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A strong match for readers drawn to WWII espionage, wartime broadcasting, and divided loyalties.
The Shadow Network
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “A superbly plotted historical drama” by The Wishing Shelf, this novel follows Lilli Bergen, a refugee recruited to sing for a British propaganda radio station in 1942. When her former boyfriend appears, she investigates the man she believes betrayed her father to the Nazis. A strong match for readers drawn to WWII espionage, wartime broadcasting, and divided loyalties.
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‘A superbly plotted historical drama… highly recommended!’ The Wishing Shelf
One woman must sacrifice everything to uncover the truth in this enthralling historical novel, inspired by the true World War Two campaign Radio Aspidistra…
England, 1942: Having fled Germany after her father was captured by the Nazis, Lilli Bergen is desperate to do something pro-active for the Allies. So when she’s approached by the Political Warfare Executive, Lilli jumps at the chance. She’s recruited as a singer for a radio station broadcasting propaganda to German soldiers – a shadow network.
But Lilli’s world is flipped upside down when her ex-boyfriend, Bren Murphy, appears at her workplace; the very man she thinks betrayed her father to the Nazis. Lilli always thought Bren was a Nazi sympathiser – so what is he doing in England supposedly working against the Germans?
Lilli knows Bren is up to something, and must put aside a blossoming new relationship in order to discover the truth. Can Lilli expose him, before it’s too late?
Set in the fascinating world of wartime radio, don’t miss Book 2 in the WW2 Secret Agent Series, a heart-stopping novel of betrayal, treachery, and courage against the odds.
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A mother’s worst fear becomes a mission that demands performance, deception, and impossible courage under Nazi rule.
A Child for the Reich
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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A mother’s worst fear becomes a mission that demands performance, deception, and impossible courage under Nazi rule. After her daughter Ema is taken for the Reich’s child program, Anna Dankova goes undercover as a loyal German subject to find her and bring her home. A Child for the Reich is emotional WWII historical fiction about stolen children, maternal devotion, and resistance shaped by love.
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From the USA Today bestselling author comes a gripping new emotional WW2 historical novel. Inspired by a true story!
‘Easily my favorite historical novel of the year If you love WWII fiction, this is a must read’ Soraya M. Lane, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Wives of War and The Last Correspondent
Rumours of the Nazis coming for Czech children swept through the villages like a breeze through the trees, and the story was always the same…
They wanted our children to raise as their own
Since her husband, Josef, joined the Czech resistance three years ago, Anna Dankova has done everything possible to keep her daughter, Ema, safe. But when blonde haired, blue-eyed Ema is ripped from her mother’s arms in the local marketplace by the dreaded Brown Sisters, nurses who were dedicated to Hitler’s cause, Anna is forced to go to new extremes to take back what the Nazis have stolen from her.
Going undercover as a devoted German subject eager to prove her worth to the Reich, the former actress takes on a role of a lifetime to find and save her daughter. But getting close to Ema is one thing. Convincing her that the Germans are lying when they claim Anna stole her from her true parents is another…
‘A powerful story told with humanity, skill and empathy’ Kate Thompson, author of The Little Wartime Library
'A moving story of a mother's love battling against the determination of the Reich to create a pure Aryan race' USA Today bestseller Glynis Peters
'An intensely moving, brilliantly researched novel about love, loss, and the lengths a mother will go to for her child' USA Today bestseller Deborah Carr
'Pulls you in on page one and never lets go! A chilling look at a Nazi program most of us have never even heard of…Historical fans will love this one!' Sara Ackerman, USA Today bestselling author of The Codebreaker's Secret
'Oh my heart! This was such a poignant and powerful story…It will stay with me for a long time.' – Gill Thompson, USA Today bestselling author of The Lighthouse Sisters
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A good pick for readers who enjoy World War II historical fiction about family, resistance, romance, espionage, and life under fascism.
An Italian Affair
Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · World War 2
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An Italian Affair follows widowed Alessandra Durante, who moves with her daughter Diana to an inherited family estate in Tuscany in 1937 as fascism and war threaten the country. While Diana becomes attached to Davide, a young man hiding his identity, Alessandra’s son Robert joins the war effort and is eventually sent undercover into Italy, with a 4.4-star average from more than 1,000 Goodreads ratings. A good pick for readers who enjoy World War II historical fiction about family, resistance, romance, espionage, and life under fascism.
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Love. War. Family. Betrayal.
Italy, 1937. Alessandra Durante is grieving the loss of her husband when she discovers she has inherited her ancestral family seat, Villa Durante, deep in the Tuscan Hills. Longing for a new start, she moves from her home in London to Italy with her daughter Diana and sets about rebuilding her life.
