6 must-read war books like The Elephant of Belfast by S. Kirk Walsh

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The Elephant of Belfast

By: S. Kirk Walsh

3.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by true events, this vivid and moving story of a young woman zookeeper and the elephant sh…

If you liked the war plot in The Elephant of Belfast by S. Kirk Walsh , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Lost Library (Emily Weiss #1) by A.M. Dean

1. The Lost Library (Emily Weiss #1)

By: A.M. Dean

3.48

Format: 516 pages, Paperback

They are the Council and crave power and position. Their corruption spreads from the highest points… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Dean's The Lost Library (Emily Weiss #1) book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Gates of the Alamo

By: Stephen Harrigan

1.50

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Stephen Harrigan's The Gates of the Alamo book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Diary of a Mad Fat Girl

By: Stephanie McAfee

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Graciela "Ace" Jones is mad-mad at her best friend Lilly who cancels their annual trip to Panama Ci… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie McAfee's Diary of a Mad Fat Girl book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • fiction
  • audiobook

4. The Mapmaker's Children

By: Sarah McCoy

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Timesbestselling author of The Baker's Daughter, a story of family, love, and cou… read more

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5. Ask Graham

By: Graham Norton

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Finally, Graham's many U. S. fans can laugh at--and benefit from--his drily hilarious Daily Telegra… read more

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6. 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 S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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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7. 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 S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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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 S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Orphan Collector

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.24

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Marie Wiseman's The Orphan Collector book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"May God forgive you for what you’ve done."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

"Obey the laws and wear the gauze, protect your jaws from septic paws."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

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10. 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 S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. 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 S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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12. 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 S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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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13. The Covenant of Water

By: Abraham Verghese

4.45

Format: 724 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more

Similar categories in Abraham Verghese's The Covenant of Water book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Horse

By: Geraldine Brooks

4.27

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American… read more

Similar categories in Geraldine Brooks's Horse book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • animals
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I don't rightly know who was my great-grandfather, much less his father. How come you know that about a horse?"

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

"She felt a little clandestine, as if she were ten years old again, sneaking a dead rat past her mother so she could articulate a Rattus norvegicus domestica for her bedroom display."

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

"You have to know that bigots are unwittingly handing you an edge. By thinking you're lesser than they are, they underestimate you. Lean on that. Learn to use it, and you'll get the upper hand."

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

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15. 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 S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Secret Book of Flora Lea

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.07

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more

Similar categories in Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

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17. Crow Mary

By: Kathleen Grissom

4.33

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the book club classics The Kitchen House and Glory Over Ev… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Grissom's Crow Mary book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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18. West With Giraffes

By: Lynda Rutledge

4.36

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headline… read more

Similar categories in Lynda Rutledge's West With Giraffes book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • historical
  • animals
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Destiny is a mobile thing — that every choice you make, along with every choice made around you, can cause it to spin this way and that, offering destinies galore."

-Lynda Rutledge, West With Giraffes

"Problem was, whenever I locked eyes with an animal I felt something more soulful than I ever felt from the humans I knew, and what I saw in that sprawled giraffe’s eye made me ache to the bone."

-Lynda Rutledge, West With Giraffes

"People look at you peculiar if you talk about the feeling you got for animals, saying animals have no souls, no sense of good or bad, no value up next to humans," he said. "I don't know about that. S…"

-Lynda Rutledge, West With Giraffes

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19. 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 S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2) by Kim Michele Richardson

20. The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)

By: Kim Michele Richardson

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Mi… read more

Similar categories in Kim Michele Richardson's The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2) book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Though Mama and I were the last of the Blues, the very last of our kind, and different from others, the books united every one of us."

-Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman's Daughter (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #2)

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21. The Call of the Wrens

By: Jenni L. Walsh

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Introducing the little-known story of the daring women who rode through war-torn Europe, carrying s… read more

Similar categories in Jenni L. Walsh's The Call of the Wrens book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Roots, Branches & Spirits: The Folkways & Witchery of Appalachia by H. Byron Ballard

22. Roots, Branches & Spirits: The Folkways & Witchery of Appalachia

By: H. Byron Ballard

4.09

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Natural Magic and Folkways from Those Who Call the Blue Ridge Mountains Home The southern Appala… read more

Similar categories in H. Byron Ballard's Roots, Branches & Spirits: The Folkways & Witchery of Appalachia book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • audiobook
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23. The Midnight News

By: Jo Baker

3.70

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a gripping novel of one young woman’s unraveling during … read more

Similar categories in Jo Baker's The Midnight News book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Elephant of Belfast by S. Kirk Walsh

24. The Elephant of Belfast

By: S. Kirk Walsh

3.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by true events, this vivid and moving story of a young woman zookeeper and the elephant sh… read more

Similar categories in S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • animals
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Daughters of Ironbridge by Mollie Walton

25. The Daughters of Ironbridge

By: Mollie Walton

4.15

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect for fans of Maggie Hope and Katie Flynn - the first in a heartwarming new series set agains… read more

Similar categories in Mollie Walton's The Daughters of Ironbridge book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. Chiajna din Casa Mușatinilor

By: Simona Antonescu

4.73

Format: 749 pages, Paperback

„Cărțile Simonei Antonescu împrospătează, printr-o scriitură modernă, bestsellerul cu tematică isto… read more

Similar categories in Simona Antonescu's Chiajna din Casa Mușatinilor book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Fifty-Four Pigs (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #1) by Philipp Schott

27. Fifty-Four Pigs (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #1)

By: Philipp Schott

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For readers of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a lighthearted … read more

Similar categories in Philipp Schott's Fifty-Four Pigs (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #1) book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • animals
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Six Ostriches (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #2) by Philipp Schott

28. Six Ostriches (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #2)

By: Philipp Schott

3.79

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

It’s springtime in rural Manitoba, and the snow has finally left the exotic animal farm when an ost… read more

Similar categories in Philipp Schott's Six Ostriches (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #2) book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • animals
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Eleven Huskies (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #3) by Philipp Schott

29. Eleven Huskies (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #3)

By: Philipp Schott

3.76

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Peter Bannerman, veterinarian and amateur detective, deserves a summer vacation. Peter and his fami… read more

Similar categories in Philipp Schott's Eleven Huskies (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #3) book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

  • animals
  • audiobook
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30. Hannah & Huia

By: Charlotte Lobb

4.67

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Hannah is in a mental health unit, in shock and rendered speechless following the sudden death of h… read more

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31. The Seamstress of Warsaw

By: Rebecca Mascull

4.27

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

"What a stunning achievement, I'll never forget it" - JILL MANSELL"Daring, tragic, haunting, and un… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Mascull's The Seamstress of Warsaw book and S. Kirk Walsh's The Elephant of Belfast

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

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A.M. Dean

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Stephen Harrigan

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Stephanie McAfee

4.11

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Anna Quindlen

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