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Good for readers who want WWII historical fiction about sisters, nurses, rescue missions, and family drama.
Sisters of the Storm
Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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Sisters of the Storm follows identical twin US Army nurses Andrea and Nicole as they trek through Nazi-occupied Albania with Germans closing in, while Andrea’s marriage and Nicole’s first love are tested by a long-held secret, with a 4.5-star average from more than 100 Goodreads ratings. Good for readers who want WWII historical fiction about sisters, nurses, rescue missions, and family drama.
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From a USA Today bestselling author, this is a heart-stopping story of lost love, family drama, resilience and courage in World War II – perfect for fans of Heather Morris, Mandy Robotham and Kate Quinn
Albania, 1943. When US Army nurses and identical twins Andrea and Nicole find themselves stranded in a remote area of the war-torn country, their only route to safety is a perilous trek through the mountains with the Germans on their tail.
On the long and risky journey, the treacherous conditions push both of them – and Andrea’s marriage – to the limits.
When a chance encounter brings Darren, Nicole’s first love, back into their lives, a long-held secret threatens to tear the sisters apart. As the enemy moves ever closer and the danger continues to mount, will the chance to rebuild their relationship be lost forever?
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Good for readers who want World War II thrillers with military action, sniper duels, and battlefield survival.
Pacific Sniper
Historical Fiction · Thriller · War Fiction · World War 2
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Pacific Sniper follows Appalachian rifleman Deacon Cole after Pearl Harbor as he joins the fight against Imperial Japan and faces a deadly enemy marksman in the battle for a Pacific island, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 3,800 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want World War II thrillers with military action, sniper duels, and battlefield survival.
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In December 1941, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor plunges the United States into war. Fresh from the hardscrabble mountains of Appalachia, Deacon Cole joins the fight against Imperial Japan. In his first test against the enemy, he will use all his skill with a rifle against a deadly Japanese marksman. Across the beaches and jungles, they take part in the savage battle for control of a Pacific island. Can he protect his squad, or will they fall, one by one, under the enemy’s crosshairs?
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A strong match for readers drawn to detailed military history, battlefield accounts, and stories of elite soldiers in World War II.
The Last Hill
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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The Last Hill recounts the World War II battle for Hill 400, where Lt. Col. James Rudder’s 2nd Ranger Battalion was ordered to take and hold a heavily defended German position against overwhelming odds, with a 4.7-star rating from more than 800 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to detailed military history, battlefield accounts, and stories of elite soldiers in World War II.
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Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's heroism and courage in World War II.
They were known as “Rudder’s Rangers,” the most elite and experienced attack unit in the United States Army. In December 1944, Lt. Col. James Rudder's 2nd Battalion would form the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler’s homeland at last. In the process, Rudder was given two objectives: Take Hill 400 . . . and hold the hill by any means possible. To the last man, if necessary. The battle-hardened battalion had no idea that several Wehrmacht regiments, who greatly outnumbered the Rangers, had been given the exact same orders. The clash of the two determined forces was one of the bloodiest and most costly encounters of World War II.
Castle Hill, the imposing 1320-foot mini-mountain the American Rangers simply called Hill 400, was the gateway to a desperate Nazi Germany. Several entire American divisions had already been repulsed by the last hill's dug-in defenders as—unknown to the Allies—the height was the key to Adolf Hitler's last-minute plans for a massive counterattack to smash through the American lines in what would become known to history as the Battle of the Bulge.
Thus the stalemate surrounding Hill 400 could not continue. For Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, there was only one solution: Call in Rudder's Rangers. Of the 130 special operators who stormed, captured, and held the hill that December day, only 16 remained to stagger back down its frozen slopes. The Last Hill is replete with unforgettable action and characters—a rich and detailed saga of what the survivors of the 2nd Ranger Battalion would remember as “our longest day.”
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A strong match for readers drawn to sweeping historical fiction about family, land, wartime loss, and the darker chapters of American history.
Properties of Thirst
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · World War 2
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A National Bestseller and A New Yorker Best Book of the Year called a “big, bold book” by USA TODAY, Properties of Thirst follows Rocky Rhodes and his family as World War II, grief, water rights, and the building of a Japanese American internment camp near Manzanar threaten the California ranch he has spent years protecting, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 1,300 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to sweeping historical fiction about family, land, wartime loss, and the darker chapters of American history.
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A National Bestseller | A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
Fifteen years after the publication of Evidence of Things Unseen, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Marianne Wiggins returns with a “big, bold book” (USA TODAY) destined to be an American classic: a sweeping masterwork set during World War II historical novel about the meaning of family and the limitations of the American Dream.