Under the threat of war, Alessandra's house becomes first a home and then a shelter to all those who need it. Then Davide, a young man who is hiding the truth about who he is, arrives, and Diana starts to find her heart going where her head knows it must not.
Back home in Britain as war breaks out, Alessandra's son Robert, signs up to be a pilot, determined to play his part in freeing Italy from the grip of Fascism. His bravery marks him out as an asset to the Allies, and soon he is being sent deep undercover and further into danger than ever before.
As war rages, the Durante family will love and lose, but will they survive the war...?
'Thoroughly engrossing' - Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey
'Enthralling...An Italian Affair snares us in an ever-tightening circle of love and despair, secrets and forgiveness' - Joanna Lumley
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War tests one family across battlefields, homes, and the long silence of waiting.
The War Torn Series: Volume One
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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War tests one family across battlefields, homes, and the long silence of waiting. In The War Torn Series: Volume One, Robert Vaughan follows the Holts, an Illinois family pulled into World War II through sons who serve as soldiers and a daughter married to one. This historical war fiction series centers the cost of duty at every distance, from the front lines to the homes where loved ones endure uncertainty, fear, and sacrifice.
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The epic struggle of the century—World War II.
It's America, and her allies are at war against tyrants who seek to subjugate everyone—and every American must risk it all to help themselves, their family, and their country to survive.
The Holts, an Illinois family, are caught up in the trials of World War II, their sons as soldiers and their daughter as the wife of a soldier. As each experiences the ebb of war—where people are struggling for their very existence—they come to realize that wartime looks different for everyone involved. Because not all conflicts are being fought by those in the air. They’re also being fought by those at home…waiting on loved ones to return.
Some will live, some will not, but all will serve.
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As Europe collapses under Nazi power, one man is pulled into a mission where loyalty and deception become impossible to separate.
The Tristan Betrayal
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · Military Thriller · Political Thriller · World War 2
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As Europe collapses under Nazi power, one man is pulled into a mission where loyalty and deception become impossible to separate. Stephen Metcalfe travels from occupied Paris to wartime Moscow, where espionage, political danger, and a former love with uncertain allegiances threaten to undo him. This historical thriller builds its tension through shifting loyalties, wartime intrigue, and the personal cost of betrayal.
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A Nazi assassin haunts Russia in this World War II–era thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Bourne Identity.
In the fall of 1940, the Nazis are at the height of their power—France is occupied, Britain is enduring the Blitz and is under the threat of invasion, America is neutral, and Russia is in an uneasy alliance with Germany. Stephen Metcalfe, the younger son of a prominent American family, is a well-known man about town in occupied Paris. He's also a minor asset in the U.S.'s secret intelligence forces in Europe. Through a wild twist of fate, it falls to Metcalfe to instigate a bold plan that may be the only hope for what remains of the free world. Now he must travel to wartime Moscow to find, and possibly betray, a former love—a fiery ballerina whose own loyalties are in question—in a delicate dance that could destroy all he loves and honors.
"The fast-paced plot reflects Ludlum's genuine knack for constructing good stories . . . this is one of the better novels published under the Ludlum name." —Booklist
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War offers one man the promise of moral purpose, then strips that certainty away piece by piece.
Sword of Honor
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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War offers one man the promise of moral purpose, then strips that certainty away piece by piece. In Sword of Honor, Guy Crouchback enters World War II hoping to defend faith and civilization, only to confront the absurdity, cruelty, and disillusionment of military life. It fits readers looking for literary war fiction that balances satire, spiritual conflict, and a deeply human portrait of ideals under pressure.
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Evelyn Waugh's satiric World War II trilogy comprises the acclaimed novels Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unconditional Surrender.
This narrative spanning the war, based in part on Evelyn Waugh's own experiences as an army officer, is the author's surpassing achievement as a novelist. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge to defend Christian values against Nazi barbarism, but then gradually finds the complexities and cruelties of war overwhelming. Though often somber, Sword of Honor is also a brilliant comedy, peopled by the fantastic figures so familiar from Waugh's early satires. The deepest pleasures these novels afford come from observing a great satirist employ his gifts with extraordinary subtlety, delicacy, and human feeling, for purposes that are ultimately anything but humorous.
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Inside the Warsaw Ghetto, preserving the truth becomes its own act of resistance as one man records the lives unfolding around him under impossible conditions.
