16 must-read historical books like Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson

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Sisters in Arms

By: Kaia Alderson

3.69

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Kaia Alderson’s debut historical fiction novel reveals the untold, true story of the Six Triple Eig…

If you liked the historical plot in Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson , here is a list of 16 books like this:

1. Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal

By: Amy Krouse Rosenthal

4.09

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Lifereturns with a literary experience that i… read more

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2. The Mayor of Maxwell Street

By: Avery Cunningham

3.56

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

When a rich Black debutante enlists the help of a low-level speakeasy manager to identify the head … read more

Similar categories in Avery Cunningham's The Mayor of Maxwell Street book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. The First Ladies

By: Marie Benedict

4.04

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights a… read more

Similar categories in Marie Benedict's The First Ladies book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
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4. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

Similar categories in Christina Soontornvat's The Last Mapmaker book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

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5. Efrén Divided

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Pura Belpré Award! “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Efrén Divided book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Take My Hand

By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez

4.37

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a profoundly moving novel about a Black nurse in po… read more

Similar categories in Dolen Perkins-Valdez's Take My Hand book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • race
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
"There wasn’t any justice for little Black girls, and never had been."

-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand

"The world was an enigma. My country was an enigma. Still, she was mine. And I loved every square inch of her."

-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand

"The past doesn't work that way. You can't just make it disappear. You can't pretend certain things didn't happen."

-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand

"She wore a belted yellow dress that screamed springtime even though it was chilly out. Anybody in a dress that bright had to be doing some good in the world, I decided."

-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand

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7. The American Queen

By: Vanessa Miller

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In 1869 a kingdom rose in the South. And Louella was its queen. Over the twenty-four years she’s be… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Miller's The American Queen book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • race
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
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8. Angels of the Resistance

By: Noelle Salazar

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

“ Angels of the Resistance brings to life a deadly-effective and deeply moving sisterhood.” —Kate Q… read more

Similar categories in Noelle Salazar's Angels of the Resistance book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. All We Were Promised

By: Ashton Lattimore

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A housemaid with a dangerous family secret conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an e… read more

Similar categories in Ashton Lattimore's All We Were Promised book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • race
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
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10. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

By: Jennifer Ryan

4.09

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationin… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ryan's The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Clothes do that sometimes. They have the power to make you into someone else. They can make anything seem possible."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"Sometimes we just need someone with a fresh perspective to hold up a mirror and show us who we really are – who we could become, if we put our minds to it."

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

"In a good family, you're loved, simply, for being you, and whatever happens, wherever you go, you will always know that you are loved. It doesn’t matter how successful you are, how beautiful, or how …"

-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

Cover of Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson

11. Sisters in Arms

By: Kaia Alderson

3.69

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Kaia Alderson’s debut historical fiction novel reveals the untold, true story of the Six Triple Eig… read more

Similar categories in Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • race
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
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12. Angels of the Pacific

By: Elise Hooper

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Their survival would depend on sisterhood and service. Inspired by the extraordinary true storie… read more

Similar categories in Elise Hooper's Angels of the Pacific book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"No one survives a war's front lines without ghosts clinging to them."

-Elise Hooper, Angels of the Pacific

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13. Dragon Hoops

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.33

Format: 446 pages, Hardcover

In his latest graphic novel, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight o… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Dragon Hoops book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • fiction
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14. Radar Girls

By: Sara Ackerman

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An extraordinary story inspired by the real Women’s Air Raid Defense, where an unlikely recruit and… read more

Similar categories in Sara Ackerman's Radar Girls book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Anyone could see half her heart was missing."

-Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

"The true agony of death was left to the living."

-Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

"See you on the other side Rascal. Bulldog over and out."

-Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

"The more you loved something, the more you hurt when you lost it."

-Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

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15. The War Nurse

By: Tracey Enerson Wood

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

She asked dozens of young women to lay their lives on the line during the Great War. Can she protec… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Enerson Wood's The War Nurse book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We’ve got faster communication here then ma bell does at AT&T"

-Tracey Enerson Wood, The War Nurse

"There are things that we can’t control I’m falling in love with you julia"

-Tracey Enerson Wood, The War Nurse

"It so happens that you are one of the few creatures on earth who is pleasant to be around first thing in the morning thought I could learn from your example"

-Tracey Enerson Wood, The War Nurse

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16. Women of the Post

By: Joshunda Sanders

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An emotional story, based on true events, about the all-Black battalion of the Women's Army Corps w… read more

Similar categories in Joshunda Sanders's Women of the Post book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
"Support units are the spine of the war effort. Because we do a job that is invisible and does not take place on the battlefield does not mean what we do isn't difficult or dangerous."

-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post

"It is the fight of his life - of our lives - to defend our country and maybe it will show white people that we can also belong to and defend this place. We built it too, after all. It is as much our …"

-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post

"We all found ways to mirror her contributions to America, even when our country never gave us back all that we gave it. It's a shame that it takes going to other places to help us see how to transfor…"

-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post

"The most important thing is those letters... They keep soldiers connected to the most significant people in their lives. Their families, their children, their wives and mothers. That keeps them motiv…"

-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post

Cover of Outrageous in Orchid: a Colors of Scandal novella by Sandra Sookoo

17. Outrageous in Orchid: a Colors of Scandal novella

By: Sandra Sookoo

4.29

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

At times a second chance at love and friendship is tangled in grief until one learns to forgive.Ex-… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Sookoo's Outrageous in Orchid: a Colors of Scandal novella book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Other Princess by Denny S.  Bryce

18. The Other Princess

By: Denny S. Bryce

3.99

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victoria’s court and adapting to life in… read more

Similar categories in Denny S. Bryce's The Other Princess book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion by Sheila    Williams

19. No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion

By: Sheila Williams

3.46

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing histori… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Williams's No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Princess, Countess, Socialite, Spy: True Stories of High-Society Ladies Turned WWII Spies (Brave Women Who Changed the Course of WWII) by Elise  Baker

20. Princess, Countess, Socialite, Spy: True Stories of High-Society Ladies Turned WWII Spies (Brave Women Who Changed the Course of WWII)

By: Elise Baker

3.95

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second World War changed the course of modern history. It is filled with incredible stories of … read more

Similar categories in Elise Baker's Princess, Countess, Socialite, Spy: True Stories of High-Society Ladies Turned WWII Spies (Brave Women Who Changed the Course of WWII) book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical
  • war
Cover of One Little Indiscretion (Singular Sensation Book 1) by Sandra Sookoo

21. One Little Indiscretion (Singular Sensation Book 1)

By: Sandra Sookoo

4.31

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

A proper gentleman. A desperate lady. One little indiscretion that will change their lives.Carew Ha… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Sookoo's One Little Indiscretion (Singular Sensation Book 1) book and Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms

  • historical

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Transform Your Habits

The Mayor of Maxwell Street

Avery Cunningham

3.56

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Marie Benedict

4.04

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The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

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Efrén Divided

Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

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Kwame Alexander

4.24

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Mike Curato

4.32

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You Know I'm No Good

Jessie Ann Foley

4.01

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Huda Fahmy

4.17

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