The Women
Kristin Hannah
A young American nurse serves in Vietnam and struggles to be seen when she comes home.
Cold War · Late 20th century · Military & war · Family saga
Late 20th century · Military & war · ~1960–2000
Late 20th century military & war historical fiction books
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Shelf · 12 titles
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In the Lake of the Woods
Tim O'Brien
A politician’s marriage unravels under the shadow of Vietnam (SAH Prize 1995).
Cold War · Late 20th century · Literary · Mystery
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks
Stephen Wraysford’s prewar love affair in Amiens is swallowed by the Somme, the tunnels under the Western Front, and the unmaking of a generation. A later strand follows his granddaughter as she tries to recover what the Great War buried.
World War I era · Late 20th century · Military & war · Literary
Henderson's Boys 1 The Escape
Robert Muchamore
Forties (20th century) · British in France · Secret service · World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
Late 20th century · World War I era · Military & war · Open Library
The Distant Hours
Kate Morton
Mothers and daughters, fiction · World war, 1939-1945, fiction · England, fiction · Fiction, family life
Late 20th century · World War I era · Romance · Military & war · Open Library
My chocolate year
Charlotte Herman
Fiction · Juvenile fiction · Baking · Jews
Late 20th century · World War I era · Military & war · Open Library
Christmas letters
Susan K. Downs
American Christian fiction · American Love stories · American Epistolary fiction · Fiction
Late 20th century · World War I era · Romance · Military & war · Open Library
C. S. Forester
Sanford V. Sternlicht
Criticism and interpretation · Horatio Hornblower · English War stories · History and criticism
Regency / Napoleonic · Late 20th century · Military & war · Open Library
Dolls of war
Shirley Parenteau
Historical fiction · World War, 1939-1945 · Juvenile fiction · Dolls
Late 20th century · World War I era · Military & war · Open Library
Southern Women Novelists and the Civil War
Sharon Talley
United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, literature and the war · American fiction, women authors · American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century · American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century
Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library
The presence of the past
Valerie Krips
Autobiographical memory in literature · Books and reading · Children · Children in literature
Late 20th century · World War I era · Biographical · Military & war · Open Library
The nightmare of history
Helen Wussow
English Historical fiction · English War stories · English fiction · Historical fiction, English
World War I era · Late 20th century · Military & war · Literary · Open Library
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