Post War


Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Catcher in the Rye
Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
The Little Stranger
The Remains of the Day
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
The Great Gatsby
Revolutionary Road
The Briar Club
Bloomsbury Girls (Jane Austen Society, #2)
Year Zero: A History of 1945
The Greatcoat
Paris: After the Liberation 1944-1949
The Safekeep
Ruins of War by John A. ConnellThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkThe Second-Last Woman in England by Maggie JoelThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeTestament of Youth by Vera Brittain
Best Post-War Novels
20 books — 21 voters
Out of The Box Regifted by Jennifer TheriotSummer of '69 by Todd StrasserOut of the Box Awakening by Jennifer TheriotSecrets of the Realm by Bev StoutMay Day by Thom  Stark
Best Books By Baby Boomers
111 books — 104 voters

Sophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Last Secret of The Soul by Stephen P.   SmithMy Bridges of Hope by Livia Bitton-JacksonThe Aftermath by Rhidian BrookThe Story Keeper by Fred   Feldman
Post-Holocaust
34 books — 19 voters
Charlotte's Web by E.B. WhiteThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
NOVELS of the 1950's
169 books — 14 voters

We Fight Fascists by Daniel SonabendA Murder Is Announced by Agatha ChristieA 1940s Childhood by James  MarshBrutal London by Simon PhippsLondon 1945 by Maureen  Waller
Living in Post-Second World War Britain
100 books — 12 voters

K.J. Charles
Britain was full of men like him, trying to find something to do in a country that had managed perfectly well without them.
K.J. Charles, Slippery Creatures

Mark Mazower
As the Civil War raged, large parts of the occupation experience were passed over and forgotten as quickly as possible. The Greek authorities showed little interest in pursuing war criminals, and war crimes petered out more quickly than anywhere else in Europe, whilst over-conscientious prosecutors were buried in provincial postings.
Mark Mazower

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