Rockwell “Rocky” Rhodes has spent years fiercely protecting his California ranch from the LA Water Corporation. It is here where he and his beloved wife Lou raised their twins, Sunny and Stryker, and it is here where Rocky has mourned Lou in the years since her death.
As Sunny and Stryker reach the cusp of adulthood, the country teeters on the brink of war. Stryker decides to join the fight, deploying to Pearl Harbor not long before the bombs strike. Soon, Rocky and his family find themselves facing yet another incomprehensible tragedy.
Rocky is determined to protect his remaining family and the land where they’ve loved and lost so much. But when the government decides to build a Japanese American internment camp near Manzanar next to the ranch, Rocky realizes that the land faces even bigger threats than the LA watermen he’s battled for years. Complicating matters is the fact that the idealistic Department of the Interior man assigned to build the camp, who only begins to understand the horror of his task after it may be too late, becomes infatuated with Sunny and entangled with the Rhodes family.
Properties of Thirst is a “magnificent” (Colum McCann) novel that is both universal and intimate. It is the story of a changing California landscape and an examination of one of the darkest periods in this country’s past, told through the stories of the individual loves and losses that weave together to form the fabric of our shared history. Ultimately, it is an unflinching distillation of our nation’s essence—and a celebration of the bonds of love and family that persist against all odds.
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During the D-Day invasion of Normandy, a backwoods American hunter faces the feared German “Ghost Sniper” in a lethal duel across France’s hedgerow country.
Ghost Sniper
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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During the D-Day invasion of Normandy, a backwoods American hunter faces the feared German “Ghost Sniper” in a lethal duel across France’s hedgerow country. As Allied forces fight to secure their foothold in Europe, Ghost Sniper turns WWII combat into a tense battle of patience, tactics, and nerve. Book 1 in the Caje Cole series, with 4.3 stars on Amazon and Goodreads.
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June 6, 1944. On the dawn of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, two snipers find themselves fighting a battle all their own. One is a backwoods hunter from the Appalachian Mountains in the American South, while the other is the dreaded German “Ghost Sniper” who earned his nickname on the Eastern Front. Locked in a deadly duel across the hedgerow country of France, the hunter matches wits and tactics against the marksman, both of them one bullet away from victory—or defeat—as Allied forces struggle to gain a foothold in Europe.
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Good for readers who like historical fiction with interwoven timelines, hidden secrets, and character stories shaped by place.
The Last Garden in England
Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · World War 2
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Called “historical fiction at its very best” by Patti Callahan, Three women's lives intertwine across different time periods - 1907, 1944, and present day - through the magnificent gardens of Highbury House, each harboring secrets that connect them through decades, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 5,500 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like historical fiction with interwoven timelines, hidden secrets, and character stories shaped by place.
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From the author of the international bestsellers The Light Over London and The Whispers of War comes an enchanting novel that is “historical fiction at its very best” (Patti Callahan, New York Times bestselling author) as it follows five women living across three different times whose lives are all connected by one very special garden.
Present day: Emma Lovett, who has dedicated her career to breathing new life into long-neglected gardens, has just been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to restore the gardens of the famed Highbury House estate, designed in 1907 by her hero Venetia Smith. But as Emma dives deeper into the gardens’ past, she begins to uncover secrets that have long lain hidden.
1907: A talented artist with a growing reputation for her work, Venetia Smith has carved out a niche for herself as a garden designer to industrialists, solicitors, and bankers looking to show off their wealth with sumptuous country houses. When she is hired to design the gardens of Highbury House, she is determined to make them a triumph, but the gardens—and the people she meets—promise to change her life forever.
1944: When land girl Beth Pedley arrives at a farm on the outskirts of the village of Highbury, all she wants is to find a place she can call home. Cook Stella Adderton, on the other hand, is desperate to leave Highbury House to pursue her own dreams. And widow Diana Symonds, the mistress of the grand house, is anxiously trying to cling to her pre-war life now that her home has been requisitioned and transformed into a convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers. But when war threatens Highbury House’s treasured gardens, these three very different women are drawn together by a secret that will last for decades.
“Gorgeously written and rooted in meticulous period detail, this novel is vibrant as it is stirring. Fans of historical fiction will fall in love with The Last Garden in England” (Roxanne Veletzos, author of The Girl They Left Behind).
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Good for readers who like emotional historical fiction about courage, sacrifice, and mothers making impossible choices.
The Twins on the Train
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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In 1939 Berlin, Rosa gives her newborn twins to Dora, a woman helping children escape by train to England, even though babies are not authorized to travel. The Twins on the Train is a heartbreaking World War Two historical novel about two women risking everything to protect children from war, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 2,000 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like emotional historical fiction about courage, sacrifice, and mothers making impossible choices.
