🤝 Unlikely Wartime Duo

Two people separated by allegiance, nationality, or ideology find themselves allied amid the chaos of war. Their partnership defies the very conflict that brought them together.

City of Thieves

by David Benioff • 2008

A Jewish boy and a deserter hunt wedding-cake eggs through starving Leningrad to stay alive.

4.30

170k+

🏚️ Besieged Leningrad 🎭 Darkly Comic War 🪖 Siege Survival 🏔️ Partisan Resistance 🥀 Wartime Friendship

City of Thieves 89%

A Jewish boy and a deserter hunt wedding-cake eggs through starving Leningrad to stay alive.

by David Benioff 2008

4.30

170k+ ratings

🏚️ Besieged Leningrad 🎭 Darkly Comic War 🪖 Siege Survival 🏔️ Partisan Resistance 🥀 Wartime Friendship

The Diamond Eye

by Kate Quinn • 2022

A legendary Soviet sniper lands in Washington on a goodwill tour, unaware an old enemy waits.

4.29

212k+

👩‍✈️ Women At War 🎓 Unlikely Soldier 🤝 Unexpected Bond 🥺 Lonely Hero 💔 Emotional Depth

The Diamond Eye 88%

A legendary Soviet sniper lands in Washington on a goodwill tour, unaware an old enemy waits.

by Kate Quinn 2022

4.29

212k+ ratings

👩‍✈️ Women At War 🎓 Unlikely Soldier 🤝 Unexpected Bond 🥺 Lonely Hero 💔 Emotional Depth

Adolf Hitler

by Spike Milligan • 1971

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

4.04

9k+

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

Adolf Hitler 88%

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

by Spike Milligan 1971

4.04

9k+ ratings

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor 🏕️ Army Life 🎭 Absurdist War

Front Lines

by Michael Grant • 2016

1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.

4.09

6k+

🕰️ Alternate History 🪖 Women In Combat 🫂 Found Family 🏋️ Military Training 💥 Gritty War Story

Front Lines 88%

1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.

by Michael Grant 2016

4.09

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🪖 Women In Combat 🫂 Found Family 🏋️ Military Training 💥 Gritty War Story

Soldier Boys

by Dean Hughes • 2001

Two boys, one German, one American, fight through the Bulge and find the real enemy.

4.06

3k+

🥾 Hitler Youth 🔄 Dual Perspective 🥀 Loss Of Innocence 🪖 Teen Soldiers ⚔️ Enemy Soldiers

Soldier Boys 87%

Two boys, one German, one American, fight through the Bulge and find the real enemy.

by Dean Hughes 2001

4.06

3k+ ratings

🥾 Hitler Youth 🔄 Dual Perspective 🥀 Loss Of Innocence 🪖 Teen Soldiers ⚔️ Enemy Soldiers

The Cruel Sea

by Nicholas Monsarrat • 1951

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

4.23

9k+

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership 🤝 Comrades In Arms 😔 Survivor's Guilt

The Cruel Sea 87%

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

by Nicholas Monsarrat 1951

4.23

9k+ ratings

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership 🤝 Comrades In Arms 😔 Survivor's Guilt

The Greatest Generation Speaks

by Tom Brokaw • 1998

World War II veterans stayed silent for decades. Their letters reveal what they could not say.

4.10

2k+

🎙️ Oral History 🏭 American Home Front ✉️ Wartime Letters 🎖️ Veteran Memoirs 🏗️ Post-War America

The Greatest Generation Speaks 87%

World War II veterans stayed silent for decades. Their letters reveal what they could not say.

by Tom Brokaw 1998

4.10

2k+ ratings

🎙️ Oral History 🏭 American Home Front ✉️ Wartime Letters 🎖️ Veteran Memoirs 🏗️ Post-War America

Beyond Band of Brothers

by Dick Winters • 2006

The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.

4.33

20k+

🫡 Military Leadership 📖 World War Ii Memoir 🤝 Brotherhood In War 👐 Servant Leadership 🪂 D-Day

Beyond Band of Brothers 87%

The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.

by Dick Winters 2006

4.33

20k+ ratings

🫡 Military Leadership 📖 World War Ii Memoir 🤝 Brotherhood In War 👐 Servant Leadership 🪂 D-Day

The Heirloom Garden

by Viola Shipman • 2020

A botanist still grieving WWII meets a military family falling apart next door.

