7 Best war books like Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) by A.J. Pearce

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Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

By: A.J. Pearce

4.19

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away …

"You didn’t miss someone any less, you just made room for other things to surround the gap they had left."

-A.J. Pearce, Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

"You didn’t miss someone any less, you just made room for other things to surround the gap they had left."

-A.J. Pearce, Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

If you liked the war plot in Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) by A.J. Pearce , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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2. The Underground Library

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighti… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Underground Library book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more

Similar categories in Janet Skeslien Charles's Miss Morgan's Book Brigade book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

5. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

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6. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
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7. 73 Dove Street

By: Julie Owen Moylan

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The page-turning and evocative new novel set in 1950s London from the author of That Green Eyed Gir… read more

Similar categories in Julie Owen Moylan's 73 Dove Street book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Cover of A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4) by S.J.  Bennett

9. A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4)

By: S.J. Bennett

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The royally brilliant fourth book in the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates mystery series! 1957… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Bennett's A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4) book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Air Raid Book Club

By: Annie Lyons

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

London, 1938: The bookstore just doesn’t feel the same to Gertie Bingham ever since the death of he… read more

Similar categories in Annie Lyons's The Air Raid Book Club book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Quite. But Hedy has inherited her mother's skills as a seamstress. Very good. Tell her to come and see me. If you can't sew, can you knit? A little. Although I made my father a pair of socks once and…"

-Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

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11. The Wake-Up Call

By: Beth O'Leary

3.57

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Two hotel receptionists--and arch-rivals--find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to ret… read more

Similar categories in Beth O'Leary's The Wake-Up Call book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1) by Julia  Kelly

12. A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1)

By: Julia Kelly

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the … read more

Similar categories in Julia Kelly's A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1) book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Canary Girls

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling novelist Jennifer Chiav… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chiaverini's Canary Girls book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) by A.J. Pearce

14. Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

By: A.J. Pearce

4.19

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away … read more

Similar categories in A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You didn’t miss someone any less, you just made room for other things to surround the gap they had left."

-A.J. Pearce, Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

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15. Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

By: Olivia Ford

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food Nothing… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Ford's Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"To want something, she realized, was to make yourself vulnerable to losing it."

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

"It's sometimes easy to feel left behind at my age, as if the world has a future and you have no place in it...but I hope to discover that there is meaning and adventure still to be found."

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

"...the strongest couples I know have grown together, supporting their partner's changes rather than harnessing or fearing them. It's a bit like growing roses - you don't get to choose exactly which w…"

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

Cover of The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5) by Allison Montclair

16. The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5)

By: Allison Montclair

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Allison Montclair's The Lady from Burma, murder once again stalks the proprietors of The Right S… read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5) book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By: Helen Simonson

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more

Similar categories in Helen Simonson's The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Vintage Shop of Second Chances by Libby Page

18. The Vintage Shop of Second Chances

By: Libby Page

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Among the cobbled streets of the Somerset town of Frome, Lou is embarking on the start of something… read more

Similar categories in Libby Page's The Vintage Shop of Second Chances book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Lifeline

By: Libby Page

4.19

Format: 391 pages, ebook

Everybody needs saving sometimes… For Kate, having a newborn baby means she is almost never alon… read more

Similar categories in Libby Page's The Lifeline book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

20. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's How to Age Disgracefully book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

Cover of Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) by Allison Montclair

21. Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6)

By: Allison Montclair

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another … read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) book and A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

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Pip Williams

4.07

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The Underground Library

Jennifer Ryan

4.14

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The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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Jennifer Ryan

4.14

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Jennifer Chiaverini

4.11

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Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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Allison Pataki

4.11

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