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Berlin, 1939. Tears pouring down her cheeks, Rosa pushes through the crowds and thrusts the basket containing her darling newborn twins at the woman closing the door to the carriage. All she can say is please take them. Then she runs, praying the train will reach England safely…
As the smell of smoke drifts through the air, Jewish people lock their doors. They no longer feel welcome in their home city, and while some mothers hide their children, others take them, clad in dark threadbare coats, to the crowded train station and the hope of a new life.
Rosa has feared for her twins since they were born two weeks ago. As she huddles in her filthy house, crammed in with her neighbours, she sees children growing weaker. It may be too late for her and her seven-year-old daughter Therese. But can she find a way out for her precious babies?
Dora scans the desperate crowd on the platform, despairing as she knows there isn’t room for all of them on the train to England. And when a woman thrusts a basket containing newborn twins into her arms, a shiver of dread slides down her spine. Babies aren’t authorised to travel – how can she keep them hidden from the cold-eyed soldiers?
She knows this mother wants the same thing she does – safety for these innocent children. But will she be able to help this brave woman before it is too late?
An unforgettable World War Two novel about two courageous women who risked everything for the innocent victims of war. Fans of The Nightingale and The Alice Network will be utterly gripped by this unputdownable page-turner from bestselling author Suzanne Goldring.
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For readers who like gritty WWII thrillers, battlefield dilemmas, and behind-enemy-lines missions.
The Black Jackals
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Left behind to cover the British retreat, Peter Lamb and his troop must delay the German tank pursuit, blow a bridge, and face the deadly consequences of following orders. In The Black Jackals, their mission pushes them behind enemy lines in occupied France, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 100 Amazon reviewers. For readers who like gritty WWII thrillers, battlefield dilemmas, and behind-enemy-lines missions.
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The start of a WWII series from Iain Gale, author of Alamein.
A masterly portrayal of World War Two heroism, with vivid action and stirring personal journeys.
A small team of soldiers, left behind to cover the British retreat, are ordered to blow the bridge as late as possible to stem the German tank pursuit. Although successful, the operation kills desperate refugees fleeing the scene. Who will be made to face the court-martial: the men carrying out the orders or their commanding officer?
This is only the first of many dilemmas that Peter Lamb and his troop must face during the chaotic first months of World War Two. After becoming cut off from the rest of their regiment, and assigned a mission that takes them deep into France behind the fast-moving enemy lines, the cracks begin to appear.
In these unexpected, tense circumstances, Lamb's men face internal struggles, taking their focus off both their French allies and the German enemy.
Black Jackals shows how men react to the challenges of war, and gives a fresh and fascinating picture of the frontlines.
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A good pick for readers who like emotional WW2 historical fiction based on real events, family bonds, and art tied to memory.
The Girl in the Oil Painting
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Set between Rhodes in 1940 and 2023, The Girl in the Oil Painting follows sixteen-year-old Dora Behar, her cousin Sarah, and a young artist whose recurring painting connects the present to a Jewish family’s impossible wartime choice, with a 4.5-star average from more than 500 Goodreads ratings. A good pick for readers who like emotional WW2 historical fiction based on real events, family bonds, and art tied to memory.
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A heartbreaking saga of hope, family, and longing set in one of the untold parts of war-torn Europe.
Rhodes, 1940. Sixteen-year-old Dora Behar and her cousin Sarah are as close as sisters, planning their future and painting the sunsets that wash over the Mediterranean. But that was before the Nazis rose to power, blackening every corner of their once-peaceful Jewish district. And while some believe the war and discrimination will eventually pass, Dora’s family is about to make an impossible choice that will change her life forever…
2023. The war is long over, and for many, it remains in memory, a story to pass down to the next generation. But for a particular young artist, the war is more than just a memory—it’s a recurring painting: a solemn figure standing on the very edges of an abandoned harbor, watching a ship sailing away, unaware that it will never come back to Rhodes…
With its heart based on real historical events, The Girl in the Oil Painting is an unputdownable story of hope and longing, perfect for fans of Kristin Harmel and Rhys Bowen.
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In occupied France, courage means living under suspicion and knowing one wrong trust can destroy everything.
The Invisible Woman
Historical Fiction · World War 2
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In occupied France, courage means living under suspicion and knowing one wrong trust can destroy everything. In The Invisible Woman, Virginia Hall returns to the war after a devastating betrayal, determined to subvert the Nazis and protect the people still in danger. This is historical fiction shaped by espionage, grief, resistance, and the cost of defiance.
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“An extraordinary profile of immense courage and daring.”—Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Left Cuba
“If you only read one WWII book this year, make it this one."—Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Orphans
In the depths of war, she would defy the odds to help liberate a nation…a gripping historical novel based on the remarkable true story of World War II heroine Virginia Hall, from the bestselling author of Hemingway’s Girl
France, March 1944. Virginia Hall wasn't like the other young society women back home in Baltimore—she never wanted the debutante ball or silk gloves. Instead, she traded a safe life for adventure in Europe, and when her beloved second home is thrust into the dark days of war, she leaps in headfirst.