We Must Not Think of Ourselves
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Inside the Warsaw Ghetto, preserving the truth becomes its own act of resistance as one man records the lives unfolding around him under impossible conditions. In We Must Not Think of Ourselves, Adam Paskow joins a secret archive and finds himself pulled toward love, duty, and an unbearable moral choice. This historical novel is marked by intimate witness, quiet courage, and the human cost of survival under Nazi occupation.
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From a New York Times bestselling author Lauren Grodstein, a story inspired by a little-known piece of history in the lives of Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II. Called a "masterpiece", and as seen on The Today Show with Jenna pick (Madeline Miller).
On a November day in 1940, Adam Paskow becomes a prisoner in the Warsaw Ghetto, where the Jews of the city are cut off from their former lives and held captive by Nazi guards to await an uncertain fate. Weeks later, he is approached by a mysterious figure with a surprising request: Would he join a secret group of archivists working to preserve the truth of what is happening inside these walls?
Adam agrees and begins taking testimonies from his students, friends, and neighbors. One of the people Adam interviews is his flatmate Sala Wiskoff, who is stoic, determined, and funny—and married with two children. Over the months of their confinement, in the presence of her family, they fall in love. But when Adam discovers a possible escape from the Ghetto, he is faced with an unbearable choice: whom can he save, and at what cost ?
Inspired by the testimony-gathering project with the code name Oneg Shabbat, and told with immediacy and heart, We Must Not Think of Ourselves is a piercing story of love, determination, and sacrifice.
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Moral clarity comes at a brutal cost when one man sees the danger long before others are ready to believe it.
The Keeper of the Glass House
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Moral clarity comes at a brutal cost when one man sees the danger long before others are ready to believe it. In The Keeper of the Glass House, Miklós Kraus fights to save Hungarian Jews after the Nazi invasion of Budapest, building a fragile refuge as persecution closes in from every side. Based on a true story, this WWII novel draws its power from courage under pressure, impossible choices, and the human will to protect others against overwhelming evil.
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How can one man save the lives of thousands from total destruction?
Budapest, 1944. When the Nazis invade Hungary, the leaders of the local Jewish community trust that the Hungarian government will protect them from deportation. But Miklós Kraus, a young Jewish activist living in Budapest, isn’t convinced. After reading a shocking report exposing the atrocities taking place at the Auschwitz concentration camp, Kraus is determined to do everything he can to save as many Jews as possible from certain death.
Using his cunning and connections with the Swiss consulate, Kraus concocts a plan that could save thousands of Jewish families. After the Nazis invade his homeland, he secures an old glass factory, dubbed “the Glass House,” which becomes a safe haven from the violence raging on the streets of Budapest.
As the Nazis become increasingly desperate to expedite their plans and the threat of mass annihilation looms over his daring operation, Kraus will have to risk more than he ever imagined to save his people.
The Keeper of the Glass House is the moving and captivating story of how one man saved the lives of many, based on the inspiring untold true story of Miklós (Moshe) Krausz.
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It fits readers who want emotionally rich World War II fiction shaped by sacrifice, family devotion, and the long afterlife of grief.
What the Silent Say
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · World War 2
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War fractures one family across oceans, years, and promises that may prove impossible to keep. In What the Silent Say, two brothers face the Pacific theater from different fronts while a wife, a child, and a cache of letters carry the cost of their choices into the next generation. It fits readers who want emotionally rich World War II fiction shaped by sacrifice, family devotion, and the long afterlife of grief.
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A Military Writers Society of America gold medal winner. Inspired by a remarkable true story and brought to life in cinematic detail, an unforgettable tale of courage, sacrifice, and the unbreakable bonds of family.
Florence, South Carolina 1944: Lieutenant Raymond Sellers bids farewell to his brother Jimmie, the weight of what lies ahead hanging heavy in the air. The brothers have always been inseparable—Raymond, the steady protector, Jimmie, the wild-hearted dreamer. But as Raymond embraces his pregnant wife Evelyn one last time, war is about to test the bonds of family in ways they never imagined.
As a summer storm shakes the windows, Evelyn brings her baby into a world at war. Across the vast Pacific theater, Raymond leads his men through brutal combat while Jimmie fights in the skies. One battle forces Raymond to choose between the family he promised to protect and the brothers he swore to never leave behind. Eighteen years later, a daughter finds a cache of letters in her father's desk and is shocked to find that some acts of courage echo across generations.
From the flowering dogwoods of South Carolina to the chilling trenches of Okinawa, What the Silent Say reminds us that even in our darkest hours, the human spirit has the capacity to endure. If you love anything by Kristin Hannah, Amy Harmon, or were moved by Band of Brothers, this book is a must-read.
