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Conquerer's Saga series, has cover art that to me evokes fantasy, but the series is actually captivating historical fiction. This blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and paranormal continues with LaFevers's Dark Triumph, Mortal The Invasion of the Tearling offers more history of the Crossing, which led people to settle in The Tearling

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

Some Light Fiction Favorites At the start of the pandemic, I was particularly drawn to lighter fiction These are some of my light fiction favorites, and they're also perfect for summer reading. I'm due to create another Greedy Reading List of my more recently read light fiction favorites, but meanwhile , you can find other Bossy light fiction reviews here. What other lighter fiction authors or stories do you love?

Bossy Favorites of the Month Here are my six favorite reads of September, with a strong literary fiction In her first historical fiction novel, Smith offers a Victorian England tableau featuring a wonderfully For my full review, please check out The Fraud . 04 Buckeye by Patrick Ryan Patrick Ryan's literary fiction In Patrick Ryan's literary fiction title Buckeye , which begins before World War II and spans to the , our brave and hubristic present-day existence, and fictional yet hauntingly plausible dangers.

for Love . 02 White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses  is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical fiction about Eleanor Roosevelt and her love, Lorena Hickock, and it was a five-star read for me. behind-the-scenes peeks at the residential rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned

And you can c lick here for other science fiction and fantasy books I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm. dragons, dragon-related science, emotional and physical ties to dragons, and the cultural importance, historical Because the restrictive Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous I love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or The janitor is a cultural outsider with a complicated history, and what he lacks in training he makes

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading an upcoming book from Chris Bohjalian (author of Midwives), a historical fiction story Hour of the Witch; I'm listening to Ross Gay's charming, funny, observation-filled, introspective Hour of the Witch is a historical thriller about the first divorce in North America and the witch trial

I actually love a nice long science fiction tale to dive into, and this is the first adult title from There's more to Head over Heels, but I think this is going to be the engrossing, light fiction book I dictated another interesting mix of books for my current reading life with a fantasy title, a lighter fiction story, and a young adult historical tale with magical realism mixed in. I feel like mysteries, light fiction, memoirs, and fantasy are working well for me--plus historical fiction

Historical fiction, light fiction, and fantasy/science fiction is the wacky concurrent combo working

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

Light fiction, historical fiction mystery, and celebrity memoir. I recently offered a roundup of Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism if that feels down your

natural world, she explores three timelines of women connected through the ages by power and by society's historical dose of feminism, and a dramatic showdown. 06 Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese Hester is richly imagined historical fiction with connections to themes and characters from The Scarlet Letter.

Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Science Fiction Reads I realize I just said this last week regarding mysteries , but really, doesn't the cold winter also feel like the perfect time to cozy up with a science fiction Here are six of my favorite science fiction reads of last year--with another list to come! I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite science fiction reads? Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope.

Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy world (with some historical fiction elements

Kate Quinn, the queen of historical fiction about women who are spies, recently recommended these titles I'd love to hear: What are your favorite (fiction or nonfiction) books about tough lady spies? For my full review, see The Huntress. 03 Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein In Wein's young adult historical fiction novel, it's 1943, and a British spy plane has crashed in Nazi-occupied France. And while the second section isn't a complete surprise, I found it really satisfying. 04 The Nightingale

It was tough to witness Casey's struggles and pain (even fictionalized, the disastrous trifecta of money That was suuuuch a different book (dark historical fiction set in 1933 New Guinea), but as in Writers

for Love . 02 White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses  is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical fiction about Eleanor Roosevelt and her love, Lorena Hickock, and it was a five-star read for me. behind-the-scenes peeks at the residential rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned

This mix is working well for me: science fiction with themes about society's reliance on attention and small-town mystery with beautifully imperfect characters bringing it all to life; and a woman-powered historical fiction story of an expedition to the coldest of destinations, the Arctic.

woman while stumbling into her iconic lifetime role as Princess Leia; The Invisible Woman, World War II historical fiction by Erika Robuck based on the real-life spy Virginia Hall, a courageous, idealistic, determined independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time; Hour of the Witch, Chris Bohjalian's historical book, please see The Princess Diarist. 02 The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman is historical fiction about the real-life World War II-era spy Virginia Hall.

favorite reads from lots of genres that I've loved reading in the past year: Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Six More of My Favorite Fiction Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a

For my full review, please see Happiness Falls . 03 A Literary Fiction Novel about Life and Love You I loved this literary fiction--the increasing vulnerability and search for connection after heartache For my full review of this book, please see Listen for the Lie . 04 Smart Historical Fiction with a Time-Travel They're from other times in history. protagonist's focus in her work is Commander Graham Gore (a character based upon a real figure from history

01 When These Mountains Burn by David Joy Joy offers an often dark work of Southern literary fiction author of Pride of Eden, Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War, and Wingwalkers. The Caretaker. 05 The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda Miranda uses the framework of a famous fictional

supporting characters--as well as a romantic story that tackled weighty issues (my favorite kind), and a historical fiction story that made me buy into a body-snatching storyline . Dunlap's debut novel is dark, twisty, gothic, and it's set in 19th-century Scotland as fictionalized

