The Alice Network by Kate Quinn The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Night by Elie Wiesel Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Wow ,thanks very much ?. I’m looking forward to reading The Nightingale actually ,I’ve heard lots of good things about it. I should google the other titles as well
Corrie Ten Boom. Her family hid Jews in a hiding place in their house in the Netherlands. Eventually she and her family got sent to a concentration camp.
Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys! AMAZING YA historical fiction. And Between Shades of Gray is to be a movie soon. Also, the Nightingale was really good!
Fantastic!! Salt to the Sea was even better in my opinion. It has 4 different POV and they’re all so unique. Sepetys has a way of weaving a story throughout all her characters that just blows your mind lol I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
The Nightingale- Kristin Hannah Beneath a Scarlet Sky- Mark Sullivan Letters from Skye- Jessica Brockmole The Secret Keeper- Kate Morton Sarah’s Key- Tatiana de Rosenay Code Name Verity- Elizabeth Wein The Lost Letter- Jillian Cantor Secrets of a Charmed Life- Susan Meissner Between Shades of Gray- Ruta Sepetys The Book Thief- Markus Zusak Those Who Save Us – Jenna Blum
I didnt like that book. That is all I ever read is WW2 FICTIONS. Have you trired any books by Katie Flynn. she was one of the first ww2 fiction authors, I have read all of hers her latest one is called “The Christmas Candle” another good searies is by an author called Ellie Dean. I run a small fb group for WW2 FICTION BOOKS.
Salt to sea by ruta Sepetys The orphan train by Pam Jenoff Forgotten letters by Kirk Raeber The zookeepers wife by Diane Ackerman The street of a thousand blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama Honolulu by Alan Brennert The gods of heavenly punishment by Jennifer Cody Epstein Mata Haris last dance michelle Moran Freuds sister – can’t remember the author A gesture life- Chang Rae lee Chinese American Portraits by Ruth Lum McCunn
I highly enjoyed it. However I understand why many people disliked the book: it’s very long, with detailed descriptions of her daily life that can be boring, but that I absolutely adored. I think this helped very much the book in portraying a better World War II life ?
Hornet Flight, Sarah’s Key, Corelli’s Mandolin, Schindler’s List, Madonnas of Leningrad, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Atonement, Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Suite Francaise,
The Nightingale, all the light we cannot see, salt to the sea, between shades of grey, the book theif, beneath a scarlet sky, the orphan train, the bronze horseman, the summer before the war, everyone brave is forgiven
Try Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli. I read it when I was a kid. It’s an easy read, but it’s about a little orphan boy who doesn’t understand what is happening duting the war and ends up getting taken to a camp.
Sorry but even in the books own description it talks about time travel first, then aliens with nothing about going back to World War II era which is what the original post was asking for. It’s great that you want to promote yours or a family members book but just make an original post don’t try and fit it into a post where it doesn’t fit. I’m sorry but that’s how I feel . . . And to put it in twice in response to the same post. What’s the point?
Lilac Girls, Echo (audiobook amazing too), The Storyteller by Jodi Piccoult, The War that saved my life, The Number of our Stars by Lois Lowry, Sarah’s Key (maybe one of my all time fav WWII), The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah … to name a few
My kids love the Alan Gratz books. And depending on the age of your students, defiinitely, DEFINITELY Ruta Sepetys’ “Between Shades of Gray,” and then “Salt to the Sea.”
@Mary There’s a movie coming out based on the book. I thought it was supposed to come out in November, but I haven’t seen it yet. It’s not the book’s title, either. That story is loosely based on Ruta Sepetys’ family in Lithuania, which disappeared after WWII. The country ceased to exist as itself from 1945-1990. It was part of the Russian federation. In 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet-controlled country to restore independence, but not without terror from the Russians still. To here her tell the story of her research on this was amazing. I cried.
and if you really get hooked on this, then I’d suggest a couple of non-fiction (middle school to advanced ms) titles: “The Family Romanov” by Candace Fleming and “Symphony for the City of the Dead” by M.T.Anderson. Enjoyed the history of the first one; the second one took my breath away. I could read a couple of pages and literally had to put the book down because the descriptions were so graphic they took my breath away. It’s the story of Dmitri Shostakovich as he lives through the Russian Revolution, while writing his 9th Symphony. I’m the daughter of a late WWII veteran who served under Gen. Patton during the Battle of the Bulge, but he never talked about the things he saw. AFter reading this book, i now know why. What I don’t understand is how we didn’t learn more about Stalin and his atrocities (and that’s a mild term here). He honestly makes Hitler look like an arch-angel. Wow. Just wow. Prepare yourself if you choose to read it, then find something much lighter to read afterward. You’ll need it.
