fiction based on the real story of a family escaping through Eastern Europe at the cruel end of World War gripping, detailed, life-and-death period in the life of an ethnically German family at the end of World War tells a tale of a family's incredible bravery and determination in the waning, cruel days of World War fiction around the true story of an ethnically German family running from the Ukraine at the end of World War When she angers a local warlord and becomes eager to escape her world, she's relieved to secure promises

True Biz, by the author of Girl at War, is a coming-of-age story that also explores the importance society

Rash's newest Appalachian-set novel explores a small town shaken by upended expectations, the Korean War When his best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises

Now Is Not the Time to Panic, about two teenage misfits; and I'm reading the recently published heart-warmer 01 Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson It's 1926 in London, and recovery from the Great War inspires the

But others' visions for the story involve her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty witnesses Athena's death and then mysteriously comes up with a story about Chinese laborers during World War When Jaryk learns that his like-a-brother friend Misha from his childhood World War II-era orphanage a play--the same play his orphanage director and father figure once put on with the children in the Warsaw

I'm in for World War II-set books with tough, brave female protagonists, and especially female pilots I sometimes think that I'm about to max out on World War II historical fiction.

relationships, found family, growing up, and balancing two lives, all set against the backdrop of World War That, the Sea tells the story of two families on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean during World War

The Invisible Woman is historical fiction about the real-life World War II-era spy Virginia Hall. She's beginning to wonder if good can possibly overcome evil in this interminable war, but her ragtag

Thistlefoot includes some scenes in which World War II atrocities are central; delves into the desperation

A survivor of the World War II Warsaw Ghetto (haunted by ghosts from his childhood and the desperate same play his orphanage director and father figure, Pan Doktor, once put on with the children in the Warsaw

Come Home; A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes's woman-centric account of events surrounding the Trojan War listening to Haynes read her highly entertaining woman-centric version of events surrounding the Trojan War

In Ian McEwan's newest novel, we're introduced to characters living in a 2119, post-global-warming, post-nuclear war existence in which the population has been cut by more than half, inland seas spread across the The corona takes on a mythical quality and morphs to serve as a poignant, powerful climate-change warning

In 1942, as World War II disrupts the world, Violet is stuck in her family's ramshackle estate when she

all worth looking at under a microscope and demanding the many changes in the legal system that are warranted and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre ​ The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery double agent for Britain’s MI6, to be appointed Resident in the KGB—and to ultimately help end the Cold War He does an excellent job of immersing the reader in Cold War-era mindsets, priorities, and sometimes

The Skylark's Secret has a dual timeline; the story is set in rural Scotland during World War II and Flora and her village are supporting the war effort, temporarily taking in children from Great Britain's She's eager to dig in and learn more about her mother's wartime history, yet desperate not to be defined Valpy also wrote The Dressmaker's Gift, another World War II-era story (this time, set in Paris) with

Robinson that's focused on a meandering romance between an unlikely pair of characters just after World War Marilynne Robinson, focuses on a meandering romance between an unlikely pair of characters just after World War

points of view regarding the same chain of events in this rural South Carolina community after World War

In twentieth-century Idaho, Zeno has lived a long life filled with yearning, war, and unexpected late-in-life Cloud Cuckoo Land also explores devastating environmental destruction, human culpability, cruel wars,

Bourdain does have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after

In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After , Wamariya recalls her experiences

For my full review of this book, see Apeirogon. 02 The Light After the War ​ I’m dying to know how closely traces the inspiring events from her mother’s incredible experiences before, during, and after World War dread—intermixed with sparks of hope—that sustained Vera and Edith in Hungary and Germany during the war ; in Naples as they adjusted to post-war floods of food, fashion, and joy; as they found themselves in For my full review, see The Light After the War. 03 The Book of Longings ​ This was a fascinating story

And war is coming.

