17 best-selling war books like The War Outside by Monica Hesse

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The War Outside

By: Monica Hesse

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel of conviction, friendship, and betrayal.It's 1944, and World War II is raging across Europe…

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1. Home Front

By: Kristin Hannah

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Kristin Hannah explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this … read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's Home Front book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • audiobook
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. Between Shades of Gray

By: Ruta Sepetys

3.71

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she ge… read more

Similar categories in Ruta Sepetys's Between Shades of Gray book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. Out of the Easy

By: Ruta Sepetys

3.00

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

With characters as captivating as those in her internationally bestselling novel Between Shades of … read more

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4. Wait for Me

By: Caroline Leech

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The perfect blend of sweet romance and historical flavor, Wait for Me, from debut author Caroline L… read more

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5. Salt to the Sea

By: Ruta Sepetys

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate tre… 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 Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • 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 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 Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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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8. I Must Betray You

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.41

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu … read more

Similar categories in Ruta Sepetys's I Must Betray You book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • teen
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • young adult historical fiction
  • audiobook
"A revolution eats its heroes."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"I envied him, the courage to be himself. In public."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"Fertility under state control? That's an abuse of human rights!' Bunu would wail."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

"I hadn’t yet absorbed one of life’s universal truths: Things that seem straightforward? Often aren’t."

-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You

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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 Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Uprising

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Lidia is outside her grandfather's house when planes fly overhead, bearing the Nazi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Uprising book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Fountains of Silence

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.31

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship. Madrid, 1957. Under the f… read more

Similar categories in Ruta Sepetys's The Fountains of Silence book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • young adult historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Mileage doesn’t make the man."

-Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

"Silence has a voice of its own."

-Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

"Look at you two. That- is the truth."

-Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

"The most dangerous adversary is the one you underestimate."

-Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

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12. Bluebird

By: Sharon Cameron

4.34

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

A historical novel, set in postwar New York City. In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berli… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Cameron's Bluebird book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Light in Hidden Places

By: Sharon Cameron

4.53

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgorska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by … read more

Similar categories in Sharon Cameron's The Light in Hidden Places book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Artifice

By: Sharon Cameron

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A dramatic story of duplicity and resistance, betrayal and loyalty, set against the backdrop of Wor… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Cameron's Artifice book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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17. This Light Between Us

By: Andrew Fukuda

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen pals--a Japanese American boy and a French Jew… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Fukuda's This Light Between Us book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

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

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's When We Had Wings book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The War Outside

By: Monica Hesse

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel of conviction, friendship, and betrayal.It's 1944, and World War II is raging across Europe… read more

Similar categories in Monica Hesse's The War Outside book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • teen
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • young adult historical fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Within These Lines

By: Stephanie Morrill

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Evalina Cassano’s life in an Italian-American family in 1941 is everything it “should be” until she… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Morrill's Within These Lines book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • young adult historical fiction
  • audiobook
"As the brilliant sunset cools to gray, I vow my anger over blatant discrimination will not cool. As these rocks stay steady through season changes and time, so I will remain steady. I will not be sil…"

-Stephanie Morrill, Within These Lines

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21. Trajectory

By: Cambria Gordon

3.78

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The stirring and dramatic story of one young woman who must find a way to overcome her deepest fear… read more

Similar categories in Cambria Gordon's Trajectory book and Monica Hesse's The War Outside

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

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Kristin Hannah

5.00

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Between Shades of Gray

Ruta Sepetys

3.71

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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The Paris Agent

Kelly Rimmer

4.13

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Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1)

Laurie Faria Stolarz

3.90

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If These Wings Could Fly

Kyrie McCauley

4.25

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What I Carry

Jennifer Longo

4.22

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Amanda McCrina

3.71

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