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

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 More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year. This title was listed in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year. Fiction Books I Loved This Year Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This Year Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You Six Illuminating Memoirs

show personality; a dark academia story that centers around feminism and building new perspectives; historical fiction about a traveling librarian in 1930s Appalachia; a luminous story of astronauts on the International The janitor is a cultural outsider with a complicated history, and what he lacks in training he makes

Conquerer's Saga series, has a cover that to me evokes fantasy, but this series is actually captivating historical fiction. This blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and paranormal continues with LaFevers's Dark Triumph, Mortal The Invasion of the Tearling offers more history of the Crossing, which led people to settle in The Tearling

Pride of Eden just might be the literary fiction version of what I think Tiger King sounds like: exotic I can't wait to see what the heck this book is all about. 02 Rodham ​ Curtis Sittenfeld offered a fictionalized version of a first lady's personal history in An American Wife, which I loved, and I thought her short In A Witch in Time, Constance Sayers is offering us historical fiction, witches, and repeated reincarnation

Hearne offers a playful, action-packed, magical, layered modern-day London. Are you interested in a historical fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel from Gail Carriger.

Check out these Bossy links for more romantic novels or lighter fiction . 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 , and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories 01 Funny Story In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge fiction young adult romance.

This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. 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. 02 The Rachel Incident In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish The bedrock for Lucky Red is made up of wonderful historical fiction details of life in the dusty, volatile

In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish The Rachel Incident. 04 Chenneville by Paulette Jiles Jiles's newest stark, beautiful, heartbreaking historical fiction tracks former Union soldier John Chenneville as he travels the country seeking vengeance for I got full-body chills when I saw that Paulette Jiles had a new historical fiction novel coming out.

of gymnastics details that made the setting come to life, Head Over Heels was the engrossing, light fiction , see Head Over Heels. 02 Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis ​ Sometimes in order to delve into a lighter fiction Not Dating by Christina Lauren Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating totally fits the bill as light-fiction What are some of your favorite lighter fiction books? So here's the greedy question: What are some other lighter fiction stories I should be reading?

guilt and self-doubt lead her to track down the almost-victim, Wade Austin, he assures her that her actions 04 A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell #2) by Deanna Raybourn This second book in Raybourn's historical fiction mystery series, set in Victorian London, hooked me even more fully into Veronica and Stoker's lepidopterist (she studies butterflies and moths) and adventurer Veronica Speedwell teams up with her natural-history up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

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

Do you love nonfiction that reads like fiction? This was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction (and served as the inspiration for this Macintyre's nonfiction book was wonderful; it really read to me like fiction. carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction but was fiction.

Kline deftly exposes the raw truths of tough situations in her character-driven historical fiction. emergences of hope with a richly drawn Australian backdrop--while laying bare the country's often-painful history threw me for a loop and I'm not sure I recovered from it; when I woke in the night after reading this section

about favorite reads from various genres that I've loved reading in the past year: Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite Steelstriker is almost 400 pages of action, deceit, political maneuvering, and gutsy skirmishes, and

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

fiction, postapocalyptic fiction, and the newest in a young adult mystery series. This gorgeously written postapocalyptic climate-fiction story offers up a future in which civilization civilization kept reminding me of the Talking Heads song "Nothing But Flowers," and Brooks-Dalton's climate fiction review of The Box in the Woods. 04 Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin Harkin's fascinating debut speculative fiction I love fiction about memory and how it shapes us, and I thought Harkin's Tell Me an Ending was wonderful

conditional loyalty, and he allows characters to craft chosen relationships into a beloved pod that functions No Man explores the incredible drive and bravery required by Rum's female characters to write a new history What were some of your favorite fiction reads this year? Heartwarming or quirky fiction are the types of books that have really been fitting the bill for me lately If you're looking for more great fiction, you might also want to check out the Greedy Reading List My

Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of others aren't tuned into, if she's mentally ill, or if the ghostly voices are real and influencing her actions

In The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical fiction story of a precocious third daughter of the grand duke of Florence. Nellie Coker is fresh out of jail and ready to jump back into the action, masterminding moves to increase

Loved Last Year. 01 The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda Miranda uses the framework of a famous fictional Christina Baker Kline deftly exposes the raw truths of tough situations in her character-driven historical fiction. If you like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction and Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read

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

A couple of these are historical fiction mysteries, one was jointly written by two authors, one was set

I listened to Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe's exhaustive, revolting, fascinating history of the

I recently posted about Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year, Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year, Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year. Elizabeth McCracken's The Hero of This Book (altbough McCracken asserts that this is not a memoir, but fiction Her mother's volatile emotions; upsetting and controlling actions; pushy manner; mental, emotional, and

It's satisfying to witness the recognition and success within this fictional version of events. The cover and title gave me the initial impression that this was a light fiction book, but the topic

offers fascinating, wonderfully detailed perspectives in a rich, layered family memoir that reads like fiction I thought it read like fiction. For historical fiction about female spies, you might want to check out the Greedy Reading List Six Books She weaves more than thirty songs into her stories and personal history, and the placement of the music