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A good pick for readers interested in WWII intelligence, military technology, and firsthand wartime accounts.
Most Secret War
Biographies & Memoirs · Historical Fiction · World War 2
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Called “A very compelling read that holds your attention” in a reader review, Most Secret War recounts R.V. Jones’s work in Britain’s Air Ministry intelligence section during World War II. He explains how British scientists countered German radio guidance, detected flying bombs, and used chaff to confuse radar. A good pick for readers interested in WWII intelligence, military technology, and firsthand wartime accounts.
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Reginald Jones was nothing less than a genius.
And his appointment to the Intelligence Section of Britain's Air Ministry in 1939 led to some of the most astonishing scientific and technological breakthroughs of the Second World War.
In Most Secret War he details how Britain stealthily stole the war from under the Germans' noses by outsmarting their intelligence at every turn. He tells of the 'battle of the beams'; detecting and defeating flying bombs; using chaff to confuse radar; and many other ingenious ideas and devices.
Jones was the man with the plan to save Britain and his story makes for riveting reading.
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A strong match for readers who enjoy World War II historical fiction centered on friendship, military service, and the personal costs of war.
The Eleventh Man
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “intensely suspenseful and moving” by Scott Turow, The Eleventh Man follows eleven Montana college football teammates whose lives change after Pearl Harbor. While ten serve in World War II, Ben Reinking is assigned to chronicle their experiences for military propaganda, an assignment that brings unexpected love and forces him to confront the risks of war. A strong match for readers who enjoy World War II historical fiction centered on friendship, military service, and the personal costs of war.
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After Pearl Harbor, the lives of eleven Montana college football teammates are changed forever in an "intensely suspenseful and moving" novel (Scott Turow).
In the early 1940s, the starting lineup of Treasure State University's football team are local heroes. But as America is pulled into World War II, they feel called to become heroes of another kind.
Now, ten of them are scattered around the globe in the war's lonely and dangerous theaters. The eleventh man, Ben Reinking, has been plucked from pilot training by a military propaganda machine. He is to chronicle the adventures of his teammates, man by man, for publication in small-town newspapers across the country like the one his father edits. Ready for action, Reinking chafes at the assignment—not knowing that it will bring him love from an unexpected quarter and test the law of averages, which holds that all but one of his teammates should come through the conflict unscathed . . .
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A strong match for readers drawn to historical fiction about wartime espionage, family loyalties, and the consequences of difficult choices.
The Storm We Made
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Asian Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · World War 2
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A national bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club pick, The Storm We Made is an “espionage-laden family epic” (Vanity Fair) set in Japanese-occupied Malaya. In 1945, Cecily Alcantara’s son has disappeared, her daughters face growing danger, and the secrets of her past as a spy threaten to destroy her family. As the consequences of her choices catch up with her, Cecily must find a way to protect those she loves. A strong match for readers drawn to historical fiction about wartime espionage, family loyalties, and the consequences of difficult choices.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
In this “espionage-laden family epic” (Vanity Fair), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy—and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties.
Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara’s family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day.
Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth.
A decade prior, Cecily had been desperate to be more than a housewife to a low-level bureaucrat in British-colonized Malaya. A chance meeting with the charismatic General Fujiwara lured her into a life of espionage, pursuing dreams of an “Asia for Asians.” Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. Now her family is on the brink of destruction—and she will do anything to save them.
Told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, The Storm We Made spans years of pain, triumph, and perseverance. “The tenderness in its details, the ordinary ways that these characters love and laugh in the face of the extraordinary…Chan shows us, with clarity and care, how the truest mirror comes from the intimacy of human connection” (The New York Times Book Review).
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A #1 bestseller, When The East Wind Blows follows Elisabeth and her four children during the final six months of World War II as they flee the advancing…
When The East Wind Blows
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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A #1 bestseller, When The East Wind Blows follows Elisabeth and her four children during the final six months of World War II as they flee the advancing Russian front in Nazi Germany and face bombing in the West. Based on a true story, it has a 4.2-star rating from more than 600 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for historical fiction readers interested in civilian survival, family, and the final months of World War II.
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A fast-paced World War II historical novel based on the true story of holocaust survivors
This historical novel, based on a true story, brings World War Two to a new level of reality and a descriptive intensity that will leave the reader spellbound.
It brings to life the dramatic experiences of a woman caught between a ruthless government and the will to survive with her children during the last six months of World War 2 in Nazi Germany as she flees the incoming Russian front in the East and right into the carpet bombing in the West.
This book brings this war down to a human level in a way that will leave the reader with a stunning new perspective never told in America and represents the missing link in the historical annals of this time.