She is made a concubine warrior and is expected to die in her first battle, but Zetian instead shows

Sylvie's torn feelings and warring sense of duty and desire for youthful joy and carefree moments felt

review of Natalie Haynes's A Thousand Ships, a woman-centered retelling of events surrounding the Trojan War

character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars

Jaouad Suleika Jaouad was preparing to graduate from college and pursue her career dreams of becoming a war

McMinn County unless the corrupt Machine profited by it...until the local GIs returned home from World War The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in World War II.

worth looking at under a microscope and using to demand the many changes in the legal system that are warranted and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery double agent for Britain’s MI6, to be appointed Resident in the KGB—and to ultimately help end the Cold War He does an excellent job of immersing the reader in Cold War-era mindsets, priorities, and sometimes

Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty. Locke as his ward since her beloved, offbeat father disappeared during a trip to acquire artifacts for

01 The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner “Mom couldn’t teach me that because she didn’t know herself. Ruth Wariner was the thirty-ninth of her father's forty-two children, and she grew up on a farm in rural memoir details the former American intelligence officer's true story of her family during the Cold War For more nonfiction spy stories about the Cold War, check out two great books by Ben McIntyre, the gripping Sonya and a book I loved even more, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

She finds that she may be the only hope to save her war-torn country.

access to health care, domestic abuse, and emotional abuse, as well as a personal reckoning in which the warring

There's a minor, secondhand, yet powerful focus on the brutality and destruction of war, but also significant But when the warden drops him off at home, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm hitched In twentieth-century Idaho, Zeno has lived a long life filled with yearning, war, and unexpected late-in-life

Chemistry. 05 The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn The Diamond Eye is historical fiction about a real World War Kate Quinn tells the World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper

all of those elements and more, unraveling the workings of a family in the South during the Vietnam War ; brothers at odds; complex issues surrounding prison, war, and violence; and a brother's unfailing loyalty

Out Front the Following Sea, new historical fiction by Leah Angstman, it's 1689 and King William's War

Migrations follows Franny as she travels farther from civilization and safety--and as she considers what

memoir about her Japanese-American grandparents and their experiences in an internment camp during World War

young woman while stumbling into her iconic lifetime role as Princess Leia; The Invisible Woman, World War Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher In The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher considers the phenomenon of Star Wars Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman is historical fiction about the real-life World War becomes the legendary character of Merlin); and the complicating factors of bloodthirsty vengeance and war

In What We Can Know, we're introduced to characters living in a 2119, post-global-warming, post-nuclear war existence in which the population has been cut by more than half, inland seas spread across the

NetGalley. 02 The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war and all of this against a background of Beirut, a city shaped by and "smoldering with the legacy of war

by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in World War The book's subtitle is And How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful, Armed Rebellion since the

During a con she accidentally summons a djinn warrior, Dara, and the two must flee across the desert Centuries-old resentments and conflicts threaten to bubble up into war--and Nahri and Dara's arrival Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong knight who has literally fought for sword training as a lowly ward times, and I wished for more focus on Collum, while understanding that his early-days position didn't warrant

Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty. I especially love how Chen explores Kin's emotions in both of his realities, his warring loyalties,

Souls are snatched away from us, flesh and blood turn to dust, people you love betray you, men go to war

main protagonist Talin must figure it out before things potentially unravel for her and her fellow warriors Lu has written the Legends, Young Elites, and Warcross series. 02 The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy The Skylark's Secret has a dual timeline; the story is set in rural Scotland during World War II and Flora and her village are supporting the war effort, temporarily taking in children from Great Britain's She's eager to learn more about her mother's wartime history, yet desperate not to be defined and constrained

’s The Rose Code, historical fiction about the women who broke codes at Bletchley Park during World War The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun story of three very different women who answer the wartime call to

becomes the legendary character of Merlin); and the complicating factors of bloodthirsty vengeance and war

In Marie Lu's young adult dystopian series starter Legend, the Republic and Colonies war with each other Lu is the author of multiple young adult series (Legend, Warcross, The Young Elites, and Skyhunter) as Click here for my review of Lu's book Warcross.