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she considers what she truly wants from her life; and she writes songs to cope with and interpret the world choices large and small cause enormous repercussions for an individual--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. Blakemore Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War

historical fiction novel, Libby Steadman lives in Virginia on the edge of the Confederate-Union Civil War story is based upon a real account of a Southern woman who helped a Union soldier during the Civil War I love an honest memoir that lets a reader into the author's inner world, and Zarna has lived a fascinating With violent storms on the horizon, no line of communication open with the outside world, and enormous seeds for the future--if they can trust each other long enough to work together for the good of the world

Forgetting, he is learning, is how the world heals itself. 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 Was it a simple fable about a fool, or a genius examination of how essential hope is to the world? Cloud Cuckoo Land also explores devastating environmental destruction, human culpability, cruel wars,

June witnesses Athena's death and mysteriously comes up with a story about Chinese laborers during World War I.

Libby Steadman lives in Virginia on the edge of the Confederate-Union Civil War conflict.  Because she hopes that a Union woman would take pity on her husband in the same situation, she secretly injuries, realizing that if Confederate soldiers were aware of his presence in her home, the family would story is based upon a real account of a Southern woman who helped a Union soldier during the Civil War Time to Panic , Nothing to See Here , Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine , The Family Fang, Perfect Little World

break all the rules of time travel to preserve the existence of his daughter without destroying the world Stewart would have to break all the rules of time travel to attempt the impossible: preserve the existence Within the world of Here and Now and Then, Mike Chen masterfully explores: Is the past set in stone or Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty. I especially love how Chen explores Kin's emotions in both of his realities, his warring loyalties,

Bree has to keep in her trusted longtime friend in the dark about her delving into magical worlds and In the face of restrictions and rules, Bree repeatedly challenges the world's limitations, forging her And war is coming. expectations, and pending danger for her strong young Black heroine who's figuring out her place in the world

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

Gardner Frankie Elkin is the best at finding missing girls and women that have been forgotten by the world mother's death; the cruelties of her husband, to whom she was wed at 15; the surrounding, constant wars

Liz Moore is also the author of Long Bright River  as well as Heft and The Unseen World . Both the world and the characters' personal lives are complicated, messy, wonderful, and fragile. Through it all, both Ivan and Peter are repeatedly forced to consider their place in the world and what But wars are being waged, and Rae quickly figures out that she's not the heroine of the story. Rooney is also the author of Normal People , Conversations with Friends , and Beautiful World, Where

But then Romy gets word that another ship has launched from earth, with a young man called J as the pilot While events on Earth spiral into world war and destruction, sending the space missions toward uncertain They begin to forge a bond Romy never would have anticipated. James is also the author of The Quiet at the End of the World, The Next Together and its sequel The Last

Vargas is, frankly, tired of being reminded that her parents were part of the movement that saved the world 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.

True Biz, by the author of Girl at War, is a coming-of-age story that also explores the importance society When people around the world are notified that they have requested and have had specific memories removed

premise for me: a flawed human gets another shot at existing in this unpredictable, problematic, glorious world Our main protagonist Tom makes a decision that strands him in our version of the world, which feels like Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every on the character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars I and II.

Centuries-old resentments and conflicts threaten to bubble up into war--and Nahri and Dara's arrival

most loved reading this past month: a heartbreaking, lovely, epistolary Western; a fantasy story with war evade evil and develops into a beautiful heartbreaker of a story about duty, family, and love in Civil War-era 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

#memoir, #nonfiction 03 Simon the Fiddler ​ Simon the Fiddler is set at the end of the Civil War. surrender looms and Simon's band plays for officers of both sides at a celebration marking the end of the war Jiles provides wonderful details of 1865 Texas and life at the end of the War Between the States. Paulette Jiles also wrote two other Civil War-era historical fiction books I loved, News of the World young adult LGBTQ mystery, a comedian's memoir, and a historical fiction story set during the Civil War

person (character) in a complicated situation, desperate for connection, and okay, I was taking Mia's word I didn't grasp why she would fixate so completely on this book and this man as her literal saviors. Souls are snatched away from us, flesh and blood turn to dust, people you love betray you, men go to war And if there were such obsession and an instant, all-encompassing love, would Mia repeatedly risk upending Alice Hoffman is also the author of The World That We Knew and over thirty other books.

