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The Secret Keeper by Kate MortonMrs. Miniver by Jan StrutherA God in Ruins by Kate AtkinsonEveryone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris CleaveAtonement by Ian McEwan
World War II England
482 books — 198 voters
Blackout by Connie WillisThe Raiders and the Cross by Patrick LarsimontLetters to the Lost by Iona GreyAll Clear by Connie WillisThe English Agent by Clare Harvey
The Blitz: Fiction & Non-Fiction
194 books — 84 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinThe Secret of Raven Point by Jennifer VanderbesMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Heroines in Britain during WW1 & WW2
104 books — 55 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Magician’s Nephew by C.S. LewisPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieA Bear Called Paddington by Michael BondA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
City of London
145 books — 46 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisGood Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle MagorianThe War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyCarrie's War by Nina BawdenThe Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson
War Guests in Children's Literature
96 books — 43 voters
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate AlbusOur Castle by the Sea by Lucy StrangeThe War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyWhen the Sky Falls by Phil EarleThe Swallows' Flight by Hilary McKay
Children's WWII Fiction set in the UK
81 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
The Compound by S.A. BodeenThe Children of Ashgaroth by Richard FordCountdown by Deborah WilesThe Bunker Diary by Kevin BrooksThe Fort by Gordon Korman
Fiction Set in Fallout and Bomb Shelters
56 books — 12 voters

Thunderstruck by Erik LarsonEmpireland by Sathnam SangheraChurchill's Secret War by Madhusree MukerjeeThe Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan RoseBlack and British by David Olusoga
Best 20th Century British (U.K.) History - 3.7 Stars and Up
146 books — 10 voters

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