I’ve read both of the books you mentioned. My oldest son was a World War II (actually both World Wars) history buff in elementary school and wanted to read more but they wouldn’t let him check out the books he wouldn’t without both my approval and my commitment to discuss the books with him (he was in second grade). So I did and began a pattern of reading & talking about books till he was out of high school. There were so many atrocities going on, still are actually but now much of that is in countries like the Sudan. It’s so sad that we cannot seem to learn.
@Mary Truly. Sepetys commented emphatically that when she began researching “Shades,” that people in Lithuania were highly reluctant to speak with her. Likewise, here in the U.S. She said she received an “anonymous” brown envelope with pictures of her family, with a note to hide them or destroy them after she was through with them. Lithuanians are still horrifically afraid of punishment and retribution from the Russian government. You’re right: we have no idea what others suffer.
Can’t remember which world war it was, but Lily’s Crossing was great. It was made for a young audience (like 8-12) but I still love it. Very quick read too!
The Book Thief, The Nightingale, Between Shades of Gray, Salt to the Sea, All the Light We Cannot See, The Bronze Horseman, Winter Garden…sooooo many great ones!
A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper. Also All But My Life by Gerda Weissman Klein and Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi which are nonfiction but I thought were really good and are definitely worth the read.
Other than The Book Thief, Number the Stars by Lois Lowery.
I’ve read both and loved them?
I love Number the Stars!
Jackdaws- Ken Follet
It’s the one with the female sabouteurs right? I should reread it soon ? thanks for mentioning it
The Earth is Singing is definitely a good one? One of my fav books up to now.
Sounds interesting ,who’s the author?
It’s by Vanessa Curtis. You should look it up, you might find the plot really amazing?
Thank you very much ,I will ! 🙂
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Night by Elie Wiesel
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
I just finished All the Light We Cannot See and it was good
Wow ,thanks very much ?. I’m looking forward to reading The Nightingale actually ,I’ve heard lots of good things about it. I should google the other titles as well
The Nightingale is amazing!!!
Yes. The Nightingale!!! ?
Not fiction but unbroken is good
Oh I read that in spring and saw the movie as well. It was such a powerful read!
I loved the Hiding Place. Also nonfiction.
The author? 🙂
Corrie Ten Boom. Her family hid Jews in a hiding place in their house in the Netherlands. Eventually she and her family got sent to a concentration camp.
Thank you very much!
Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys! AMAZING YA historical fiction. And Between Shades of Gray is to be a movie soon. Also, the Nightingale was really good!
I ordered Salt to the Sea today ,I’m really looking forward to reading it. I read Between the Shades of Grey in January and it was gold♥
Fantastic!! Salt to the Sea was even better in my opinion. It has 4 different POV and they’re all so unique. Sepetys has a way of weaving a story throughout all her characters that just blows your mind lol I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
The book thief (Germany), City of Thieves (Russia), Resistance by Anita Shreve (Belgium). All vastly different—all good!
Thanks very much!
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr was a fantastic read.
Thank you very much! 🙂
The Nightingale- Kristin Hannah
Beneath a Scarlet Sky- Mark Sullivan
Letters from Skye- Jessica Brockmole
The Secret Keeper- Kate Morton
Sarah’s Key- Tatiana de Rosenay
Code Name Verity- Elizabeth Wein
The Lost Letter- Jillian Cantor
Secrets of a Charmed Life- Susan Meissner
Between Shades of Gray- Ruta Sepetys
The Book Thief- Markus Zusak
Those Who Save Us – Jenna Blum
I’ve heard about ‘The Secret Keeper’ but I didn’t know it was ww2 fiction ?. Thank you very much for your recommendations!
Code Name Verity was really good. Also Rose Under Fire by the same author
Beneath a Scarlet Sky was SO good!!!
The nightingale. Salt to the Sea. Between shades of gray. Code name verity. Wives of war.
Who’s the author of ‘Wives of war?’ 🙂
Soraya Lane
@Diaconu It’s “soraya” Lane
Thank you^^
Trapeze and tightrope by Simon Mawer
Thank you very much 🙂
You’re welcome ?
Definitely All The Light We Cannot See
Thank you very much 🙂 . I’ll definitely read it since everyone has such good opinions about it
I didnt like that book. That is all I ever read is WW2 FICTIONS. Have you trired any books by Katie Flynn. she was one of the first ww2 fiction authors, I have read all of hers her latest one is called “The Christmas Candle” another good searies is by an author called Ellie Dean. I run a small fb group for WW2 FICTION BOOKS.
Have you read Beneath the scarlet sky?
Night by Ellie Wiesel!!
Thanks! 🙂
Herman Wouk “Winds of War” & “War and Remembrance” or Leon Uris “Exodus”. Old books but still great stories
Thank you very much! 🙂
The Book Thief
Finished that yesterday ,left me heartbroken?
