World War

A global war involving all or many of the nations of the world. Usually refers to World War One or World War Two. ...more

The Book Thief
All the Light We Cannot See
The Nightingale
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Night
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Alice Network
Between Shades of Gray
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Salt to the Sea
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
Man's Search for Meaning
Johann Sebastian Bach by Christoph WolffHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John             Lewis
Non-Fiction read in 2017
481 books — 101 voters
Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyThe Hundred Dresses by Eleanor EstesSomeone Named Eva by Joan M. WolfLily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1940s
388 books — 83 voters

The First World War Adventures Of Nariman Karkaria  by Nariman KarkariaThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorFarthest Field by Raghu Karnad
Indian Memoirs of World Wars
3 books — 2 voters
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret GeorgeYoung and Damned and Fair by Gareth RussellJane Seymour by David LoadesSesam nieuwe/geïllustreerde wereldgeschiedenis. Deel 16  by Carl Grimberg
Roman Numerals
105 books — 9 voters

Elizabeth Tebby Germaine
A newcomer, a tall bewhiskered Sikh policeman came to see me. ‘Sahib,’ he said in Hindustani, ‘I was lucky to escape from Rangoon when that city was evacuated. I reached Mandalay after many nights hiding and sleeping in the jungle. How I escaped with my life I do not know. From Mandalay I managed to get on a train and eventually found my way here.’ He came a little closer and almost whispered, ‘Sahib, I am staying in the Police Lines. You must let me and my pal guard your bungalow or….’ And he d ...more
Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORIES OF SURVIVAL IN BURMA WW2: tens of thousands fled to India from the Japanese Invasion in 1942

Sara Ellie MacKenzie
Soon, the arguing ceased. Everyone’s eyes were largely focused on me. While waiting for my speech, they whispered only to each other about how capable I was. I honestly could not blame them. Behind my smile, I tried to see how this impossible mission became reality and shook my head with a smile. None of them believed in me to begin with. As I began my speech, my mind wandered to the past. My home of Cennix was a faraway concept. Hiding with the United Front was another. My initial days in Cher ...more
Sara Ellie MacKenzie, From Across the Sea

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