Before the war, she had spied against fascists and anti-communists, Chinese, Japanese, and German; during the conflict, she had spied against both the Nazis and the Allies; after it, and henceforth, she would be spying against the West, the new enemies in a Cold War. Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy is made up of vividly recounted behind-the-scenes peeks at real-life Cold War revelations about clandestine operations and the workings of the Soviet spy network during the Cold War

Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. 02 The Future by Naomi Alderman Alderman offers a dive into a future world twisty, compelling, futuristic, technology-driven attempt at survival--and at maybe just changing the world The behavior of three key tech billionaires might seem like the symptom of all the biggest world problems and myriad inhabitants show the interconnectedness of us all and celebrate the wonders of the wild world June Farrow. 05 Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh Emily Tesh's debut novel is a space opera about war

of, banishes her to a deserted island, Circe perfects her witchy powers, tames beasts, considers the world review of Natalie Haynes's A Thousand Ships, a woman-centered retelling of events surrounding the Trojan War

01 The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Bardugo's rich world-building sets the scene in Spain during the Inquisition attracts the attention of more and more powerful people, and she soon finds herself navigating the complex world twisty as some other Bardugo novels, The Familiar  hit the spot for me with trademark Bardugo detail and world-building I would, I would. There is talk of war's return, and three warriors will shape the future of the land of Vigrid: Elvar,

Romy and J make contact, and they begin to forge a bond she never would have anticipated. series (I'm looking at you, Mace) are star players within this dystopian period of Johansen's Tearling world all of those elements and more, unraveling the workings of a family in the South during the Vietnam War ; brothers at odds; complex issues surrounding prison, war, and violence; and a brother's unfailing loyalty

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

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 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 Doerr's characters persist, each in their own way, in trying to make a positive mark on the world and

memoir details the former American intelligence officer's true story of her family during 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 To the world he was a bad man. To me, he was my dad who did a bad thing...." column "Eric Reads the News," shares his thoughts, experiences, and reflections about life and the world

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

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

wishes, whether because my library doesn't have a copy (Strange Gods; Charlatan; Until the End of the World client lists are revealed, embarrassment and destruction seem sure to follow. 05 Until the End of the World (Until the End of the World #1) by Sarah Lyons Fleming A bookish Instagram friend is in love with this But right when Cassie is ready for redemption, it looks like the world is about to end. to this excellent space-opera, time-travel premise: Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war

Laura, a combat nurse, who is searching for her brother Freddie, against the backdrop of the Great War She never sends them, but crafting the furious hypothetical replies to anyoe frustrating her in the world

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's story of Cold War espionage He'd rather she settle down and marry, have kids, and stop traveling the world and working to boost her To say that stubborn Greta and her willful father clash (and always have) would be putting it mildly. a storied clan, a powerful family, and a magical line, and that she is in fact a chosen one and two worlds

Lorne Michaels developed SNL , his ups and downs, his vision, and how he created the institution that would ) by Rebecca Yarros Violet Sorrengail has been training as a dragon rider for 18 months at Basgiath War

At first I feared this would dilute my connection to the main characters, but the ventures into others large-scale (and infuriating) issues Novic raises, but a clean wrap-up to such an immensely complex situation would Sara Nović is also the author of Girl at War and the illustrated nonfiction work America Is Immigrants

I felt promise in the characters and their mutual adoration, but I was distracted from feeling a true pull to the heart of this book. I loved the first Christina Lauren book I read, Autoboyography, and I gave it five stars. So my expectations for this book were through the roof. But to me, the voices in this book felt self-obsessively and insecurely young adult even in the timeline in which the characters were nearing age 30. I loved the love, and I felt promise in the characters and their mutual adoration, but I was distracted from feeling a true pull to the heart of this book by what felt like frequent melodrama, overblown angst, frustratingly halting scenes (I believe these were intended to create suspense), and what felt like too-deliberately-constructed Big Moments Set Up for Dramatic Effect. What did you think? My views on this book were almost certainly colored by how much I loved Autoboyography. The authors have also written The Unhoneymooners, the racy-sounding Beautiful Bastard series, and Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating, among others. #lightfiction, #threestarbookreview, #loveandotherwords

