sweeps through time from the 1920s to World War She trains as a psychologist, with a wartime interlude as a nurse, before turning her keen eye for detail

There is talk of war's return, and three warriors will shape the future of the land of Vigrid: Elvar,

Seventeen-year-old Lenni Pettersson lives in the terminal ward at the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital full review of White Houses . 03 The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason The Winter Soldier  is a World War Lucius is a young medical student when World War I sweeps across Europe. The details of World War I injuries and methods of treatment were fittingly grim and sometimes gruesome , but Mason's writing is beautiful and evocative, conveying the cold and brutal nature of war and loss

Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads . 04 The Rose Code by Kate Quinn Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War Rose Code  is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer the wartime 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

Kuang is also the author of Katabasis, Yellowface, The Poppy War, Babel, The Burning God, and The Dragon

Sara Novic is also the author of the wonderful novel True Biz and Girl at War, which I haven't yet read

the wolves, and I was interested in McConaghy's exploration of the tensions between wilderness and civilization

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong, a recently published historical fiction story that spans World War I and the 1970s, when the first women were admitted into the Naval 01 The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong Addison Armstrong's recently published historical fiction The War Librarian is inspired by the real-life stories of the first female volunteer librarians during World War I, as well as the first women who were accepted into the Naval Academy more than 50 years later.

We Must Not Think of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein Grodstein tells a poignant, powerful story of the Warsaw begins, it's November 1940, and Adam Paskow is one of the thousands of Jews newly imprisoned in the Warsaw In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious

historical fiction story in two timelines, one on The Titanic and one centering around a female spy in World War for her family, works aboard The Titanic, while the later timeline takes place in the time of World War

During a con she accidentally summons a djinn warrior, Dara, and the two must flee across the desert Centuries-old resentments and conflicts threaten to bubble up into war--and Nahri and Dara's arrival

Abigail is a high schooler dating a man in his twenties, a former military man nicknamed War Crimes Wes

Webb's historical fiction novel about a female gang and a female police officer clashing after World War listening to Shark Heart: A Love Story as an audiobook. 02 Queens of London by Heather Webb In post-World War

From captivating natural landscapes to striking wartime images, from bustling city scenes to quiet moments Only Woman features unknown and famous women who are astronauts, conductors, writers, railway workers, civil

In Tochi Onyebuchi's fantasy mystery, main protagonist Boubacar is a war veteran and a private investigator

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

In face, between 1985 and 2005, roughly as many people died of tuberculosis as in World Wars I and II

Now I'm reading The Circus Train, Amita Parikh's upcoming novel set in a 1920s circus world as World War Circus Train, a young woman with circus in her blood struggles to find her place in the world as World War An encounter with an orphaned boy leads to a treasured friendship, but as World War II builds around The first stirrings that will lead to World War I are taking place around the edges of her world.

caused by nefarious magicians) and a less-than-promising beginning (Robin Blyth's first day in his civil

witnesses Athena's death and then mysteriously comes up with a story about Chinese laborers during World War Kuang is also the author of Babel and The Poppy War trilogy.

I was interested in both of Martin's World War II storylines. As World War II explodes, Ava is safe and cozy in her job at the Library of Congress. But a surprise job offer from the US military leads her to Lisbon--opening her eyes to wartime difficulties truth behind what ends up being a shocking surprise to Ava late in the book regarding others' true wartime might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War

by Tochi Onyebuchi In Tochi Onyebuchi's newest fantasy mystery novel, main protagonist Boubacar is a war

I do love historical fiction, and my World War II focus has been pushing out all others in my book club you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War traces the inspiring events from her mother’s incredible experiences before, during, and after World War ; in Naples as they adjusted to post-war floods of food, fashion, and joy; as they found themselves in For my full review, please see The Light After the War. 03 The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd This

ICYMI: Shattuck offers faulted protagonists and a fascinating, complicated set of factors in her World War Jessica Shattuck's The Women in the Castle felt different to me than many of the other World War II books They're trying to cobble together their lives during and after World War II, and the tone and the angle For more World War II stories, check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II and search the blog for many other World War II titles.