A sequel called WEST WIND is being written at this time and deals with the chaotic aftermath of the collapse of the Third Reich and the survival of Elisabeth, her four children and Helga, the maid. It also describes her husband's experiences in an American prison camp in the south of France.
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Based on the heroic true stories of librarians who fought back, this historical novel follows Helene Nathan as she risks her safety to protect banned books from the…
Library of Forbidden Books
Historical Fiction · World War 2
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Based on the heroic true stories of librarians who fought back, this historical novel follows Helene Nathan as she risks her safety to protect banned books from the Nazis in 1933 Berlin, with a 3.5-star average from 39 Goodreads ratings. A good pick for historical fiction readers interested in librarians, censorship, and literature as resistance.
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In a world of burning books, one woman will risk everything to keep stories alive.
Berlin, 1933. The vibrant cultural heart of Germany is darkening under the shadow of the Nazi regime. For Helene Nathan, one of the first female librarians at a prestigious German library, the books she cherishes are no longer just sources of knowledge--they are targets. As the government begins its systematic purge of literature, compiling lists of "forbidden" works and orchestrating public book burnings, Helene realizes she cannot stand by as her world turns to ash.
Determined to resist the encroaching tyranny, Helene and her colleagues embark on a perilous mission of secretly collecting and hiding the very books slated for destruction. It's a dangerous act of defiance in a city where every neighbor could be an informant and the Gestapo are a constant, looming threat. Her quiet rebellion is especially complicated by the fact that Helene is half-Jewish, and Rudolf Kummer, a ruthless Nazi official, seemingly has a personal vendetta against her.
As the stakes escalate and friends and neighbors begin to disappear, Helene must decide how much she is willing to sacrifice. Her fight is not just for the pages she saves, but for the very soul of her country and the freedom to think.
Based on the heroic true stories of librarians who fought back, Library of Forbidden Books is a gripping tale of courage, the profound power of literature as resistance, and one woman's struggle to preserve humanity in the face of absolute evil.
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A good pick for readers of historical fiction about resistance, faith, courage, and escape from Nazi persecution.
The Auschwitz Escape
Historical Fiction · World War 2
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A Goodreads Choice Award nominee, this WWII historical novel follows French pastor Luc and Jewish prisoner Jacob as they form an unlikely alliance to escape Auschwitz and warn the Allies, with a 4.7-star rating from more than 5,300 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers of historical fiction about resistance, faith, courage, and escape from Nazi persecution.
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Another NYT Bestseller!
Finalist for the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards.
A WWII historical novel inspired by true events.
Evil, unchecked, is the prelude to genocide.
As the Nazi war machine rolls across Europe, young Jacob Weisz is forced to flee his beloved Germany and join an underground resistance group in Belgium. But when a rescue operation goes horribly wrong, Jacob finds himself trapped in a crowded cattle car headed to southern Poland.
Sentenced to hard labor in the Auschwitz labor camp, Jacob forms an unlikely alliance with Jean-Luc Leclerc, a former assistant pastor who was imprisoned for helping Jews. They’ve been chosen for one of the most daring and dangerous feats imaginable—escape from Auschwitz. With no regard for their own safety, they must make it to the West and alert the Allies to the awful truth of what is happening in Poland before Fascism overtakes all of Europe. The fate of millions hangs in the balance.
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A good pick for readers who like historical spy thrillers built around wartime intelligence, pursuit, and undercover intrigue.
Prince of Spies
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · Political Thriller · War Fiction · World War 2
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Young detective Richard Prince hunts a German spy who comes ashore on a Lincolnshire beach in 1942, pulling him into a WWII espionage case, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 4,000 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers who like historical spy thrillers built around wartime intelligence, pursuit, and undercover intrigue.
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Find the truth; risk everything. A gripping WWII spy novel full of intrigue and peril from a modern master.
1942: A German spy comes ashore on a desolate stretch of Lincolnshire beach. But he is hunted down by a young detective, Richard Prince. The secret services have need of a man like him...
In occupied Europe, Denmark is a hotbed of problems for British intelligence. Rumours of a war-ending weapon being developed by the Germans are rife.
Sent to Copenhagen, Prince is soon caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Dodging Gestapo agents, SS muscle and the danger of betrayal, his survival and the war effort hangs in the balance.
Gripping and intense, Prince of Spies is the first in a new espionage series that will delight fans of Alan Furst, Philip Kerr and John le Carr.
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Best for readers who like historical thrillers with espionage, wartime stakes, Nazi-occupied Europe, and fast-moving plots.
