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- Review of Lone Women by Victor LaValle
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 Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear
the aftermath of World War I in this irresistible first installment of Winspear's 18-book historical fiction Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.
- 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.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/31/22 Edition
I'm reading The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell's newest historical fiction, about a young duchess in Renaissance Italy; I'm listening to Nora Goes Off Script, Annabel Monaghan's light fiction about fide movie star; and I'm reading Kate Manning's Gilded Mountain (to be published tomorrow), historical fiction to exist in this new world. 02 Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan In Annabel Monaghan's light fiction like stories like this, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction
- Review of North Woods by Daniel Mason
Mason's novel isn't simply a historical fiction story linked through timelines. But North Woods isn't a charming historical fiction novel.
- Review of Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson
This is a great example of a light-fiction-feeling romance that deals with weighty, meaningful themes
- Review of Dimestore: A Writer's Life by Lee Smith
ICYMI: Smith evokes a vivid sense of the regional South in her fiction, and in this memoir she traces Lee Smith has written numerous fictional stories about the Appalachian South, including Fair and Tender
- Review of Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
I mentioned Gilead in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil
- Review of The Women by Kristin Hannah
with romance-novel elements that keep things moving but frequently pulled me out of the historical fiction The excellent historical fiction here is conflated with romance-novel-worthy storylines and dialogue
- Review of The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
crew, the mystery and suspicion, and most of all the character-driven storyline in Kitasei's science fiction In Yume Kitasei's science fiction thriller The Deep Sky, a mission to deep space is disrupted by an explosion and AI, Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels, and Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction
- Review of The Secret Book Society by Madeline Martin
The power of books and of friendship ultimately triumph in Martin's historical fiction. I listened to The Secret Book Society as a library audiobook through Libby . The Librarian Spy , The Last Bookshop in London , The Keeper of Hidden Books , and The Booklover's Library
- Review of Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
Summertime is the backdrop to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction with an anchor in deeper issues For more books I've loved, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Review of Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
As they mastermind a plan to bring the exes together in Rachel Lynn Solomon’s light fiction story, Russell In an excellent example of how authors of light fiction can take on weighty issues with grace and care 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.
- Review of A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn
This second book in Raybourn's historical fiction mystery series, set in Victorian London, hooked me Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction
- Review of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird
alley, 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
- Review of The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner
If you like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/5/24 Edition
of their lives using competitive magical tasks, The Book of Love; and I'm listening to a historical fiction Walsh Unsinkable is historical fiction set in two timelines by Jenni L. Walsh.
- Review of Boy by Nicole Galland
In Nicole Galland's historical fiction tale Boy , Alexander "Sander" Cooke is a famed, sought-after "
- Review of The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
In this historical fiction novel by Kate Quinn, the stories of two women—an imagined World War I spy
- Review of I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang
read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction young-adult rom-com I Hope This Doesn't Find You here and my review of Liang's young-adult historical fiction
- Review of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
I love a science-fiction story in which elements of humanity are explored, I love an alternate-history
- Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Is it really summer without some great rom-com reads teed up and ready 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 Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune Summertime is the backdrop to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction I loved the playful tone, the ghost angle within this light fiction, romantic story, and the focus on
- Review of The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
I listed Amina in the Greedy Reading List Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/21/24 Edition
Ranging from the Matewan Massacre through the Battle of Blair Mountain, Rednecks offers a mix of fictional Mountain, Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction
- Review of Fallen Land by Taylor Brown
I included this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War .
- Review of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer about strong women making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction 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. about Brave Female Spies, Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II, and Six Historical Fiction
- Review of Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei
Kitasei's stark dystopian science fiction sets sisters adrift in a future world where oceans have risen The story is sectioned into disparate parts, and at times the sisters are privy to little or no information
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/18/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Bodyguard, Katherine Center's newest light fiction about Woman of Troublesome Creek, Kim Michele Richardson's historical fiction about a traveling rural Kentucky one of the "Blue People" of rural Kentucky; and I'm reading Weather Girl, Rachel Lynn Solomon's light fiction by Kim Michele Richardson Kim Michele Richardson's The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is historical fiction As they mastermind a plan to bring the exes together in Rachel Lynn Solomon’s light fiction story, Russell
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/27/25 Edition
In this historical fiction-fantasy, characters from Dickens's tale are plunged into a dark, powerful
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
February is the shortest month, but I squeezed in some great reading: compelling historical fiction based fast-paced WWII-set mystery for young readers that came out of a writing collaboration; and historical fiction II-focused books here , and you can also check out my review of Kate Quinn's great codebreaking historical fiction The Rose Code . 06 Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine Erin Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction
- Six Fascinating Stories Set in Space
Life and AI Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Lostetter Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends In The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope. This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor
- Review of A Star Is Bored by Byron Lane
I loved this fictionalized peek at life with a beloved star. Have you read anything like this?
- Review of Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston
Ashley Elston's mystery First Lie Wins (it was on my December favorites list ; it was one of my Bossy Fiction
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: two historical fiction stories, gothic magical realism, science fiction, a character-driven mystery, and yet another of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica 01 October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker Hawker's newest historical fiction gives a wonderfully evocative Olivia Hawker's newest historical fiction is set in Depression-era Kentucky. Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/6/23 Edition
Gupta explores her Indian American culture, her parents' expectations, society's pressures, and the fiction sooooo excited to read this final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/20/26 Edition
Mountain , and Fallen Land , a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/10/23 Edition
stalker; and I'm reading Katherine Center's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) Hello Stranger, light fiction guilt and self-doubt lead her to track down the almost-victim, Wade Austin, he assures her that her actions interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Review of The Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian
In Chris Bohjalian's newest historical fiction novel, Libby Steadman lives in Virginia on the edge of
- Review of Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin
Harkin's fascinating debut speculative fiction considers a memory clinic that erases and reinstates memories Jo Harkin's debut novel, her speculative fiction Tell Me an Ending, is about a tech company that erases I love fiction about memory and how it shapes us, and I thought Harkin's Tell Me an Ending was wonderful Still Alice by Lisa Genova and What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty are two other fiction titles I loved
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
The Second Ending, Michelle Hoffman's light-fiction novel about music, dark secrets, zany hijinks, and redemption; Beyond That the Sea, historical fiction set during World War II about a young girl balancing two worlds and families; Boys I Know, Anna Gracia's debut, young adult fiction about a wonderful young others' expectations, and shaping her own future; Charm City Rocks, Matthew Norman's layered light fiction This is a perfect light-fiction read that's fun and funny, but never silly.
- Review of Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Review of Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
to in the book's title) that comprise his motivations--small and large--for getting out of bed and functioning Haig is also the author of the fiction titles The Midnight Library and How to Stop Time.
- Review of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith
Smith's historical fiction story in two timelines equally powerfully evokes the bleak Dutch winters of
- Review of The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap
Dunlap's debut novel is dark, twisty, gothic, and it's set in 19th-century Scotland as fictionalized
- Review of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
For more fiction and nonfiction books about race Colson Whitehead is also the author of The Underground
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/16/26 Edition
return to Camelot to save magic, The Once and Future Queen ; and I'm reading Yume Kitasei's climate fiction
- Review of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is a horror/historical fiction story with key supernatural elements.
- 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 for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Her mother's volatile emotions; upsetting and controlling manner; pushy actions; mental, emotional, and
- Review of Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
Bossy reviews of books set in Ireland, including the nonfiction book Say Nothing , Claire Keegan's fiction
- Review of Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
Nellie Coker is fresh out of jail and ready to jump back into the action, masterminding moves to increase If you like historical fiction mysteries, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You.
















































