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memoir details the former American intelligence officer's true story of her family during the Cold War parents again, Hanna eventually settled in the United States--an ocean away from her family, but a whole world Army Intelligence Officer to lead intelligence operations in East Berlin at the height of the Cold War For more nonfiction spy stories about the Cold War, check out two great books by Ben McIntyre, the gripping Sonya and a book I loved even more, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Emily Tesh's debut novel is a space opera about war, duty, brainwashing, escaping limitations, and reinventing I absolutely loved Tesh's writing, the scope of her work, her characters, their connections, the world-building

of more and more powerful people, including the king--who is desperate for an advantage in Spain's war Luzia is enlisted to help--and soon finds herself navigating the complex world of seers, frauds, and manage her new position and the weighty expectations set upon her--while hiding her Jewish blood, which would

of dramaaaaatic teen angst, a cutthroat path to becoming a warrior, bucking expectations, a looming war Fourth Wing is the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean fantasy series, about a war college for dragon But the war is raging, leadership is clearly keeping secrets, and working with the ruthless, deadly dragons creative cursing, so at the risk of being a Grumpy Old Lady for mentioning this, I have to say that the word There are many dramaaaaaatic teen angst moments here ("As if knowing him would somehow make me want him

Iris's beloved brother is missing in action in the war among the gods, and sending letters through a like this, but so far it's an odd mix of everyday, regular-human concerns with an unlikely-feeling god-war curious to find out how it all comes together, as it seems one or both characters are preparing to become war correspondents--and to give the reader glimpses into the god war. 02 To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit

Paulette Jiles's newest historical fiction novel, Chenneville; and I'm reading Al Hess's dystopian novel World The enthusiasm of my obsession with her book News of the World was (borderline? full-on?) Chenneville, titular character John Chenneville is a former Union soldier who has spent a year since the war Paulette Jiles also wrote News of the World, Simon the Fiddler, and The Color of Lightning. 03 World Running Down by Al Hess Al Hess's World Running Down tracks the adventures, challenges, unexpected meetings

Her explorations threaten to destroy her relationship with her mother even past the world-war-level disagreements

Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World Bossy Independent Bookstore Love A Bossy book-buying , and they can order almost anything they don't have in stock. 01 When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season by Rich Cohen In When the Game Was War, Rich Cohen shares the gritty back story of the 1987 NBA the author of Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner: Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color Line, about the world's first Black heavyweight boxing champion. 05 Freedom to Win: A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey

But now she's dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of But wars are being waged, and Rae quickly figures out that she's not the heroine of the story. Liz Moore is also the author of Long Bright River as well as Heft and The Unseen World . 03 What the

02 A Power Unbound (Last Binding #3) by Freya Marske Marske's quirky, funny, richly imagined magical world ritual threatens the safety of all the magicians in Great Britain, he reluctantly dives back into the world check out A Power Unbound . 03 The Stolen Heir (Stolen Heir #1) by Holly Black In this return to the world In The Stolen Heir , the first book in Holly Black's Stolen Heir duology, the story returns to the world But now she's dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of

I love Jiles's richly imagined Civil War-era historical fiction, and I'm in for her other books. Simon the Fiddler is set at the end of the Civil War. unable to tell whether Jiles was going to lead the bighearted characters toward destruction or if she would She also wrote News of the World, which I loved. (In Simon the Fiddler there's a cameo from Captain Kidd, a character I adored from News of the World.

to rural North Carolina with a wooden leg and haunting memories of his time fighting in the Korean War loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War Rash Ron Rash's Appalachian-set novel explores a small town shaken by upended expectations, the Korean War When his best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises Blackburn and Naomi grow close as they anxiously await word of Jacob's fate halfway around the world.

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 . 03 Being Mortal Liz Moore is also the author of Long Bright River  as well as Heft and The Unseen World . Rooney is also the author of Normal People , Conversations with Friends , and Beautiful World, Where

01 World Running Down by Al Hess Hess's dystopian Utah relies on AI, robots, and the growing, stark split Al Hess's World Running Down tracks the adventures, challenges, unexpected meetings, and joys of a trans For my full review of this book, please see World Running Down. The enthusiasm of my obsession with her book News of the World was (borderline? full-on?) Paulette Jiles also wrote News of the World, Simon the Fiddler, and The Color of Lightning.

centers around the riveting battles and rebellion against oppression surrounding the West Virginia Mine Wars Brown presents a historical novel centering around the events of the 1920 and 1921 West Virginia Mine Wars loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who live with shame, and those who die from it. There's a ton to unpack here, including the exploration of the good and evil warring within each of us

audiobook. 02 A Language of Dragons: An Epic Tale of Forbidden Romance, Dragon Languages, and Civil War with the dragons is corrupt--and her unraveling of the secrets holding it together might start a civil war