THE SHADOWS OF WAR
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “Well researched and splendidly exciting” by Frederick Nolan and “Nerve-racking entertainment” by the Irish Times, this four-book set follows spies, resistance fighters, surgeons, and operatives through dangerous World War II missions. Best for readers who like historical thrillers with espionage, wartime stakes, Nazi-occupied Europe, and fast-moving plots.
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GET *FOUR* THRILLING WORLD WAR II ADVENTURES IN ONE GREAT-VALUE BOX SET.
PRAISE FOR PETER MACALAN:
‘Well researched and splendidly exciting. Peter MacAlan is a real find.’ Frederick Nolan, author of Brass Target
‘Nerve-racking entertainment. An engrossing thriller.’ Irish Times
‘A fascinating story, painstakingly researched, and gripping to the last.’ Manchester Evening News
‘Charged with suspense.’ Edinburgh Evening News
‘A sizzling thriller . . . moves at a sparkling pace.’ Glasgow Post
Dive into four gripping WWII thrillers where spies, resistance fighters and daring operatives put everything on the line to change the course of the war. From the frozen fjords of Norway to the heart of Nazi Germany, each mission brings life-and-death stakes. These fast-paced adventures, packed with historical intrigue and unforgettable characters, will have you gripped from the first page to the last.
Perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Ken Follett, John le Carré, Jack Higgins and Alistair MacLean.
IN THIS FOUR-BOOK COLLECTION:
BOOK 1: The Valkyrie Directive
Norway, April 1940. With the Third Reich's swift advance, Britain’s leadership is in turmoil. A prominent British figure is gravely ill, and only three surgeons in Europe can save him—two German, and one, Dr. Didrik Stenersen, a prisoner in Nazi-occupied Norway. Churchill orders Operation Valkyrie, a high-risk rescue mission to bring Stenersen to London, but with spies everywhere and German intelligence hot on their trail, the stakes couldn't be higher.
BOOK 2: The Windsor Protocol
August 1940. Hitler plans to reinstall the Duke of Windsor as puppet king, a move that could spark a civil war and cripple Britain’s defences. With the German army poised to invade, British intelligence races to stop the Duke’s manipulation. If the Nazis succeed, the course of the war could be changed forever.
BOOK 3: The Judas Battalion
1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Austin Roberts has a daring plan to assassinate Hitler and end the war. Operation Hagan will send a British agent deep undercover in the Nazi British Free Corps, posing as one of Hitler’s bodyguards. They just need someone willing to risk everything. Charlie Collins, a convicted mutineer, seizes the chance to escape prison and embark on a deadly mission: to stop Hitler’s propaganda and end the war—no matter the cost.
BOOK 4: The Doomsday Decree
Germany 1945. With the Allies closing in on Berlin, Hitler’s last hope lies in the V4, a devastating new weapon. Paul Horder, a surgeon, uncovers Projekt Wotan—Hitler’s nuclear bomb project—when a mysterious SS corporal disappears. As Paul’s colleague and family are seized by the Gestapo, he is determined to stop the deadly weapon before it’s too late.
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Good for readers who like dual-timeline WWII historical fiction with family history, hidden truths, bookshops, and Resistance stories.
The Secrets of Provence
Historical Fiction · Romance · Historical Romance · World War 2
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The Secrets of Provence connects Mathilde’s wartime refuge in Provence, where she is drawn into the Resistance and forced to guard a painful secret, with Juliette’s present-day search for her family’s past, with a 4.5-star average from more than 400 Goodreads ratings. Good for readers who like dual-timeline WWII historical fiction with family history, hidden truths, bookshops, and Resistance stories.
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An unforgettable, heart-wrenching story tying together past and present, from the bestselling author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris
Provence, 1940. Thrown out of occupied Paris by the Nazis, brave, beautiful Mathilde finds refuge with her cousin in Provence, where she’s soon drawn into the Resistance movement. Secrecy and subterfuge are her constant companions in her life on the run, where betrayal is a constant threat.
But Mathilde’s greatest pain and greatest joy are wrapped up in the most heartbreaking secret of all: one she must hide even from her beloved husband, and keep for the rest of her days.
Paris, present day. Juliette’s life should be perfect, with her bookshop established and her long-term relationship feeling settled, but something just isn’t clicking. Her thoughts turn to tracing her roots. Why did her French grandmother spend most of the war in Provence, after being expelled from Paris?
An old photograph will lead Juliette to a crumbling château, where she uncovers a story that will change her life in the most unexpected way…
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A good pick for readers who like WW2 military fiction, espionage puzzles, battlefield action, and historical thrillers.
