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It fits readers who want historical fiction with tension, humanity, and dark humor under fire.
Jeep Show
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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A war meant to stay at a distance closes in fast in Jeep Show, where an enlisted entertainer finds himself trapped inside one of World War II’s most brutal turning points. Jim Tanzer enters the Ardennes expecting to raise morale, then must survive chaos, fear, and impossible choices as the Battle of the Bulge erupts around him. It fits readers who want historical fiction with tension, humanity, and dark humor under fire.
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2025
In December 1944, as German forces launched their surprise counterattack in the Ardennes, U.S. Army Private Jim Tanzer was carrying a rifle. He didn’t expect to fire it.
Jim is an enlisted entertainer in the Army’s Morale Corps (MOS 442)—one of the little-known performers sent to sustain the morale of combat infantry at the front, where the USO could not go.
Assigned to a Jeep show unit led by fellow enlisted entertainer Mickey Rooney, Jim performs for weary soldiers just a mile or two from the fighting. It’s risky duty—but still safer than combat.
Until it isn’t.
Jim is older than most privates and never expected to be there. A former show-business dropout, he could have stayed home on a fatherhood deferment. His wife is furious he enlisted—and no longer answers his letters. Now, instead of song-and-dance routines, Jim is navigating checkpoints, nervous sentries, and the creeping realization that the war may not respect his assignment.
When Jim is caught in the opening moments of the German offensive that will become the Battle of the Bulge, his war changes instantly.
Ordered to carry a captured German map back to VIII Corps Headquarters, Jim must stay ahead of advancing SS divisions—and avoid being shot by jittery American sentries along the way.
Three days later, supporting the exhausted 101st Airborne at Bastogne, Jim’s chances of surviving shrink by the hour. Then General McAuliffe orders a Christmas Day mission that becomes Jim’s ultimate test.
Sure, his marriage—and all his troubles—will be over if he’s killed in action.
But what if he’s captured? What if he runs?
The show must go on. But how long can Jim hold off the final curtain?
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This fits WWII fiction readers who want action, suspense, and wartime stories rooted in the courage of ordinary sailors rather than polished heroics.
CONVOYS OF WAR
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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Convoys of War drops readers into the brutal, unglamorous danger that kept Britain supplied through World War II, where merchant sailors faced Arctic storms, U-boats, bombers, sabotage, and the chaos of D-Day with no guarantee of making it home. Across these four naval thrillers, James Pattinson leans into the grit, tension, and lived-in authenticity of men pushed into extraordinary peril at sea. This fits WWII fiction readers who want action, suspense, and wartime stories rooted in the courage of ordinary sailors rather than polished heroics.
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A sweeping fit for readers who enjoy medieval historical fiction, perilous journeys, clashing cultures, and court intrigue.
Silk Road
Historical Fiction · Pre-History | Ancient History · War Fiction
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Called “Spectacular historical fiction blazing with romance, intrigue and dramatic action” by Booklist, Silk Road follows disgraced Templar knight Josseran Sarrazini and Mongol princess Khutelun as they escort a Christian embassy across Asia to Kublai Khan’s court. Their journey brings burning deserts, bandits, tribal wars, assassins, political intrigue, and an unexpected attraction, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 17,900 Amazon reviewers. A sweeping fit for readers who enjoy medieval historical fiction, perilous journeys, clashing cultures, and court intrigue.
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A Templar knight. An irascible priest. A Mongol princess. An impossible journey.
The Holy Land, 1260: Josseran Sarrazini has nothing left to lose. Sent by the pope on a mission that will take him beyond the edges of the known world, he knows the journey is impossibly dangerous... and suspects he will never return. That suits him just fine.
But only days into the trek, Josseran wants to throttle the man he is sworn to protect - a sharp-tongued priest whose survival rests entirely in his hands.
Far to the east, Khutelun is the fearless daughter of a Mongol chieftain. She was raised in the saddle of a horse. She can hit a stag with an arrow at two hundred paces. And she considers no man her equal. But when she is ordered to escort the Christian ambassadors along the treacherous Silk Road, she meets her match in Josseran.
Together they face searing deserts, treacherous mountain passes, kidnappers and blood feuds - all on the road to the fabled city of Xanadu and the court of the great Kublai Khan. But survival may not be enough... because what awaits them at journey's end could change the fate of empires.
Perfect for fans of Wilbur Smith, Conn Iggulden and Ken Follett, Silk Road is a gripping historical thriller packed with danger, adventure and forbidden desire.
