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- 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/4/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to literary fiction with a story within a story that's been on
- 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/2/23 Edition
book, Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be by Frank Bruni; I'm reading Josie Silver's newest romantic fiction publication tomorrow, A Winter in New York; and I'm listening to the first in Sara Donati's historical fiction chef who moves to New York City in hopes of a fresh start--and is quickly intimidated by the scope and action
- 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, 3/13/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to William Kent Krueger's historical fiction novella set on the Louisa Morgan (author of A Secret History of Witches); and I'm reading the upcoming Hello Beautiful, fiction
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/24/23 Edition
Perilous Undertaking, the second in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction
- Review of Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
For more books I've loved, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Six Novels I Loved Reading Last Year
This list is made up of more fiction I've loved, whether quirky, poignant, or attention-grabbing. lays them alongside Big Moments of Realization--which often require grace and forgiveness, other times action Unsolicited Advice for Murderers. 04 North Woods by Daniel Mason Mason's novel isn't simply a historical fiction But North Woods isn't a charming historical fiction novel. Click here for my full review of North Woods. 05 Big Swiss by Jen Beagin Jen Beagin's literary fiction
- Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love
This is magical realism, folklore, and historical fiction wrapped up in one very interesting read. 05 The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo The Night Tiger is a wonderful historical fiction mystery and love I also listed this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You .
- Review of We Must Not Think of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein
Stories of various characters are interwoven through the historical fiction novel and add depth to the
- ICYMI: My Very Favorite Reads from the First Half of 2021
I loved Soulmate Equation for solid light fiction. It's fun and romantic with great characters. is brothers with the prolific and talented young adult author John Green, and the two also put out science
- Review of Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine
Erin Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction explores the life of Junie, an enslaved young
- Six More Books about Brave Female Spies
In Williams's historical fiction mystery, which skips back and forth in time, four years later, Iris's I looove a historical fiction mystery. If you do too, you might want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction The Invisible Woman is historical fiction about the real-life World War II-era spy Virginia Hall. The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer
- Review of Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, my book club's most recent read, it's In Williams's historical fiction mystery, which skips back and forth in time, four years later, Iris's
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/2/25 Edition
nonfiction about the Westminster Dog Show, Dogland ; I'm listening to Carys Davies's luminous historical fiction
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
plays with time, a book that plays with memory, a musician's memoir, Roaring Twenties-set historical fiction , postapocalyptic fiction, and the newest in a young adult mystery series. This gorgeously written postapocalyptic climate-fiction story offers up a future in which civilization review of The Box in the Woods. 04 Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin Harkin's fascinating debut speculative fiction I love fiction about memory and how it shapes us, and I thought Harkin's Tell Me an Ending was wonderful
- Review of My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan
My Oxford Year is my favorite kind of romance; Whelan uses a light-fiction structure to take on seriously
- Review of The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
illustrating the interconnectedness of grief, love, community, and nature in this heartwarming literary fiction The ending section is lovely, with heartwarming promise, hope, resolution, and a fig-tree-related revelation
- Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
full review of Small Things Like These. 03 The Night Ship by Jess Kidd Kidd's dual-timeline historical fiction The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines four Bossy stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction In The Trackers, Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier offers historical fiction featuring a Great Depression-era If you're interested in Great Depression-era historical fiction like I am, you might also like the books
- Review of Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
loyalty, and I rejoiced when his characters crafted their chosen relationships into a satisfying pod that functioned This book was listed in the Greedy Reading List Six More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year.
- Review of A Family Matter by Claire Lynch
I read this engrossing family story in a day and can't wait to read future fiction by Claire Lynch.
- Review of Tilt by Emma Pattee
More about Emma Pattee Emma Pattee is a climate journalist as well as a fiction writer.
- Review of Only Pretty Damned by Niall Howard
I listened to Niall Howell's debut, Only Pretty Damned, noir historical fiction set behind the scenes Toby is chillingly without remorse and evolves into an almost purely vengeful person, manipulating his actions
- Review of The Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown
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 fiction novel Wingwalkers
- Review of The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
Hartnett is also the author of the wonderful novel Unlikely Animals , which was one of my Bossy Favorite Fiction
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Maggie Smith's beautiful memoir about divorce and life; Go As a River, Shelley Read's debut historical fiction set in mid-century rural Colorado; Illuminations, Mary Sharratt's historical fiction about a walled-in River. 05 Illuminations by Mary Sharratt Sharratt's carefully researched, richly detailed historical fiction Mary Sharratt offers an exhaustively researched, fascinating historical fiction account of the life of Mary Sharratt also wrote Revelations, historical fiction about the life of Margery of Kempe, a mother
- Review of Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds,
- Review of The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett
In Robert Jackson Bennett's novel, The Tainted Cup , he blends a rich, historical fiction-feeling story
- Shhh! Coffee Table Bossy Book Gift Ideas
Science and Nature Bossy Book Gift Ideas Shhh! Holiday Cookbook Gift Ideas Shhh!