4.18

6k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🌸 Gardening Fiction 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎖️ Veteran Ptsd 📜 WWII Home Front

The Heirloom Garden 87%

A botanist still grieving WWII meets a military family falling apart next door.

by Viola Shipman 2020

4.18

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🌸 Gardening Fiction 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎖️ Veteran Ptsd 📜 WWII Home Front

On Desperate Ground

by James R. Benn • 2000

1945: a German colonel's plot to pit Americans against Russians could prolong a war already lost.

4.03

242

🎖️ Military Thriller 🏚️ Wwii Endgame 💔 War Trauma 🌀 Descent Into Madness ⚖️ Moral Dilemma

On Desperate Ground 87%

1945: a German colonel's plot to pit Americans against Russians could prolong a war already lost.

by James R. Benn 2000

4.03

242 ratings

🎖️ Military Thriller 🏚️ Wwii Endgame 💔 War Trauma 🌀 Descent Into Madness ⚖️ Moral Dilemma

The War I Finally Won

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley • 2017

Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.

4.48

49k+

🫂 Found Family 🐴 Healing Through Horses 🏠 Wwii Home Front 👩‍👧 Guardian And Ward 💔 Trauma Recovery

The War I Finally Won 87%

Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2017

4.48

49k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🐴 Healing Through Horses 🏠 Wwii Home Front 👩‍👧 Guardian And Ward 💔 Trauma Recovery

Eye of the Needle

by Ken Follett • 1978

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

4.22

171k+

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🏝️ Remote Island 🤥 Wartime Deception

Eye of the Needle 87%

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

by Ken Follett 1978

4.22

171k+ ratings

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🏝️ Remote Island 🤥 Wartime Deception

Agent Garbo

by Stephan Talty • 2012

A failed chicken farmer invented 27 imaginary spies, then froze Hitler's panzers on D-Day.

4.08

2k+

🕵️ Wwii Espionage 🎭 Military Deception 👥 Double Agents 🪖 D-Day Deception 🧠 Counterintelligence

Agent Garbo 87%

A failed chicken farmer invented 27 imaginary spies, then froze Hitler's panzers on D-Day.

by Stephan Talty 2012

4.08

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Wwii Espionage 🎭 Military Deception 👥 Double Agents 🪖 D-Day Deception 🧠 Counterintelligence

The Secret War of Julia Child

by Diana R. Chambers • 2024

1943: a restless OSS clerk talks her way to Asia, where trust is the deadliest weapon.

3.60

7k+

🖋️ Fictionalized Biography 🕵️ Wartime Espionage 💪 Woman In A Man's World 💘 Rivals To Lovers 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

The Secret War of Julia Child 87%

1943: a restless OSS clerk talks her way to Asia, where trust is the deadliest weapon.

by Diana R. Chambers 2024

3.60

7k+ ratings

🖋️ Fictionalized Biography 🕵️ Wartime Espionage 💪 Woman In A Man's World 💘 Rivals To Lovers 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

The Escape

by Robert Muchamore • 2009

A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.

4.12

6k+

🏚️ Occupied France 🕵️ Child Spies 🔍 Wwii Espionage 🧒 Orphan Hero 👫 Siblings At War

The Escape 87%

A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.

by Robert Muchamore 2009

4.12

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Occupied France 🕵️ Child Spies 🔍 Wwii Espionage 🧒 Orphan Hero 👫 Siblings At War

Unbroken

by Laura Hillenbrand • 2010

Olympian. Castaway. POW. Louie Zamperini survived three nightmares. The fourth was his own hatred.

4.39

1.0M+

🌊 Pacific Theater 🛟 Survival At Sea ⛓️ Prisoner Of War 🏃 Olympic Athletes 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Unbroken 87%

Olympian. Castaway. POW. Louie Zamperini survived three nightmares. The fourth was his own hatred.

by Laura Hillenbrand 2010

4.39

1.0M+ ratings

🌊 Pacific Theater 🛟 Survival At Sea ⛓️ Prisoner Of War 🏃 Olympic Athletes 🩹 Trauma Recovery

My Men Are My Heroes

by Brad Kasal • 2007

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

4.17

624

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War 🪖 Infantry Life ⭐ Battlefield Leadership

My Men Are My Heroes 87%

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

by Brad Kasal 2007

4.17

624 ratings

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War 🪖 Infantry Life ⭐ Battlefield Leadership

Citizen Soldiers

by Stephen E. Ambrose • 1997

Hitler said democracy bred soft soldiers. The GIs at the hedgerows and Bastogne proved otherwise.