Another series that would fit perfectly within this list is the wonderful Winternight trilogy by Katherine What other series that have to do with court, queens, and royalty would you include on this list? She finds that she may be the only hope to save her war-torn country. There was some story meandering and I would have liked to see more character development for Taryn, but I enjoyed the forays back and forth from the human world to the faerie, the various things-aren’t-what-they-seem

Kuang is also the author of Yellowface , The Poppy War , Babel , The Burning God , and The Dragon Republic of the same story, as our fantastic main protagonists shift and change, bravely outsmart those who would She reflects, sorts out her thoughts and makes sense of the events of the world. historical fiction-fantasy, characters from Dickens's tale are plunged into a dark, powerful magical world stands on its own, but I did get bogged down by the extensive explanations of the workings of the faerie world

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

premise for me: a flawed human gets another shot at existing in this unpredictable, problematic, glorious world Our main protagonist Tom makes a decision that strands him in our version of the world, which feels like Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every on the character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars I and II.

#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

Natalie Haynes's mythological retellings put women at the center of many scenes surrounding the Trojan War I listened to Haynes read her captivating woman-centric version of events surrounding the Trojan War I was hooked throughout A Thousand Ships. 02 The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson In The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson offers a wonderfully imperfect heroine and her fascinating journeys secrets are revealed that connect various worlds and shake Cara to her core.

Front the Following Sea, upcoming historical fiction by Leah Angstman, it's 1689 and King William's War When she angers a local warlord and must escape her world, she's relieved to secure promises of transport out--but those who would help her have one condition.

I love a peek at a secret world, and here Walder offers fascinating glimpses of her life as a CIA and I love a peek at a secret world, and in The Unexpected Spy, Tracy Walder offers fascinating glimpses Another book that's quite different in tone but is an excellent look into Cold War-era spy goings-on

Blakemore Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War 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 , struggle against the binds society attempts to put upon them, connect powerfully with the natural world Isobel's needlework and the colors she sees in the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous

is himself torn between family duty, secrets, and doing "one right thing," a way of navigating the world Sylvie's torn feelings and warring sense of duty and desire for youthful joy and carefree moments felt

Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War--is You would not think it to look at us, so alike in outward semblance, but there are many different sorts Witch is just their nasty word for anyone who makes things happen, who moves the story along. at the same time it's horrifying to consider the realities of the Witch Craze of the English Civil War But of course, he is God--he must have known exactly what men would do, and not cared, or else figured

“What started the war, Pa?" His eyes settled on me. "Stories, Jessilyn. the pacing and tone of the story that allows for all of those elements to feel real. 06 News of the World 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.

When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest With violent storms on the horizon, no line of communication open with the outside world, and enormous seeds for the future--if they can trust each other long enough to work together for the good of the world destroy not only their fragile bodies but the work of lifetimes--as well as the characters' hope for the world as well as vast in its scope, considering climate change's immense effects on the world along with the

fiercely loyal, savvy, and crafty main protagonist Tamsin as she struggled to find her place in both worlds Please click here for my full review of Time's Mouth. 05 World Running Down by Al Hess Hess's dystopian Al Hess's World Running Down tracks the adventures, challenges, unexpected meetings, and joys of a trans For my full review of this book, please see World Running Down. Alien Life, and AI. 06 Some Desperate Glory Emily Tesh Emily Tesh's debut novel is a space opera about war

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 honest review. 05 The Bone Clocks by Davi Mitchell Teenager Holly Sykes is suddenly drawn into the world 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

In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After , Wamariya recalls her experiences Wamariya shares her views of the world, her often jarring experiences in the US—with her sister and family