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The Officer of Dachau fits WWII historical fiction readers who want emotional intensity, moral reckoning, family survival, and a story shaped by resilience in the face of unimaginable…
The Officer of Dachau
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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A chance encounter in 1963 forces one doctor to confront the brutal past that shaped his survival, while a nurse in 1930s Berlin discovers the man she once loved has become something monstrous. The Officer of Dachau fits WWII historical fiction readers who want emotional intensity, moral reckoning, family survival, and a story shaped by resilience in the face of unimaginable cruelty.
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She made a courageous choice in times of unparalleled turmoil. Could her family survive its consequences?
New York, 1963. Ever since he was a young boy, struggling to survive among the rubble of bombarded Berlin, Manny Heimann knew he wanted to be a doctor. Having barely managed to escape the terrible fate of Mischling German children, Manny is adamant about dedicating his life to helping all those in need… Until a familiar face enters his clinic one fateful afternoon, threatening to uproot everything he believed about human kindness – and cruelty.
Berlin, 1929. Twenty-year-old nurse Ilse Heine spends most of her time dutifully tending to the sick and injured people of the city when she meets the striking Johan Kirche. At first, Ilse is captivated. But as their courtship ensues, Johan’s words become harsher, and Ilse begins to see something change behind his once beautiful blue eyes…
When she discovers Johan is not only a member of the Nazi party but a brutal SS officer, Ilse ends their relationship. But as the Nazi party sweeps through Germany, and Jews and their families start to disappear, Ilse’s past comes knocking on her family’s door – and their future will be forever changed.
Fans of Schindler’s List and Roberta Kagan will feel right at home in this heart-wrenching, surprising, powerful story about resilience, love, and kinship set in the darkest days of World War Two.
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It’s a strong pick for readers who want sweeping historical fantasy with epic stakes, ancient intrigue, and a hero built as much on cunning as strength.
King of Ithaca
Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Fantasy · Pre-History | Ancient History · War Fiction
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Before Odysseus becomes a legend, he is a sharp-minded prince fighting to protect a homeland on the brink. King of Ithaca drops readers into a world of feuding kingdoms, political maneuvering, battlefield violence, and myth-soaked ambition as Odysseus heads toward Sparta and the fate that will define him. It’s a strong pick for readers who want sweeping historical fantasy with epic stakes, ancient intrigue, and a hero built as much on cunning as strength.
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Historical fantasy full of "suspense, treachery, and bone-crunching action . . . will leave fans of the genre eagerly awaiting the rest of the series" (The Times Literary Supplement).
It was a time of myth and mystery. A time when Gods walked among men. It was a time of heroes. Greece is a country in turmoil, divided by feuding kingdoms desiring wealth, power and revenge.
When Eperitus, a young exiled soldier, comes to the aid of a group of warriors in battle, little does he know that it will be the start of an incredible adventure. For he is about to join the charismatic Odysseus, Prince of Ithaca, on a vital quest to save his homeland.
Odysseus travels to Sparta to join the most famous heroes of the time in paying suit to the sensuous Helen. Armed with nothing but his wits and intelligence, he must enter a treacherous world of warfare and politics to compete for the greatest prize in Greece. But few care for the problems of an impoverished prince when war with Troy is beckoning.
An epic saga set in one of the most dramatic periods of history, King of Ithaca is a voyage of discovery of one man's journey to become a King—and a legend.
"A must read for those who enjoy good old epic battles, chilling death scenes and the extravagance of ancient Greece." —Lifestyle Magazine
"The reader does not need to be classicist to enjoy this epic and stirring tale. It makes a great novel." —Historical Novels Review
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It’s a powerful pick for readers who want emotionally devastating historical fiction with unforgettable human stakes.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
War Fiction · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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Set against decades of upheaval in Afghanistan, A Thousand Splendid Suns follows two women whose lives collide through loss, survival, and the brutal realities surrounding them. Mariam and Laila begin as strangers, but what grows between them becomes a story of endurance, sacrifice, and love that refuses to disappear. It’s a powerful pick for readers who want emotionally devastating historical fiction with unforgettable human stakes.
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Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, the #1 New York Times bestseller A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love.
“Just as good, if not better, than Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling first book, The Kite Runner.”—Newsweek
New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today.
Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival.
A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.
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An aircraft known for killing its own crews becomes the proving ground for six young airmen.
Widow Maker
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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An aircraft known for killing its own crews becomes the proving ground for six young airmen. In Widow Maker, newly assigned pilots and crew members must master the controversial B-26 Marauder while confronting the fear that their greatest threat may be mechanical failure as much as enemy fire. Set in World War II Europe, this historical novel examines courage, camaraderie, and the cost of survival in combat.
