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  • Review of This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History by Beverly Gage

    history, explore our complicated path to the present day, and inspire our growing stronger as we face From museums to battlefield reenactments, historic sites to amusement parks, well-known places and under-the-radar spots, Gage inspects each of their places in our nation's complicated history. This is far from a comprehensive history, nor is it intended to be. facts, shape the narrative to be softer, and omit painful historical failures.

  • Review of Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear

    truth in the aftermath of World War I in this irresistible first installment of Winspear's 18-book historical Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

  • Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read

    As Khayyam eagerly discovers more of Leila's mysterious history, she begins to grow and change in this #youngadult, #mystery, #historicalfiction, #dualstoryline 05 All Eyes on Her Tabby and Mark were dating

  • Review of Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection by John Green

    For me at least, the history and present of tubercuosis reveal the folly an brilliance and cruelty and To me, it was a disease of history--something that killed depressive nineteenth-century poets, not present-tense But as a friend once told me, "Nothing is so privileged as thinking history belongs to the past." also the author of the nonfiction collection of essays The Anthropocene Reviewed  (which was one of my six

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/12/24 Edition

    agent, has returned to his hometown in Charon County, Virginia, to serve as the first Black sheriff in history Cosby is also the author of Razorblade Tears, a book I listed on my Greedy Reading List Six Satisfying Choo is also the author of The Night Tiger, a title I listed in my Greedy Reading List Six Historical

  • Review of Go As a River by Shelley Read

    I loved, Elizabeth Hardinger's All the Forgivenesses, which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Backlist Favorites.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/16/23 Edition

    Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir by Paul Newman I recently started watching "The Last Movie Stars," a six-part author of Things in Jars, a mystery I gave four Bossy stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/10/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Fire and the Ore, the newest historical fiction novel (to be Hawker is also the author of The Ragged Edge of Night, which I mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books Hawker also wrote One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West. 02 I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

  • Review of The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker

    Hawker offers irresistible details of daily life and historical elements that add vivid layers to this (The author's note at the end of the book spells out more of the historical background regarding the The author's note explains the historical events at play and illuminates the ways in which Hawker's historical Hawker is also the author of The Ragged Edge of Night, which I mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West.

  • Review of Signals Across Vast Distances: Essays and Tales by Elizabeth Alexander

    the author of the exquisite memoir The Light of the World) delves into matters of race, inequality, history

  • Review of The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

    of Bees as well as 2014's The Invention of Wings, which is on my to-read list (and was inspired by a historical This book made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year and My

  • Review of The Huntress by Kate Quinn

    I sometimes think that I'm about to max out on World War II historical fiction. This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/4/22 Edition

    funny, silly memoir Yearbook; and I'm listening to the always-excellent Kate Quinn’s The Rose Code, historical For more about Kate Quinn’s The Huntress (and five other historical fiction books I loved), check out the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year.

  • Review of Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera

    I mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/21 Edition

    second and final book in his quirky Ink & Sigil fantasy duology; The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd's historical Sue Monk Kidd spins this historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes Sue Monk Kidd also wrote The Book of Longings, which made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical

  • Review of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

    The Invention of Wings is historical fiction that tracks the characters of (the real-life) Sarah Grimke Sue Monk Kidd spins this historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes It's uncomfortable, disturbing, and infuriating to read historical fiction about the actual horrors that of Bees, The Mermaid Chair, and The Book of Longings, which made it onto two Greedy Reading Lists: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year and My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books.

  • Review of The Course of All Treasons: An Elizabethan Spy Mystery by Suzanne M. Wolfe

    If you like mysteries and historical fiction like I do, you might also like some of the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

  • Review of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

    I listened to Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe's exhaustive, revolting, fascinating history of the His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was one of my Six of the

  • Review of The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

    In The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans offers short stories centering around themes of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those shaping historical "fact," grief, and loss. In "Alcatraz," characters count on officially changing the erroneous facts of their family's history In the longest story in the book, at approximately 100 pages, "The Office of Historical Corrections, " a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical

  • Review of Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March

    You might also like some of the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to

  • February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. For more cold-setting stories, check out my Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings truth in the aftermath of World War I in this irresistible first installment of Winspear's 18-book historical Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You. Walsh I loved each of the historical fiction story's two timelines--following a stewardess on board The

  • My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books

    You might also like some of the books on the other Greedy Reading Lists I posted in 2020: Six Historical Stories for Great Escapism Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads Six More The majority of page time in the historical fiction title is spent showing the tasks of daily life (and This title was listed in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year.

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Read on for what I loved reading in March: The Night Ship, historical fiction set in two timelines featuring 01 The Night Ship by Jess Kidd Kidd's dual-timeline historical fiction, based on actual events, shines The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You. natural world, she explores three timelines of women connected through the ages by power and by society's historical

  • My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books

    The majority of page time in the historical fiction title is spent showing the tasks of daily life (and This title was listed in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year. You might also like some of the books on the other Greedy Reading Lists I posted this year: Six Historical Stories for Great Escapism Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads Six More

  • Review of Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

    Henry's story-within-a-story adds a historical fiction element to her signature big-hearted, banter-driven I loved the historical fiction aspect of Margaret's recounting of her history.  was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it also made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six story; you can check out my review here , and you might like to check it out on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger

    This book was mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past Year.

