World War II

Nonfiction

“Travelers in the Third Reich:” Tapestry of Views

Travelers in the Third Reich (Pegasus Books) viscerally recounts a period of history we can only now look back on with shame and horror. Author Julia Boyd charts the rise of the Nazi party in Germany from 1919 to 1945 with first-hand accounts from expatriates that contribute a tapestry of perspectives…

Rebecca ProulxAugust 29, 2018

Fiction

Kat Devereaux Brings Italy’s Forgotten Resistance to Life in “Daughter of Genoa”

“He who saves a single life saves the entire world” – The Talmud Author Kat Devereaux has written an impressive second work of historical fiction with Daughter of Genoa. The plot centers on protagonist Anna Levi Pastorino, a half-Jewish widow whose existence in Genoa in 1944 is precarious. Believing blame…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 28, 2026

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Kate Quinn’s “The Diamond Eye” Celebrates a WWII Heroine Who’s No Construct of Fiction

"Quinn manages to give her readers something that’s both engaging because it’s well written and exciting because it’s grounded in truth." —∞— Amid WWII, can Lady Death, a quiet bookworm turned lethal sniper, hit her mark? Based on an incredible true story, Kate Quinn’s latest novel, The Diamond Eye (William…

Lydia LefevreApril 18, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Love Shines Through the Horrors of War in “A Small Hotel”

Suanne Laqueur’s ambitious historical fiction novel, A Small Hotel, begins with a “Once upon a time” innocence, a sweet simplicity that belies the labyrinthine journey she’s about to take her readers on. It’s a romance; a travelogue; an introduction to Swedish mythology, language and good luck charms. The story begins…

Sherri DaleyMarch 25, 2022

Author Spotlight Fiction

Bestselling Author Kristin Harmel Shines Anew With “The Forest of Vanishing Stars”

An incredibly engaging and addictive read, I highly recommend The Forest of Vanishing Stars (Gallery Books)! Author of recent bestseller The Book of Lost Names and many others, Kristin Harmel brings us the story of Yona, a girl taken from her home in Germany at two years old and raised…

Jennifer BlankfeinSeptember 22, 2021

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ Year in Post-War Paris

This current novel is an expansion of her New York Times article: A Year in Paris that Transformed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis published in June, 2019. Vast numbers of biographies, newspaper and magazine articles have been published about the former First Lady and her storied life. Although Jacqueline in Paris is…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 29, 2022

Fiction

Kiss From a Rose: Award-Winning Author Rose Tremain on Writing and ‘Mastering’ Oneself

Set in Switzerland during World War II , Rose Tremain's literary masterpiece, The Gustav Sonata, follows the life of Gustav Perle, who is taught at a young age by his mother to master himself, and his emotions - to be neutral like Switzerland in the war. When he begins a friendship with…

BookTribOctober 19, 2017

Fiction

Ike and Kay a World War II Passionate Love Affair

There are some stories we hear and dismiss as just rumor... and then there are others that are too good to ignore. This is exactly what led critically acclaimed historical fiction author James MacManus to discover the incredible story of the love affair between Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, his…

BookTribJuly 18, 2018

Nonfiction

When Books Went to War to fight facism with freedom of expression

When Nazi Germany began invading neighboring countries in the 1930s it not only declared war on freedom, liberty, and tolerance—it declared war on the printed page as well. By 1941, the Nazis had banned and burned more than 100 million books and had driven terrified citizens to hide or destroy…

Michael RuscoeJanuary 11, 2015

Thrillers

A “Spitfire” Anti-Heroine Fights Demons of Her Past in Post-WWII Europe

When you first meet Livy Nash, antiheroine of M. L. Huie’s debut novel, Spitfire (Crooked Lane), she certainly doesn’t appear to live up to her feisty moniker. But as she pulls herself out of her vodka-soaked sleep and embarks on a dangerous mission, she pulls the reader into the novel.…

Judy MorenoJanuary 7, 2020

Book Club Network Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Plane Discovered in a Glacier Brings Nazi Horrors to Life in “EO-N”

If you’ve never recognized the contribution of Canadian aviators during World War II or fully grasped some of Nazi Germany’s horrors, EO-N (Hellbox Editions) will open your eyes. Those things alone make it a novel worth reading but fail to capture just what a terrific debut novel this is. Author…

Dennis HetzelDecember 16, 2020

Fiction Romance

“The Promise:” A War Between Nations and Within Hearts

Yet in The Promise by Kathleen Harryman and Lucy Marshall, while the allied troops prepare for D-Day in one of World War II’s defining moments, the real battlegrounds are back in Whitby, England, where a cast of noble characters wages internal battles of the heart that are just as precarious.…

Jim AlkonDecember 7, 2020

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured Romance

A Tender Love Story That Spans Continents and Faces the Dangers of World War II

It was only by chance that journalist and author Lisa Franco found the seeds of what would become a decade-long passion project. Browsing through an antique shop in Cape Cod, she found a large trove of handwritten letters in a basket marked “World War II Ephemera.” What she would discover,…

Cynthia ConradAugust 26, 2022

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Warner’s World War II Drama Is an Epic, White-Knuckle Ride

John W. Warner IV’s Little Anton is a story to get lost in. Teetering between fact and fiction, it’s a trove of information and historical events we would have remembered from high school classes had we been paying attention. Then it slides off-center into the occult where believability meets intrigue.…

Sherri DaleyDecember 14, 2020

Riveting, Realistic WWII-Era Mystery Featuring a Yankee in Great Britain

The title Proud Sorrows (Soho Crime), the 18th book in the WWII Billy Boyle mystery series by author James R. Benn, is taken from William Shakespeare’s history play, King John, Act 3, Scene 1: “I will instruct my sorrows to be proud, for grief is proud and makes his owner…

Linda HitchcockOctober 25, 2023

Fiction

Novella Imagines Mussolini’s Role in Libyan Family’s Life

On the cusp of the Second World War, Mussolini held Libya in the grips of his fascist rule. His dictatorship aimed to colonize the country which sustained anti-capitalist and anti-fascist sentiments. Salah El Moncef’s Benghazi (Penelope Books) is a fictionalized version of this historical event, told from the perspective of…

Megan BeauregardDecember 13, 2022

“Travelers in the Third Reich:” Tapestry of Views

Kate Quinn’s “The Diamond Eye” Celebrates a WWII Heroine Who’s No Construct of Fiction

Love Shines Through the Horrors of War in “A Small Hotel”

Bestselling Author Kristin Harmel Shines Anew With “The Forest of Vanishing Stars”

Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ Year in Post-War Paris

Kiss From a Rose: Award-Winning Author Rose Tremain on Writing and ‘Mastering’ Oneself

Ike and Kay a World War II Passionate Love Affair

When Books Went to War to fight facism with freedom of expression

A “Spitfire” Anti-Heroine Fights Demons of Her Past in Post-WWII Europe

Plane Discovered in a Glacier Brings Nazi Horrors to Life in “EO-N”

“The Promise:” A War Between Nations and Within Hearts

A Tender Love Story That Spans Continents and Faces the Dangers of World War II

Warner’s World War II Drama Is an Epic, White-Knuckle Ride

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