There's a minor, secondhand, yet powerful focus on the brutality and destruction of war, but also significant

of Natalie Haynes's A Thousand Ships , a woman-centered retelling of events surrounding the Trojan War Samantha is a scholarship MFA student at the progressive Warren University in New England.

fiction, which comes to life through incredible details of life in seventeenth-century and early World War

teleportation experiment and its aftermath, Mandel offers two versions of a future nation: one fractured, warring

Harris's action-packed World War II story moves between the terrors of 1930s Germany and the glamour In the newest World War II-set novel by Tessa Harris, it's 1930, and Jewish ballet dancer Lilli Sternberg It's action-driven World War II intrigue, and it's a quick, compelling read. If you like World War II-set books, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II.

You may see much of this young adult story coming, but Warcross is an action-packed quest to right wrongs circumstances to become a bounty hunter seeking out those who bet illegally on the worldwide phenomenon Warcross Warcross is a teen dream: the intersection of immersive video gaming (à la Ender's Game) and romaaaaaantic I've been putting Marie Lu series (Legend, The Young Elites, and Warcross) into my son's hands for years

Be Right Here by Amy Bloom Gazala must be crafty, humble, and alert to get by as a Jew while World War

recent Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II. 01 Miss Graham's and provides fascinating details of life in Germany at the end of World War II. has a degree in German (and, more importantly and unbeknownst to her, an old connection to a hunted war The Invisible Woman is historical fiction about the real-life World War II-era spy Virginia Hall. peeks at real-life Cold War intrigue from the talented author Ben Macintyre.

Kuang is also the author of Yellowface , The Poppy War , Babel , The Burning God , and The Dragon Republic

, and they can order almost anything they don't have in stock. 01 When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season by Rich Cohen In When the Game Was War, Rich Cohen shares the gritty back story of the 1987 NBA Global Color Line, about the world's first Black heavyweight boxing champion. 05 Freedom to Win: A Cold War

Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer the wartime I love a World War II story about strong women making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about Reading Lists Six Books about Brave Female Spies, Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War

elements, Brown crafts a character-driven story of the shocking, widespread, deadly West Virginia Mine Wars presents a historical novel centering around the real-life events of the 1920 and 1921 West Virginia Mine Wars a Lebanese-American doctor (inspired by Taylor Brown's great-grandfather); Big Frank, a black World War

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amy Harmon's Revolutionary War-set historical fiction about a young As the Revolutionary War looms, Deborah's large frame allows her to pass as a male and join the Continental

Niall Howard's debut is a noir story about the underbelly of life in a post-World-War-II circus, with

Ariel Sullivan's futuristic world is centuries past a catastrophic world war that eliminated much of

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz This short novel explores an alternate-history, near-future, post-war of the near future, a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned kitchen after a war

most popular performers on the planet--and along the way created the background soundtrack for the Civil

But when she dives into the book, wars are being waged, and Rae quickly figures out that she's not the

my full review of Just Mercy. 03 The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, and the twists double agent for Britain’s MI6, to be appointed Resident in the KGB—and to ultimately help end the Cold War He does an excellent job of immersing the reader in Cold War-era mindsets, priorities, and sometimes

Kuang is also the author of Yellowface , The Poppy War , Babel , The Burning God , and The Dragon Republic

listening to The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin, charming historical fiction set during World War 01 The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin The Last Bookshop in London no interest in), Grace heads to her deceased mother's old friend in London to take refuge as World War The young women's wartime experiences take Viv to glamorous Harrod's, settle Grace in a dusty old bookshop

During a con she accidentally summons a djinn warrior, Dara, and the two must flee across the desert Centuries-old resentments and conflicts threaten to bubble up into war--and Nahri and Dara's arrival

Emily Tesh's debut novel is a space opera about war, duty, brainwashing, escaping limitations, and reinventing

memoir details the former American intelligence officer's true story of her family during the Cold War Army Intelligence Officer to lead intelligence operations in East Berlin at the height of the Cold War For more nonfiction spy stories about the Cold War, check out two great books by Ben McIntyre, the gripping Sonya and a book I loved even more, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Reading Now I'm reading the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series about a training college for wartime #1) by Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing is the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean fantasy series, about a war But the war is raging, leadership is clearly keeping secrets, and working with the ruthless, deadly dragons

Click here for my full review of The Humans. 03 The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin This World War II-set novel is a love letter to books, to looking out for others, I love a World War II-set book, and I adored The Last Bookshop in London. If you like World War II stories, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II.