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Hart's debut novel links women in three timelines through blood and a powerful connection to the natural world In Weyward, Emilia Hart's story of witchcraft and the natural world, she explores three timelines of In 1942, as World War II disrupts the world, Violet is stuck in her family's ramshackle estate when she , struggle against the binds society attempts to put upon them, connect powerfully with the natural world

War II. Quinn's character-driven post-World War II story was wonderful, with compelling and lush detail about I'm in for all of the World War II-set books with tough, brave female protagonists, and especially female This World War II-era story of female pilots and spies is written in two points of view. War II about a family stretched to its limits in the face of the horrors of Nazi-occupied France.

News of the World and Simon the Fiddler are two more by Paulette Jiles that I've waxed poetic about on Jiles also wrote the wonderful News of the World and Simon the Fiddler. 02 Fallen Land by Taylor Brown Ava's family is gone, killed by war. I don't reckon there's much honor left in the world now, but they had it that day and I honor them on the tension and making clear the high stakes of Williams’s enormous secret and the destruction that would

complications, each of these novels captivates with its plausible look inside a secret, "glamorous" world Love Experiment . 06 One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London One to Watch  is engrossing escapism into a world one of them), Bea is surprised when a show producer reaches out to her with an unexpected question: Would

War II; and Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction about a wolf War II in this historical fiction inspired by a true story. War II. War II, filling in gaps with researched, plausible, but imagined--and captivating--details and events I was hooked by Long's world-building, her evocative, immersive descriptions of the cold climate, and

unforgiving, beautiful, wild land, the women face dangers and surprises in order to bring the written word The Ship of Brides (mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II), and other novels.

The story's later timeline takes place in the time of World War II as Daphne, an intelligent and educated

Why strangers needed to ask about a person's appearance, gender, or physical makeup at all he would likely Al Hess's World Running Down tracks the adventures, challenges, unexpected meetings, and joys of a trans I love a dystopian story, and this setup as well as the unorthodox relationship at the heart of World

dread—intermixed with sparks of hope—that sustained Vera and Edith in Hungary and Germany during the war creative routes to survival as single young women in Naples along with jarring adjustments to post-war

War II-set historical fiction follows a Jewish resistance fighter and spy through the Warsaw Ghetto The details of World War II and of resistance to the Nazis are heartstopping, and I was hooked on each Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. But by 1914, World War I is drawing most of these young boys into a swirl of wartime horrors. You might also be interested in these Bossy reviews of books set during World War I .

Marilynne Robinson that's focused on a meandering romance between an unlikely pair of characters just after World War II. hobgoblin by his side, Buck Foi, for adventure and more of their somewhat grumpy attempts to save the world Marilynne Robinson, focuses on a meandering romance between an unlikely pair of characters just after World War II.

Isobel's needlework and the colors she sees in the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous War II in this historical fiction inspired by a true story. War II. War II, filling in gaps with researched, plausible, but imagined--and captivating--details and events is a window to the greater world.

in McMinn County unless the corrupt Machine profited by it...until the local GIs returned home from World War II and decided to set things right again for their families and community. The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in World War II.

War II about a young girl balancing two worlds and families; Boys I Know, Anna Gracia's debut, young War II. [She was] caught between two worlds...one old England and one New. War II. Her explorations threaten to destroy her relationship with her mother even past the world-war-level disagreements

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti, my book club's 01 A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti Chakrabarti's A Play for the End of the World takes A survivor of the World War II Warsaw Ghetto, Jaryk Smith arrives in New York City and falls in love

In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander writes gorgeously about Ficre Ghebreyesus, the husband she lost suddenly; the elements that made him irreplaceable to her and to the world; and the impossibility I mentioned The Light of the World in my Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore.

