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Books Set In WW2

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LouReidPark · 01/06/2023 11:13

What are your favourite books set in WW2?

I liked a few as a child - Carrie's War, the Judith Kerr series and I've read a couple I liked as an adult - Dear Mrs Bird, The Frequency Of Us and The Night Watch.

Looking for recommendations for more. TIA

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SadCelticBunny · 01/06/2023 12:36

I have recently listened to the Josephine Fox series by Claire Gradidge and really enjoyed them.
I liked the details of the social mores and norms of the time and always think a bit of detective work adds to a story.

I read The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear this week, it covers both world wars.

yoshiblue · 01/06/2023 12:29

Definitely All The Light We Cannot see!

LieutenantColonel · 01/06/2023 11:28

Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher. Lots of detail about life in the war, great plot and just the right level of trauma (ie not ignoring the difficulties but not trauma porn)

Seeline · 01/06/2023 11:26

Probably a bit old fashioned now but RF Delderfield wrote several books that covered the period of the second World War.
Diana
The Avenue Goes to War and The Dreaming Suburbs - both based around the same characters living in the suburbs of South London.

Bigpinkslippers · 01/06/2023 11:26

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

tinytemper66 · 01/06/2023 11:24

Never forget you. About Noor the first Muslim woman who became a SOE in France.

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 01/06/2023 11:23

Goodnight Mr Tom
Number the Stars

Both children's books.

Neighneigh · 01/06/2023 11:21

Another vote for All The Light We Cannot See!

Luckyboo · 01/06/2023 11:18

I enjoyed The Code Girls and The Bomb Girls series by Daisy Styles plus The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. Oh and of course Goodnight Mister Tom

Greenbeanmcgee · 01/06/2023 11:18

The New Mrs Clifton by Elizabeth Buchan.

PotteringAlonggotkickedoutandhadtoreregister · 01/06/2023 11:16

Also really enjoyed “yours cheerfully” - AJ Pearce. A very different book!

NooNakedJacuzziness · 01/06/2023 11:16

The Book Thief

PotteringAlonggotkickedoutandhadtoreregister · 01/06/2023 11:15

All the light we cannot see - Anthony Doerr.

oh my word, what a book!

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