31 must-read fiction books like The Winter Guest by Pam Jenoff

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The Winter Guest

By: Pam Jenoff

3.88

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

A stirring novel of first love in a time of war and the unbearable choices that could tear sisters …

If you liked the fiction plot in The Winter Guest by Pam Jenoff , here is a list of 31 books like this:

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1. The Room on Rue Amelie

By: Kristin Harmel

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this powerful nov… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Room on Rue Amelie book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"I am not sure about anything. But if we don’t have hope, we don’t have anything."

-Kristin Harmel, The Room on Rue Amelie

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2. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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3. The Winter Guest

By: Pam Jenoff

3.88

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

A stirring novel of first love in a time of war and the unbearable choices that could tear sisters … read more

Similar categories in Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • poland
  • historical romance
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
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4. The Paris Agent

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

1970—In the aftermath of his war-ravaged past, Noah Ainsworth is still haunted by memories of his t… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The Paris Agent book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"To truly love someone, we must accept the real version of them, scars and all."

-Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent

"And whatever we do with the freedom we have been gifted, whether our achievements and our struggles are big or small, we will do it in honor of those who gave so much so that we could live in a bette…"

-Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent

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5. 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 Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
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6. The Paris Daughter

By: Kristin Harmel

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two m… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Paris Daughter book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"This isn't a decision I make lightly, but being a parent is not about doing what is right for ourselves, is it? It's about sacrificing all we can, big and small, to give our children their best chanc…"

-Kristin Harmel, The Paris Daughter

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7. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Orphan Collector

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

4.24

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Marie Wiseman's The Orphan Collector book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"May God forgive you for what you’ve done."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

"Obey the laws and wear the gauze, protect your jaws from septic paws."

-Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector

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9. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

Similar categories in Susan Meissner's Only the Beautiful book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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10. The Winemaker's Wife

By: Kristin Harmel

4.22

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

The author of the engrossing international bestseller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving … read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Winemaker's Wife book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
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11. The Lost English Girl

By: Julia Kelly

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of The Light Over London weaves an epic saga of love, motherhood, and betrayal… read more

Similar categories in Julia Kelly's The Lost English Girl book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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12. Three Sisters (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #3)

By: Heather Morris

4.37

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A promise to stay together. An unbreakable bond. A fierce will to survive. From international … read more

Similar categories in Heather Morris's Three Sisters (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #3) book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
"Looking at these photos in this special light we have remembered the past without grief and if we can do that, we can also look ahead without fear."

-Heather Morris, Three Sisters (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #3)

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13. The Librarian of Burned Books

By: Brianna Labuskes

3.93

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWI… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Labuskes's The Librarian of Burned Books book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people."

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

"p. 364 Do you want to be the ones handing out the gasoline cans? Or the ones trying to put out the fire?"

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

"The men who sough violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

"The men who sought violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

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14. The Librarian Spy

By: Madeline Martin

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A moving novel inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II.Ava thought … read more

Similar categories in Madeline Martin's The Librarian Spy book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"I don't think I take compliments very well, Ava admitted sheepishly. "Most women don't. We always think we're not good enough." She lifted her shoulder, and the resignation behind it told Ava that ev…"

-Madeline Martin, The Librarian Spy

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15. 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 Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
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16. The Warsaw Orphan

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.37

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In the spring of 1942, young Elzbieta Rabinek is aware of the swiftly growing discord just beyond t… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The Warsaw Orphan book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • poland
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
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17. Sisters of Night and Fog

By: Erika Robuck

4.27

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

1940. In a world newly burning with war, and in spite of her American family’s wishes, Virginia dec… read more

Similar categories in Erika Robuck's Sisters of Night and Fog book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
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18. The Postmistress of Paris

By: Meg Waite Clayton

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Now an International bestseller, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Good Morning America B… read more

Similar categories in Meg Waite Clayton's The Postmistress of Paris book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
"No one suspects American women of anything but needlepoint. Men so seldom imagine us capable of the things we're capable of."

-Meg Waite Clayton, The Postmistress of Paris

"Even in the darkest times at Camp des Milles, the men kept making art and music, literature, theatre. It was how they stayed alive. How they helped the world right itself."

-Meg Waite Clayton, The Postmistress of Paris

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19. The Sweetness of Forgetting

By: Kristin Harmel

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The “beautifully complex” (Woman’s Day) classic that made Kristin Harmel a superstar follows a woma… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Sweetness of Forgetting book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • holocaust
"As long as there are stars in the sky, I will love you."

-Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

"La vita diventa complicata, le circostanze ci separano, le decisioni determinano il nostro destino. Ma il tuo cuore ti mostrerà sempre la direzione."

-Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

"I'm in a place foreign to me, but there's something about Paris that feels very familiar. I wonder for the first time if a sense of place can be passed down through the blood."

-Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

"Yes. There is one God, and he lives in the sky, and he hears all of us. It is just that here on earth, we are confused about how to believe in him. But what does it matter, as long as we trust he is …"

-Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

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20. Sisters Under the Rising Sun

By: Heather Morris

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz… read more

Similar categories in Heather Morris's Sisters Under the Rising Sun book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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21. The Keeper of Hidden Books

By: Madeline Martin

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Martin's The Keeper of Hidden Books book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • poland
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
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22. The Diamond Eye

By: Kate Quinn

4.29

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II t… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Diamond Eye book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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23. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. The School for German Brides

By: Aimie K. Runyan

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In this intriguing historical novel, a young woman who is sent to a horrific "bride school" to be m… read more

Similar categories in Aimie K. Runyan's The School for German Brides book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
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25. 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 Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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26. The Ways We Hide

By: Kristina McMorris

3.98

Format: 536 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday comes a sweeping World War II tale … read more

Similar categories in Kristina McMorris's The Ways We Hide book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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27. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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28. The German Wife

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.37

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Warsaw Orphan  returns with a gripping novel inspir… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Rimmer's The German Wife book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
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29. The Forest of Vanishing Stars

By: Kristin Harmel

4.26

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative comin… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Harmel's The Forest of Vanishing Stars book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
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30. The Berlin Girl

By: Mandy Robotham

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The German Midwife comes the heart-wrenching story of a country on t… read more

Similar categories in Mandy Robotham's The Berlin Girl book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust
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31. 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

Similar categories in Lana Kortchik's Daughters of the Resistance book and Pam Jenoff's The Winter Guest

  • romance
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • holocaust

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