  • Review of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

    While history is what happened, it is also, just as important, how we think about what happened and what spearheaded by Nikole Hannah-Jones at The New York Times Magazine, an array of contributors reframe the history I listened to this book, which explores history such as that of Black music and appropriation; decades The 1619 Project highlights tragic, uncomfortable aspects of our nation's history in an important work

  • Review of Lone Women by Victor LaValle

    History is simple, but the past is complicated. If you like Westerns, you might want to check out the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and  Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American

  • Review of A Murder by Any Name by Suzanne M. Wolfe

    I looove a historical fiction mystery. If you do too, you might want to check out Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

  • Review of Rednecks by Taylor Brown

    In this mix of fictional and fascinating historical elements, Brown crafts a character-driven story of In Rednecks, Taylor Brown presents a historical novel centering around the real-life events of the 1920 riveting tale of rebellion and oppressive control--a story of the largest labor uprising in United States history The Gods of Howl Mountain, and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War, plus other novels.

  • Review of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

    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. figure of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who defied tradition and convention--and, in Lawhon's historical Spies and Six More Books about Brave Female Spies), but Lawhon's novel Code Name Helène wasn't for me like the sound of this book, you might also want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

    I included Lincoln in the Bardo in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories

  • Review of The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

    Katherine Arden, author of the captivating Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious, haunting historical I loooooved the mix of vivid historical setting and magical elements in Katherine Arden's Winternight I mentioned these books in the Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More Wonderfully

  • Review of Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

    I mentioned Gilead in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil

  • Review of Royal Witch (Plantaganet and Tudor #1) by Philippa Gregory

    The historical fiction-writing gift that is Philippa Gregory entertwines the richly imagined stories (She is, notably, referred to in Shakespeare's historical play Henry VI, Part 2, as a ruthless striver Philippa Gregory is so talented at bringing historical fiction, and particularly strong female characters Philippa Gregory is the author of forty novels, including more than thirty historical fiction works. You might also check out these Bossy historical fiction reads.

  • Review of An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell #6) by Deanna Raybourn

    Veronica and Stoker stay close to home while entering into danger and solving the mysteries in book six In the sixth book of the wonderful Deanna Raybourn's  feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical It's January 1889, and Veronica and her natural historian beau Stoker are working on a memorial exhibition

  • Review of The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker

    This book was mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past Year. also wrote One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West.

  • Review of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

    I love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or the author of Ninth House , Hell Bent , the King of Scars series ( Rule of Wolves  is book two), the Six of Crows series, the Shadow and Bone series ( which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally

  • Review of Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens

    The bedrock for Lucky Red is made up of wonderful historical fiction details of life in the dusty, volatile You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Novels Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Novels Set in the American West.

  • Review of The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino

    This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past

  • Review of Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird

    Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books

  • Review of October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker

    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 of Night, and One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West.

  • Review of Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance by Paulette Jiles

    Jiles's newest stark, beautiful, heartbreaking historical fiction tracks former Union soldier John Chenneville I got full-body chills when I saw that Paulette Jiles had a new historical fiction novel coming out. This was heartbreaking and lovely historical fiction from Paulette Jiles. I loved it. You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Satisfying Novels about Revenge and Six

  • Review of To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

    I included To the Bright Edge of the World in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read in the Ivey also wrote The Snow Child , a book I listed in the Greedy Reading List   Six Magical Fairy Tales

  • Review of Weyward by Emilia Hart

    natural world, she explores three timelines of women connected through the ages by power and by society's historical The female characters are often strong, and there's often lush historical fiction detail. If you like these stories too, you might enjoy the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You.

  • Review of The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin

    The author's historical fiction romance-writing is evident here, in contrast to the tone of The Last Some of the story is summarized rather than shown, and I felt that I could see evidence of Martin's historical You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II, Six Great Books about Brave Female Spies, and Six More Great Books about Brave Female Spies.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/29/24 Edition

    Now I'm reading an upcoming book by a favorite author, Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts, a historical Liang's soon-to-be-published young adult rom-com, I Hope This Doesn't Find You; and I'm listening to a historical I loooooved the mix of vivid historical setting and magical elements in Katherine Arden's Winternight I mentioned these books in the Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More Wonderfully publication February 6, courtesy of NetGalley and Scholastic Press. 03 The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Historical

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/10/25 Edition

    Ivey is also the author of To the Bright Edge of the World , which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer , and The Snow Child , which I included in the list Six Now she's glumly working at the historic Morning House, giving tours and talking about Prohibition, stained But the person who brought her to the house has disappeared, and Morning House has a gruesome history

  • Review of The Excitements by C. J. Wray

    Archie begins wondering about unexplained aspects of his own family history, and when he and his aunts It's part historical fiction with wonderful World War II details and part sassy modern-day tale about books about World War II and women spies, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II and Six Books about Brave Female Spies.

  • Review of Wolvers by Taylor Brown

    The Gods of Howl Mountain, and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War.

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