🇧🇪 Wwii Brussels

Wartime Brussels under occupation, where collaboration and resistance coexisted in the same streets, and survival required navigating impossible moral terrain.

33 Place Brugmann

by Alice Austen • 2025

Thin walls in a Brussels apartment building conceal art and refugees from the Nazi occupation.

3.72

6k+

🏢 Building As World 🎨 Artist Narrator 💌 Unspoken Devotion

33 Place Brugmann 92%

Thin walls in a Brussels apartment building conceal art and refugees from the Nazi occupation.

by Alice Austen 2025

3.72

6k+ ratings

🏢 Building As World 🎨 Artist Narrator 💌 Unspoken Devotion

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

The Art Spy 89%

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

Churchill's Secret Messenger

by Alan Hlad • 2021

A grieving typist spying in occupied Paris falls for a Jewish saboteur the Gestapo is hunting.

4.40

11k+

🔥 French Resistance 🕵️ Female Spy 🗼 Occupied Paris

Churchill's Secret Messenger 88%

A grieving typist spying in occupied Paris falls for a Jewish saboteur the Gestapo is hunting.

by Alan Hlad 2021

4.40

11k+ ratings

🔥 French Resistance 🕵️ Female Spy 🗼 Occupied Paris

Human Smoke

by Nicholson Baker • 2008

Before the Holocaust, the Allies closed doors, starved civilians, and firebombed cities.

4.06

2k+

⏳ Interwar Period 💣 Total War 🔍 Revisionist History

Human Smoke 88%

Before the Holocaust, the Allies closed doors, starved civilians, and firebombed cities.

by Nicholson Baker 2008

4.06

2k+ ratings

⏳ Interwar Period 💣 Total War 🔍 Revisionist History

Anne Frank

by Melissa Müller • 1998

Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.

4.34

26k+

🕊️ Holocaust Biographies 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories 🏚️ Life In Hiding

Anne Frank 88%

Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.

by Melissa Müller 1998

4.34

26k+ ratings

🕊️ Holocaust Biographies 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories 🏚️ Life In Hiding

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

Citizen Soldiers 88%

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

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

Jackdaws 88%

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

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

Code Name Hélène 88%

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

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

Spies of the Balkans 88%

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

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

The Longest Day 88%

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

The Typewriter and the Guillotine

by Mark Braude • 2026

Flanner wrote the Paris letter. Weidmann killed six. As war loomed, their stories intertwined.

3.71

931

🗼 Interwar Paris 📰 Foreign Correspondents 🔪 Serial Killer History

The Typewriter and the Guillotine Summary

The Typewriter and the Guillotine 87%

Flanner wrote the Paris letter. Weidmann killed six. As war loomed, their stories intertwined.

by Mark Braude 2026

3.71

931 ratings

🗼 Interwar Paris 📰 Foreign Correspondents 🔪 Serial Killer History

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945

by Marie Jalowicz Simon • 2014

She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.

3.80

3k+

🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🚩 Nazi Germany 👁️ Hiding In Plain Sight

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 Summary

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 87%

She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.

by Marie Jalowicz Simon 2014

3.80

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🚩 Nazi Germany 👁️ Hiding In Plain Sight

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+

🇮🇹 Italian Resistance 📖 Based On True Story 🕵️ Reluctant Spy

Beneath a Scarlet Sky 87%

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

by Mark T. Sullivan 2017

4.43

395k+ ratings

🇮🇹 Italian Resistance 📖 Based On True Story 🕵️ Reluctant Spy

The Betrayal of Anne Frank

by Rosemary Sullivan • 2022

A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.

3.83

16k+

🕵️ Cold Cases 🧬 Forensic History 🏴 Nazi Occupation

The Betrayal of Anne Frank 87%

A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.

by Rosemary Sullivan 2022

3.83

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Cases 🧬 Forensic History 🏴 Nazi Occupation

Winter of the World

by Ken Follett • 2012

Five interconnected families fight for love, survival, and justice as fascism engulfs the world.

4.39

179k+

📖 Wwii Historical Saga 👪 Family Saga ✊ Nazi Resistance

Winter of the World 87%

Five interconnected families fight for love, survival, and justice as fascism engulfs the world.

by Ken Follett 2012

4.39

179k+ ratings

📖 Wwii Historical Saga 👪 Family Saga ✊ Nazi Resistance

Killing Hitler

by Roger Moorhouse • 2006

Over forty attempts on Hitler's life failed. The near-misses and the luck that saved him.

