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Kline deftly exposes the raw truths of tough situations in her character-driven historical fiction. emergences of hope with a richly drawn Australian backdrop--while laying bare the country's often-painful history threw me for a loop and I'm not sure I recovered from it; when I woke in the night after reading this section

This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past

In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish The Rachel Incident. 04 Chenneville by Paulette Jiles Jiles's newest stark, beautiful, heartbreaking historical fiction tracks former Union soldier John Chenneville as he travels the country seeking vengeance for I got full-body chills when I saw that Paulette Jiles had a new historical fiction novel coming out.

Do you love nonfiction that reads like fiction? 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 but was fiction.

guilt and self-doubt lead her to track down the almost-victim, Wade Austin, he assures her that her actions 04 A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell #2) by Deanna Raybourn This second book in Raybourn's historical fiction mystery series, set in Victorian London, hooked me even more fully into Veronica and Stoker's lepidopterist (she studies butterflies and moths) and adventurer Veronica Speedwell teams up with her natural-history up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books

about favorite reads from various genres that I've loved reading in the past year: Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite Steelstriker is almost 400 pages of action, deceit, political maneuvering, and gutsy skirmishes, and

conditional loyalty, and he allows characters to craft chosen relationships into a beloved pod that functions No Man explores the incredible drive and bravery required by Rum's female characters to write a new history What were some of your favorite fiction reads this year? Heartwarming or quirky fiction are the types of books that have really been fitting the bill for me lately If you're looking for more great fiction, you might also want to check out the Greedy Reading List My

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 civilization kept reminding me of the Talking Heads song "Nothing But Flowers," and Brooks-Dalton's climate fiction 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

It's satisfying to witness the recognition and success within this fictional version of events. The cover and title gave me the initial impression that this was a light fiction book, but the topic

Loved Last Year. 01 The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda Miranda uses the framework of a famous fictional Christina Baker Kline deftly exposes the raw truths of tough situations in her character-driven historical fiction. If you like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction and Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read

Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of others aren't tuned into, if she's mentally ill, or if the ghostly voices are real and influencing her actions

In The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical fiction story of a precocious third daughter of the grand duke of Florence. Nellie Coker is fresh out of jail and ready to jump back into the action, masterminding moves to increase

A couple of these are historical fiction mysteries, one was jointly written by two authors, one was set

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

offers fascinating, wonderfully detailed perspectives in a rich, layered family memoir that reads like fiction I thought it read like fiction. For historical fiction about female spies, you might want to check out the Greedy Reading List Six Books She weaves more than thirty songs into her stories and personal history, and the placement of the music

I recently posted about Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year, Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year, Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year. Elizabeth McCracken's The Hero of This Book (altbough McCracken asserts that this is not a memoir, but fiction Her mother's volatile emotions; upsetting and controlling actions; pushy manner; mental, emotional, and

I listened to Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe's exhaustive, revolting, fascinating history of the

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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