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Webb Queens of London is fascinating historical fiction that explores the gritty underbelly of post-World War I London through the points of view of Diamond Annie, head of an all-woman gang, and the female In post-World War I London, female lawlessness in the form of the Forty Elephants gang of women, an offshoot fiction story with a speculative twist, set against the backdrop of the trudging, brutal destruction of World War I.

fiction story that spans World War I and the 1970s, when the first women were admitted into the Naval War Librarian is inspired by the real-life stories of the first female volunteer librarians during World Office bravely embarks on a dangerous journey to France to serve as a librarian near the front lines of World Reid Tough, talented Carrie Soto retired from tennis at the top of her game, as the best player in the world Her cutthroat desire to win didn't make her the most popular player in the world.

words, now punishing, were, after all, fulfillment. Here was her son, capable of battling his mother--and so capable of fighting his way in the world all alone, as he would have to do one day. It felt conceivable that an unorthodox melding of priorities and futures could occur between the warring scarcity, and, in the end, encouraging a critical look at what we feel is our duty to one other in this world

introduced to Captain Will Laurence, a young, upstanding seafaring captain fighting in the Napoleonic Wars series, in which the dragons are haughty and greedy and intensely loyal to their riders; Novik explores world The stories in her book Buried Deep revisit some favorite Novik worlds as well as introducing the world

The book spans generations of fathers and sons from the Civil War to the twentieth century, includes reflections about the war, and it's a beautiful book, so I decided that it's going on my Civil War list mentioned Gilead in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading two climate-change dystopian novels, All the Water in the World widowed swordswoman, and a street-smart young man searching for his disappeared friend just might spark a war 01 All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall In a dystopian future in which the glaciers have melted All the Water in the World is slated for publication January 7, 2025. 02 Blood of the Old Kings (Bleeding by Helen Phillips After years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world

What a satisfyingly rich world and story. War I tale full of medical details and lovely, unlikely bonds. 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

first-book attention and sales, emerging with an enormous hit (and new pen name) overnight, as she would witnesses Athena's death and then mysteriously comes up with a story about Chinese laborers during World War I, she covers her tracks to avoid anyone's asking: But wasn't Athena working on a similar story As June navigates the cutthroat, sometimes superficial, often silly publishing world Kuang puts forth Kuang is also the author of Babel and The Poppy War trilogy.

The Civil War is looming, and Junie is a sixteen-year-old who has spent her whole life enslaved on an When there is talk of Violet's engagement and pending marriage, Junie realizes that this shift would More books about the Civil War I received a prepublication edition of Junie courtesy of Random House-Ballantine For more Bossy reviews of books about the Civil War, please check out this link .

Heather Webb's historical fiction novel about a female gang and a female police officer clashing after World War I, Queens of London; and I'm listening to the story of an AI bot who evolves from a companion created listening to Shark Heart: A Love Story as an audiobook. 02 Queens of London by Heather Webb In post-World War I London, female lawlessness in the form of the Forty Elephants gang of women, an offshoot of the But as Annie's AI grows more complex and she becomes more aware of the possibilities in the world, she

I mentioned I Was Told It Would Get Easier (along with The Fate of the Tearling and The Girl from Widow

The enthusiasm of my obsession with her book News of the World was (borderline? full-on?) titular character John Chenneville is a former Union soldier who has spent the year since the end of the war Jiles writes gorgeously about the unforgiving landscape, post-Civil-War wasteland, and the sprigs of that toward the end of the story, the text briefly references Captain Kidd from Jiles's News of the World Paulette Jiles also wrote News of the World, Simon the Fiddler, and The Color of Lightning.

the optimistic explorer spirit--and I love reading about strong female characters in a time when the world “What started the war, Pa?" His eyes settled on me. "Stories, Jessilyn. by Paulette Jiles Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader, providing eager listeners along his route with news from the world. Click here for my full review of The News of the World.

But now she's dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of But when she dives into the book, wars are being waged, and Rae quickly figures out that she's not the against the beautiful, sweet heroine Leah, she feigns amnesia to cover her ignorance about how this new world as a prophet telling the future--she figures out that she's not the only one who came from the "real world

Iris's beloved brother is missing in action in the war among the gods, and sending letters through a The gods' war provides the structure for the book's main conflict, but the story feels primarily focused on everyday, regular-human wartime concerns--with an unlikely-feeling god-war and magical letter-sending When one main character becomes a war correspondent and the other comes to the front, they create a deep I'm imagining that book two will offers glimpses into the gods' war?