4.25

25k+

🪖 Citizen Soldiers 🔍 Bottom Up History 🇺🇸 Us Army History 🏰 Western Front ❄️ Winter Warfare

Citizen Soldiers 87%

Hitler said democracy bred soft soldiers. The GIs at the hedgerows and Bastogne proved otherwise.

by Stephen E. Ambrose 1997

4.25

25k+ ratings

🪖 Citizen Soldiers 🔍 Bottom Up History 🇺🇸 Us Army History 🏰 Western Front ❄️ Winter Warfare

Dear Mr. Kilmer

by Anne E. Schraff • 1999

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

3.96

272

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity 🏘️ Small-Town Prejudice 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Dear Mr. Kilmer 87%

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

by Anne E. Schraff 1999

3.96

272 ratings

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity 🏘️ Small-Town Prejudice 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Code Name Hélène

by Ariel Lawhon • 2020

A woman with many aliases parachutes into occupied France to turn untrained Maquis into soldiers.

4.41

83k+

🎖️ Women In Resistance 🇫🇷 Occupied France 🔍 Women Spies 💔 Wartime Separation 🎭 Multiple Identities

Code Name Hélène 87%

A woman with many aliases parachutes into occupied France to turn untrained Maquis into soldiers.

by Ariel Lawhon 2020

4.41

83k+ ratings

🎖️ Women In Resistance 🇫🇷 Occupied France 🔍 Women Spies 💔 Wartime Separation 🎭 Multiple Identities

A Christmas Memory

by Richard Paul Evans • 2022

His brother killed in Vietnam, a lonely boy finds an unlikely mentor next door one Christmas.

4.56

9k+

👴 Unlikely Friendship 🐕 Boy And His Dog 💔 Childhood Grief 🎄 Cozy Christmas 🪖 Vietnam War Era

A Christmas Memory 87%

His brother killed in Vietnam, a lonely boy finds an unlikely mentor next door one Christmas.

by Richard Paul Evans 2022

4.56

9k+ ratings

👴 Unlikely Friendship 🐕 Boy And His Dog 💔 Childhood Grief 🎄 Cozy Christmas 🪖 Vietnam War Era

Counter-insurgency in Aden

by Shaun Clarke • 2015

Disguised in Aden to kill double agents, an SAS squadron is thrust into an unwinnable mountain war.

3.75

111

🎖️ Special Forces 🕵️ Covert Operations 🏜️ Desert Warfare 💣 Gritty War Realism 🏛️ Counterinsurgency

Counter-insurgency in Aden 87%

Disguised in Aden to kill double agents, an SAS squadron is thrust into an unwinnable mountain war.

by Shaun Clarke 2015

3.75

111 ratings

🎖️ Special Forces 🕵️ Covert Operations 🏜️ Desert Warfare 💣 Gritty War Realism 🏛️ Counterinsurgency

Island Infernos

by John C. McManus • 2021

Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.

4.46

703

🏝️ Pacific Theater 🚢 Amphibious Warfare ⚔️ Operational History 👥 Command Rivalries 📦 Military Logistics

Island Infernos 87%

Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.

by John C. McManus 2021

4.46

703 ratings

🏝️ Pacific Theater 🚢 Amphibious Warfare ⚔️ Operational History 👥 Command Rivalries 📦 Military Logistics

Jackdaws

by Ken Follett • 2001

Before D-Day, a British agent leads an all-female team of misfits against a Nazi communications hub.

