For classic light fiction and rom-com titles that are also great for summer reading, check out these In The Vanishing Half , Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell 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 here . 05 When These Mountains Burn by David Joy Joy offers an often dark work of Southern literary fiction

I'm listening to Cher , the first in Cher's planned two-part memoir; I'm reading an upcoming science-fiction I received a prepublication edition of this science fiction title courtesy of St. You can find Bossy reviews of other science fiction novels here . 03 Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Paula McLain's newest historical fiction told in two timelines, 01 Skylark by Paula McLain Paula McLain's Skylark is a historical fiction story set in Paris and told

In this historical fiction-fantasy, characters from Dickens's tale are plunged into a dark, powerful emerges as unlikely from the boozy, smart but lazy, bitter character, remains in place within this fan-fiction

Donna Woolfolk Cross offers a fascinating historical fiction tale of a pioneering, headstrong, brilliant Pope Joan is Donna Woolfolk Cross's historical fiction about a figure whose existence the Catholic church Other historical fiction books with faith elements that I've loved include Revelations and Illuminations

the End , a novel I adored. 03 Grey Dog by Elliott Gish Grey Dog  begins as an immersive historical fiction This is a feminist historical fiction story in which women--long kept quiet and still, supervised to I loved the setting and detail of the historical fiction story, but I became fully hooked as the tale In Table for Two: Fictions , Amor Towles offers six short stories set in New York City and a novella Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I.

If you're into reading lighter fiction with romance, a number of real-life issues and complications, Reads of the Past Year Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Light Fiction Stories Six of My Favorite Rom-Com Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year Have you loved any other romantic comedy or lighter fiction This is a great example of a light-fiction-feeling romance that deals with weighty, meaningful themes

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Other Valley, Scott Alexander Howard's literary speculative fiction Howard's literary speculative fiction explores fate, free will, changing the past and implications for You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 03 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley In

reading Sara Holland's upcoming fantasy novel Break Wide the Sea ; I'm reading Seth Haddon's debut fiction Volatile Memory is Seth Haddon's science fiction debut. 03 Culpability by Bruce Holsinger The Cassidy-Shaws

Sophie Elmhirst revisits a decades-old true story that she crafts like fiction, skillfully using dry A Marriage at Sea  is nonfiction that reads like fiction.

Saunders's upcoming novel Vigil , I'm listening to Madeline Martin's Victorian-London-set historical fiction I included Lincoln in the Bardo  in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories

For Bossy reviews of lighter fiction or rom-com books I've loved, check out these Greedy Reading Lists : Six More of my Favorite Romantic Fiction Reads from the Past Year Six More Great Light Fiction Stories Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction

female assassins; I'm reading Karen Russell's recently published, intriguing magical-realism historical fiction It was the right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action and Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction books in the series.) 02 The Antidote by Karen Russell A terrible dust storm is raging through the fictional

listening to SenLinYu's 1000-plus-page fantasy novel Alchemised , which started as dark Harry Potter fan fiction The heart of this story was originally a work titled Manacled , and it was dark Harry Potter fan fiction

with and was also fascinated by the fact that in its original form, the story was Harry Potter fan fiction The heart of this story was originally a work titled Manacled , and it was dark Harry Potter fan fiction The cruelty is real, and tough to take, but when, after the first grim, nerve-racking section ends, we An eventual second skip in time in the book follows chronologically from the first section, so it picks

The Other Valley is literary fiction with a captivating setup: three adjacent valleys, each of which Howard's literary speculative fiction explores fate, free will, changing the past and implications for

reads included several books from some of my very favorite authors: the next in a great historical fiction with feminism and LGBTQ love; a Maine-set mystery solved by retired CIA operatives; an epic historical fiction fantasy told in several timelines featuring vampires; and historical fiction with a young woman passing danger and solving the mysteries in book six of this series, Raybourn repeatedly evokes images of the fictional In Nicole Galland's historical fiction tale Boy , Alexander "Sander" Cooke is a famed, sought-after "

More Historical Fiction Favorites This is Jennifer N. Brown's first novel. For more historical fiction Bossy favorites, please check out the Greedy Reading Lists and titles here

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a historical fiction story set just before the Civil War, about young enslaved woman haunted by her sister's ghost, Junie ; I'm listening to middle-grade historical fiction II-focused books here , and you can also check out my review of Kate Quinn's great codebreaking historical fiction readers to abandon shame and self-doubt in favor of embracing truth and speaking out in a fierce call to action

Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst Sophie Elmhirst revisits a decades-old true story that she crafts like fiction A Marriage at Sea is nonfiction that reads like fiction. 02 A Family Matter by Claire Lynch In Claire

The fantasy-science-fiction novel Moonbound spans time and splits into several stories, for me never In Robin Sloan's science-fiction-fantasy tale Moonbound , it's eleven thousand years in the future, and

Sara Donati's historical fiction includes nods to Outlander and The Last of the Mohicans, considers the I've heard this called Outlander fan fiction (Jamie and Claire Fraser are mentioned in this novel), and of its true origins, Into the Wilderness did scratch the itch of reading a combination of historical fiction author of the wonderful book The Gilded Hour as well as Where the Light Enters and ten other historical fiction

