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The list skews toward light fiction, but I've got a mystery, a great novel by Allison Larkin, and a wonderfully witchy historical fiction read on here as well. Read was one of my favorite books last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction review of this book, please see Life After Life. 05 Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon This light fiction For more summer reads, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism

Towles crafts a solid historical fiction adventure for his young-men protagonists, balancing weighty

There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has explored every different the cons aims to right some wrongs in two of the characters' shared (but mysterious and complicated) history It's action-packed but character driven. might also like titles from the Greedy Reading Lists The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. 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 I loved this literary fiction--the increasing vulnerability and search for connection after heartache

While history is what happened, it is also, just as important, how we think about what happened and what spearheaded by Nikole Hannah-Jones at The New York Times Magazine, an array of contributors reframe the history I listened to this book, which explores history such as that of Black music and appropriation; decades The 1619 Project highlights tragic, uncomfortable aspects of our nation's history in an important work

This is the third Paulette Jiles Civil War-era historical fiction book I've read and adored.

Ian McEwan's new literary fiction looks back upon our present with a cutting 2119 eye. , our brave and hubristic present-day existence, and fictional yet hauntingly plausible dangers. forms of music festivals, and people's gardening and cooking, their need for holidays, extreme sports, historical upstaged by her egomaniac husband's much-hyped work, and she realizes that within the corona he has fictionalized For more Bossy reviews of literary fiction titles, please check out the posts at this link .

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Black Woods, Blue Sky , literary fiction about a single mother Now she's glumly working at the historic Morning House, giving tours and talking about Prohibition, stained But the person who brought her to the house has disappeared, and Morning House has a gruesome history

01 Rednecks by Taylor Brown In this mix of fictional and fascinating historical elements, Brown crafts The true events that inspired the book are shocking and often read like fiction--the cutthroat, sometimes full review of Bride . 03 The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard The Other Valley  is literary fiction Howard's literary speculative fiction explores fate, free will, changing the past and implications for characters Jack and Elizabeth try to find their way back to an emotional connection in this literary fiction

I'm sooooo very excited to be reading each of these books: Blake Crouch's upcoming science fiction, Upgrade ; Gabrielle Zevin's upcoming science fiction Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow; and Kelly Barnhill's speculative fiction, When Women Were Dragons. NetGalley. 03 When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill In Kelly Barnhill's When Women Were Dragons, a historic Through various preserved historic accounts and young Alexandra Green's observations, the reader begins

the beautiful, heart-wrenching An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination . 02 The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans The Office of Historical Corrections offers so much to unpack; Evans's In The Office of Historical Corrections , Evans offers short stories centering around themes of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those who shape historical "fact," as well as grief and Click here for my full review of The Office of Historical Corrections . 03 Both Ways Is the Only Way

Patrick Ryan's literary fiction traces decades of the messy, poignant lives of two families shaped by In Patrick Ryan's literary fiction title Buckeye , which begins before World War II and spans to the Ryan sometimes offers what feel more like lists of historical, societal events than developed factors

Characters come off as less realistic than their fictionalized versions (who are main protagonists of story inside a story), and the ability of those with money and power to manipulate the truth into pure fiction often more interesting and potentially bolstering to a powerful persona than the elaborately imagined fiction The desire to rewrite history in this way reveals a silly, petulant wealthy main character who is easy

She read the words on the paper out loud: “History is not your destiny. Uncover your destiny, and you will remake history.” Stout is also the author of the Penelope Crumb series, the Not-So-Ordinary Girl books, and the historical

Females are overshadowed, abused, and generally wronged throughout the book, a reflection of realistic, historic This cover style says "light fiction" to me, but this book addresses deeper issues--of what it means

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

This short novel explores an alternate-history, near-future, post-war San Francisco in which robots come I love a science-fiction story in which elements of humanity are explored, I love an alternate-history

Ocean Vuong's literary fiction offers unexpected bonds between characters coping with desperation, addiction Issues of memory, chosen family, history, loneliness, and love shape Vuong's novel, and the author forces The section on hog butchering may be an eye opener for anyone (anyone?) The unexpected bonds that form throughout the book, both at the fictional fast-food chain HomeMarket This is literary fiction with a bite; Vuong's prose is often luminous or gritty, and the author doesn't

I loved the rich historical detail and meticulous research evident in the text.

The fantasy-science-fiction novel Moonbound spans time and splits into several stories, for me never In Robin Sloan's science-fiction-fantasy tale Moonbound , it's eleven thousand years in the future, and The dragons are a large part of the history--and are purported to exercise control over humans and creatures

The Hero of This Book straddles the line between fiction and memoir, as the book feels like a deeply The freedom one fictional man grants you is immeasurable. The blurred line between fact and fiction allows the true heart of the book, a daughter's wonder, grief

during university years and decades afterward, Heart the Lover ; I'm listening to Ann Leckie's science fiction NetGalley. 02 Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) by Ann Leckie In the first in Leckie's science fiction long-distance boyfriend) David in London, they cook up detailed research plans and immersion in the history

inrigue, mythology, magic, and battles--but I'm not sure I fully grasped the intricacies of the political histories I listed Amina in the Greedy Reading List Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I

a dare, she hopped onto an open mic stage, spouted off comedic takes on her life, and the rest was history Hartnett is also the author of the wonderful novel Unlikely Animals , which was one of my Bossy Favorite Fiction of the Year when I read it, as well as the novel Rabbit Cake . 03 Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History

through the presence of this accompanying female spirit, which ties Annis to her ancestry and family history presented as powerful, and it is able to control storms, but its advice, based upon accounts of the histories In order to see the story through, I kept reminding myself that I was bearing witness to a fictional

characters Jack and Elizabeth try to find their way back to an emotional connection in this literary fiction We learn about Elizabeth and Jack's histories and motivations, their stunted emotional statuses and the