The Skylark's Secret has a dual timeline; the story is set in rural Scotland during World War II and Flora and her village are supporting the war effort, temporarily taking in children from Great Britain's brother as well as their childhood friend, the laird's son, are both serving in the military, and as luck would Valpy also wrote The Dressmaker's Gift, another World War II-era story (this time, set in Paris) with

Sheriff Brody Dern must face his own postwar demons when he confronts a Native American World War II

differing points of view regarding the same chain of events in this rural South Carolina community after World War II. teaches at Western Carolina University) is also the author of other books set in Appalachia: Serena, The World

Thornton draws both of the women into his world by offering to be their patron. friend Suzanne recently suggested that I read this book despite my recent feelings that I'm maxed out on World War II-set novels, and I'm so glad she did! Would Adam be willing to help them gather the stories that shape so many lives? Los Angeles and is adjusting to the showy personas she's encountering and the process of shifting her words

O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , studious Tarquin Mercator is the unlikely heir Pollution and multiple worlds' destruction drives the plot, and various characters' belief in their own

allies who are also seeking the truth about the house--and who want to protect its legacy from those who would Thistlefoot includes some scenes in which World War II atrocities are central; delves into the desperation

In fact, the whole world seems to be in terrible danger. she'll need to cooperate with her nemesis Rika Nonesuch, the cat burglar, in order to try to save the world I didn't follow all of the echo world-building, in which things are similar to yet different from earlier I listened to The Last Hour Between Worlds  as an audiobook.

Could she--would she do such a thing? --and maybe even help them prosecute war crimes. World War II historical fiction, a tough female protagonist, a mission of uncovering war criminals in For my full review, see Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook. One spooky suspense story, one World War II historical fiction title, and one combination: a spooky historical

Athens by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in World War II. The book's subtitle is And How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful, Armed Rebellion since the , called Empress Carlotta by the people, is behind the scenes in Mexico running things for Napoleon III

Books about the natural world or how things work seem to best lend themselves to being read at one's Philip Ball In Beautiful Experiments, Philip Ball ventures to answer questions such as How does the world What is the world made from? What is light? What is life? And How do organisms behave? to make earth-shaking discoveries while reflecting on how we came to understand the way in which the world out to run the rough, boulder-strewn Colorado River, recognized as the most dangerous river in the world

romance while incorporating weighty issues into her light fiction opposites-attract story Part of Your World In Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez takes on a meet-cute between a rural renaissance man (he's the small-town And she can't bring Daniel into her world, because her parents would literally disown her and never speak access to health care, domestic abuse, and emotional abuse, as well as a personal reckoning in which the warring Told in alternating points of view from Daniel and Alexis, Part of Your World is romantic, often funny

unlikely allied force of students faces the aftermath of their ambitious book two plan to save the world protagonists I love. 03 Weyward by Emilia Hart In Weyward, Emilia Hart's story of witchcraft and the natural world In 1942, as World War II disrupts the world, Violet is stuck in her family's ramshackle estate when she

I listened to All the Beauty in the World  as an audiobook.

Reading Now I'm listening to The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher's memoir focused on the early Star Wars I'm reading The Invisible Woman, historical fiction from Erika Robuck based on the life and work of World War II-era spy Virginia Hall. Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman is a historical fiction book about the life of real World War II-era spy Virginia Hall.

The wilderness and isolation of the story combined with the looming dangers posed by the outside world They have no electricity, no family, and almost no connection to the outside world. strategies for him and especially for his beloved Finch in order to ensure that her best interests would memoir about her Japanese-American grandparents and their experiences in an internment camp during World War II, as well as the novel Fallen Mountains, a mystery set in rural Pennsylvania.

War II. [She was] caught between two worlds...one old England and one New. Beyond That, the Sea tells the story of two families on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. stun medieval British society with her vow of celibacy and ambitious pilgrimage halfway around the world

She can travel through the multiverse, but only to worlds where another version of herself no longer She collects off-world data, the purpose of which has never been of interest to her--she's more focused But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking secrets are revealed that connect various worlds and shake Cara to her core. In some worlds, Cara recognizes common characteristics in those she loves or fears; she sometimes barely

Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny's collaborative story of suspense inside the White House and around the world In Taylor Brown's upcoming historical fiction novel Wingwalkers (to be published tomorrow), a former World War II ace pilot and his daring wingwalking wife travel Depression-era America, wowing audiences and In Steelstriker, the second and final book in the duology, the last free nation in the world has been to an underling in the Oval Office--and violent terrorist attacks soon begin taking place around the world

