12 must-read war books like The Vanishing Sky by L. Annette Binder

Cover of The Vanishing Sky by L. Annette Binder

The Vanishing Sky

By: L. Annette Binder

3.22

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 Eyelands International Book Award for a Novel A New York Times Book Review Sele…

If you liked the war plot in The Vanishing Sky by L. Annette Binder , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Northanger Abbey (The Austen Project, #2)

By: Val McDermid

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Internationally best-selling crime writer Val McDermid has riveted millions of readers worldwide wi… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Northanger Abbey (The Austen Project, #2) book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Liar's Bench

By: Kim Michele Richardson

3.87

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

In 1972, on Mudas Summers' seventeenth birthday, her beloved Mama, Ella, is found hanging from the … read more

Similar categories in Kim Michele Richardson's Liar's Bench book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Set in Darkness (Inspector Rebus, #11)

By: Ian Rankin

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

On the eve of the first Scottish parliament in three hundred years, Edinburgh is a city rife with p… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's Set in Darkness (Inspector Rebus, #11) book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • fiction
Cover of The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather, Doris Grumbach

4. The Song of the Lark

By: Willa Cather , Doris Grumbach

3.84

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Perhaps Willa Cather's most autobiographical work, The Song of the Lark charts the story of a young… read more

Similar categories in Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Reservoir 13

By: Jon McGregor

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Midwinter in an English village. A teenage girl has gone missing. Everyone is called upon to join t… read more

Similar categories in Jon McGregor's Reservoir 13 book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary

6. Strange Fits of Passion

By: Anita Shreve

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

A labyrinthine tale of truth and deception from acclaimed novelist Anita ShreveEveryone believes th… read more

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7. Where My Heart Used to Beat

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.95

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The new bestseller from the author of Birdsongand A Week in December. "You don't live the life I h… read more

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8. Tara Road

By: Maeve Binchy

3.48

Format: None pages,

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9. Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son

By: Homeira Qaderi

4.34

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A People Book of the Week & a Kirkus Best Nonfiction of the Year An exquisite and inspiring memo… read more

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10. 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 L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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11. 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 L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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12. 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 L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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13. White Ivy

By: Susie Yang

3.55

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Ivy Lin is a thief and a liar—but you’d never know it by looking at her. Raised outside of Bosto… read more

Similar categories in Susie Yang's White Ivy book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"... Give with one hand and take with the other. No one will be watching both."

-Susie Yang, White Ivy

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14. Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3)

By: Martha Hall Kelly

4.26

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday, an American philanthropist who helped young gi… read more

Similar categories in Martha Hall Kelly's Sunflower Sisters (Lilac Girls, #3) book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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15. The Paper Girl of Paris

By: Jordyn Taylor

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Now: Sixteen-year-old Alice is spending the summer in Paris, but she isn’t there for pastries and … read more

Similar categories in Jordyn Taylor's The Paper Girl of Paris book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
"Things never get any easier during wartime. Either the war ends or life gets worse."

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

"For years, we lingered on the bank of the river, scared to dip our toes in the water - but how do you cross to the other side that way? There's only one way to do it, and we've finally figured it out…"

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

"Here is the thing that is true about fire: it creates power, but it also creates destruction. My fire has fueled many victories, but it has destroyed what I had with the person I love most in the wor…"

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

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16. 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 L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Hannah's War

By: Jan Eliasberg

3.79

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

A "mesmerizing" re-imagination of the final months of World War II (Kate Quinn, author of The Alice… read more

Similar categories in Jan Eliasberg's Hannah's War book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • historical
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"But there was something she'd forgotten or perhaps had never learned - knowledge and wisdom aren't the same. Wisdom grows in the deep recesses of the soul and is governed, not by the head, but by the…"

-Jan Eliasberg, Hannah's War

"It wasn't until we were able to sustain a chain reaction that we could be certain Einstein's theories were true." Oppenheimer’s gaze moved past the dancers to the dark mirror windows of the laborator…"