Once she's recruited as an Allied spy, subverting the Nazis becomes her calling. But even the most cunning agent can be bested, and in wartime trusting the wrong person can prove fatal. Virginia is haunted every day by the betrayal that ravaged her first operation, and will do everything in her power to avenge the brave people she lost.
While her future is anything but certain, this time more than ever Virginia knows that failure is not an option. Especially when she discovers what—and whom—she's truly protecting.
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A family scandal becomes harder to untangle when every letter points to love, betrayal, and a wartime truth no one wanted preserved.
The London House
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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A family scandal becomes harder to untangle when every letter points to love, betrayal, and a wartime truth no one wanted preserved. In The London House, Caroline follows the trail of the Waite sisters from interwar London to 1930s Paris, uncovering a split-timeline story shaped by espionage, reputation, and the fragile bonds between women whose choices still echo generations later.
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Uncovering a dark family secret sends one woman through the history of Britain's World War II spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris to save her family's reputation. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Ariel Lawhon.
Caroline Payne thinks it's just another day of work until she receives a call from Mat Hammond, an old college friend and historian, who has uncovered a scandalous secret kept buried for decades: In World War II, Caroline's British great-aunt betrayed family and country to marry her German lover.
Determined to find answers and save her family's reputation, Caroline flies to her family's ancestral home in London, where she and Mat discover diaries and letters that reveal her grandmother and great-aunt were known as the "Waite sisters." Popular and witty, they came of age during the interwar years, a time of peace and luxury filled with dances, jazz clubs, and romance. The buoyant tone of the correspondence soon yields to sadder revelations as the sisters grow apart and one leaves home for the glittering fashion scene of Paris, despite rumblings of a coming world war.
Each letter brings more questions. Was Caroline's great-aunt actually a traitor and Nazi collaborator, or is there a more complex truth buried in the past? Together, Caroline and Mat uncover stories of spies and secrets, love and heartbreak, and the events of one fateful evening in 1941 that changed everything.
In this rich historical novel from award-winning author Katherine Reay, a young woman is tasked with writing the next chapter of her family's story. But Caroline must choose whether to embrace a love of her own and proceed with caution if her family's decades-old wounds are to heal without tearing them even further apart.
Don't miss out on this captivating split-timeline novel that takes you on a journey from the present day to the first half of the 20th century. The London House by Katherine Reay will leave you breathless as you uncover the scandalous secrets of the Waite sisters. With discussion questions included, this stand-alone novel is perfect for book clubs looking for their next read.
"Carefully researched, emotionally hewn, and written with a sure hand, The London House is a tantalizing tale of deeply held secrets, heartbreak, redemption, and the enduring way that family can both hurt and heal us. I enjoyed it thoroughly." --Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names
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One prisoner holds knowledge that could change the war, but reaching him means entering one of the most guarded places on earth.
The One Man
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · War Fiction · World War 2
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One prisoner holds knowledge that could change the war, but reaching him means entering one of the most guarded places on earth. The One Man follows Nathan Blum, a Jewish intelligence officer and ghetto survivor, as he takes on a near-impossible mission to break into a Nazi concentration camp and rescue a physicist the Allies desperately need. It is historical thriller fiction built on wartime stakes, moral urgency, and rescue under impossible conditions.
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“As moving as it is gripping. A winner on all fronts.”—Booklist (starred review)
“Heart-pounding…This is Gross’s best work yet, with his heart and soul imprinted on every page.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Poland. 1944. Alfred Mendl and his family are brought on a crowded train to a Nazi concentration camp after being caught trying to flee Paris with forged papers. His family is torn away from him on arrival, his life’s work burned before his eyes. To the guards, he is just another prisoner, but in fact Mendl—a renowned physicist—holds knowledge that only two people in the world possess. And the other is already at work for the Nazi war machine.
Four thousand miles away, in Washington, DC, Intelligence lieutenant Nathan Blum routinely decodes messages from occupied Poland. Having escaped the Krakow ghetto as a teenager after the Nazis executed his family, Nathan longs to do more for his new country in the war. But never did he expect the proposal he receives from “Wild” Bill Donovan, head of the OSS: to sneak into the most guarded place on earth, a living hell, on a mission to find and escape with one man, the one man the Allies believe can ensure them victory in the war.
Bursting with compelling characters and tense story lines, this historical thriller from New York Times bestseller Andrew Gross is a deeply affecting, unputdownable series of twists and turns through a landscape at times horrifyingly familiar but still completely new and compelling.
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