11 must-read world war ii books like The Curator's Daughter by Melanie Dobson

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The Curator's Daughter

By: Melanie Dobson

4.21

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A young girl, kidnapped on the eve of World War II, changes the lives of a German archaeologist for…

If you liked the world war ii plot in The Curator's Daughter by Melanie Dobson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Saving Amelie

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Increasingly wary of her father's genetic research, Rachel Kramer has determined that this trip wit… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Gohlke's Saving Amelie book and Melanie Dobson's The Curator's Daughter

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
"When the Church stops standing for Jews- for anyone- then we stop being the church. Grace is costly-it took the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, our savior to achieve that grace. It requires just as m…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

"Personal belief system? Is that the problem? That we've all just assumed that truth is what we individually believe? Or is it a collective assumption? That the truth for Germany-and the truth for Bri…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

"That is what our Fuhrer maintains- that some are more worthy of life than others. Indeed, he asserts that an elite few in the world are worthy of life and procreation. Ask yourself, if you do not bel…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

"What Jason knew at the end of the hour was that Dietrich Bonhoeffer had forseen the strippping of Christ from the altars of Germany. He had seen the Nazification of the German church as they had acce…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Saving Amelie

2. Band of Sisters

By: Cathy Gohlke

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Maureen O'Reilly and her younger sister flee Ireland in hope of claiming the life promised to their… read more

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3. Appalachian Song

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Forever within the memories of my heart. Always remember, you are perfectly loved. Bertie Jenkins… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Shocklee's Appalachian Song book and Melanie Dobson's The Curator's Daughter

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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4. All My Secrets

By: Lynn Austin

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Lynn Austin returns with a luminous work of historical fiction set amid the opul… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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5. A Million Little Choices

By: Tamera Alexander

4.44

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes secrets just won’t stay hidden . . . From USA Today bestselling author and Christy Award… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Yesterday's Tides

By: Roseanna M. White

4.44

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In 1942, Evie Farrow is used to life on Ocracoke Island, where every day is the same--until the Ger… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Even when one was following God's illogical plans, things still went wrong."

-Roseanna M. White, Yesterday's Tides

"She was one small grain of sand squaring off against a hurricane. But each grain of sand played its part."

-Roseanna M. White, Yesterday's Tides

"She'd do what she could to make life a little sweeter for the people around her. She'd live until she didn't anymore."

-Roseanna M. White, Yesterday's Tides

"Maybe there never was a winning team, not really. Not when war was tanks and guns and trenches instead of laughter and innocence."

-Roseanna M. White, Yesterday's Tides

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7. A Hundred Crickets Singing

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.30

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In wars eighty years apart, two young women living on the same Appalachian estate determine to aid … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Gohlke's A Hundred Crickets Singing book and Melanie Dobson's The Curator's Daughter

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"No longer was it a hundred crickets screeching, but a choir, a hundred crickets singing a chorus of praise, just like the Scripture that she and Mis Lill had written in their letters for years. "The …"

-Cathy Gohlke, A Hundred Crickets Singing

"You can push all that past aside if you want to, but until you understand where people around here came from and why they think the way they do, you won't be able to help them get beyond it. You can'…"

-Cathy Gohlke, A Hundred Crickets Singing

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8. Night Bird Calling

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.33

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Cathy Gohlke, whose novels have been called “haunting” ( Library Journal … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Gohlke's Night Bird Calling book and Melanie Dobson's The Curator's Daughter

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I sighed. I don't know what to do. Velma Richards seems like a woman who will carry out her threat". "No Doubt It's a crusade for her. " Moments passed. "Not much Christian about it is there?" I felt…"

-Cathy Gohlke, Night Bird Calling

"Jesus called Jews of every social rank. He called women and children and people from Samaria and tax collectors and prostitutes and the down and out to himself. He called unlearned fishermen for the …"

-Cathy Gohlke, Night Bird Calling

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9. Under the Tulip Tree

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland’s dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when t… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Shocklee's Under the Tulip Tree book and Melanie Dobson's The Curator's Daughter

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Ladies of the Lake

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After two young women’s deep bond is torn apart, what will it take to bring them together again? In… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Count the Nights by Stars

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A 2023 Christianity Today Book of the Year Award-winner! Count your nights by stars, not shadows… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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12. If the Boot Fits (Texas Ever After, #2)

By: Karen Witemeyer

4.40

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Determined to prove that cattle king Eli Dearing has no justification for evicting his stepmother a… read more

Similar categories in Karen Witemeyer's If the Boot Fits (Texas Ever After, #2) book and Melanie Dobson's The Curator's Daughter

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Embers in the London Sky

By: Sarah Sundin

4.22

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

As the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940, Aleida van der Zee Martens escapes to London to… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Sound of Light

By: Sarah Sundin

4.34

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

When the Germans march into Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt exchanges his nobility for anonymity, a… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Until We Find Home

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.08

Format: 415 pages, Paperback

For American Claire Stewart, joining the French Resistance sounded as romantic as the storylines sh… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Gohlke's Until We Find Home book and Melanie Dobson's The Curator's Daughter

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2)

By: Roseanna M. White

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Gemma Parks is known throughout high society as G. M. Parker, a columnist renowned for her commenta… read more

Similar categories in Roseanna M. White's A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2) book and Melanie Dobson's The Curator's Daughter

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Perhaps she didn't need her own forgiveness. Perhaps she could rely on His."

-Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2)

"Once upon a time, he’d have leaned in for a kiss, and she’d have counted it a victory to have distracted him for even a moment."

-Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2)

"It wasn't the same, their mourning. The grief of a mother and the grief of a father - they weren't the same. But sharing them made them a little bit easier to bear."

-Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2)

"But the thought of not forgiving him, of drifting away until she'd scarcely recognize him on the street, of living the rest of her life alone... that terrified her even more, lit an even deeper flame…"

-Roseanna M. White, A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2)

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17. The Medallion

By: Cathy Gohlke

4.55

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Seemingly overnight, the German blitzkrieg of Warsaw in 1939 turns its streets to a war zone and sh… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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18. The British Booksellers

By: Kristy Cambron

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Inspired by real accounts of the Forgotten Blitz bombings, The British Booksellers highlights the c… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Perhaps days like this are exactly why we have books in the world. To remember that not all is lost, even if we find ourselves in the unknown. I like to think we provide a haven for the wanderer. And…"

-Kristy Cambron, The British Booksellers

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19. When Twilight Breaks

By: Sarah Sundin

4.31

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

Evelyn Brand is an American foreign correspondent determined to prove her worth in a male-dominated… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"when storms come, the reed bends but the stick breaks"

-Sarah Sundin, When Twilight Breaks

"Leaning did not maker her weaker. It made her stronger."

-Sarah Sundin, When Twilight Breaks

"When the storm comes, the reed bends but the stick breaks."

-Sarah Sundin, When Twilight Breaks

"But you, Peter Lang - your influence might be narrow, but it'll be deep."

-Sarah Sundin, When Twilight Breaks

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20. The Curator's Daughter

By: Melanie Dobson

4.21

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A young girl, kidnapped on the eve of World War II, changes the lives of a German archaeologist for… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Dobson's The Curator's Daughter book and Melanie Dobson's The Curator's Daughter

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
Cover of While the City Sleeps (The Women of Midtown, #1) by Elizabeth Camden

21. While the City Sleeps (The Women of Midtown, #1)

By: Elizabeth Camden

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Katherine Schneider's workaday life as a dentist in 1913 New York is upended when a patient reveals… read more

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  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Cathy Gohlke

4.26

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Michelle Shocklee

4.49

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All My Secrets

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