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circumstances, the aftermaths, and the various movements of potential suspects over months and years--as historically If you like nonfiction books, you might also like the books I list on my Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads--and stay tuned for my upcoming list of Six Nonfiction Bossy Favorites from the Past

Anyway, here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: a heartbreaking, lovely, epistolary If you're interested in this book, you might also like the titles on my Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set You might also want to check out the short story collections listed in my Greedy Reading Lists Six Short Story Collections to Wow You and Six More Short Story Collections I Loved.

Bossy reviews of lighter fiction or rom-com books I've loved, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six More of my Favorite Romantic Fiction Reads from the Past Year Six More Great Light Fiction Stories Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My

If you also like stories like this, you might enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical

, science fiction, and historical fiction titles. In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War. my full review, check out The Love of My Life. 06 Revelations by Mary Sharratt Sharratt offers vivid historical In Revelations, Sharratt offers an immersive historical fiction novel that includes thoroughly researched

I love historical fiction about female physicians before this was common; Nora is a willful, clever woman In Audrey Blake's historical fiction title All in Her Hands, it's 1849 in London, and Nora Gibson is

For more cold-setting stories, check out my Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings

relatively slow start as the scenes are set, but then I quickly became hooked on McLain's dual-timeline historical Paula McLain's Skylark  is historical fiction set in Paris and told through dual timelines. For more historical fiction I've loved, please check out the Bossy lists and reviews at this link .

More Mystery Love I recently published Greedy Reading Lists of favorite mystery reads: Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year and Six More Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year .

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Taylor Brown's newest historical novel, Rednecks, which centers In Rednecks, Brown presents a historical novel centering around the events of the 1920 and 1921 West Wingwalkers, The Gods of Howl Mountain, Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War, and other novels.

In the summer I posted My Six Favorite Reads of the First Half of 2025 , and all six of those books appear Ireland here  and more reviews of literary fiction titles here . 02 Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow You  and Six More Short Story Collections I Loved . poet's put-upon wife trade points of view to illuminate across two timelines a calculated rewriting of history

Oh, and she's got six-year-old Evie and a fierce baby monster, Faze, tagging along with her with her She is learning the mixed, disturbing history and heritage of her line while falling in love with Andreas

Here are my six favorites, although I had to deliberate a little bit before settling on this list. If you love nonfiction books, you might like the titles on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads  , Six Favorite Nonfiction and Memoir Reads of the Year , Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved , Six of My Favorite Nonfiction Reads , or these other nonfiction books I've reviewed . 06 The Knight book in Rachel Gillig's Stonewater Kingdom series, The Knight and the Moth , considers Sybil Delling ("Six

sassy female assassins; I'm reading Karen Russell's recently published, intriguing magical-realism historical loved A Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical the author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time , a book I loved and not only listed in my Greedy Reading List Six

Schwab's historical fiction-fantasy story about vampires linked together through centuries. of Carrie Soto Is Back , The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo , Malibu Rising , and Daisy Jones & the Six

Below you can find short snippets about the six 2024 sports-focused releases that sound so promising, I'm excited to give them as gifts this holiday season--plus six bonus books, listed below, that also Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays   Shhh! sports shape our culture's thinking, dreams, notions of success, and more. 02 Why We Love Football: A History iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures—baseball immortal Pete Rose—and an exquisite cultural history

college admission book, The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber; I'm reading Olivia Hawker's newest historical October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker I love Olivia Hawker's books (see links below), and her newest historical 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.

Raybourn 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 It turns out that the mystery girl is her Aunt Carol, who was one of six Black girls to go missing in

Stories of various characters are interwoven through the historical fiction novel and add depth to the Grodstein is also the author of Our Short History, The Explanation for Everything, and A Friend of the

Every month I post my favorite reads , and in the spring I posted Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality  and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality . 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

you're intrigued by time-travel stories, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories, Six More Time-Travel Stories to Dive Into, and Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore.

The Help author's 656-page Depression-set historical fiction tackles issues of poverty, body autonomy In Kathryn Stockett's newest, hefty (656-page) historical fiction novel, we dive into dual, linked storylines

Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: a beautiful, poignant nonfiction book about fiction story about an inherited villain's career, heavily featuring savvy and communicative cats; a historical fiction novel featuring female doctors, set in 15th century China; a gothic, magical-realism Western; a historical Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality. dragons, dragon-related science, emotional and physical ties to dragons, and the cultural importance, historical

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Kate Atkinson's newest book, historical fiction set in 1926 jazz-era Nellie Coker is shamelessly thrusting her six children into the forefront of the social scene in Soho Atkinson is also the author of Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life After Life, Human

In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I list that looks wonderful), and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War.

