Bourdain does have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after

German countryside set against a background of the unpredictable violence and destruction of World War The Ragged Edge of Night centers around a World War II-era friar-turned-husband, Anton Starzmann, during the dark days of the war.

character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars

There's a minor, secondhand, yet powerful focus on the brutality and destruction of war, but also significant But when the warden drops him off at home, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm hitched

the show, but she comes on to yodel (her grandparents came to Alaska from Switzerland around World War

She finds that she may be the only hope to save her war-torn country.

character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars

In twentieth-century Idaho, elderly Zeno has lived a life filled with yearning, war, and unexpected late-in-life

Her father seems to have had post-war PTSD, which manifests itself in bursts of anger, a difficulty holding

storytellers represented here range from John Turturro to Tig Notaro; from a young female spy during World War

In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After, Wamariya recalls her experiences through

Florence Adler Swims Forever ​ This lovely debut from Rachel Beanland takes place just before World War

character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars

She finds that she may be the only hope to save her war-torn country.

and loss--all set against a background of Beirut, a city shaped by and "smoldering with the legacy of war

He does have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after the

In twentieth-century Idaho, elderly Zeno has lived a life filled with yearning, war, and unexpected late-in-life Although successful young novelist Alice just met Felix, a young man working in a warehouse in the seaside

Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty. Locke as his ward since her beloved, offbeat father disappeared during a trip to acquire artifacts for

Trained as a warrior and now a queen, she must cope with brutality and frustrating circumstances in this understand Clytemnestra's motivations, her growing ferocity, her undying loyalty, and how her training as a warrior I loved how much warmth Thorne injected into this story; bighearted sci-fi is my absolute favorite type

But when she stumbles into a warehouse party full of misfits embracing their otherness, Elise begins

Trained as a warrior and now a queen, she must cope with brutality and frustrating circumstances in this understand Clytemnestra's motivations, her growing ferocity, her undying loyalty, and how her training as a warrior The feminist tone of the novel doesn't feel out of step with an ancient time; it feels like warranted

fascination with postapocalyptic and dystopian books, and I think it's for the same reason I'm captivated by wartime When she angers a local warlord and becomes eager to escape her world, she's relieved to secure promises

I loved how much warmth Thorne injected into this story; bighearted sci-fi is my absolute favorite type

young girl in Nova Scotia, she stumbles onto Clay and his island and enters into a mysterious time warp

The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones is dark, edgy, yet also warm, with mature magic-focused plot points

The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones is dark, edgy, yet also warm, with mature magic-focused plot points

type of book I had hoped Lev Grossman's (for me, grim) The Magicians would be: dark, edgy, yet also warm

her future again and became a hard-working comedian who opened for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and then warranted

We hear from Odessa Cross, the Princess of Quentis, who is on a quest to find her missing warrior husband

We hear from Odessa Cross, the Princess of Quentis, who is on a quest to find her missing warrior husband

Henry brings her signature warmth, great banter, and sultry romance to this story within a story.

Boleyn she is promptly hanged and then beheaded, with her disembodied head placed upon a spike as a warning

which she was promptly hanged and then beheaded, with her disembodied head placed upon a spike as a warning

personal and societal circumstances in mid-1800s London and imagining his efforts to teach thievery to his wards the place and time, exposes Victorian London's stark class contrasts, and presents the filthy rabbit warren fiction novel from Quinn is a departure from much of my favorite Quinn fiction--brave women during wartime

This 1000-page fantasy novel is intense, brutal (significant trigger warnings are warranted), extremely

desire for individuality and imagination; emotional frigidity in the face of a crushing desire for warmth

build across the ocean through Hanff's particular book requests and life commentary, Frank's steady, warm The memoir's back-and-forth gems illuminate the evolving wartime struggles of British citizens such as

but the issues explored within that time around women's lack of autonomy in all areas of their lives warrant

build across the ocean through Hanff's particular book requests and life commentary, Frank's steady, warm

being poisoned, Anja must not only navigate the ins and outs of royal customs, adjust her practical wardrobe The ruthless young competitors are warriors and strategists who have been cultivating the skills and

All of this feels warranted. the dramatic development of a romantic relationship when death is breathing down their necks feels warranted

thinks he deserves anything he lays eyes upon and who resists any sense that his deadly entitlement warrants

Samantha is a scholarship MFA student at the progressive Warren University in New England.

later in the novel the young woman realizes that "woodworking" wasn't meant to be a handbook, but a warning

heartbreak; the chilling notion that a partner in a decades-long marriage could wake up and leave without warning plausible, and for the circumstances of the book and Cate's phases of identity to therefore exist and feel warranted

Amity Gaige's Heartwood  offers the story of Beverly, a dedicated Maine State Game Warden who has fought

The reveal is immensely disturbing and makes various characters' sinister suspicions feel more than warranted

heartbreak; the chilling notion that a partner in a decades-long marriage could wake up and leave without warning

plausible, and for the circumstances of the book and Cate's phases of identity to therefore exist and feel warranted

Samantha is a scholarship MFA student at the progressive Warren University in New England. later in the novel the young woman realizes that "woodworking" wasn't meant to be a handbook, but a warning