Cold War · Biographical · ~1945–1991
Looking for historical fiction in the biographical lane set during the Cold War (~1945–1991)? Cold War biographical historical fiction books collects historical novels that match both filters—Spies, partition, civil rights, decolonization. Novels based on real historical figures HisFic is a free historical fiction discovery app: open a full reading journey with the same era and story-type filters, then add region, themes, or audience. Shelves mix curated historical fiction picks with Open Library titles so even thin combinations still have books to explore.
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Georgia Hunter
In March 1939 the Kurc family gathers for Passover in Radom, Poland; by autumn the war has scattered Sol and Nechuma’s children from the ghetto to a Siberian camp, occupied France, and a refugee ship bound for Brazil. Georgia Hunter’s 2017 novel is World War II saga historical fiction of the years they spend trying to stay alive and find one another, drawn from the author’s own family.
World War II era · Cold War · Family saga · Biographical
Christine Dwyer Hickey
Cape Cod summer intersecting the world of Edward Hopper (Walter Scott Prize 2020).
Cold War · Literary · Biographical
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