23 best-selling world war ii books like After the War by Anita Frank

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After the War

By: Anita Frank

4.29

Format: 508 pages, Kindle Edition

May, 1945. When bells ring out for Victory in Europe, young wife and mother Gwen wonders if her wor…

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1. Love by the Letter (Unexpected Brides, #0.5)

By: Melissa Jagears

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Dex Stanton has never had much time for book learning. He's been too busy helping to provide for hi… read more

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2. Mrs. Tuesday's Departure

By: Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson

3.76

Format: 85 pages, Paperback

A heart-wrenching historical novel spanning seventy-years, two continents, an undying love that hol… read more

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3. Bonfire Night

By: Anna Bliss

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Spanning from England's anti-fascism protests of 1936 through the aftermath of WWII, this moving, i… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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4. Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

By: A.J. Pearce

4.19

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
"You didn’t miss someone any less, you just made room for other things to surround the gap they had left."

-A.J. Pearce, Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

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5. The Paris Notebook

By: Tessa Harris

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

‘Gripping, compelling and beautiful.’ Emma Cowell, author of The House in the Olive Grove A secret … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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6. Frontier Sisters (Courage on the Oregon Trail, #3)

By: A.T. Butler

4.39

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Oregon has to be better than what she has now. Annie Hudson already has one foot out the door. S… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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7. The Silence Before Dawn (WW2 Resistance #1)

By: Amanda Lees

4.34

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Nazi-occupied France, 1944: I tear open the envelope, extracting a sheet of folded paper. I read it… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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8. The Pact (The Blood Sisters, #1)

By: Roberta Kagan

4.26

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

Austria 1929 When three little girls—Anna, Bernie, and Elica—make a pact to be blood sisters for l… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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9. The Lost Song of Paris

By: Sarah Steele

4.59

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

'For a moment she closed her eyes and imagined she was perched on the diving board at the Piscine M… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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10. The Lifeline: The uplifting, heart-warming and life-affirming rom-com love story new for 2024, perfect for fans of David Nicholls!

By: Tom Ellen

4.15

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Will is sleepwalking through life. He works a dead-end job and volunteers at an anonymous crisis li… read more

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11. The Foxhole Victory Tour

By: Amy Lynn Green

4.06

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

In World War II, worlds collide when performers across the United States unite to tour North Africa… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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12. The Golden Hour

By: Beatriz Williams

3.77

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives and A Certain Age creates a dazzling epic… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
"She loved too much. She staked everything on people she loved. When they were gone, it destroyed her."

-Beatriz Williams, The Golden Hour

"I must confess, it puzzles me. You Americans went to such trouble to rid yourself of our quaint little monarchy." "Oh we like to gossip about them, all right. Just not to let them rule over us and al…"

-Beatriz Williams, The Golden Hour

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13. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

By: Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more

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  • world war ii
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14. My Sister's Betrayal (The Blood Sisters, #2)

By: Roberta Kagan

4.18

Format: 302 pages, ebook

The Nazi oppression whips up a storm of terror, ripping apart the blood sisters Anna, Bernie, Elica… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
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15. The Runaway Orphans (Orphans, #1)

By: Pam Weaver

4.34

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

Two sisters. One secret. A daring wartime journey… Desperate to escape their stepfather’s house,… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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16. When Forever Ends (The Blood Sisters, #3)

By: Roberta Kagan

4.39

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

In a world filled with danger, heartbreak, and impossible choices, the blood sisters must navigate … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
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17. 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

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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18. The Day the Germans Came

By: Ella Gyland

4.18

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by the incredible true story of how the people of Denmark saved their Jewish neighbours du… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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19. Elizabeth's Mountain

By: Lucille Guarino

4.45

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

“A wonderful, moving story about love and loss, focusing on two grandmother and granddaughter.” –M… read more

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20. Daughters of the Resistance

By: Lana Kortchik

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A heart-wrenching novel of love, resilience and courage in World War II, from the author of Sisters… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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21. 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

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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22. The Hidden Letters

By: Lorna Cook

4.35

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

On the eve of a world war, a forbidden love will blossom in the garden of a stately home and one yo… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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23. An Island at War

By: Deborah Carr

4.27

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A moving historical novel about the German occupation of the Channel Islands from the bestselling a… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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24. The Beekeeper’s War

By: Deborah Carr

4.22

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Two women Two wars A secret that threatens to tear them apart 1916 At the onset of war, Nur… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
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25. Daughters of Paris

By: Elisabeth Hobbes

4.27

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

Paris 1930s Colette – daughter of a wealthy Parisian. No-one expects her to amount to anything o… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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26. The Orphan’s Letters (The Red Cross Orphans, #2)

By: Glynis Peters

3.80

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but does nothing to heal the pain of spending every minute wai… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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27. A Wartime Secret

By: Helen Yendall

4.20

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Look after Violet!’ her mother called, as she was bundled into the back of the car. Then she was g… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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28. The Butcher on Colfax

By: J.T. Tierney

4.14

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

On an autumn day in 1890, eighteen-year-old Alice Butler and her sister Nora step out the massive d… read more

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  • historical fiction
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29. Under a Lightning Sky

By: Pam Lecky

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

London is under attack. But within the rubble, a greater danger lurks…The Luftwaffe has been bombin… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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30. After the War

By: Anita Frank

4.29

Format: 508 pages, Kindle Edition

May, 1945. When bells ring out for Victory in Europe, young wife and mother Gwen wonders if her wor… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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31. The Secret Pianist

By: Andie Newton

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When a British RAF Whitley comes under fire over the French coast and is forced to drop their cargo… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • historical fiction

22 best-selling historical books like After the War by Anita Frank

Transform Your Habits

Bonfire Night

Anna Bliss

3.75

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Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

A.J. Pearce

4.19

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The Paris Notebook

Tessa Harris

4.17

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Frontier Sisters (Courage on the Oregon Trail, #3)

A.T. Butler

4.39

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19 Top fiction books like The Lost Song of Paris by Sarah Steele

Transform Your Habits

The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

Daisy Wood

4.34

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The Last Letter from Paris

Kate Eastham

4.34

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The Paris Notebook

Tessa Harris

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Paris Affair

Melanie Hudson

4.44

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