Annis is a young Southern woman enslaved, sold, and abused in the years before the Civil War. Annis lives with her mother on a Carolina rice plantation in the years before the Civil War, and when

break all the rules of time travel to preserve the existence of his daughter without destroying the world Stewart would have to break all the rules of time travel to attempt the impossible: preserve the existence Within the world of Here and Now and Then, Mike Chen masterfully explores: Is the past set in stone or Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty. I especially love how Chen explores Kin's emotions in both of his realities, his warring loyalties,

she considers what she truly wants from her life; and she writes songs to cope with and interpret the world choices large and small cause enormous repercussions for an individual--and sometimes for the entire world on the character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars I and II. Blakemore Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War

Forgetting, he is learning, is how the world heals itself. She largely lives in a vivid virtual world but leaves to scribble scraps of information about the same Was it a simple fable about a fool, or a genius examination of how essential hope is to the world? Cloud Cuckoo Land also explores devastating environmental destruction, human culpability, cruel wars, Doerr's characters persist, each in their own way, in trying to make a positive mark on the world and

evade evil and develops into a beautiful heartbreaker of a story about duty, family, and love in Civil War-era Rash's newest Appalachian-set novel explores a small town shaken by upended expectations, the Korean War When his best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises Blackburn and Naomi grow close as they anxiously await word of Jacob's fate halfway around the world. It almost seems as though the school heads would like to forget either of the troublesome young ladies

June witnesses Athena's death and mysteriously comes up with a story about Chinese laborers during World War I.

But then Romy gets word that another ship has launched from earth, with a young man called J as the pilot While events on Earth spiral into world war and destruction, sending the space missions toward uncertain They begin to forge a bond Romy never would have anticipated. James is also the author of The Quiet at the End of the World, The Next Together and its sequel The Last

Bree has to keep in her trusted longtime friend in the dark about her delving into magical worlds and In the face of restrictions and rules, Bree repeatedly challenges the world's limitations, forging her And war is coming. expectations, and pending danger for her strong young Black heroine who's figuring out her place in the world

#memoir, #nonfiction 03 Simon the Fiddler ​ Simon the Fiddler is set at the end of the Civil War. surrender looms and Simon's band plays for officers of both sides at a celebration marking the end of the war Jiles provides wonderful details of 1865 Texas and life at the end of the War Between the States. Paulette Jiles also wrote two other Civil War-era historical fiction books I loved, News of the World young adult LGBTQ mystery, a comedian's memoir, and a historical fiction story set during the Civil War

There is talk of war's return, and three warriors will shape the future of the land of Vigrid: Elvar,

Before the war, she had spied against fascists and anti-communists, Chinese, Japanese, and German; during the conflict, she had spied against both the Nazis and the Allies; after it, and henceforth, she would be spying against the West, the new enemies in a Cold War. Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy is made up of vividly recounted behind-the-scenes peeks at real-life Cold War revelations about clandestine operations and the workings of the Soviet spy network during the Cold War

Gardner Frankie Elkin is the best at finding missing girls and women that have been forgotten by the world mother's death; the cruelties of her husband, to whom she was wed at 15; the surrounding, constant wars

True Biz, by the author of Girl at War, is a coming-of-age story that also explores the importance society When people around the world are notified that they have requested and have had specific memories removed

premise for me: a flawed human gets another shot at existing in this unpredictable, problematic, glorious world Our main protagonist Tom makes a decision that strands him in our version of the world, which feels like Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every on the character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars I and II.

Romy and J make contact, and they begin to forge a bond she never would have anticipated. series (I'm looking at you, Mace) are star players within this dystopian period of Johansen's Tearling world all of those elements and more, unraveling the workings of a family in the South during the Vietnam War ; brothers at odds; complex issues surrounding prison, war, and violence; and a brother's unfailing loyalty

Liz Moore is also the author of Long Bright River  as well as Heft and The Unseen World . Both the world and the characters' personal lives are complicated, messy, wonderful, and fragile. Through it all, both Ivan and Peter are repeatedly forced to consider their place in the world and what Rooney is also the author of Normal People , Conversations with Friends , and Beautiful World, Where Novik Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds

of, banishes her to a deserted island, Circe perfects her witchy powers, tames beasts, considers the world review of Natalie Haynes's A Thousand Ships, a woman-centered retelling of events surrounding the Trojan War

