21 must-read historical books like The Swiss Nurse by Mario Escobar

Cover of The Swiss Nurse by Mario Escobar

The Swiss Nurse

By: Mario Escobar

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Based on the true story of an astonishingly brave woman who saved hundreds of mothers and their chi…

If you liked the historical plot in The Swiss Nurse by Mario Escobar , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer

1. 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 Mario Escobar's The Swiss 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

Cover of The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly

2. 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

Similar categories in Martha Hall Kelly's The Golden Doves book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wings of Poppy Pendleton by Melanie Dobson

3. The Wings of Poppy Pendleton

By: Melanie Dobson

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In this compelling new time-slip mystery, a little girl goes missing from her family's castle in th… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Dobson's The Wings of Poppy Pendleton book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles

4. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly drawn” (Woman… read more

Similar categories in Janet Skeslien Charles's Miss Morgan's Book Brigade book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lost English Girl by Julia  Kelly

5. The Lost English Girl

By: Julia Kelly

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of The Light Over London weaves an epic saga of love, motherhood, and betrayal… read more

Similar categories in Julia Kelly's The Lost English Girl book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Woman with No Name by Audrey  Blake

6. The Woman with No Name

By: Audrey Blake

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

She'll light the fire of resistance—but she may get burned… 1942. Though she survived the bomb t… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Blake's The Woman with No Name book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons

7. The Air Raid Book Club

By: Annie Lyons

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

London, 1938: The bookstore just doesn’t feel the same to Gertie Bingham ever since the death of he… read more

Similar categories in Annie Lyons's The Air Raid Book Club book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Quite. But Hedy has inherited her mother's skills as a seamstress. Very good. Tell her to come and see me. If you can't sew, can you knit? A little. Although I made my father a pair of socks once and…"

-Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

Cover of Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke

8. 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

Similar categories in Cathy Gohlke's Ladies of the Lake book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini

9. 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 Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Paris Housekeeper by Renee Ryan

10. 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 Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda  Barratt

11. The Warsaw Sisters

By: Amanda Barratt

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

On a golden August morning in 1939, sisters Antonina and Helena Dąbrowska send their father off to … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Barratt's The Warsaw Sisters book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Shadow in Moscow by Katherine Reay

12. A Shadow in Moscow

By: Katherine Reay

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A betrayal at the highest level risks the lives of two courageous female spies: MI6's best Soviet s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Reay's A Shadow in Moscow book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dutch Orphan by Ellen Keith

13. The Dutch Orphan

By: Ellen Keith

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Dutch Wife comes a riveting novel set during World War II about a woman who … read more

Similar categories in Ellen Keith's The Dutch Orphan book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather   Morris

14. Sisters Under the Rising Sun

By: Heather Morris

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz… read more

Similar categories in Heather Morris's Sisters Under the Rising Sun book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline  Martin

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 Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The British Booksellers by Kristy Cambron

16. 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

Similar categories in Kristy Cambron's The British Booksellers book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • 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

Cover of The Paris Deception by Bryn Turnbull

17. The Paris Deception

By: Bryn Turnbull

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

From internationally bestselling author Bryn Turnbull comes a breathtaking novel about art theft an… read more

Similar categories in Bryn Turnbull's The Paris Deception book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem

18. Code Name Edelweiss

By: Stephanie Landsem

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

"What I am looking for--what I desperately need, Mrs. Weiss--is a spy."Adolf Hitler is still a dist… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Landsem's Code Name Edelweiss book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"If not us, who? If not now, when? It must be us, and it must be now. I would fight this war. I would not be silent!"

-Stephanie Landsem, Code Name Edelweiss

"Wilhelm Otto held out his hand as the orchestra started a Strauss waltz. Did the man never speak when a look would do? I considered his outstretched hand with trepidation, remembering weeping in his …"

-Stephanie Landsem, Code Name Edelweiss

Cover of The Novelist from Berlin by V.S. Alexander

19. The Novelist from Berlin

By: V.S. Alexander

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An engrossing novel inspired by the mysterious true story of Irmgard Keun, a female novelist who de… read more

Similar categories in V.S. Alexander's The Novelist from Berlin book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Swiss Nurse by Mario Escobar

20. The Swiss Nurse

By: Mario Escobar

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Based on the true story of an astonishingly brave woman who saved hundreds of mothers and their chi… read more

Similar categories in Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Castle Keepers by Aimie K. Runyan

21. The Castle Keepers

By: Aimie K. Runyan

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Leedswick Castle has housed the Alnwick family in the English countryside for generations, despite … read more

Similar categories in Aimie K. Runyan's The Castle Keepers book and Mario Escobar's The Swiss Nurse

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

21 best-selling fiction books like The Swiss Nurse by Mario Escobar

Transform Your Habits

The Paris Agent

Kelly Rimmer

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Golden Doves

Martha Hall Kelly

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Wings of Poppy Pendleton

Melanie Dobson

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

View all the books

30 best-selling fiction books like The Paris Housekeeper by Renee Ryan

Transform Your Habits

The Underground Library

Jennifer Ryan

4.14

Transform Your Habits

All My Secrets

Lynn Austin

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

Janet Skeslien Charles

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Unsinkable

Jenni L. Walsh

3.86

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.