4.09

44k+

🔍 Wwii Espionage 🪖 Women In Wartime ⚔️ French Resistance 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🇫🇷 Occupied France

Jackdaws 87%

Before D-Day, a British agent leads an all-female team of misfits against a Nazi communications hub.

by Ken Follett 2001

4.09

44k+ ratings

🔍 Wwii Espionage 🪖 Women In Wartime ⚔️ French Resistance 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🇫🇷 Occupied France

Spies of the Balkans

by Alan Furst • 2010

1940 Salonika: a police fixer smuggles Jewish refugees to safety as Nazi spies close in.

3.94

7k+

🕵️ Espionage Noir 🚪 Escape Network 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 💔 Wartime Romance ✡️ Jewish Refugee

Spies of the Balkans 87%

1940 Salonika: a police fixer smuggles Jewish refugees to safety as Nazi spies close in.

by Alan Furst 2010

3.94

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Noir 🚪 Escape Network 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 💔 Wartime Romance ✡️ Jewish Refugee

Strong Men Armed

by Robert Leckie • 1961

The Marine Corps' Pacific campaign stripped of myth: chaos that no map could prepare them for.

4.38

1k+

🏝️ Pacific Theater 🦅 Marine Corps History ⚓ Amphibious Warfare 🔐 Codebreaking 🎖️ Wartime Leadership

Strong Men Armed 87%

The Marine Corps' Pacific campaign stripped of myth: chaos that no map could prepare them for.

by Robert Leckie 1961

4.38

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Pacific Theater 🦅 Marine Corps History ⚓ Amphibious Warfare 🔐 Codebreaking 🎖️ Wartime Leadership

Moment of Truth

by Michael Pryor • 2010

When war breaks out, a young mage spy must destroy a golem factory behind enemy lines.

4.21

377

📜 Alternate World War 🧪 Hard Magic System 🕵️ Magical Spycraft 🎯 Behind Enemy Lines 👥 Found Family

Moment of Truth 87%

When war breaks out, a young mage spy must destroy a golem factory behind enemy lines.

by Michael Pryor 2010

4.21

377 ratings

📜 Alternate World War 🧪 Hard Magic System 🕵️ Magical Spycraft 🎯 Behind Enemy Lines 👥 Found Family

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene • 1973

In WWII Arkansas, a Jewish girl shelters an escaped German POW who showed her she mattered.

3.70

18k+

🏠 Wwii Home Front 🏘️ Small Town Prejudice 🤫 Secret Friendship 👥 Found Family ✡️ Jewish Protagonist

Summer of My German Soldier 87%

In WWII Arkansas, a Jewish girl shelters an escaped German POW who showed her she mattered.

by Bette Greene 1973

3.70

18k+ ratings

🏠 Wwii Home Front 🏘️ Small Town Prejudice 🤫 Secret Friendship 👥 Found Family ✡️ Jewish Protagonist

Elephant Run

by Roland Smith • 2007

Occupied Burma: a boy escapes through hidden corridors and braves the jungle to rescue his father.

4.09

7k+

🐅 Jungle Adventure 🌊 Pacific Theater 🐘 Working Elephants 🚪 Hidden Passageways 🏃 Escaping Captivity

Elephant Run 87%

Occupied Burma: a boy escapes through hidden corridors and braves the jungle to rescue his father.

by Roland Smith 2007

4.09

7k+ ratings

🐅 Jungle Adventure 🌊 Pacific Theater 🐘 Working Elephants 🚪 Hidden Passageways 🏃 Escaping Captivity

The Art Spy

by Michelle Young • 2025

She spied on the Nazis from inside their art-looting HQ and saved a train of stolen masterpieces.

3.99

4k+

🖼️ Art Restitution 🏛️ Nazi Art Looting 🇫🇷 French Resistance 🎖️ Unsung Heroines 🔍 Wartime Espionage

The Art Spy 87%

She spied on the Nazis from inside their art-looting HQ and saved a train of stolen masterpieces.

by Michelle Young 2025

3.99

4k+ ratings

🖼️ Art Restitution 🏛️ Nazi Art Looting 🇫🇷 French Resistance 🎖️ Unsung Heroines 🔍 Wartime Espionage

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

by John Boyne • 2013

A railway station discovery sends a boy on a secret mission to rescue his shell-shocked father.

3.96

12k+

🏠 Wwi Home Front 😞 Shell Shock 👨‍✈️ Father At War 👧🔓 Child Saves Parent 🏥 War Hospital

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave Summary

Stay Where You Are and Then Leave 87%

A railway station discovery sends a boy on a secret mission to rescue his shell-shocked father.

by John Boyne 2013

3.96

12k+ ratings

🏠 Wwi Home Front 😞 Shell Shock 👨‍✈️ Father At War 👧🔓 Child Saves Parent 🏥 War Hospital

The Last Year of the War

by Susan Meissner • 2019

Her memory fading, an elderly woman searches for the childhood friend from a WWII internment camp.