The Women shines a light on the women who served pivotal roles in the Vietnam War--but whose existence brother is killed in combat before she even ships out, and her parents reject her potential to be a war She faces repeated horrors of war, must find her own inner fortitude, and forges eternal loyalty and When she returns home, she faces anti-war sentiments, the shock of returning to her pre-war life, and The wartime detail as well as the jarring shift to post-war life were exceptional elements.

Bardugo's rich world-building sets the scene in Spain during the Inquisition, as a scullery maid with of more and more powerful people, including the king--who is desperate for an advantage in Spain's war Luzia soon finds herself navigating the complex world of seers, frauds, and holy men vying for the king's She must manage the weighty expectations set upon her--while always hiding her Jewish blood, which would twisty as some other Bardugo novels, The Familiar hit the spot for me with trademark Bardugo detail and world-building

The danger is in chemicals and airports and refugee camps and war zones and regions known for sex tourism teaches at Western Carolina University) is also the author of other Appalachia-set books: Serena , The World Girls like it sad, with a thousand-yard stare out to the distance as you gaze upon the horrors of war Dartmouth grad Phil Klay's National Book Award-winner Redeployment , the author shares short stories about war powerful emotions, troops haunted by decisions and unforeseen dangers, painful adjustments to life after 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 Moo," a Lebanese-American doctor (inspired by Taylor Brown's great-grandfather); Big Frank, a black World War I veteran fed up with fear and intimidation; and Frank's feisty grandmother Beulah. to observe loved ones from a distance, she accidentally sees and identifies visitors to her own world

I'm reading Chris Bohjalian's newest historical fiction, The Jackal's Mistress , set during the Civil War is a 37% chance of a massive earthquake in the Pacific Northwest in the next 50 years, and that it would historical fiction novel, Libby Steadman lives in Virginia on the edge of the Confederate-Union Civil War Because she hopes that a Union woman would take pity on her husband in the same situation, she cares

In Tochi Onyebuchi's fantasy mystery, main protagonist Boubacar is a war veteran and a private investigator Bouba himself is part of both worlds, a "deux-fois," half French and half dugulen.

how choices large and small cause enormous repercussions for a person--and sometimes for the entire world on the character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars I and II. This would be a captivating book even without the redoing-life element.

STAR, a WING-WALKING WONDER borne upon the wings of CAPTAIN ZENO MARIGOLD, a DOUBLE ACE of the GREAT WAR In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I Brown offers another parallel storyline tracking the frustrated would-be pilot and burgeoning author another hand out there, unseen--god or author or fate--pulling the strings and banshee wires of their world loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War

by Tochi Onyebuchi In Tochi Onyebuchi's newest fantasy mystery novel, main protagonist Boubacar is a war of Paradise by Janelle Brown The first thing you have to understand is that my father was my entire world

This short novel explores an alternate-history, near-future, post-war San Francisco in which robots come of the near future, a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned kitchen after a war

friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes everything, opens up Sven's world There's a minor, secondhand, yet powerful focus on the brutality and destruction of war, but also significant

Gus is a jazz pianist whose biggest hope for the pending end of the world was to play at the most epic Iris's beloved brother is missing in action in the war among the gods, and sending letters through a The gods' war provides the structure for the book's main conflict, but the story feels primarily focused on everyday, regular-human wartime concerns--with an unlikely-feeling god-war and magical letter-sending full review of Divine Rivals. 04 The Future by Naomi Alderman Alderman offers a dive into a future world

of more and more powerful people, including the king--who is desperate for an advantage in Spain's war Luzia is enlisted to help--and soon finds herself navigating the complex world of seers, frauds, and manage her new position and the weighty expectations set upon her--while hiding her Jewish blood, which would

young life, analyzes the romantic twists and turns he's experienced, and questions his place in the world He begins the long journey to the war-torn area of northern Sri Lanka to pay tribute to Rani, and along way he's forced to more fully consider the devastating effects of his nation's thirty-year-long civil war young life, analyzes the romantic twists and turns he's experienced, and questions his place in the world Much of the book focuses on Krishan's revisiting of the past as he considers various aspects of war and

Iris's beloved brother is missing in action in the war among the gods, and sending letters through a like this, but so far it's an odd mix of everyday, regular-human concerns with an unlikely-feeling god-war curious to find out how it all comes together, as it seems one or both characters are preparing to become war correspondents--and to give the reader glimpses into the god war. 02 To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit

Emily Tesh's debut novel is a space opera about war, duty, brainwashing, escaping limitations, and reinventing I absolutely loved Tesh's writing, the scope of her work, her characters, their connections, the world-building

of dramaaaaatic teen angst, a cutthroat path to becoming a warrior, bucking expectations, a looming war Fourth Wing is the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean fantasy series, about a war college for dragon But the war is raging, leadership is clearly keeping secrets, and working with the ruthless, deadly dragons creative cursing, so at the risk of being a Grumpy Old Lady for mentioning this, I have to say that the word There are many dramaaaaaatic teen angst moments here ("As if knowing him would somehow make me want him

memoir details the former American intelligence officer's true story of her family during the Cold War parents again, Hanna eventually settled in the United States--an ocean away from her family, but a whole world 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