The Invisible Woman is historical fiction about the real-life World War II-era spy Virginia Hall. She's beginning to wonder if good can possibly overcome evil in this interminable war, but her ragtag

This is a wonderfully paced and recounted Cold War-era true story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, The Spy and the Traitor is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue double agent for Britain’s MI6, to be appointed Resident in the KGB—and to ultimately help end the Cold War He does an excellent job of immersing the reader in Cold War-era mindsets, priorities, and sometimes *Spoiler* This may not be an enormous spoiler, since Gordievsky would not have lived (or at the very

In This is How You Lose the Time War, authors El-Mohtar and Gladstone present rival elite agents, Red and Blue, who exist on opposite sides of an immense futuristic war. One warring creature comes from a technologically based world; the other is from a world of gardens and This is How You Lose the Time War is only about 200 pages, and there are some clever twists toward the

Quinn’s The Rose Code, historical fiction about the women who broke codes at Bletchley Park during World War II.

What in the World?!   But her memoir also traces her youth (when she imagined that she would find fame in some way), her first marriage to her current husband, the birth and joy of her kids, her rocky start in entertainment--and the world-rocking I listened to What in the World?!  as an audiobook read by the author.

Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader , providing eager listeners along his route with news of the world. Jiles also wrote Simon the Fiddler, set after the Civil War, in which Captain Kidd makes a brief appearance

in each of the other interconnected timelines, as we see privileged Martha Jackson dive into the art world stun medieval British society with her vow of celibacy and ambitious pilgrimage halfway around the world Lessons in Chemistry. 05 The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn The Diamond Eye is historical fiction about a real World War II figure, an unassuming Russian woman who fought the Nazis and earned the nickname Lady Death. Kate Quinn tells the World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper

Bohjalian is also the author of a fantastic book about World War II, Skeletons at the Feast, the difficult

Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young I love a World War II story about strong women making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about determine who is responsible for a puzzling murder and other strange occurrences that threaten their world Oval Office--and it seems linked to violent terrorist attacks that soon begin taking place around the world here. 05 Going There by Katie Couric Going There shines through Couric's insider peeks at the media world

Reading Now I'm reading Down Comes the Night, a young adult fantasy story featuring magical healing and warring intensely loyal, a magical healer, and with an uncontrollable spirit--and she's niece to the queen, who would (That's how we ended up reading Kevin Wilson's unique Nothing to See Here and Alice Hoffman's The World That We Knew--featured in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II--last year, and that's how we came to read Black Bottom Saints this year.)

In a world where faith is often construed as a way of thinking, bodily practices remind the willing that about the experience, Taylor here explores finding faith, moments of reflection, and meaning in the world around her in An Altar in the World.

But I was taken with Beautiful World, Where Are You. into their complex connections with each of the others, and through an omniscient viewpoint, Beautiful World

War II figure, an unassuming Russian woman who fought the Nazis and earned the nickname Lady Death. Kate Quinn tells the World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper hooked by the heart-pounding action, the fascinating imagined power and scope of gene engineering, the world Upgrade presents a future version of our world in which humans are teetering closer than ever to extinction imaginable, interesting scenes of superhumans' outsmarting each other; and noble desires to "save the world

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

For my full review of this book, please see Call Your Daughter Home. 04 The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman The world is unraveling on the cusp of World War II, and three strong women will be tested beyond anything they imagined before the end of the war and the end of the book. For my full review, please see The World That We Knew. 05 Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come by Jessica Oddly, there is only one World War II book and there are zero Alaska books on this list--I am constantly

by Fiona Valpy The Skylark's Secret has a dual timeline; the story is set in rural Scotland during World War II and decades later. Flora and her village are supporting the war effort, temporarily taking in children from Great Britain's brother as well as their childhood friend, the laird's son, are both serving in the military, and as luck would working in a restaurant and the twisted community forged in the stresses and frantic pace of that world