12 Best war books like The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan

Cover of The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer    Ryan

The Spies of Shilling Lane

By: Jennifer Ryan

3.71

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir comes a thrilling new WWII story about a …

"That’s it! That’s the measure of success, isn’t it?"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"That’s it! That’s the measure of success, isn’t it?"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"That’s it! That’s the measure of success, isn’t it?"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"Love is the most crucial thing we have. Above reputation, above beauty, above our kindest actions."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

If you liked the war plot in The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly

1. The Golden Doves

By: Martha Hall Kelly

4.18

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Naz… read more

Similar categories in Martha Hall Kelly's The Golden Doves book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) by Ashley Weaver

2. Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4)

By: Ashley Weaver

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The fourth instalment in the delightful series following safecracker Electra McDonnell fighting Naz… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Weaver's Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Little Wartime Library by Kate          Thompson

3. The Little Wartime Library

By: Kate Thompson

4.25

Format: 468 pages, Paperback

An uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground … read more

Similar categories in Kate Thompson's The Little Wartime Library book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles

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 Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. The White Lady

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.07

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine/sleuth from Jacqueline Winspear, creato… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The White Lady book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"Give me strong young womenfolk with sharp elbows, Charlotte, my dear, and they will make a good account of themselves in this world."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

"And then there's that double-barreled name a lot of them toffs have, like they have to drag their ancestors up from the grave so we all know who they're related to."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

". . . it was known German soldiers would go door-to-door to take males of working age, or boys on the cusp of manhood. They always took the men, leaving only the women, children and elderly. Women we…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

Cover of Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini

6. Switchboard Soldiers

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.07

Format: 453 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Chiaverini's Switchboard Soldiers book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. The Light Over London

By: Julia Kelly

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale , this sweeping… read more

Similar categories in Julia Kelly's The Light Over London book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons

8. 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 Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • 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

Cover of The Librarian Spy by Madeline  Martin

9. The Librarian Spy

By: Madeline Martin

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A moving novel inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II.Ava thought … read more

Similar categories in Madeline Martin's The Librarian Spy book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I don't think I take compliments very well, Ava admitted sheepishly. "Most women don't. We always think we're not good enough." She lifted her shoulder, and the resignation behind it told Ava that ev…"

-Madeline Martin, The Librarian Spy

Cover of A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1) by Julia  Kelly

10. 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 Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini

11. 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 Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray

12. Becoming Madam Secretary

By: Stephanie Dray

4.45

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Dray's Becoming Madam Secretary book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

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

13. 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 Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • 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)

Cover of The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer    Ryan

14. The Spies of Shilling Lane

By: Jennifer Ryan

3.71

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir comes a thrilling new WWII story about a … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"That’s it! That’s the measure of success, isn’t it?"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"Love is the most crucial thing we have. Above reputation, above beauty, above our kindest actions."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"I realize that death isn’t the part of life to fear the most. It is the fear of not living up to our true potential."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

"Why do people get so caught up in their own senseless struggle for status that they forget to enjoy the beauty in others?"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

Cover of Hidden Yellow Stars by Rebecca Connolly

15. Hidden Yellow Stars

By: Rebecca Connolly

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Connolly's Hidden Yellow Stars book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline  Martin

16. The Keeper of Hidden Books

By: Madeline Martin

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Martin's The Keeper of Hidden Books book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

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 Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Me I Used to Be by Jennifer Ryan

18. The Me I Used to Be

By: Jennifer Ryan

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan’s bold new novel, Evangeline Austen returns to h… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Me I Used to Be book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner

19. Bloomsbury Girls

By: Natalie Jenner

3.86

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society returns with a compelling and hea… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Jenner's Bloomsbury Girls book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"As her eyes met his, Grace took strength in that feeling of understanding, which she now knew to be another form of love. Being understood, appreciated, and not judged: these, surely, were the corner…"

-Natalie Jenner, Bloomsbury Girls

Cover of Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate

20. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

Cover of The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

21. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Jennifer Ryan's The Spies of Shilling Lane

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

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Martha Hall Kelly

4.18

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Ashley Weaver

4.26

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Kate Thompson

4.25

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Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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Laurie R. King

4.41

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Deborah Crombie

4.25

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Ashley Weaver

4.18

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