4.21

23k+

🏕️ Us Internment Camps ⏳ Dual Timeline 👭 Wartime Friendship 🧠 Memory Loss 🍂 Bittersweet

The Last Year of the War 86%

Her memory fading, an elderly woman searches for the childhood friend from a WWII internment camp.

by Susan Meissner 2019

4.21

23k+ ratings

🏕️ Us Internment Camps ⏳ Dual Timeline 👭 Wartime Friendship 🧠 Memory Loss 🍂 Bittersweet

The Longest Day

by Cornelius Ryan • 1959

Hitler slept. Rommel was at a birthday party. Eisenhower stared at a weather map. Then Omaha.

4.34

26k+

🌍 World War Ii 🪖 Military History 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Combat Narrative 📰 Journalistic History

The Longest Day 86%

Hitler slept. Rommel was at a birthday party. Eisenhower stared at a weather map. Then Omaha.

by Cornelius Ryan 1959

4.34

26k+ ratings

🌍 World War Ii 🪖 Military History 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Combat Narrative 📰 Journalistic History

Hunting the Caliphate

by Wes J. Bryant • 2019

A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.

4.03

165

🎖️ Military Memoir ✈️ Air Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency 🖥️ Remote Warfare 💣 War On Terror

Hunting the Caliphate 86%

A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.

by Wes J. Bryant 2019

4.03

165 ratings

🎖️ Military Memoir ✈️ Air Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency 🖥️ Remote Warfare 💣 War On Terror

Strangers in Time

by David Baldacci • 2025

An orphan thief, a privileged girl, and a bookseller spy forge a family in the Blitz.

4.13

59k+

🫂 Found Family 💣 The Blitz 🧒 War Orphans 📚 Bookshop Sanctuary 🌉 Cross-Class Friendship

Strangers in Time 86%

An orphan thief, a privileged girl, and a bookseller spy forge a family in the Blitz.

by David Baldacci 2025

4.13

59k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💣 The Blitz 🧒 War Orphans 📚 Bookshop Sanctuary 🌉 Cross-Class Friendship

Storm of Steel

by Ernst Jünger • 1920

A German volunteer reaches the trenches full of ideals and emerges a soldier who stopped flinching.

4.16

22k+

🪖 WWI Memoir 🕳️ Trench Warfare 🤝 Brotherhood In Arms 🫡 Officer's Perspective 🪨 Stoic Endurance

Storm of Steel 86%

A German volunteer reaches the trenches full of ideals and emerges a soldier who stopped flinching.

by Ernst Jünger 1920

4.16

22k+ ratings

🪖 WWI Memoir 🕳️ Trench Warfare 🤝 Brotherhood In Arms 🫡 Officer's Perspective 🪨 Stoic Endurance

Suite Française

by Irène Némirovsky • 2004

A French wife and the German officer billeted in her home share a forbidden intimacy.

3.86

79k+

🇫🇷 Occupied France 💘 Enemies To Lovers ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 👩 Women In War 🎩 Class And Status

Suite Française 86%

A French wife and the German officer billeted in her home share a forbidden intimacy.

by Irène Némirovsky 2004

3.86

79k+ ratings

🇫🇷 Occupied France 💘 Enemies To Lovers ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 👩 Women In War 🎩 Class And Status

Star Wars

by Timothy Zahn • 1991

An Imperial tactician uses art and Force-blocking creatures to outmaneuver a fragile New Republic.

4.18

104k+

🚀 Military Space Opera ♟️ Psychological Warfare 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👥 Ragtag Crew 🏚️ Imperial Remnant

Star Wars 86%

An Imperial tactician uses art and Force-blocking creatures to outmaneuver a fragile New Republic.

by Timothy Zahn 1991

4.18

104k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera ♟️ Psychological Warfare 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👥 Ragtag Crew 🏚️ Imperial Remnant

One Rough Man

by Brad Taylor • 2011

A broken ex-operative saves a student and uncovers a plan to weaponize a Mayan relic.

