Brown's debut novel, historical fiction in dual timelines about modern historians and a 16th century 01 The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke Six authors, many strangers to each other, and each one Brown Historian Alison Sage recently made the discovery of a lifetime--she unearthed the fabled writings The discovery of the book means Alison is invited to the exclusive Codex Consortium, where select historians

In this historical fiction-fantasy, characters from Dickens's tale are plunged into a dark, powerful The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep , The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door , Heartless , and The Shadow Histories

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 bloodline while falling in love with

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Shattuck offers faulted protagonists and a fascinating, complicated set of factors in her World War II historical Her historical fiction story hooked me. For more World War II stories, check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about

To look up at the nighttime sky is to become a part of a long line of people throughout human history of Carrie Soto Is Back , The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo , Malibu Rising , and Daisy Jones & the Six

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Here are my six favorite reads of May. The Gods of Howl Mountain, and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War. review of Wolvers. 02 The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett The Help author's 656-page Depression-set historical click here for my full review of Yesteryear. 05 All in Her Hands (Nora Beady #3) by Audrey Blake I love historical

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Marjan Kamali's The Lion Women of Tehran is historical fiction that begins in 1950s Tehran, where young You might also want to check out these books featuring friends like family and these historical fiction

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a dare, she hopped onto an open mic stage, spouted off comedic takes on her life, and the rest was history of the Year when I read it, as well as the novel Rabbit Cake . 03 Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History also the author of the nonfiction collection of essays The Anthropocene Reviewed (which was one of my six

Here are my six favorite reads of the past month. There's suspense, memoir, science fiction, and historical fiction here. The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer War II story about strong women making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite, and Six Powerful Memoirs about

I listened to Niall Howell's debut, Only Pretty Damned, noir historical fiction set behind the scenes You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Spooky, Gothic Tales.

DeLozier's debut novel is richly detailed historical fiction set in fourteenth-century Avignon. In Elizabeth DeLozier's historical fiction Eleanore of Avignon , it's 1347, and the titular character At various turns, DeLozier showcases historically accurate, dangerous demonstrations of men's fears of

The luminous novel Orbital tracks six astronauts in the International Space Station for one day as they Samantha Harvey's astronaut-focused novel Orbital traces a single day in the lives of six astronauts In Orbital , Harvey takes the ultimate locked-room setting of six people in a small space, orbiting 250 designated bathroom, while the other astronauts are only "allowed" to use the second bathroom--a rule the six The six space-station astronauts are circling the earth without traveling anywhere, they reflect, while

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

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.

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

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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 .

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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

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nonfiction book about a famous female Russian spy during the Cold War; and I'm reading The Invisible Woman, historical Macintyre also wrote the fantastic Spy and the Traitor, which was one of my Six Favorite Nonfiction Books of the Year last year and which I also listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books If you like reading about female spies, you might like the Greedy Reading List Six Books about Brave but also poignant, and I loved it. 03 The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman is a historical

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, 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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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

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

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.

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

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