I felt promise in the characters and their mutual adoration, but I was distracted from feeling a true pull to the heart of this book. I loved the first Christina Lauren book I read, Autoboyography, and I gave it five stars. So my expectations for this book were through the roof. But to me, the voices in this book felt self-obsessively and insecurely young adult even in the timeline in which the characters were nearing age 30. I loved the love, and I felt promise in the characters and their mutual adoration, but I was distracted from feeling a true pull to the heart of this book by what felt like frequent melodrama, overblown angst, frustratingly halting scenes (I believe these were intended to create suspense), and what felt like too-deliberately-constructed Big Moments Set Up for Dramatic Effect. What did you think? My views on this book were almost certainly colored by how much I loved Autoboyography. The authors have also written The Unhoneymooners, the racy-sounding Beautiful Bastard series, and Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating, among others. #lightfiction, #threestarbookreview, #loveandotherwords

Vargas is, frankly, tired of being reminded that her parents were part of the movement that saved the world Rash's newest Appalachian-set novel explores a small town shaken by upended expectations, the Korean War When his best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises Blackburn and Naomi grow close as they anxiously await word of Jacob's fate halfway around the world.

most loved reading this past month: a heartbreaking, lovely, epistolary Western; a fantasy story with war evade evil and develops into a beautiful heartbreaker of a story about duty, family, and love in Civil War-era Iris's beloved brother is missing in action in the war among the gods, and sending letters through a The gods' war provides the structure for the book's main conflict, but the story feels primarily focused on everyday, regular-human wartime concerns--with an unlikely-feeling god-war and magical letter-sending

to rural North Carolina with a wooden leg and haunting memories of his time fighting in the Korean War loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War

person (character) in a complicated situation, desperate for connection, and okay, I was taking Mia's word I didn't grasp why she would fixate so completely on this book and this man as her literal saviors. Souls are snatched away from us, flesh and blood turn to dust, people you love betray you, men go to war And if there were such obsession and an instant, all-encompassing love, would Mia repeatedly risk upending Alice Hoffman is also the author of The World That We Knew and over thirty other books.

memoir details the former American intelligence officer's true story of her family during the Cold War Sonya and a book I loved even more, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War relationships with her volatile mother and her incarcerated father, all the while figuring out her place in the world To the world he was a bad man. To me, he was my dad who did a bad thing...." column "Eric Reads the News," shares his thoughts, experiences, and reflections about life and the world

Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. 02 The Future by Naomi Alderman Alderman offers a dive into a future world twisty, compelling, futuristic, technology-driven attempt at survival--and at maybe just changing the world The behavior of three key tech billionaires might seem like the symptom of all the biggest world problems and myriad inhabitants show the interconnectedness of us all and celebrate the wonders of the wild world Adrienne Young is also the author of Fable, its sequel Namesake, and The Last Legacy, loosely set in the worlds

my full review of Just Mercy. 03 The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, and the twists 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

friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes everything, opens up Sven's world There's a minor, secondhand, yet powerful focus on the brutality and destruction of war, but also significant In twentieth-century Idaho, Zeno has lived a long life filled with yearning, war, and unexpected late-in-life She largely lives in a vivid virtual world but leaves to scribble scraps of information about the same Doerr's characters persist, each in their own way, in trying to make a positive mark on the world and

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's story of Cold War espionage He'd rather she settle down and marry, have kids, and stop traveling the world and working to boost her To say that stubborn Greta and her willful father clash (and always have) would be putting it mildly. a storied clan, a powerful family, and a magical line, and that she is in fact a chosen one and two worlds

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amy Harmon's Revolutionary War-set historical fiction about a young As the Revolutionary War looms, Deborah's large frame allows her to pass as a male and join the Continental

01 The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Bardugo's rich world-building sets the scene in Spain during the Inquisition attracts the attention of more and more powerful people, and she soon finds herself navigating the complex world twisty as some other Bardugo novels, The Familiar  hit the spot for me with trademark Bardugo detail and world-building I would, I would. There is talk of war's return, and three warriors will shape the future of the land of Vigrid: Elvar,

wishes, whether because my library doesn't have a copy (Strange Gods; Charlatan; Until the End of the World client lists are revealed, embarrassment and destruction seem sure to follow. 05 Until the End of the World (Until the End of the World #1) by Sarah Lyons Fleming A bookish Instagram friend is in love with this But right when Cassie is ready for redemption, it looks like the world is about to end. to this excellent space-opera, time-travel premise: Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war

I love a peek at a secret world, and here Walder offers fascinating glimpses of her life as a CIA and I love a peek at a secret world, and in The Unexpected Spy, Tracy Walder offers fascinating glimpses Another book that's quite different in tone but is an excellent look into Cold War-era spy goings-on

At first I feared this would dilute my connection to the main characters, but the ventures into others large-scale (and infuriating) issues Novic raises, but a clean wrap-up to such an immensely complex situation would Sara Nović is also the author of Girl at War and the illustrated nonfiction work America Is Immigrants

Laura, a combat nurse, who is searching for her brother Freddie, against the backdrop of the Great War She never sends them, but crafting the furious hypothetical replies to anyoe frustrating her in the world