Paulette Jiles's newest historical fiction novel, Chenneville; and I'm reading Al Hess's dystopian novel World The enthusiasm of my obsession with her book News of the World was (borderline? full-on?) Chenneville, titular character John Chenneville is a former Union soldier who has spent a year since the war Paulette Jiles also wrote News of the World, Simon the Fiddler, and The Color of Lightning. 03 World Running Down by Al Hess Al Hess's World Running Down tracks the adventures, challenges, unexpected meetings

Her explorations threaten to destroy her relationship with her mother even past the world-war-level disagreements

Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World Bossy Independent Bookstore Love A Bossy book-buying , 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 the author of Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner: Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color Line, about the world's first Black heavyweight boxing champion. 05 Freedom to Win: A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey

There is talk of war's return, and three warriors will shape the future of the land of Vigrid: Elvar, 02 A Power Unbound (Last Binding #3) by Freya Marske Marske's quirky, funny, richly imagined magical world In The Stolen Heir , the first book in Holly Black's Stolen Heir duology, the story returns to the world But now she's dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of But wars are being waged, and Rae quickly figures out that she's not the heroine of the story.

But now she's dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of But wars are being waged, and Rae quickly figures out that she's not the heroine of the story. Liz Moore is also the author of Long Bright River as well as Heft and The Unseen World . 03 What the

Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty. Harrow has crafted a lovely adventure through different wonderfully imagined worlds (including the early Teenager Holly Sykes is suddenly drawn into the world of “the radio people,” people whose voices she She disappears from her family and leaves behind a tragic mystery, while in her forays through new worlds Our main protagonist Tom makes a decision that strands him in our version of the world, which feels like

Kuang is also the author of Yellowface , The Poppy War , Babel , The Burning God , and The Dragon Republic She reflects, sorts out her thoughts and makes sense of the events of the world.

War I and the beautiful young men set against each other in the trenches serves as a backdrop for a 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 . 03 Being Mortal Liz Moore is also the author of Long Bright River  as well as Heft and The Unseen World .

to rural North Carolina with a wooden leg and haunting memories of his time fighting in the Korean War loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War Rash Ron Rash's Appalachian-set novel explores a small town shaken by upended expectations, the Korean War When his best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises Blackburn and Naomi grow close as they anxiously await word of Jacob's fate halfway around the world.

centers around the riveting battles and rebellion against oppression surrounding the West Virginia Mine Wars Brown presents a historical novel centering around the events of the 1920 and 1921 West Virginia Mine Wars loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War

For my full review of this book, please see World Running Down. The enthusiasm of my obsession with her book News of the World was (borderline? full-on?) titular character John Chenneville is a former Union soldier who has spent the year since the end of the war Jiles writes gorgeously about the unforgiving landscape, post-Civil-War wasteland, and the sprigs of Paulette Jiles also wrote News of the World, Simon the Fiddler, and The Color of Lightning.

audiobook. 02 A Language of Dragons: An Epic Tale of Forbidden Romance, Dragon Languages, and Civil War with the dragons is corrupt--and her unraveling of the secrets holding it together might start a civil war

Annis is a young Southern woman enslaved, sold, and abused in the years before the Civil War. Annis lives with her mother on a Carolina rice plantation in the years before the Civil War, and when

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who live with shame, and those who die from it. There's a ton to unpack here, including the exploration of the good and evil warring within each of us

I love Jiles's richly imagined Civil War-era historical fiction, and I'm in for her other books. Simon the Fiddler is set at the end of the Civil War. This is the third Paulette Jiles Civil War-era historical fiction book I've read. She also wrote News of the World, which I loved. (In Simon the Fiddler there's a cameo from Captain Kidd, a character I adored from News of the World.

McEwan's newest novel, we're introduced to characters living in a 2119, post-global-warming, post-nuclear war the population has been cut by more than half, inland seas spread across the globe, and much of the world's variation, richness, and natural world no longer exist. I would propose Derangement itself. In 2119, to prevent destruction of further information, the world's digital file backups ("everything

evade evil and develops into a beautiful heartbreaker of a story about duty, family, and love in Civil War-era Rash's newest Appalachian-set novel explores a small town shaken by upended expectations, the Korean War When his best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises Blackburn and Naomi grow close as they anxiously await word of Jacob's fate halfway around the world. It almost seems as though the school heads would like to forget either of the troublesome young ladies