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- 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
- 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 Fallen Land by Taylor Brown
I included this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War .
- 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
- 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 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 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
- 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
- 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/6/26 Edition
Instrument (Dell Chandler #1) by Amy Bloom Amy Bloom is the author of one of my favorite historical fiction
- 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
- 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, 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, 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
For more fiction and nonfiction books about race Colson Whitehead is also the author of The Underground
- Review of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is a horror/historical fiction story with key supernatural elements.
- 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/4/26 Edition
Brown's debut novel, historical fiction in dual timelines about modern historians and a 16th century
- 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 This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying #1) by Ilona Andrews
lowdown from Maggie and then again when these crucial aspects of the plot affect her existence and actions Kingdom Will Not Kill Me shines in so many ways: Maggie's love of books, Maggie's entering into the fictional
- Review of The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan
the secretive, haunted author has attempted to work through the pain and complications of her past by fictionalizing
- Six Past Book Club Bossy Favorites
enough for us, establish when an intriguing book is likely to be generally widely available from the library types of books--often lighter titles in the summer, a nonfiction doorstop in the winter, historical fiction always, and sometimes a mystery or contemporary fiction book.
- 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 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
- 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 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 Blunt Instrument (Dell Chandler #1) by Amy Bloom
Amy Bloom is the author of one of my favorite historical fiction novels (see below), but she is no stranger
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Meanwhile, Alice's best friend Eileen is questioning her life path, working at a literary magazine and
- My Twelve Very Favorite 2021 Reads
I loved this science fiction debut. Cara is one of a dwindling number of traversers. behind bars, securing a more equitable New York public school system, establishing the New York Public Library Meanwhile, Alice's best friend Eileen is questioning her life path, working at a literary magazine and
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
This month my favorite reads were a retelling of a Mark Twain story; historical fiction set in North Carolina; contemporary fiction about an unplanned pregnancy; the real story of a beloved figure from 01 What the Mountains Remember by Joy Callaway The historical fiction story about the building of the James is secretly teaching other enslaved people to read; sneaking to delve into the library of books Maria von Trapp by Michelle Moran I was hooked on the behind-the-scenes feeling of Moran's historical-fiction
- Review of The Blood of the Old Kings (Bleeding Empire #1) by Sung-Il Kim
I love a historical-fiction-feeling fantasy story like this one, and Blood of the Old Kings sets up
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Annalee Newitz's newest science fiction, Automatic Noodle , a novella
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/21/23 Edition
A book that keeps coming to mind as I read this one is This Tender Land, historical fiction by William upon Nathaniel Hawthorne--although it treats him very differently as a character--is the historical fiction
- Review of In Memoriam by Alice Winn
Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam is set during World War I.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Iida Turpeinin's upcoming historical fiction novel Beasts of the slots fantastically imperfect and wondrous main protagonists whose thoughts, dialogue, motivations, and actions
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/28/24 Edition
01 Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles In Table for Two: Fictions, Amor Towles offers six short stories
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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
- 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 Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle Moran
I was hooked on the behind-the-scenes feeling of Moran's historical-fiction conversations between Maria
- 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.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/18/26 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the newest (eighth) book in Martha Wells's Murderbot science 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.
- Review of Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher
of Nottingham, things get complicated for both Mariel and Clem in this sassy, fun, queer historical fiction
- Review of The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
II-focused books here , and you can also check out my review of Kate Quinn's great codebreaking historical fiction
- Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
And here's a list of Six Historical Fiction Mysteries I Loved, if you like the melding of those two The tone of this is more toward contemporary fiction, and the book offers satisfying character development But she's also alert enough to know that because of the inevitable publicity, the fiction of her current The title and cover made me think "science fiction," but Quantum Girl Theory is rooted in historical fiction and offers a solid, twisty mystery as it moves through fascinating potential realities that might

















