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Six young Americans have been assigned to fly the Martin B-26 Marauder in combat during World War II. The B-26--dubbed Widow Maker by the press and the aircrews who flew her--was one of the most controversial aircraft produced in the United States during the war. These young men find themselves confronted not only with doubts about the airplane they are given to fly, but also the sometimes fatal choices made by a military organization unprepared to employ them in combat.
Against the setting of World War II Europe, the heart and minds of these young men are revealed as they are forces to make a swift and frequently terrifying journey into manhood. The differences between them, seemingly irreconcilable at first, fade away as they form the ancient bond between men whose lives must depend upon one another in combat. But even after these young Americans make the transition into seasoned warriors, they are still faced with the grim reality that some of them will survive--and some will not.
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Behind enemy lines, survival becomes the only certainty.
The Long Patrol
Historical Fiction · Thriller · War Fiction
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Behind enemy lines, survival becomes the only certainty. In The Long Patrol, a handpicked Army unit during the battle for Guadalcanal ventures into the jungle to arm and train a guerrilla force, only to find themselves cut off and hunted. As casualties mount and loyalties fracture, this World War II novel follows soldiers forced to confront isolation, betrayal, and the cost of holding the line.
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During the bloody battle for Guadalcanal, one Army unit’s mission to infiltrate enemy lines to arm and train a guerrilla force of natives goes horribly wrong. The 164th Regiment of the Army 'Americal' Division has come to reinforce the beleaguered 1st Marine Division, which has been fighting the Japanese for months. It will be the Division’s first combat test, as well as its bloodiest. The fighting has come to a standstill with neither side giving ground.
The 164th is desperate to break the stalemate and the mounting casualties. Their possible solution comes in the form of a British Coast Watcher. Thomas Welch offers to take a small unit into the jungle to meet up with a force of natives to instigate a guerrilla war against the Japanese rear. A unit from Able Company is selected for the job. Each man’s been battle-tested, defending Henderson field from hordes of attacking Japanese.
The mission goes badly from the outset and the unit is cut off and desperate to continue their mission. As the battle for Guadalcanal rages, their mission changes. As more men fall, the likelihood of completing it is slipping away. Alone, hurt and betrayed, they find themselves as the only soldiers able to deliver victory from the jaws of defeat.
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Before the Vietnam War bore its name, alliances formed in shadow and shattered in silence.
A War Too Far
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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Before the Vietnam War bore its name, alliances formed in shadow and shattered in silence. In 1945, OSS sniper René Granier parachutes into Indochina to fight alongside Ho Chi Minh’s guerrillas against the Japanese, forging bonds tested by shifting politics and broken promises. A War Too Far opens a military historical series rooted in betrayal, loyalty, and the contested origins of a long war.
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The true, untold story of the real beginning of the Vietnam War...
In 1945, OSS sniper René Granier parachutes into the misty mountains of Indochina with his elite Deer Team. Their mission: ally with Ho Chi Minh's guerrillas against the Japanese.
Side by side, they fight. Some die. Trust forms in the crucible of war.
As the war winds down, old powers move to reclaim their colonies. Promises are broken.
Branded a spy without a chance to defend himself, Granier finds himself betrayed by the very warriors who once called him brother.
Now he stands at the crossroads of history with one bullet to rewrite the first chapter of America's longest war.
The first casualty of war is truth. The last is trust.
Perfect for fans of John J. Gobbell, W.E.B. Griffin, and Tom Clancy who crave authentic military action with complex, battle-scarred heroes fighting both external enemies and their own inner demons.
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The Eastern Front Series leans hard into gritty combat, covert operations, and survival under constant pressure, making it a strong fit for readers who want military thrillers with…
The Eastern Front Series
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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This five-book WWII box set throws readers onto the Eastern Front with Sergeant Rolf Kessler, a reluctant Wehrmacht soldier trying to keep his men alive through impossible missions, bad leadership, and the kind of brutality that grinds everyone down. The Eastern Front Series leans hard into gritty combat, covert operations, and survival under constant pressure, making it a strong fit for readers who want military thrillers with action, moral tension, and a bleak wartime edge.
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Kessler is a reluctant fighter in Hitler’s Wehrmacht. He’d enlisted to escape the horror of his family home, where his alcoholic father beat his mother. But faced with the nightmarish reality of the Russian front, he's beginning to realise that Hitler’s promises mean nothing. Kessler’s daily reality is pointless death and endless mud.
His incompetent commanders sit miles behind the front lines, studying maps and sipping schnapps while sacrificing his men on hopeless missions.
Yet, Kessler has managed to gain the affection of his own men — they would follow him into hell — and his superiors know it.