Drake’s War
Historical Fiction · Men's Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “spellbinding,” Drake's War follows Second Lieutenant Tennyson “Ted” Drake, a former schoolmaster caught behind the lines in the Ardennes in May 1940 with a bloodstained coded notebook and a mysterious raven sketch. As Blitzkrieg overwhelms the Allied defences, Drake must uncover the raven’s secret before it changes the war, with a 4.0-star rating from more than 700 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers who like WW2 military fiction, espionage puzzles, battlefield action, and historical thrillers.
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“A quick-paced, well-plotted novel…a propulsive, mystery-driven narrative.” KIRKUS REVIEWS
“Absolutely fascinating and highly informative… battles are described in electrifying detail.” V E H Masters of The Historical Novel Society
"As a portrait of military history, it doesn’t get much better. Unflinching realism… a genuine tour de force of nail-biting tension. Action sequences are exceptional. Frankly, they thrill." E.V. Seymour, best-selling author of The Patient
"If you liked Sharpe's Rifles, you'll love Drake's War" - Selected for the Bernard Cornwell reading club
It's May 1940.
The Allies are at a standoff with Hitler's Germany.
Second Lieutenant Tennyson "Ted" Drake, until recently a barracks schoolmaster, is on a shadowy reconnaissance trip deep in the Ardennes forest.
But when the German panzers burst across the border, Drake's commanding officer is killed, leaving Drake in a place he should not be, with no orders, just a bloodstained notebook filled with code - and a mysterious sketch of a raven.
As the Allied defences crumble before the onslaught of the Blitzkrieg, Drake must stay alive long enough to discover the raven’s secret - and stop its catastrophic consequences on the outcome of the war…
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A good pick for fans of family-centered WWII historical fiction with military detail, home-front tension, and multiple perspectives.
A Time to Serve
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “a suspenseful saga of one family's inspiring fight” by Lee Jackson, A Time to Serve follows the Cooper family as World War II pulls them from newlywed life and the home front into paratrooper training, wartime industry, dangerous work, and the brutal fighting in the Philippines, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 3,700 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for fans of family-centered WWII historical fiction with military detail, home-front tension, and multiple perspectives.
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As World War II begins, the Cooper family is thrust headlong into the fray, where they must face the ultimate test of courage—from the home front to the battlefield.
"...a suspenseful saga of one family's inspiring fight..." —Lee Jackson, author of After Dunkirk
It’s 1941. Clyde and Abigail Cooper are happy newlyweds. She’s from Seattle’s upper crust, and he’s from the wrong side of the tracks. Yet the two are deeply in love. All Clyde wants is to give Abby the life she deserves.
But his plans are dashed with the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
However much he loves his new wife, Clyde can’t ignore his duty to serve. His cousin Shawn Cooper enlisted months before, anticipating the coming war. He regales Clyde with his experiences with a fledgling, experimental US Army unit known as the paratroopers. Soon Clyde enlists with plans for the Airborne, hoping the longer training cycle will outlast the war…
Abby is devastated to part with her new husband, and she knows she needs to find something to occupy her time. While the war has brought many new opportunities for women in the workforce, Abby stumbles into something quite exciting…and dangerous.
For Abby’s father, Victor Brooks, America’s entry into the war means profit. Brooks Industries was on the brink of collapse, but the war has changed everything. The only thing that can stop him is his own insatiable greed.
Thousands of miles away in the Philippines, Clyde’s brother Frank, a US Army soldier, fights for his life against a relentless Japanese onslaught. Ill-equipped, with no chance of resupply, Frank and his unit fight a well-trained Japanese Army on the Bataan Peninsula. After months of bloody fighting, Frank finds himself on the final Allied strongpoint remaining in the Philippines—Corregidor Island.
A Time to Serve is the first book in this epic new WWII historical fiction series, told through the eyes of the different members of the Cooper family, and following the war through its conclusion. Recommended for fans of Jeff Shaara and Ken Follett.
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Good for readers who want historical fiction about childhood innocence, moral blindness, and the human cost of the Holocaust.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Historical Fiction · Teen + Young Adult · World War 2
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A #1 bestseller called “as memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank” by USA Today, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas follows Bruno, a lonely boy in 1942 Berlin whose family moves near a desolate place bordered by a tall fence. His friendship with a boy on the other side leads to devastating consequences, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 34,000 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want historical fiction about childhood innocence, moral blindness, and the human cost of the Holocaust.
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Two young boys encounter the best and worst of humanity during the Holocaust in this powerful read that USA Today called "as memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank.”
Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people in the distance.
But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different from his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
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