The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeFugitive Pieces by Anne  MichaelsRestless by William  BoydSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Bloomsbury Modern Classics
10 books — 20 voters
The Silent Unseen by Amanda McCrinaThink of Me by Frances LiardetSisters of Night and Fog by Erika RobuckA Girl During the War by Anita AbrielThe Paris Showroom by Juliet Blackwell
Historical Fiction 2022
407 books — 431 voters

The Light of Days by Judy BatalionThe Princess Spy by Larry LoftisThe Ravine by Wendy LowerAll the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca DonnerWhen Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American I... by Susan H. Kamei
History Published in Year: 2021
581 books — 112 voters
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien CharlesEternal by Lisa ScottolineThe Nature of Fragile Things by Susan MeissnerSomething Unbelievable by Maria KuznetsovaLeonora in the Morning Light by Michaela Carter
Anticipated 2021 Literary Fiction
446 books — 588 voters

The Rose Code by Kate QuinnEternal by Lisa ScottolineThe Invisible Woman by Erika RobuckThe Paris Dressmaker by Kristy CambronOur Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson
WW2 Era Fiction published in 2021
61 books — 82 voters
Those Who Are Saved by Alexis LandauThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahOur Darkest Night by Jennifer RobsonThe Nature of Fragile Things by Susan MeissnerWhile Paris Slept by Ruth Druart
Historical Fiction 2021
451 books — 746 voters

The German Heiress by Anika ScottThe Light After the War by Anita AbrielThe Traitor by V.S. AlexanderAll the Ways We Said Goodbye by Beatriz WilliamsThe Long Path Home by Ellen Lindseth
Historical Fiction 2020
370 books — 523 voters
Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel GaynorThe Liberation of Paris by Jean Edward SmithParis Echo by Sebastian FaulksSuzanne's Children by Anne  NelsonAvenue of Spies by Alex Kershaw
Paris in the Title
344 books — 26 voters

Lusia's Long Journey Home by Lucy LipinerThe Children of Willesden Lane. Beyond the Kindertransport by Mona GolabekKindertransport by Olga Levy DruckerThe English German Girl by Jake Wallis SimonsFarewell to Prague by Miriam Darvas
Holocaust Escapees
113 books — 29 voters
The Last Train to London by Meg Waite ClaytonCilka's Journey by Heather   MorrisAusterlitz by W.G. SebaldThe Children of Willesden Lane. Beyond the Kindertransport by Mona GolabekKindertransport by Olga Levy Drucker
Kindertransport
61 books — 20 voters

Code Girls by Liza MundyA Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreWild Bill Donovan by Douglas C. WallerThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacintyreThe Women Who Lived for Danger by Marcus Binney
Great Books on Espionage (nonfiction)
175 books — 35 voters
The Orphan's Tale by Pam JenoffLilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyResistance Women by Jennifer ChiaveriniThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankDefying Hitler by Gordon Thomas
Germans Defying Hitler
80 books — 28 voters

The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer  RosnerThe Words I Never Wrote by Jane ThynneThe Traitor by V.S. AlexanderThe Whispers of War by Julia  KellyTo the Edge of Sorrow by Aharon Appelfeld
WW2 Era Fiction published in 2020
139 books — 129 voters
D-Day Girls by Sarah RoseLanding on the Edge of Eternity by Robert KershawSoldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die by Giles MiltonShifty's War by Marcus Brotherton
Books about D-Day
99 books — 25 voters

Flygirl by Sherri L. SmithWings by Karl FriedrichFlying Higher by Wanda LangleyJackie Cochran by Doris L. RichThe Secrets of Flight by Maggie Leffler
WASPs
45 books — 21 voters
When Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American I... by Susan H. KameiThe Western Front Diaries of Charles Bean by Charles BeanThe Women with Silver Wings by Katherine Sharp LanddeckThe Castle on Sunset by Shawn LevyThe Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets by Sarah  Miller
History Published in Year: 2019
393 books — 115 voters

Code Girls by Liza MundyAshley's War by Gayle Tzemach LemmonCaged Eyes by Lynn K.  HallLiar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen AbbottThe Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan
Non-Fiction About Women in the Military
232 books — 71 voters
The Reader by Bernhard SchlinkHitler's Valkyrie by David R.L. LitchfieldHitler's Furies by Wendy LowerFrauen by Alison OwingsThe Mystery of Olga Chekhova by Antony Beevor
Nazi/Third Reich Women
93 books — 18 voters

The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam JenoffThe Huntress by Kate QuinnThe Light Over London by Julia  KellyThe Age of Light by Whitney Scharer
Historical Fiction 2019
415 books — 655 voters
Code Name by Larry LoftisThe Lady Is a Spy by Don MitchellThe Five by Hallie RubenholdA Serial Killer's Daughter by Kerri RawsonRed River Girl by Joanna Jolly
Women's biographies 2019
270 books — 123 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynPeter the Great by Robert K. MassieA People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Best Russian History Books
550 books — 384 voters
The Best Land Under Heaven by Michael WallisThe Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James BrownOrdeal by Hunger by George R. StewartDesperate Passage by Ethan RarickThe Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck
Donner Party
26 books — 27 voters

1917 by David StevensonThe Woman Who Fought an Empire by Gregory J. WallanceIn the Enemy's House by Howard BlumThe Stowaway by Laurie Gwen ShapiroBlood Moon by John Sedgwick
Historical Nonfiction 2018
217 books — 51 voters
The Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThe Wife Between Us by Greer HendricksSometimes I Lie by Alice FeeneyBring Me Back by B.A. ParisThe Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
Psychological Suspense for 2018 (Part 1)
135 books — 270 voters

Five Days at Memorial by Sheri FinkGilded Lives, Fatal Voyage by Hugh BrewsterInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerColumbine by Dave CullenDead Wake by Erik Larson
Disasters, Tragedies, and Accidents
201 books — 77 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
True Crime
722 books — 607 voters

Glass Houses by Louise PennyIn This Grave Hour by Jacqueline WinspearThe Chalk Pit by Elly GriffithsThe Day I Died by Lori Rader-DayInto the Water by Paula Hawkins
Most Anticipated Mysteries 2017
109 books — 157 voters
Death in Spring by Mercè RodoredaZone by Mathias ÉnardMaidenhair by Mikhail ShishkinHigh Tide by Inga ĀbeleThe Selected Stories of Mercè Rodoreda by Mercè Rodoreda
Open Letter Books
125 books — 49 voters


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