-Jan Eliasberg, Hannah's War

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18. The Riviera House

By: Natasha Lester

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

A lush and engrossing novel of one woman’s quest to keep Nazis from stealing priceless art during W… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Lester's The Riviera House book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family by Daniel Finkelstein

19. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family

By: Daniel Finkelstein

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Finkelstein's Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • world war ii
  • war
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20. The Fortunate Ones

By: Catherine Hokin

4.17

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Every day he stood exactly where he was directed. He listened for his number, shouted his answer in… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Hokin's The Fortunate Ones book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The Yellow Bird Sings

By: Jennifer Rosner

4.09

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Poland, 1941. After the Jews in their town are rounded up, Roza and her five-year-old daughter, Shi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Rosner's The Yellow Bird Sings book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1)

By: Tara Moss

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The war may be officially over, but journalist Billie Walker's search for a missing young immigrant… read more

Similar categories in Tara Moss's The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1) book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Billie was hoping to get these two alive but was feeling rapidly less stuck on the idea."

-Tara Moss, The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1)

"I’ll find out whatever I can about this Frank. Would the girls go to the police if they were in danger, do you think?"

-Tara Moss, The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1)

"And as for returning to work as a reporter—something she’d given considerable thought to before taking over her father’s inquiry agency—the Sydney newspapers had dismissed most of their women reporte…"

-Tara Moss, The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1)

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23. The Snow Hare

By: Paula Lichtarowicz

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this "riveting, heartfelt" novel of love and consequences (Heather Morris, New York Times bestse… read more

Similar categories in Paula Lichtarowicz's The Snow Hare book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Disappointment is a land to which women journey, my dear."

-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare

"I was the told it's the blackest clouds you want to keep an eye on."

-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare

"Is it better to love or be loved, do you think?" "It's easier to be loved," Ala says, "but better to try to have both."

-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare

"If you embrace all the suffering that life hands out it’s too much to bear. If you refuse to embrace it, what kind of person does it make you?"

-Paula Lichtarowicz, The Snow Hare

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24. A Map for the Missing

By: Belinda Huijuan Tang

4.01

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic, mesmerizing debut novel set against a rapidly changing post–Cultural Revolution China, A M… read more

Similar categories in Belinda Huijuan Tang's A Map for the Missing book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. The Picture Bride

By: Lee Geum-yi

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Your husband is a landowner,” they told her. “Food and clothing is so plentiful, it grows on tr… read more

Similar categories in Lee Geum-yi's The Picture Bride book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
Cover of American Daughters by Piper Huguley

26. American Daughters

By: Piper Huguley

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In the vein of America’s First Daughter , Piper Huguley’s historical novel delves into the remarkab… read more

Similar categories in Piper Huguley's American Daughters book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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27. The Traitor

By: V.S. Alexander

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Drawing on the true story of the White Rose—the resistance movement of young Germans against the Na… read more

Similar categories in V.S. Alexander's The Traitor book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. The Last Letter from London (Her Secret War #3)

By: Pam Lecky

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Her letters can save the country. But can she be trusted? A double agent. As World War Two ra… read more

Similar categories in Pam Lecky's The Last Letter from London (Her Secret War #3) book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Irishman's Daughter by V.S. Alexander

29. The Irishman's Daughter

By: V.S. Alexander

3.84

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Magdalen Girls and The Taster comes a powerful, unforgettable nove… read more

Similar categories in V.S. Alexander's The Irishman's Daughter book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. The Hidden

By: Mary Chamberlain

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Dora, Joe, and Geoffrey are living out their retirement comfortably when their worlds are shattered… read more

Similar categories in Mary Chamberlain's The Hidden book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • world war ii
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Vanishing Sky by L. Annette Binder

31. The Vanishing Sky

By: L. Annette Binder

3.22

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 Eyelands International Book Award for a Novel A New York Times Book Review Sele… read more

Similar categories in L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky book and L. Annette Binder's The Vanishing Sky

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult

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