He is put in charge of Assault Section Sledgehammer — a 15-man band of hardened soldiers directed to strike where conventional forces cannot. Their covert guerrilla operations could turn the tide on the Eastern Front and lead to Germany’s victory — or leave them all dead, deep in enemy territory.
IN THIS BOX-SET:
BOOK 1: SLEDGEHAMMER
Summer 1941. Operation Barbarossa has begun. A secret mission takes Kessler’s Assault Section Sledgehammer deep behind enemy lines to destroy a vital Soviet railhead. Their commander, the cold-blooded Captain Weiss, will sacrifice anyone to complete his mission. Kessler soon realises the deadliest threat is not the ruthless Soviet partisans, but his own command.
BOOK 2: KESSLER’S RAID
Winter 1941. A German general demands priceless artwork from behind enemy lines. Assault Section Sledgehammer is sent three hundred miles into Russian territory to retrieve it. In the blood-stained snow of the Eastern Front, Kessler will discover just how far he'll go for survival — and for revenge.
BOOK 3: CONVOY OF STEEL
Winter 1942. Kessler’s men are sent on their deadliest mission yet. They must escort an armoured train carrying eighty Tiger tanks to the German front line. The final destination is a bridge that may already be wired to explode. The icy Russian landscape turns red with blood and only one thing is certain — many who board this train will never reach the end of the line.
BOOK 4: SLAUGHTERHOUSE
1942. A disastrous night attack leaves Assault Section Sledgehammer stranded twenty-five miles behind Russian lines. Kessler faces an impossible decision — he’s discovered a massive Soviet armaments factory, but attacking it with his small unit would be suicide. He must decide whether to follow orders and return his battle-weary men to safety or risk everything to strike a devastating blow on the enemy.
BOOK 5: MEN OF BLOOD
Spring 1943. The once-mighty Wehrmacht is in full retreat. Kessler is demoted to private when he refuses to lie for a superior. He is now under the command of the inexperienced and cowardly Sergeant Schrodek. With nothing left to lose and enemies on all sides, Kessler must fight to survive the war and keep his men safe. Whatever it takes.
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War tests loyalty as fiercely as it tests love.
When the World Goes Quiet
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction
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War tests loyalty as fiercely as it tests love. In When the World Goes Quiet, Evelien navigates occupied Bruges in the final days of World War I, balancing a dangerous resistance mission against the fragile hope that her missing husband may still live. As art, friendship, and longing complicate her resolve, this historical novel explores survival, sacrifice, and the cost of choosing a future.
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In the final days of World War I, an aspiring artist’s courageous journey is just beginning in a powerful novel about love, danger, and survival by the author of Take What You Can Carry.
It’s 1918 in German-occupied Bruges, Belgium. With luck, Evelien will make it to the end of the war and be given what she was promised: a prized painting in exchange for safeguarding her employer’s possessions. Until then, Evelien knows to keep her head down and stay out of trouble. But life never goes to plan, especially in war.
A member of the resistance approaches Evelien: steal a list of names hidden in her employer’s home. In return, she’ll get a letter from her long-missing husband, Emiel. She’d lost hope of Emiel’s survival, but the promised letter puts her certainty of his death in question. Evelien begins her mission and soon forms a friendship with a soldier who is struggling with the devastating demands of battle. Their shared passion for art deepens the bond, and Evelien faces a heart-wrenching truth: she longs for Emiel’s safe return…but not necessarily to her.
As the final days of the war loom closer, Evelien has never been in more danger. And should she survive the war’s bitter end, what choices will she make for a life beyond liberation?
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When Nazi forces occupy Amsterdam, one Jewish family must decide how far they will go to survive.
The Thirteenth Child
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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When Nazi forces occupy Amsterdam, one Jewish family must decide how far they will go to survive. As restrictions tighten and deportations begin, siblings Rachael and Hendrik join the Dutch Resistance while their parents struggle to protect their youngest son. This World War II historical novel traces a family’s endurance under persecution, shaped by courage, sacrifice, and the looming threat of separation.
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Shortlisted for the Hemingway 20th Century Wartime Novel Award!
Inspired by the true story of the author’s ancestors, this enthralling WWII novel tells of the Kisch family’s heart-wrenching struggle against Nazi oppression.
When the Nazis invade the Netherlands in 1940, the Jews of Amsterdam know nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. As the measures imposed by the cruel SS become ever more repressive, sister and brother, Rachael and Hendrik, join the Dutch Resistance. Meanwhile, their parents, Franck and Elizabeth, strive to keep their younger brother, Hannes, safe, but time is against them all, as every day more and more Jews are being deported to unknown camps in Eastern Europe. Will the family be able to stay together and survive?
Readers moved by Schindler’s List, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas will be gripped.
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