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I loved this fictionalized peek at life with a beloved star. Have you read anything like this?

stark climate-change dystopian future, in which her small community fights to survive and to preserve history --from the roof of the American Museum of Natural History--before a horrific storm sends them fleeing Their settlement is on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH, or "Amen), and they in a confined boundary of existence, wandering the partially destroyed museum and wondering at the history Nonie and her group carry a book holding precious history preserved from Amen, and on their journey they

Jen Beagin's literary fiction novel is consistently bizarre, at times base, and often darkly funny as matter-of-fact approach to life and her graceful ability to cope with her significant past trauma and dark history

Heartwarming books and quirky fiction were two types of stories that suited me then and still hit the If you're looking for more great fiction you may have missed, you might also want to check out the Greedy 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

Sherry Thomas also writes young adult fantasy books as well as historical romances.

Summertime is the backdrop to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction with an anchor in deeper issues For more books I've loved, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

Through mining past research and history on the matter as well as interviewing individuals who have reached nonfiction books, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction

I'm doing a lot of things for the first time in human history out here and there's a lot of stuff that Click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm!

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

Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Is it really summer without some great rom-com reads teed up and ready If you're into lighter fiction with some romance and laughs, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune Summertime is the backdrop to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction I loved the playful tone, the ghost angle within this light fiction, romantic story, and the focus on

to in the book's title) that comprise his motivations--small and large--for getting out of bed and functioning Haig is also the author of the fiction titles The Midnight Library and How to Stop Time.

Life and AI Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Lostetter Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends 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. This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor

Harkin's fascinating debut speculative fiction considers a memory clinic that erases and reinstates memories Jo Harkin's debut novel, her speculative fiction Tell Me an Ending, is about a tech company that erases I love fiction about memory and how it shapes us, and I thought Harkin's Tell Me an Ending was wonderful Still Alice by Lisa Genova and What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty are two other fiction titles I loved

But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles resonated with me, each offering glimpses into Rum's female characters--but also many other real-life women in comparable situations--to write a new history

stalker; and I'm reading Katherine Center's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) Hello Stranger, light fiction guilt and self-doubt lead her to track down the almost-victim, Wade Austin, he assures her that her actions 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.

The characters frequently intersperse political, historical, feminist, cultural, and other context throughout was interested in the facts but didn't feel drawn into the characters or their stories during those sections

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.

Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: contemporary fiction, young adult, nonfiction, fantasy , and light fiction titles, including several LGBTQ reads perfect for Pride month. For my full review, check out A Marvellous Light. 02 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler I listened to Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe's exhaustive history of the Sackler family as traced

to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village, etc.) than to pin down their specific taste in fiction by Alex Johnson In Art Day by Day, editor Alex Johnson offers snapshots of important moments in art history thefts, murders, and mishaps included too, Johnson's Art Day by Day offers unexpected gems from art history Perfect for flipping through or referencing, each section has key information, dates, births, deaths,

But I'm still excited to read Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy book, the first in She's eager to learn more about her mother's wartime history, yet desperate not to be defined and constrained Last week I offered a roundup of Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism; this week I'm bravely

Scholomance trilogy; Yaa Gyasi's story about family, clashing cultures, and science and faith; and a light fiction She weaves songs into her stories and personal history, and the placement of the music feels seamless Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise gravitating toward lighter stories like Very Sincerely Yours lately, and I need to create another light-fiction For other light fiction books I've enjoyed, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories

I already offer many of my fiction and nonfiction book recommendations through this blog. Green's observations are fun, often oddball, and sometimes poignant, with short sections that are easily digested separately and in small doses. 04 Music Is History by Questlove Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson In Music Is History, Questlove examines the last half century of music, providing context in the form For example, in the Falling Out of History section, he sets the scene for the concept of forgotten songs

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.

Dunlap's debut novel is dark, twisty, gothic, and it's set in 19th-century Scotland as fictionalized

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

Bossy reviews of books set in Ireland, including the nonfiction book Say Nothing , Claire Keegan's fiction

For more fiction and nonfiction books about race Colson Whitehead is also the author of The Underground

For more books I've loved, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

01 Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles In Table for Two: Fictions, Amor Towles offers six short stories

This Greedy Reading List offers a little of everything: light fiction/rom-com, mystery, fantasy, contemporary fiction, and science fiction. In this science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time and time travel as well as mysteries surrounding This book appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year

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

Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends like family Activation Degradation, standalone science fiction from Marina L. Lostetter's book started off with a lot of logistics that slowed things for me, but as of page 66 the action

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

History was pivoting around her. year and which I also listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction

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

Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise I've been gravitating toward books like this lately, and I need to create another light-fiction roundup For other light fiction books I've enjoyed, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories

For me, this was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction. 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 to the productive understanding of our nation's past and current racial situation, including a basic history

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

Emiko Jean's young adult light fiction is delightful, youthful, sometimes wonderfully silly, and heartwarming Emiko Jean's young adult light fiction Tokyo Ever After is the story of Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, an everyday If you like light fiction, you might want to try some of the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism.

My Oxford Year is my favorite kind of romance; Whelan uses a light-fiction structure to take on seriously

This light fiction young adult novel offers (reluctant) romance, best friendships, dance lessons, glimpses audiobook, which I did), and it focused on quirky friends, family loyalty, and looooove, all in a light fiction If you're in the mood for more light fiction, you might try the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism.

I included two titles from my continuing light fiction run, but I also listed a great nonfiction book by Bill Browder, a fascinating science fiction read, a feminist retelling of Greek mythology tales, I loved this science fiction debut. Cara is one of a dwindling number of traversers. I've been on a light-fiction kick lately, but I need some depth in my lighthearted reading in order to For more light fiction with heart, you might check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories

I was hoping for answers, but Vance focuses on pointing out the layered, complicated cultural and historical

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 Their common disjointedness brings them together, and the mashup of personalities and histories was fantastic

Chambers's science fiction is full of heart, heartbreak, and hope--with a fascinating backdrop of space 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.

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

In The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh offers a twisty contemporary fiction novel and psychological thriller The tone of this is more toward contemporary fiction, and the book offers satisfying character development

If you like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading

My favorite science fiction novels examine the Big Issues: What makes us people?

The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes Meg Long's first novel was Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, a science fiction novel about Sena, a tough Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves offered high-stakes action, intrigue, shifting alliances, a powerful