Salt to sea by ruta Sepetys
The orphan train by Pam Jenoff
Forgotten letters by Kirk Raeber
The zookeepers wife by Diane Ackerman
The street of a thousand blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
Honolulu by Alan Brennert
The gods of heavenly punishment by Jennifer Cody Epstein
Mata Haris last dance michelle Moran
Freuds sister – can’t remember the author
A gesture life- Chang Rae lee
Chinese American Portraits by Ruth Lum McCunn
Also thanks for asking this question! People are suggesting books I haven’t read yet.. wish I’d asked for a kindle card for Christmas lol
Wow thanks for all the titles ?
Also Fannie Flaggs book the all girls filling station last reunion. That one talks about women pilots in ww2
Lilac Girls
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simmons
Was this good? I’ve heard a lot of bad things about it
I highly enjoyed it. However I understand why many people disliked the book: it’s very long, with detailed descriptions of her daily life that can be boring, but that I absolutely adored. I think this helped very much the book in portraying a better World War II life ?
Catch-22 by joseph heller
Winter in Madrid, Book Thief, Sarah’s Key, Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society
Hornet Flight, Sarah’s Key, Corelli’s Mandolin, Schindler’s List, Madonnas of Leningrad, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Atonement, Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Suite Francaise,
Weapon of Choice by John Birmingham
Sarah’s key!! (Elle s’appelait Sarah)
The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff
Loved this book!
Also by her is
The Kommandants Girl
The Man From Berlin.
Author? 🙂
Luke McCallin ☺️
The War that Saved My Life
Lilac Girls
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
To Capture What We Cannot Keep
I just got The Ladies in the Chillbury Choir for Christmas. Can’t wait to dive in.
Fatherland Robert Harris
Code Name Verity, Rose Under Fire
The Boy in The Striped Pajamas
the zoo keepers wife, and the girl in the blue coat
Authors: Rebecca Cantrell, Susan Elia MacNeal both write excellent WWII series.
all the light we cannot see
Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire both are by Elizabeth Wein. Read Code Name Verity first though.
Salt to the sea
Between Shades of Gray
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult,
Sarah’s Key,
Lilac Girls,
The Nightengale…..all excellent WWII Historical Fiction
@Sarah. Wonderful books about WWII Christian fiction, in case that matters.
I’m reading Hornet Flight by Ken Follett right now and I’m really enjoying it!
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak it is so beautiful
The Nightingale, all the light we cannot see, salt to the sea, between shades of grey, the book theif, beneath a scarlet sky, the orphan train, the bronze horseman, the summer before the war, everyone brave is forgiven
Unbroken
That’s nonfiction
Salt to the Sea, Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Code name verity
The book thief
I’m listening to beneath a scarlet sky and it’s great, based on true events too!
Loved that book!!
https://shealwaysreads.com/2017/12/20/book-review-the-tattooist-of-auschwitz-heather-morris/
Try Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli. I read it when I was a kid. It’s an easy read, but it’s about a little orphan boy who doesn’t understand what is happening duting the war and ends up getting taken to a camp.
Wow thank you!
The Nightingale, by Kristen Hannah
The Nightingale. We Were the Lucky Ones. Lilac Girls.
I think Unbroken is nonfiction. All the Light We (You?) Cannot See and The Lilac Girls are fiction.
Following
Daughters of the Night Sky
Author?
It’s a World War I novel, but No Man’s Land by Simon Tolkien is excellent.
Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
Winter of the world by Ken Follet
Read the whole Century Trilogy ♥
What World Is Left
The book theif and all the light we cannot see
Salt to the Sea, Between Shades of Grey, The Book Thief, All the Light We Cannot See are my favs!
The nightingale, between shades of grey, salt to the sea
All the light we cannot see
THE BOOK THEIF
The Nightengale and Beneath the Scarlet Sky. Two of my faves from 2017
The Machine; First Strike by W.C. Wallbaum. Newly published author. Great historical fiction.
This is Science Fiction, not World War II Historical Fiction.
It is historical fiction with a time travel aspect that also classifies it as science fiction.
Sorry but even in the books own description it talks about time travel first, then aliens with nothing about going back to World War II era which is what the original post was asking for. It’s great that you want to promote yours or a family members book but just make an original post don’t try and fit it into a post where it doesn’t fit. I’m sorry but that’s how I feel . . . And to put it in twice in response to the same post. What’s the point?
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
This was on my TBR pile but I let someone borrow it. Now I have to buy another copy since they moved.
Lilac Girls, Echo (audiobook amazing too), The Storyteller by Jodi Piccoult, The War that saved my life, The Number of our Stars by Lois Lowry, Sarah’s Key (maybe one of my all time fav WWII), The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah … to name a few
I think Sarah’s Key is one of my all-time favorites.
All the loght we cannot see, life after life, and a thread of grace are my favourites!