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/7/25 Edition
If you like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/21/22 Edition
in a boarding school for deaf students; and I'm reading Tell Me an Ending, Jo Harkin's speculative fiction golden-child student and star athlete--positioned for attention in a mosque--for the police to take action language and the crucial role of community. 03 Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin Jo Harkin's speculative fiction
- Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads
This was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction (and served as the inspiration for this Macintyre's nonfiction book was wonderful; it really read to me like fiction. carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction and I admittedly may have been a little mentally off, but I initially thought this not only read like fiction but was fiction.
- Review of Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Jimenez offers humor, spicy moments, and romance while incorporating weighty issues into her light fiction If you like lighter fiction, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction
- Review of The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
In Kate Quinn's newest historical fiction, she shares the story of a real World War II figure, a Russian Based on a true story, The Diamond Eye is Kate Quinn's most recent historical fiction wonder. Kate Quinn is a master of historical fiction and is the author of the fantastic titles The Huntress,
- Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads
This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction. please see Dear Edward. 05 The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati In The Gilded Hour, Donati shapes a historical fiction I loved digging into this 750-page historical fiction wonder.
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Shark Heart was surprisingly poignant speculative fiction. of The Book of Doors. 05 Queens of London by Heather Webb Queens of London is fascinating historical fiction Arden, author of the captivating Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious, haunting historical fiction
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/24 Edition
and garnering sympathy from Sadie, whose shadowy bosses in government and business are directing her actions of Nottingham, things get complicated for both Mariel and Clem in this sassy, fun, queer historical fiction
- Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music
Here are six of my favorite fiction works that have to do with rock and roll, writing songs, performing (The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones & the Six, mentioned below.) Utopia Avenue contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life Nick Hornby is also the author of High Fidelity-- another fictional book about music that I could have In Daisy Jones & the Six, Reid offers a fictionalized account (written as fictional interviews) of the
- Review of Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock
I love a historical fiction story set in Appalachia , and I also love to read books about books .
- My Very Favorite 2021 Reads So Far
I loved Soulmate Equation for solid light fiction. It's fun and romantic with great characters. is brothers with the prolific and talented young adult author John Green, and the two also put out science
- Review of The Summer War by Naomi Novik
My Extensive Love for Naomi Novik's Fiction Naomi Novik is the author of richly wrought fantasy novels
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/29/25 Edition
the latest Cormoran Strike mystery, The Hallmarked Man ; and I'm reading Ian McEwan's newest literary fiction
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/12/26 Edition
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, 1/5/25 Edition
The secretive, haunted author has attempted to work through the pain and complications of her past by fictionalizing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/22/23 Edition
listening to Lucinda Williams's memoir, Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You; I'm reading a light-fiction Reading List Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing. 02 This Time It's Real by Ann Liang In Ann Liang's light fiction
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: time travel, historical fiction, a mother's Treacherous Curse. 03 Chenneville by Paulette Jiles Jiles's newest stark, beautiful, heartbreaking historical fiction I got full-body chills when I saw that Paulette Jiles had a new historical fiction novel coming out. moments with those lost to us) or evil (creating a whirlwind of negative feeling that shapes others' actions full review of Time's Mouth. 05 Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue Donoghue's captivating historical fiction
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/28/22 Edition
Smith's light fiction about an emotionally distant father and daughter trying to find connection on a 01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow In Williams's historical fiction mystery, four years later, Iris's twin sister Ruth finally receives light fiction novel The Unsinkable Greta James, Greta is an up-and-coming indie rock star whose father
- Review of The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
The author's historical fiction romance-writing is evident here, in contrast to the tone of The Last story is summarized rather than shown, and I felt that I could see evidence of Martin's historical fiction
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
This month my favorite reads were a missing-person camp story in two timelines; literary fiction set in Belfast during The Troubles; literary fiction about two brothers coping with the death of their father by Naomi Novik Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional
















































