20 Top historical books like When We Were Brave by Karla M. Jay

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When We Were Brave

By: Karla M. Jay

4.57

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

April 2020 Pinnacle Book Award Winner 2020 Independent Press Award -Distinguished Favorite 2…

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1. The Old World (By the Hands of Men #1)

By: Roy M. Griffis

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition. Original ISBN: 1492731420 Lieutenant Robert Fitzgerald has mana… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Thirteenth Child: A World War 2 historical novel based upon an enthralling and heart-wrenching true story

By: Mark deMeza

4.26

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by the true story of the author’s ancestors, this enthralling WWII novel tells of the Kisc… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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3. A Web of Secrets

By: Roberta Kagan

4.52

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

A Web of Secrets brings Roberta Kagan’s riveting historical WW2 series: Jews, The Third Reich, and … read more

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  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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4. Ryskamp (Fernsby's War Book 1)

By: J.C. Jarvis

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1938, the world was at a crossroads. For Michael Fernsby, it was a choice between surrender and … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Good Town

By: Mary Louise Wells

4.60

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

In Nazi Germany, a pious man makes a decision to protect his family, but at what cost? Josef Hau… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Berlin Family's Secret: A Historical WW2 Novel (Unforgettable World War 2 Stories Book 1)

By: Baruch Cohen

4.29

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

They were loyal subjects of the Reich… until it came knocking on their door.Berlin, 1942. As bombs … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • holocaust
  • historical fiction
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7. War Bonds

By: Pamela Norsworthy

4.68

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

1939: As Hitler's Panzers storm the Polish border, a small boy boards a train bound for the British… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Enemies: A War Story

By: Kenneth Rosenberg

4.46

Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping novel based on astonishing true events... It is the summer of 1941, and two young men f… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Children's Dream (Auschwitz Twins #1)

By: Roberta Kagan

4.13

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes Dreams Come True... And so do nightmares. When Naomi's daughter, Perle, starts to hav… read more

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  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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10. Ludsecke (Fernsby's War Book 3)

By: J.C. Jarvis

4.63

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

As World War Two begins, Michael Fernsby is once again called into action. His mission behind enemy… read more

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11. To Dream Of Shadows : A Gripping Holocaust Novel Inspired by a Heartbreaking True Story (World War II Historical Fiction Book 1)

By: Steve N. Lee

4.45

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

She’ll save hundreds of lives. But can she save her own? Inspired by a previously untold true st… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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12. The Code Girl From London: A WWII Historical Fiction Novel (Gripping World War 2 Resistance Stories Book 4)

By: Deb Stratas

4.39

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

The Germans’ transmissions are in her hands. Will she be enough to save her loved ones’ lives?Engla… read more

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  • historical fiction
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13. Black Fox One

By: Elyse Hoffman

4.16

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Jonas Amsel and Avalina Keller, devoted Nazis and best friends, have a bright future in Hitler’s Th… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. A Song of Silence

By: Steve N. Lee

4.62

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

War thrust them together. Love will tear them apart. Inspired by a true story... When the Naz… read more

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  • historical fiction
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15. The Stars Are Our Witness

By: Siobhan Curham

4.54

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Auschwitz, 1943. Adela stuffs small cloth pouches containing the stolen gunpowder into the folds of… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Wave After Wave: A Novel

By: Sarah Ansbacher

4.30

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

A last chance to escape. A journey fraught with danger. Based on true events.Vienna, 1938. Newlywed… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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17. The Girl with the Red Hair (The Dutch Girls #2)

By: Imogen Matthews

4.21

Format: 328 pages, ebook

My heart thrashes inside my chest as I watch my best friend get dragged away by German soldiers. I … read more

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  • historical fiction
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18. The Stolen Child

By: Roberta Kagan

4.37

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Hide Karl in plain sight. That was the idea. It was meant to be foolproof. Who would think of… read more

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  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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19. When We Were Brave

By: Karla M. Jay

4.57

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

April 2020 Pinnacle Book Award Winner 2020 Independent Press Award -Distinguished Favorite 2… read more

Similar categories in Karla M. Jay's When We Were Brave book and Karla M. Jay's When We Were Brave

  • survival
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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20. The Seamstress of Auschwitz

By: C. K. McAdam

4.53

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Germany. 1932. Sara Schönflies, a young Jewish woman from a line of gifted tailors and seamstresses… read more

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  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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21. A Song of Courage

By: Rachel Wesson

4.55

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

Based on the incredible true story of two unsung heroines who defied the odds to save countless liv… read more

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  • world war ii
  • holocaust
  • historical fiction
Cover of Rotterdam (Fernsby's War Book 4) by J.C. Jarvis

22. Rotterdam (Fernsby's War Book 4)

By: J.C. Jarvis

4.69

Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition

Rotterdam, 1940: A city's last stand.In the heart of war-torn Rotterdam, the latest instalment of t… read more

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23. To Look Upon the Sun

By: Shannon St Hilaire

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

In the shadow of pre-WWII Germany, 17-year-old Ilse finds herself alone, pregnant, and penniless—be… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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24. Lilac Ink: The Knocknashee Story

By: Jean Grainger

4.59

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

1937. Two lives. Thousands of miles apart. One in Dingle, Ireland, the other in Georgia, USA. G… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. Stumbling Stones

By: Bonnie Suchman

4.43

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

Alice Heppenheimer, born into a prosperous German Jewish family around the turn of the twentieth ce… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. Saving Rebecca

By: Alex Amit

4.59

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

A WW2 historical novel about a mother’s devotion In the shadow of the Nazi regime, one woman fig… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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27. The Rose Arbor

By: Rhys Bowen

4.30

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a ha… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. The Secret Hotel in Berlin

By: Catherine Hokin

4.45

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, 1944. ‘It is a great honour to have you here, Herr Hitler.’ Lili doesn’t stumble over the l… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of By the Hands of Men, Book Two: Charlotte Through the Ocean of Fire by Roy M. Griffis

29. By the Hands of Men, Book Two: Charlotte Through the Ocean of Fire

By: Roy M. Griffis

4.53

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

PowerfulI thought I knew history before I started reading “By the Hands of Men.”. The images and ev… read more

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  • historical fiction
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30. Nancy Wake: World War II Women Spies

By: Kit Sergeant

4.53

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Can a lone woman stop the Nazis’ advance?Discover a tale of courage and heartache in a time where d… read more

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  • historical fiction
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31. Girl at Dunkirk

By: David Spiller

4.40

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

It is May 1940 and people in the English coastal town of Ramsgate wonder what Britain's declaration… read more

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Transform Your Habits

The Thirteenth Child: A World War 2 historical novel based upon an enthralling and heart-wrenching true story

Mark deMeza

4.26

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Roberta Kagan

4.52

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The Berlin Family's Secret: A Historical WW2 Novel (Unforgettable World War 2 Stories Book 1)

Baruch Cohen

4.29

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Roberta Kagan

4.13

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Roberta Kagan

4.39

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Roberta Kagan

4.36

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Elyse Hoffman

3.87

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4.43

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