Dragonfly
By: Leila Meacham
4.31
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
At the height of WWII, five idealistic young Americans receive a mysterious letter from the OSS, as…
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1. The Room on Rue Amelie
By: Kristin Harmel
4.20
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this powerful nov… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- france
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"I am not sure about anything. But if we don’t have hope, we don’t have anything."-Kristin Harmel, The Room on Rue Amelie
2. 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
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- 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
3. 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
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- historical
- war
- world war ii
- france
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- 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
4. 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
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- historical
- war
- world war ii
- france
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
5. 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
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- france
- 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
6. 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
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
7. Only the Beautiful
By: Susan Meissner
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
8. 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
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
9. Code Name Sapphire
By: Pam Jenoff
3.87
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A woman must rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of b… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
10. 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
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
11. 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
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- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
12. 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
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- 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
13. The Diamond Eye
By: Kate Quinn
4.29
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II t… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
14. Resistance Women
By: Jennifer Chiaverini
4.07
Format: 640 pages, ebook
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, an enthralling historical … read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"How could anyone vote for the party of Adolf Hitler?"-Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women
15. The Phoenix Crown
By: Kate Quinn
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
16. The Last Year of the War
By: Susan Meissner
4.21
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
Elise Sontag is a typical Iowa fourteen-year-old in 1943--aware of the war but distanced from its r… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"You don't have to say everything you're thinking, Elise," he said."-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
"Maybe being brave is different from being unafraid. If you're not afraid, what is there to be brave about?"-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
"*Nice* was a word that I'd not been able to say in such a long time, and it encompassed so much in that moment. It truly did. *Nice* is a throwaway word until it's not."-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
". . . Wars begin and wars end. There will be peace again. We only need to hold on to who we are, deep within, so that we'll recognize ourselves on the other side when it's over."-Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War
17. 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
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- france
- 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
18. When We Had Wings
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses station… read more
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- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
19. 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
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
20. Dragonfly
By: Leila Meacham
4.31
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
At the height of WWII, five idealistic young Americans receive a mysterious letter from the OSS, as… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- france
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
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
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 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