Try Street Boys by Lorenzo Carcaterra it’s brilliant and based on a true story
Not fiction but Anne Franks diary is an amazing read!
Not fiction-Unbroken by Lauren Hildebrand about real life Americans held in Japanese pow camps-made into a decent movie directed by Angelina Jolie…
My kids love the Alan Gratz books. And depending on the age of your students, defiinitely, DEFINITELY Ruta Sepetys’ “Between Shades of Gray,” and then “Salt to the Sea.”
Just started Between Shades of Gray and it’s terrific so far.
@Mary There’s a movie coming out based on the book. I thought it was supposed to come out in November, but I haven’t seen it yet. It’s not the book’s title, either. That story is loosely based on Ruta Sepetys’ family in Lithuania, which disappeared after WWII. The country ceased to exist as itself from 1945-1990. It was part of the Russian federation. In 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet-controlled country to restore independence, but not without terror from the Russians still. To here her tell the story of her research on this was amazing. I cried.
and if you really get hooked on this, then I’d suggest a couple of non-fiction (middle school to advanced ms) titles: “The Family Romanov” by Candace Fleming and “Symphony for the City of the Dead” by M.T.Anderson. Enjoyed the history of the first one; the second one took my breath away. I could read a couple of pages and literally had to put the book down because the descriptions were so graphic they took my breath away. It’s the story of Dmitri Shostakovich as he lives through the Russian Revolution, while writing his 9th Symphony. I’m the daughter of a late WWII veteran who served under Gen. Patton during the Battle of the Bulge, but he never talked about the things he saw. AFter reading this book, i now know why. What I don’t understand is how we didn’t learn more about Stalin and his atrocities (and that’s a mild term here). He honestly makes Hitler look like an arch-angel. Wow. Just wow. Prepare yourself if you choose to read it, then find something much lighter to read afterward. You’ll need it.
I’ve read both of the books you mentioned. My oldest son was a World War II (actually both World Wars) history buff in elementary school and wanted to read more but they wouldn’t let him check out the books he wouldn’t without both my approval and my commitment to discuss the books with him (he was in second grade). So I did and began a pattern of reading & talking about books till he was out of high school. There were so many atrocities going on, still are actually but now much of that is in countries like the Sudan. It’s so sad that we cannot seem to learn.
@Mary Truly. Sepetys commented emphatically that when she began researching “Shades,” that people in Lithuania were highly reluctant to speak with her. Likewise, here in the U.S. She said she received an “anonymous” brown envelope with pictures of her family, with a note to hide them or destroy them after she was through with them. Lithuanians are still horrifically afraid of punishment and retribution from the Russian government. You’re right: we have no idea what others suffer.
The Nightingale
I second ??♀️
All the light we cannot see by Anthony doerr
The characters may go back in time to World War II but this is essentially a time traveling alien book.
Can’t remember which world war it was, but Lily’s Crossing was great. It was made for a young audience (like 8-12) but I still love it. Very quick read too!
The Book Thief, The Nightingale, Between Shades of Gray, Salt to the Sea, All the Light We Cannot See, The Bronze Horseman, Winter Garden…sooooo many great ones!
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper. Also All But My Life by Gerda Weissman Klein and Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi which are nonfiction but I thought were really good and are definitely worth the read.
Girl in the blue coat by Monica hesse
I just finished The Boat Runner by Devin Murphy. It was ??
The book thief <3
beneath a scarlet sky
The Boy In the Stripped Pajamas, The Zookeeper,
All The Light We Cannot See, The Nightangle, The Boy in Stripped Pajamas, and The Book Thief
Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys
I just finished that book! Absolutely amazinggg
I read it years ago but even today i still find myself telling everyone about it ?
Winds Of War is still the best I’ve ever read
Malka
Madonnas of Leningrad
Sarah’s Key
Dominion by CJ Sansom
Code Name Verity By Elizabeth E. Wein (I almost ugly cried) SO good!
Code Name Verity and Rose under Fire are wonderful
Man’s Best Friend
Do you know who the author is? I searched on Amazon, but there are a lot of books with this title. Thank you!
@Kitty I am sorry I put the wrong title. The book I was thinking of is called “No Better Friend” by Robert Weintraub. Sorry. I mixed it up with another book. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23197306-no-better-friend
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas…
I recently re-read it, and it was even better than the first time.
Have your handkerchiefs ready!!
I’m going to read this next week for a reading challenge prompt. I’m not ready. ?
You’re right, you have to be in the right mood to read this…
The Lilac Girls
Jackdaws by Ken Follett
All the light we cannot see – Anthony doerr
Loved, loved this book!!
Just finished The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. Wonderful.
The Book Thief. The Librarian of Auschwitz (haven’t read this one yet but it looks really good)
Just ordered a copy of The Librarian of Auschwitz. I’ve started Book Thief 4 times, to no avail.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.