8 Best war books like On Desperate Ground by James R. Benn

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On Desperate Ground

By: James R. Benn

3.98

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

On Desperate Ground is the story of men and women caught up in the death throes of Nazi Germany, st…

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1. Most Secret

By: Nevil Shute

3.98

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Genevieve is a converted French fishing boat, manned by British officers and a small crew of free F… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller

2. What Happened to the Corbetts

By: Nevil Shute

4.33

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1939 and unavailable for over 2 years, a novel written just before the war,… read more

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3. Death of an Outsider (Hamish Macbeth, #3)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.81

Format: 194 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The most hated man in the most dour town in Scotland is sleeping with the fishes, or-more accuratel… read more

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  • fiction

4. The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs, #7)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.32

Format: 312 pages,

In the latest mystery in the New York Timesbestselling series, Maisie Dobbs must unravel a case of … read more

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5. What Darkness Brings (Sebastian St. Cyr, #8)

By: C.S. Harris

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

London, September 1812. After a long night spent dealing with the tragic death of a former military… read more

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6. Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, #6)

By: Jacqueline Winspear , Orlagh Cassidy

2.33

Format: None pages, Audio CD

In the thrilling new novel by the New York Timesbestselling author of An Incomplete Revenge, Maisie… read more

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7. The Camel Club (Camel Club, #1)

By: David Baldacci

4.24

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

Existing at the fringes of Washington D.C., the Club consists of four eccentric members. Led by a m… read more

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8. Trophy Hunt (Joe Pickett, #4)

By: C.J. Box

3.91

Format: 385 pages,

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9. The Medici Manuscript (Glass Library, #2)

By: C.J. Archer

4.03

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

One book can change your life. Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1940. The world holds its breath and hopes for peace. At home, the Nazi Party’s grip on po… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
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11. The Last Hope

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

All will be revealed in the no-holds-barred finale of the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Awar… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. A Chateau Under Siege

By: Martin Walker

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

France's favourite country cop, Bruno, faces a dangerous threat to the town he polices and the peop… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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13. A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is first class' The Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously con… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. What the Devil Knows (Sebastian St. Cyr, #16)

By: C.S. Harris

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sebastian St. Cyr thought a notorious serial killer had been brought to justice until a shocking se… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.48

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The Department of Sensitive Crimes is Scandinavian Blanc, vastly different from Scandinavian Noir. … read more

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  • fiction
"You can’t do much about a personality disorder. Cats are psychopaths at heart."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

"Dogs can read signals -- look at sheepdogs; they understand hand movements for left and right. Dogs are no fools, you know." He paused. "Well, some are. Some dogs are truly stupid, Ulf."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

"All suspects should be given the chance to telephone their lawyers or their mothers, and it would not be surprising if they chose to call their mothers. After all, your mother is fall more likely to …"

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

"I like you when you're algebraic," said Ulf--and immediately regretted it. It was a flirtatious remark--describing somebody as algebraic was undoubtedly to cross a line. You would not normally descri…"

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg, #1)

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16. Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

By: C.S. Harris

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sebastian St. Cyr investigates the mysterious life and death of a nobleman accused of murder in thi… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I believe we are all connected, every living thing one to the other, so that I owe to each what I would owe to myself."

-C.S. Harris, Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

"Bringing this man’s murderer to justice was more important to Sebastian than he could begin to explain, even to himself."

-C.S. Harris, Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

"Murder is unseemly. Making certain a killer doesn’t get away with what he has done is an obligation we the living owe to the dead—no matter how unsavory we consider them to be."

-C.S. Harris, Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

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17. The City (City of Victory #2)

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

AD 113: NICOPOLIS In the depths of the desert on the empire's Eastern Frontier, the Roman army l… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. The Fort (City of Victory #1)

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.17

Format: 449 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set … read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Wall (City of Victory #3)

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.41

Format: 471 pages, Kindle Edition

Britannia, AD 117: Roman centurion Flavius Ferox is trying to live a quiet life of dignified leisur… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Blackout (Berlin Wartime Thriller #1)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.20

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia … read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
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21. The Untitled Books (Glass Library, #3)

By: C.J. Archer

4.12

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

A curated collection of magic…and murder.When a set of bound manuscripts written on magician-made p… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. The Polish Nurse: A WW2 Historical Fiction Novel (World War II Brave Women Fiction Book 1)

By: Leah Moyes

4.48

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

She has a secret. Keeping it will mean the difference between life and death.1941, Poland. Though w… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. Sea of Red (Sea of Red Series, #1)

By: James A. Bultema

4.30

Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner - Award Finalist - American Fiction Awards Sea of Red is an action-packed Military Thril… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Independence: The Dorset Boy Book 16 by Christopher C. Tubbs

24. Independence: The Dorset Boy Book 16

By: Christopher C. Tubbs

4.35

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

1827, the Ottomans offer the Egyptians any part of Greece they can subdue, taking the people into s… read more

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25. Basil's War

By: Stephen Hunter

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A British spy goes behind enemy lines to crack a secret code in this “highly entertaining World War… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
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26. The Heroes of Sainte-Mère-Église

By: J.D. Keene

4.39

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

The Germans arrived with a plan to occupy a village … … The French Resistance and Allied forces ha… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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27. Coyote Summer: Saga of the Mountain Sage, Book Four: A Classic Historical Western Series

By: W. Michael Gear

4.69

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Coyote Summer is the final volume in New York Times, Western Writers Hall of Fame, and Spur Award w… read more

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28. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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29. On the Barbary Coast

By: Alaric Bond

4.44

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Spring 1814 and, after four exhausting years on the North American Station, HMS Tenacious is finall… read more

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30. On Desperate Ground

By: James R. Benn

3.98

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

On Desperate Ground is the story of men and women caught up in the death throes of Nazi Germany, st… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
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31. A Grave in the Woods (Bruno, Chief of Police #17)

By: Martin Walker

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Another entertaining and enlightening entry in the Bruno, Chief of Police series, featuring an arch… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction

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3.81

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C.J. Archer

4.03

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Deanna Raybourn

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Andrea Penrose

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Andrea Penrose

4.13

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Grace Burrowes

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