9 must-read historical fiction books like The War in Venice by Glenn Haybittle

Cover of The War in Venice by Glenn Haybittle

The War in Venice

By: Glenn Haybittle

4.19

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

"The last task of love is to protect remembrance." Venice 1938. Fausto's ambition is to be a…

"To be aware of time is to be anxious."

-Glenn Haybittle, The War in Venice

"No one is honest with themselves when they want something."

-Glenn Haybittle, The War in Venice

"It's like men and women sing different words to the same song."

-Glenn Haybittle, The War in Venice

"There are one or two places in the world that know our secrets."

-Glenn Haybittle, The War in Venice

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The War in Venice by Glenn Haybittle , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham

1. Specimen Days

By: Michael Cunningham

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Lucas, Catherine, Simon: three characters meet time and again in the three linked narratives that f… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cunningham's Specimen Days book and Glenn Haybittle's The War in Venice

  • historical fiction
"She'd never been religious. She hadn't allowed grief to send her crawling to the church."

-Michael Cunningham, Specimen Days

"She's had a long life. Now she's going to the Lord." "Frankly it creeps me out a little when you say things like that," Simon said. "It shouldn't. If you don't like 'Lord,' pick another word. She's g…"

-Michael Cunningham, Specimen Days

Cover of Casanova in Love by Andrew  Miller

2. Casanova in Love

By: Andrew Miller

2.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A seductive, witty, psychologically acute rendering of the extraordinary man who seduced and conque… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Miller's Casanova in Love book and Glenn Haybittle's The War in Venice

  • italy
  • historical fiction
Cover of Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

3. 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 Glenn Haybittle's The War in Venice

  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Hours by None, Michael Cunningham

4. The Hours

By: None , Michael Cunningham

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, "The Hours" is the story of three women: Clarissa Vaughan,… read more

Similar categories in None's The Hours book and Glenn Haybittle's The War in Venice

  • historical fiction
Cover of Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

5. Yellow Wife

By: Sadeqa Johnson

4.43

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Wench and Twelve Years a Slave, this harrowing story follows an enslaved woman … read more

Similar categories in Sadeqa Johnson's Yellow Wife book and Glenn Haybittle's The War in Venice

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Last Train to London by Meg Waite Clayton

6. The Last Train to London

By: Meg Waite Clayton

4.13

Format: 480 pages, ebook

The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Exiles conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World … read more

Similar categories in Meg Waite Clayton's The Last Train to London book and Glenn Haybittle's The War in Venice

  • world war ii
  • holocaust
  • historical fiction
"The thinnest of silver linings on clouds banishing all light."

-Meg Waite Clayton, The Last Train to London

"Most of us say what everyone else says, or we say nothing at all, so we won’t look like fools."

-Meg Waite Clayton, The Last Train to London

"My father used to say courage isn't the absence of fear, but rather going forward in the face of it."

-Meg Waite Clayton, The Last Train to London

"It was an honor, to be listened to closely, to be heard. One could honor someone without agreeing with them."

-Meg Waite Clayton, The Last Train to London

Cover of When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon

7. 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 Glenn Haybittle's The War in Venice

  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
Cover of Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew  Miller

8. Now We Shall Be Entirely Free

By: Andrew Miller

3.89

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

By the Costa Award-winning author of PURE, a stunning historical novel with the grip of a thriller,… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Miller's Now We Shall Be Entirely Free book and Glenn Haybittle's The War in Venice

  • historical fiction
Cover of The War in Venice by Glenn Haybittle

9. The War in Venice

By: Glenn Haybittle

4.19

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

"The last task of love is to protect remembrance." Venice 1938. Fausto's ambition is to be a… read more

Similar categories in Glenn Haybittle's The War in Venice book and Glenn Haybittle's The War in Venice

  • world war ii
  • italy
  • holocaust
  • historical fiction
"To be aware of time is to be anxious."

-Glenn Haybittle, The War in Venice

"No one is honest with themselves when they want something."

-Glenn Haybittle, The War in Venice

"It's like men and women sing different words to the same song."

-Glenn Haybittle, The War in Venice

"There are one or two places in the world that know our secrets."

-Glenn Haybittle, The War in Venice

19 must-read fiction books like Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

Transform Your Habits

Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House

Kathleen Grissom

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Paris Daughter

Kristin Harmel

4.25

View all the books

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