21 must-read adult books like The Lieutenant's Nurse by Sara Ackerman

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The Lieutenant's Nurse

By: Sara Ackerman

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

November, 1941. She’s never even seen the ocean before, but Eva Cassidy has her reasons for making …

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1. Anchor in the Storm (Waves of Freedom, #2)

By: Sarah Sundin

3.30

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

One Plucky Female Pharmacist + One High-Society Naval Officer = Romance--and Danger For plucky Lill… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sundin's Anchor in the Storm (Waves of Freedom, #2) book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • historical romance
  • historical fiction
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2. The Way to London

By: Alix Rickloff

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

On the eve of Pearl Harbor, impetuous and overindulged, Lucy Stanhope, the granddaughter of an earl… read more

Similar categories in Alix Rickloff's The Way to London book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Blue Skies Tomorrow (Wings of Glory, #3)

By: Sarah Sundin

3.91

Format: 160 pages,

In a time of peril, can they find the courage to confront their fears and embrace a love that lasts… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sundin's Blue Skies Tomorrow (Wings of Glory, #3) book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

4. A Memory Between Us (Wings of Glory, #2)

By: Sarah Sundin

4.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

Major Jack Novak has never failed to meet a challenge--until he meets army nurse Lieutenant Ruth Do… read more

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5. 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 Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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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6. 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 Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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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 Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • 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. 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 Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

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

Similar categories in Pam Jenoff's Code Name Sapphire book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

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

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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 Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Medicine Woman of Galveston

By: Amanda Skenandore

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Caught in the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, a female doctor who’s joined a traveling medicine … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Medicine Woman of Galveston book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • drama
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13. 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 Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Flight Girls

By: Noelle Salazar

4.23

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A stunning story about the Women Airforce Service Pilots whose courage during World War II turned o… read more

Similar categories in Noelle Salazar's The Flight Girls book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Not everyone needs a relationship to feel fulfilled."

-Noelle Salazar, The Flight Girls

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16. The Paris Housekeeper

By: Renee Ryan

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Secret Society of Salzburg comes a powerful and moving story of bravery and … read more

Similar categories in Renee Ryan's The Paris Housekeeper book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • historical
  • 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 Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Ship's Midwife

By: Peta Miller

3.99

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

Lives are about to be irrevocably changed following a typhus outbreak on a cramped emigrant ship bo… read more

Similar categories in Peta Miller's The Ship's Midwife book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Angels of the Pacific by Elise Hooper

19. 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 Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • 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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20. The Woman with a Purple Heart

By: Diane Hanks

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"Historical fiction at its finest!" ―Amanda Skenandore, author of The Second Life of Mirielle West … read more

Similar categories in Diane Hanks's The Woman with a Purple Heart book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The School for German Brides

By: Aimie K. Runyan

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In this intriguing historical novel, a young woman who is sent to a horrific "bride school" to be m… read more

Similar categories in Aimie K. Runyan's The School for German Brides book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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22. The Girls in Navy Blue

By: Alix Rickloff

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A gripping and compelling dual timeline novel about three women who joined the Navy during WWI to b… read more

Similar categories in Alix Rickloff's The Girls in Navy Blue book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre by Natasha Lester

23. The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre

By: Natasha Lester

4.01

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A compelling and lavish novel from the NYT bestselling author about a young woman striving to forge… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Lester's The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"For four years we spied and we worked damn hard and we saved people's lives and we made a difference and nobody cared too much that we were women. And then it all ended. Went backward, even."

-Natasha Lester, The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre

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24. 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

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's When We Had Wings book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Shadow Network (WW2 Secret Agent #2) by Deborah Swift

25. The Shadow Network (WW2 Secret Agent #2)

By: Deborah Swift

4.17

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

One woman must sacrifice everything to uncover the truth in this enthralling historical novel, insp… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Swift's The Shadow Network (WW2 Secret Agent #2) book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
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26. 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 Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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 Girls of Flight City by Lorraine Heath

27. Girls of Flight City

By: Lorraine Heath

4.23

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Inspired by true events, a breathtaking WWII historical novel about the brave American women who tr… read more

Similar categories in Lorraine Heath's Girls of Flight City book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lieutenant's Nurse by Sara  Ackerman

28. The Lieutenant's Nurse

By: Sara Ackerman

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

November, 1941. She’s never even seen the ocean before, but Eva Cassidy has her reasons for making … read more

Similar categories in Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • historical
  • war
  • historical romance
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • drama
Cover of The Queen's Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan by Eliza Knight

29. The Queen's Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan

By: Eliza Knight

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight comes an endearing and vivid novel told from the uni… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Knight's The Queen's Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle    Moran

30. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

By: Michelle Moran

4.30

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • historical romance
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of We Fly Beneath the Stars by Suzanne Kelman

31. We Fly Beneath the Stars

By: Suzanne Kelman

4.42

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

1942, Europe: Based on the true story of a female-only bomber battalion, this is a totally heartbre… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Kelman's We Fly Beneath the Stars book and Sara Ackerman's The Lieutenant's Nurse

  • romance
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult

28 Best fiction books like The Lieutenant's Nurse by Sara Ackerman

Transform Your Habits

The Way to London

Alix Rickloff

3.17

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Blue Skies Tomorrow (Wings of Glory, #3)

Sarah Sundin

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Paris Agent

Kelly Rimmer

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Little Wartime Library

Kate Thompson

4.25

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The Underground Library

Jennifer Ryan

4.14

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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

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Jenni L. Walsh

3.86

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Brianna Labuskes

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