4.10

18k+

🎖️ Military Thriller 💔 Damaged Operative 🤝 Odd Couple Partners ⚔️ Ancient Weapon 💥 Gritty Action

One Rough Man 86%

A broken ex-operative saves a student and uncovers a plan to weaponize a Mayan relic.

by Brad Taylor 2011

4.10

18k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Thriller 💔 Damaged Operative 🤝 Odd Couple Partners ⚔️ Ancient Weapon 💥 Gritty Action

The Forgotten Highlander

by Alistair Urquhart • 2010

Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.

4.54

6k+

🏯 Japanese Pow Camps 🌊 Pacific War Theatre ⛏️ Forced Labor 🎙️ Survivor Testimony ☢️ Atomic Bomb Survivors

The Forgotten Highlander 86%

Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.

by Alistair Urquhart 2010

4.54

6k+ ratings

🏯 Japanese Pow Camps 🌊 Pacific War Theatre ⛏️ Forced Labor 🎙️ Survivor Testimony ☢️ Atomic Bomb Survivors

The Hiding Place

by Corrie ten Boom • 1971

A Dutch watchmaker hides Jews, survives a concentration camp, and must forgive as her sister asked.

4.48

363k+

🪖 Wwii Resistance 🕊️ Holocaust Survival 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond 🫂 Forgiveness After Trauma ✝️ Faith In Suffering

The Hiding Place 86%

A Dutch watchmaker hides Jews, survives a concentration camp, and must forgive as her sister asked.

by Corrie ten Boom 1971

4.48

363k+ ratings

🪖 Wwii Resistance 🕊️ Holocaust Survival 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond 🫂 Forgiveness After Trauma ✝️ Faith In Suffering

Lovely War

by Julie Berry • 2019

To sway the gods, Aphrodite weaves two mortal love stories torn by the Great War.

4.22

70k+

🕊️ Wartime Romance ⏳ Historical Fantasy 🕰️ Dual Timeline ❤️ Interracial Romance 💌 Love Letters

Lovely War 86%

To sway the gods, Aphrodite weaves two mortal love stories torn by the Great War.

by Julie Berry 2019

4.22

70k+ ratings

🕊️ Wartime Romance ⏳ Historical Fantasy 🕰️ Dual Timeline ❤️ Interracial Romance 💌 Love Letters

The Resistance Girl

by Mandy Robotham • 2022

A grieving Norwegian woman teams up with a British spy to sabotage Bergen's Nazi occupation.

4.10

3k+

🥷 Wwii Resistance 🇳🇴 Occupied Norway 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Second Chance Love 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

The Resistance Girl 86%

A grieving Norwegian woman teams up with a British spy to sabotage Bergen's Nazi occupation.

by Mandy Robotham 2022

4.10

3k+ ratings

🥷 Wwii Resistance 🇳🇴 Occupied Norway 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Second Chance Love 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Weapons Free

by Daniel Gibbs • 2021

When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.

4.14

1k+

✈️ Military Space Opera 🚀 Naval Combat In Space 🎖️ Reluctant Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family In War 💥 Space Dogfights

Weapons Free 86%

When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.

by Daniel Gibbs 2021

4.14

1k+ ratings

✈️ Military Space Opera 🚀 Naval Combat In Space 🎖️ Reluctant Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family In War 💥 Space Dogfights

Operation Mincemeat

by Ben Macintyre • 2010

How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.

4.03

24k+

🕵️ World War Ii Espionage 🪖 Military Deception 🎩 Eccentric Spies 🧠 Strategic Deception 🎲 Chance In Warfare

Operation Mincemeat 86%

How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.

by Ben Macintyre 2010

4.03

24k+ ratings

🕵️ World War Ii Espionage 🪖 Military Deception 🎩 Eccentric Spies 🧠 Strategic Deception 🎲 Chance In Warfare

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

by Mark T. Sullivan • 2017

A Milan teen pressed into Nazi service spies from the driver's seat of a general's car.

4.43

395k+

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4.43

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4.56

5k+ ratings

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4.20

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by Mark Greaney 2010

4.20

30k+ ratings

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4.01

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4.01

2k+ ratings

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4.20

626k+

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Number the Stars 86%

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4.20

626k+ ratings

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