Mountain, and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Wolvers. 02 The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett The Help author's 656-page Depression-set historical fiction There are so many branches of this story, and so many complicated implications of the main players’ actions insufferable, and she glosses over anything that doesn't fit the narrative she has created and the fictional my full review of Yesteryear. 05 All in Her Hands (Nora Beady #3) by Audrey Blake I love historical fiction

newest novel by Chris Whitaker ( We Begin at the End ); I'm listening to In Memoriam , a historical fiction War I from Alice Winn; and I'm reading Elliott Gish's fascinating gothic horror feminist historical fiction novel I adored. 02 In Memoriam by Alice Winn Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction

during university years and decades afterward, Heart the Lover ; I'm listening to Ann Leckie's science fiction NetGalley. 02 Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) by Ann Leckie In the first in Leckie's science fiction

mystery, The Trap ; I'm listening to Miss Morgan's Book Brigade , Janet Skeslien Charles's historical fiction Janet Skeslien Charles I love a book about scrappy librarians , and Janet Skeslien Charles's historical fiction seen in France: children's libraries, where kids in war-torn communities can dream, lose themselves in fictional

Hawker's newest historical fiction gives a wonderfully evocative peek into a gritty period, as her main I love Olivia Hawker's books (see links to my other reviews below), and her newest historical fiction the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

reading Kate Morton's dual-timeline mystery, Homecoming; and I'm reading Ashley Poston's newest light fiction You might also be interested in the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West. 02 Homecoming Ashley Poston's newest romantic fiction is centered around Clementine, a harried book publicist who falls

Lisa Barr's World War II-set historical fiction follows a Jewish resistance fighter and spy through the In Lisa Barr's newest historical fiction, The Goddess of Warsaw , the author tells a story in two timelines

Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian For other science fiction and fantasy books I've read and reviewed, please check out the titles at this

admission book, The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber; I'm reading Olivia Hawker's newest historical fiction Earth; and I'm listening to The Great Transition, Nick Fuller Googins's postapocalyptic climate-change fiction the Earth by Olivia Hawker I love Olivia Hawker's books (see links below), and her newest historical fiction the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make by Ron Lieber Ron Lieber, the New York Times columnist of the section

Six Great Bossy Fantasy Reads I knew I was reading some gooood science fiction and fantasy, but didn't You can find my recent-ish two lists of favorite science fiction and fantasy reads from the past year here: Six Four Star (And Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I've Loved in the Past Year And you can click here for other science fiction The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines

Mountain, and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

I love a peek at a secret world, and each of these books (all but one are fiction) offers that very thing I also have another list of titles in this category, and all of the titles on that list but one are fiction I'd love to hear: What are your favorite (fiction or nonfiction) books about tough lady spies? In Elizabeth Wein's young adult historical fiction novel, it's 1943, and a British spy plane has crashed And while the second section wasn't a complete surprise, I found it really satisfying.

author for an extended book tour; I'm listening to Boy , Nicole Galland's gender-swapping historical fiction Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories . 02 Boy by Nicole Galland In Nicole Galland's historical fiction

ICYMI: Graham Moore tells a historical fiction tale based on real events surrounding the rise of the The Last Days of Night is a fictionalized account based on the dramatic Edison-Westinghouse-Tesla conflicts You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year, and Six Historical Fiction You can find others by searching "historical fiction" on this blog.

novel, My Friends ; I'm reading and loving Patrick Ryan's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) literary fiction friendship that comes out of a painful loss. 02 Buckeye by Patrick Ryan In Patrick Ryan's upcoming literary fiction

Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Is it really summer without some great rom-com reads teed up and ready And if you're into lighter fiction with some romance and laughs, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune Summertime is the backdrop to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction

Chakraborty's Daevabad fantasy trilogy, The City of Brass ; and I'm reading Olivia Hawker's upcoming historical fiction the Blackbird, One for the Crow , which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

reading an upcoming book by a favorite author, Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts, a historical fiction soon-to-be-published young adult rom-com, I Hope This Doesn't Find You; and I'm listening to a historical fiction read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction February 6, courtesy of NetGalley and Scholastic Press. 03 The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Historical fiction

Hartnett is also the author of the wonderful novel Unlikely Animals , which was one of my  Bossy Favorite Fiction Wolves . 05 Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry Henry's story-within-a-story adds a historical fiction I loved the historical fiction aspect of Margaret's recounting of her history. my favorite books the year I read it, and it also made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction my review here , and you might like to check it out on the Greedy Reading List Six More Great Light Fiction

Wray's sassy multiple-timeline historical fiction novel about sisters who served pivotal roles in World War II, The Excitements; and I'm reading Allison Pataki's most recent historical fiction, about a little-known It's part historical fiction with wonderful World War II details and part sassy modern-day tale about

small-town Irish community's everyday and extraordinary events in this poignant, gorgeous literary fiction You can find Bossy reviews of other novels set in Ireland here and more reviews of literary fiction

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Glassmaker, the newest historical fiction from Tracy Chevalier (Girl with a Pearl Earring); I'm reading Bear, the newest literary fiction from Julia Phillips (Disappearing 01 The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier I'm so excited about this new historical fiction from Tracy Chevalier

In contemporary India, Jivan, a young Muslim girl, becomes tangentially entangled with the wrong people familial power structures are wonderful, and the way O'Farrell imagines Agnes as wife of John (the fictionalized

Katie is a ghostwriter for a successful romance author and Tyler is an aspiring literary fiction author

ICYMI: Morton offers a strong historical fiction mystery, with assumed identities, dual timelines, twists I mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You

I loved the 1700s wintry Maine setting and the convictions of the historical fiction novel's strong midwife Historical fiction? Check. Maine setting? Check. Female character in the medical profession? Check. Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who defied tradition and convention--and, in Lawhon's historical fiction

You might also like the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and you can find other Bossy light fiction reviews here .

Sink into this light-fiction escapism; Nora Goes Off Script is romantic and satisfying in its outlandishly In Annabel Monaghan's light fiction Nora Goes Off Script, Nora Hamilton is a scriptwriter for a Hallmark-style If you like light fiction, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. Or you can search for light fiction reviews on the site.