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A strong match for readers drawn to World War II historical fiction centered on survival, medical courage, and resistance inside the camps.
The Angel of Auschwitz
Historical Fiction · World War 2
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Inspired by true events, The Angel of Auschwitz follows Dr. Gisella Perl after she is deported to Auschwitz, where her medical training becomes a means of survival and resistance as she tries to protect women under Josef Mengele’s rule, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 1,000 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to World War II historical fiction centered on survival, medical courage, and resistance inside the camps.
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In a place built for death, one woman fought to save life.
An elderly doctor stands before a room of students in a lecture hall. What unfolds is a story of courage, brutality and survival.
When Dr Gisella Perl is deported to Auschwitz, her medical training becomes the only thing that can keep her alive. Forced into the women’s barracks under the command of Josef Mengele, she faces starvation, disease and relentless brutality. Every day she must make impossible choices, using her skills to save the women the camp has marked for death.
As she endures hunger, violence and the loss of everyone she loves, Gisella refuses to surrender the one thing the Nazis cannot take from her: her duty to protect life. In the shadows of the infirmary, she becomes a quiet force of resistance, risking her life to shield others from the fate worse than death…
Inspired by true event, The Angel of Auschwitz is a powerful and deeply human novel about survival, sacrifice and a doctor who fought back in the only way she could. Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka’s Journeyand The Sisters of Auschwitz.
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War tears Norah Chambers and Sister Nesta James from everything familiar, then binds them together in a prison camp built to crush hope.
Sisters Under the Rising Sun
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · World War 2
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War tears Norah Chambers and Sister Nesta James from everything familiar, then binds them together in a prison camp built to crush hope. In Sisters Under the Rising Sun, two women survive shipwreck, captivity, and relentless hardship by holding fast to friendship, duty, and the will to protect others. It’s a historical novel shaped by endurance, shared courage, and the emotional force of women resisting despair in wartime.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a story of sisterhood and survival, inspired by a true story.
A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris.
In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again.
Sister Nesta James, a Welsh Australian nurse, has enlisted to tend to Allied troops. But as Singapore falls to the Japanese she joins the terrified cargo of people, including the heartbroken Norah, crammed aboard the Vyner Brooke merchant ship. Only two days later, they are bombarded from the air off the coast of Indonesia, and in a matter of hours, the Vyner Brooke lies broken on the seabed.
After surviving a brutal 24 hours in the sea, Nesta and Norah reach the beaches of a remote island, only to be captured by the Japanese and held in one of their notorious POW camps. The camps are places of starvation and brutality, where disease runs rampant. Sisters in arms, Norah and Nesta fight side by side every day, helping whoever they can, and discovering in themselves and each other extraordinary reserves of courage, resourcefulness and determination.
Sisters under the Rising Sun is a story of women in war: a novel of sisterhood, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances, from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and Three Sisters.
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Good for readers who want classic war fiction, moral conflict, and sweeping character-driven stories.
The Young Lions
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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A New York Times bestseller called a “masterpiece” by The Boston Globe, The Young Lions follows three soldiers on different sides of World War II, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 1,500 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want classic war fiction, moral conflict, and sweeping character-driven stories.
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One of the great World War II novels, this New York Times–bestselling "masterpiece" captures the experiences of three very different soldiers (The Boston Globe).
Standing alongside Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead and James Jones's From Here to Eternity, The Young Lions is one of the most powerful American novels to tackle the Second World War. Ambitious in its scope and robust in its prose, Irwin Shaw's work is also deeply humanistic, presenting the reality of war as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers on both sides. The story follows the individual dramas—and ultimately intertwined destinies—of Christian Diestl, a Nazi sergeant; Noah Ackerman, a Jewish American infantryman; and Michael Whitacre, an idealistic urbanite from the New York theatrical world.
Diestl first appears as a dashing ski instructor in Austria, mouthing his loyalty to Nazi ideals. As the war progresses, Diestl's character continues to erode as he descends into savagery. Ackerman must endure domestic anti-Semitism and beatings in boot camp before proving himself in the European theater. Eventually, as part of the liberating army, he comes face-to-face with the unimaginable horrors of the death camps. Whitacre, trading cocktail parties for Molotov cocktails, confronts the barbarism of war, and in fighting simply to survive, finds his own capacity for heroism.
Shaw's sweeping narrative is at once vivid, exciting, and brutally realistic as well as poignant in its portrayal of the moral devastation and institutional insanity of war. Penned by a master storyteller at the height of his craft, The Young Lions stands the test of time as a classic novel of war and the human experience.
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