ICYMI: Smith evokes a vivid sense of the regional South in her fiction, and in this memoir she traces Lee Smith has written numerous fictional stories about the Appalachian South, including Fair and Tender Ladies, On Agate Hill, The Last Girls, and Oral History.

exquisite, the strong-woman elements are irresistible, and despite what felt like slow pacing while historical In Kelly Barnhill's When Women Were Dragons, a historic event has occurred but is being denied by the Through various preserved historic accounts and young Alexandra Green's observations, the reader begins

For classic light fiction and rom-com titles that are also great for summer reading, check out these In The Vanishing Half , Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell In Utopia Avenue , Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional The book contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life musicians here . 05 When These Mountains Burn by David Joy Joy offers an often dark work of Southern literary fiction

The Robot Books It's been a long time since I've talked about science fiction and robot stories. And you can find Bossy science-fiction favorites at this link . Have you read any of these books? 01 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers Chambers's science fiction 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.

He tracks historical concerns, ways of thinking, and trends in political parties. I was particularly interested in the history of political leanings and the reasoning for the entrenched Within a section about when regulation really may solve major problems, Haidt notes a fascinating theory level-headed thought, care, compassion, and reason, and so full of destructive pride, cruel and limiting actions

The playful tone and clever main protagonist in Olivia Waite's science-fiction novella make for an appealing In Olivia Waite's slim science-fiction mystery, Dorothy wakes up...in a body that's not her own. tone of this novella (it's 112 pages) is playful--it reminded me somewhat of Becky Chambers's science fiction For more of my Bossy science-fiction favorites, check out the titles at this link .

Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history

More about Emma Pattee Emma Pattee is a climate journalist as well as a fiction writer. Northwest in the next 50 years, and that it would be one of the biggest natural disasters in North American history

crew, the mystery and suspicion, and most of all the character-driven storyline in Kitasei's science fiction In Yume Kitasei's science fiction thriller The Deep Sky, a mission to deep space is disrupted by an explosion Asuka is intelligent and capable, but she was chosen for the once-in-history journey as an alternate, and AI, Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels, and Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction

The Paradise Problem is the perfect light fiction read to close out the summer, with a high-stakes fake In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Light Fictions 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

More Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Adorable rom-coms can be perfect summertime reading. If you're into lighter fiction with some romance and often some laughs, you might also like the books 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 Six More Great Light Fiction Stories Six of My Favorite Rom-Com This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved.

college students, a death, and a missing girl; and I'm reading Sleeping Giants, Rene Denfeld's literary fiction Our main protagonist, Commander Graham Gore (based upon a real figure from history), has been whisked I've read and reviewed another book called Sleeping Giants; that one was a science fiction story by Sylvain

book has a major twist, made even more interesting by listening to the audio version. 03 Office of Historical She uses everyday moments to illustrate how the truth of history can be skewed and determined by who title novella, a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical bravery; a mystery with a twist; and a collection of stories about race, relationships, and the power of history

training college for wartime dragon riders, Fourth Wing; I'm reading Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction about dragons. 02 The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction with her clients, as she keeps explaining to them) who is fake dating a nice man and attending family functions 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.

In The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans offers short stories centering around themes of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those shaping historical "fact," grief, and loss. In the longest story in the book, at approximately 100 pages, "The Office of Historical Corrections, " a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical For my full review of this book, please see The Office of Historical Corrections. 03 Outlawed by Anna

and the beautiful, heart-wrenching An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination. 02 The Office of Historical In The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans offers short stories centering around themes of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those who shape historical "fact," as well as grief and loss Click here for my full review of The Office of Historical Corrections. 03 Both Ways Is the Only Way I

enormous and are important to all of us, every day, and she wraps them in an immensely readable work of fiction How much of what we consider fact and truth is skewed by our histories, our prejudices, our privilege

author to her work--and how a story can take on a life of its own--in this novel featuring a science fiction After the feverish writing of her successful science fiction story, she is unable to write a sequel. This is literary fiction with portions of science fiction, and I adored the portions of Rusted Robots

Toya Gardner has returned from Atlanta to her rural North Carolina town to track her family's history When two terrible crimes shake the small community, they also bring to light generations of dark history You can click here to find fiction and nonfiction books I've read and reviewed that explore issues of

grief, loss, family conflicts, strangers' bonds, and sticky moral dilemmas related to a speculative-fiction allows those who are grieving or coping with tragedy to soften their emotions and emerge better able to function

tropical-island-set rom-com The Paradise Problem ; I'm listening to Moonbound , Robin Sloan's fantasy-science-fiction 01 The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West 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 . 02 Moonbound by Robin Sloan In Robin Sloan's science-fiction-fantasy tale Moonbound , it's eleven thousand years

explanations that interrupted the progression of the novel, the slow pacing throughout, the abrupt breaks in action In the first in Leckie's Imperial Radch science fiction trilogy, Breq is AI trapped in a human soldier's extensive page time, while the action at hand takes only a moment. Science Fiction Reads I've Loved Check out the titles at this link (or search on the blog) for lists of science fiction reads I've loved, or for individual titles or aspects ( ragtag space crew, anyone

ICYMI: This fictionalized version of a first lady's personal history from the talented Curtis Sittenfeld In American Wife, Sittenfeld takes a few facts from Laura Bush's life and the Bush family history and

gothic mystery about a finder of missing girls from Erin Kate Ryan; and I'm listening to Dawnie Wilton's fictional musical history, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev. Ryan explores various alternate histories and life tracks for Paula Jean while "Mary" digs more deeply Publishing Group. 03 The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fictional Sunny Shelton shapes an oral history of her two idols, tracing their family lives, youthful experiences