For more more more memoirs that you might want to try, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality

This is a feminist historical fiction story in which women--long kept quiet and still, supervised to I loved the setting and detail of the historical fiction story, but I became fully hooked as the tale If this book sounds appealing to you, you might also be interested in my Bossy reviews of other historical In Lisa Barr's newest historical fiction, The Goddess of Warsaw , the author tells a story in two timelines Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I.

long-distance boyfriend) David in London, they cook up detailed research plans and immersion in the history Maureen Johnson is the author of the six-book Truly Devious young adult mystery series: Truly Devious

Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. 01 Rednecks by Taylor Brown In this mix of fictional and fascinating historical elements, Brown crafts In Rednecks , Taylor Brown presents a historical novel centering around the real-life events of the 1920 Her sister steps in to help with their dad at home, and Emma moves to Los Angeles for six weeks of inspiring We learn about Elizabeth and Jack's histories and motivations, their stunted emotional statuses and the

This second book in Raybourn's historical fiction mystery series, set in Victorian London, hooked me listening to A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical lepidopterist (she studies butterflies and moths) and adventurer Veronica Speedwell teams up with her natural-history

debut novel concerns 16th-century prophecies and a modern-day murder mystery, linked through time by a historian Historian Alison Sage recently made the discovery of a lifetime--she unearthed the fabled writings detailing More Historical Fiction Favorites This is Jennifer N. Brown's first novel. She is a historian and a nonfiction author with several other works to her credit. For more historical fiction Bossy favorites, please check out the Greedy Reading Lists and titles here

Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a bitingly funny, poignant book of essays; a candid memoir of abuse and inner strength; two fascinating historical fiction stories; an unorthodox friendship my full review of I'm Glad My Mom Died. 03 Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese Hester is richly imagined historical Ore by Olivia Hawker Hawker offers irresistible details of daily life and historical elements that add The author's note explains the historical events at play and illuminates the ways in which Hawker's historical

For memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Musicians ' Memoirs that Sing Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality

If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow You  and Six More Short Story Collections I Loved .

I mentioned this book in my Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore. about the Appalachian South, including Fair and Tender Ladies, On Agate Hill, The Last Girls, and Oral History

click here to find my review of Malibu Rising, and you can find my glowing review of Daisy Jones & the Six in the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music.

There Were Wolves . 05 Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry Henry's story-within-a-story adds a historical 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 loved A Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical

novel This Time It's Real , read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year , Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , and memoirs Garlic and Sapphires  and Tender at the Bone  were both listed in my Greedy Reading List of Six

I included The Power in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels. You can find more books like this on the Greedy Reading List Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic

extensive; the many points of view may explain some comparisons of this book to Daisy Jones and the Six ( a book I included in the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music ).

you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.

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

toward light fiction, but I've got a mystery, a great novel by Allison Larkin, and a wonderfully witchy historical Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six I mentioned Life After Life in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life For more summer reads, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism like Chris Bohjalian's witch hunt-focused Hour of the Witch or the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six

is still on my to-read list), Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War, and the upcoming (to be published next week) historical

Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: a wonderful story about a grumpy female I mentioned Naomi Alderman's novel The Power in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Dystopian and You might also want to check out the books on the Greedy Reading List Six More Fascinating Dystopian here for my full review of The Future. 03 North Woods by Daniel Mason Mason's novel isn't simply a historical But North Woods isn't a charming historical fiction novel.

you're intrigued by time-travel stories, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, and Six Second-Chance

reading Micaiah Johnson's science-fiction novel Those Beyond the Wall; I'm listening to Kristin Hannah's historical Kristin Hannah I loved Kristin Hannah's book The Nightingale and mentioned it in my Greedy Reading List Six

Life of an Ordinary Man to be available through my library, I started watching The Last Movie Stars, a six-part If you love memoirs, you might like some of the books on my many Bossy lists of favorites: Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out, Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore, Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore, Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite, and Six Musicians' Memoirs

Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched, witchy, historical thriller with fantastic details of the Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical thriller with fantastic details of the time that If you like stories about witches, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Wonderfully

I'm listening to The Personal Librarian, historical fiction with race and art at the heart of it, set Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray The Personal Librarian is Benedict and Murray's historical I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light listed other heartbreaking and beautiful memoirs about facing death and loss in the Greedy Reading List Six