10 Best world war ii books like The Huntress by Kate Quinn

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The Huntress

By: Kate Quinn

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Kindle Edition

In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted… Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always d…

"Maybe,"

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

"Cameras didn't lie, but they could certainly mislead."

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

"Because we can keep on. Others, they try keeping on, they just..."

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

"If she had a camera, she didn't need to tell stories; she could tell the truth."

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

If you liked the world war ii plot in The Huntress by Kate Quinn , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls, #1)

By: Martha Hall Kelly

4.29

Format: 487 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this powerful debut novel reveals an incredibl… read more

Similar categories in Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls, #1) book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"After that, we were like flies stuck in honey, alive but not really living."

-Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls, #1)

"The quiz said you would feel a click like the sound of a compact if you were in love, and I felt that click every time I saw Pietrik."

-Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls, #1)

"I walked home with a lighter step, for that night had knocked something loose in me, something long overdue to be knocked. At long last, I saw that group for what they were, with a few exceptions - a…"

-Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls, #1)

2. We Were the Lucky Ones

By: Georgia Hunter

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary, propulsive novel based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who are separ… read more

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3. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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4. The Paris Agent

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

1970—In the aftermath of his war-ravaged past, Noah Ainsworth is still haunted by memories of his t… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The Paris Agent book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"To truly love someone, we must accept the real version of them, scars and all."

-Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent

"And whatever we do with the freedom we have been gifted, whether our achievements and our struggles are big or small, we will do it in honor of those who gave so much so that we could live in a bette…"

-Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent

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5. The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters

4.14

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

6. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

Cover of The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel

7. The Paris Daughter

By: Kristin Harmel

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Paris Daughter book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"

-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter

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8. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

By: Lisa See

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more

Similar categories in Lisa See's Lady Tan’s Circle of Women book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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11. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

Cover of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James   McBride

12. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

By: James McBride

4.00

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more

Similar categories in James McBride's The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Weyward

By: Emilia Hart

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackl… read more

Similar categories in Emilia Hart's Weyward book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
" Altha . A strange name. Soft and yet powerful. Like an incantation."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"It took skill, Violet thought, to make even your handwriting look angry"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"She named me Altha, after all. Not Alice, meaning noble woman, nor Agnes, lamb of God. Altha. Healer."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"I thought he loved me for myself. But you were right. To him I am but an animal, like those he hunts and puts on display"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

Cover of The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

14. The House of Eve

By: Sadeqa Johnson

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelph… read more

Similar categories in Sadeqa Johnson's The House of Eve book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

15. The Book of Lost Names

By: Kristin Harmel

4.43

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books one morning when her eyes… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Book of Lost Names book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...we are only responsible for the things we do—or fail to do—ourselves."

-Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

"Remember that God’s plan for you might be different than the plan you have for yourself."

-Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

"Ah. I should have known. You’re one of us. … You’re someone who finds herself in the pages,"

-Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

"I know it’s sometimes hard to believe the best. Isn’t it better than believing the worst, though?"

-Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

Cover of The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

16. The Things We Cannot Say

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.53

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The Things We Cannot Say book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. 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 Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Huntress by Kate Quinn

18. The Huntress

By: Kate Quinn

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Kindle Edition

In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted… Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always d… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Huntress book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Maybe,"

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

"Cameras didn't lie, but they could certainly mislead."

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

"Because we can keep on. Others, they try keeping on, they just..."

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

"If she had a camera, she didn't need to tell stories; she could tell the truth."

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

Cover of Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon

19. Code Name Hélène

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.41

Format: 451 pages, Hardcover

Told in interweaving timelines organized around the four code names Nancy used during the war, Code… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's Code Name Hélène book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I am the same but different, and I greet this new reflection with a nod of acceptance. There is metal in my spine and there are fractures in my soul. I resemble Garrow now. I have been changed by war."

-Ariel Lawhon, Code Name Hélène

Cover of The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer

20. The German Wife

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.37

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Warsaw Orphan  returns with a gripping novel inspir… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The German Wife book and Kate Quinn's The Huntress

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel

21. The Forest of Vanishing Stars

By: Kristin Harmel

4.26

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative comin… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

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