3.83

399

🏴 Nazi Germany 🌍 World War II ✊ German Resistance

Killing Hitler 87%

Over forty attempts on Hitler's life failed. The near-misses and the luck that saved him.

by Roger Moorhouse 2006

3.83

399 ratings

🏴 Nazi Germany 🌍 World War II ✊ German Resistance

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

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

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe

by Simone Arnold Liebster • 2000

Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.

4.72

2k+

📖 Holocaust Memoirs 🚩 Nazi Occupation 🙏 Religious Persecution

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe Summary

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe 87%

Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.

by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000

4.72

2k+ ratings

📖 Holocaust Memoirs 🚩 Nazi Occupation 🙏 Religious Persecution

The Paris Daughter

by Kristin Harmel • 2023

She left her daughter with a friend in wartime. The friend's surviving child holds the secret.

4.23

72k+

🗽 American Expats In Paris 🤝 Wartime Friendship 📚 Parisian Bookshop

The Paris Daughter 87%

She left her daughter with a friend in wartime. The friend's surviving child holds the secret.

by Kristin Harmel 2023

4.23

72k+ ratings

🗽 American Expats In Paris 🤝 Wartime Friendship 📚 Parisian Bookshop

Skylark

by Paula McLain • 2026

A washerwoman's blue pigment, born in defiance, outlasts three centuries of war, fire, and silence.

3.89

11k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🧪 Forbidden Craft 🕊️ Wartime Resistance

Skylark 87%

A washerwoman's blue pigment, born in defiance, outlasts three centuries of war, fire, and silence.

by Paula McLain 2026

3.89

11k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🧪 Forbidden Craft 🕊️ Wartime Resistance

Nineteen Steps

by Millie Bobby Brown • 2023

She loves two men. Then a London shelter crush kills 173, including her father and sister.

3.76

21k+

🏠 Wwii Home Front 💣 Blitz Romance 💔 Love Triangle

Nineteen Steps 87%

She loves two men. Then a London shelter crush kills 173, including her father and sister.

by Millie Bobby Brown 2023

3.76

21k+ ratings

🏠 Wwii Home Front 💣 Blitz Romance 💔 Love Triangle

A View Across the Rooftops

by Suzanne Kelman • 2019

A grieving professor hides a Jewish student in his attic, risking all under Nazi occupation.

4.43

11k+

🪖 Nazi Occupation 🏠 Hiding Jewish Refugees 🎓 Unlikely Rescuer

A View Across the Rooftops 87%

A grieving professor hides a Jewish student in his attic, risking all under Nazi occupation.

by Suzanne Kelman 2019

4.43

11k+ ratings

🪖 Nazi Occupation 🏠 Hiding Jewish Refugees 🎓 Unlikely Rescuer

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

The Resistance Girl 87%

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

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

Adolf Hitler 87%

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

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

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

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

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

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr • 2014

A blind girl reads on the radio as Saint-Malo burns; a German soldier buried in rubble listens.

4.31

2.0M+

🇫🇷 Occupied France 🦯 Blind Protagonist 📖 Dual Narrative

All the Light We Cannot See 87%

A blind girl reads on the radio as Saint-Malo burns; a German soldier buried in rubble listens.

by Anthony Doerr 2014

4.31

2.0M+ ratings

🇫🇷 Occupied France 🦯 Blind Protagonist 📖 Dual Narrative

The Third Reich at War

by Richard J. Evans • 2008

The Nazi war and the Holocaust were one project, and they rose and fell together.

4.40

6k+

🏛️ Nazi Germany ⚔️ Eastern Front 🕯️ Genocide

The Third Reich at War 87%

The Nazi war and the Holocaust were one project, and they rose and fell together.

by Richard J. Evans 2008

4.40

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Nazi Germany ⚔️ Eastern Front 🕯️ Genocide

While Paris Slept

by Ruth Druart • 2021

They saved a Jewish baby from the Nazis. Nine years later, his parents appeared alive.

4.27

12k+

🇫🇷 Occupied France ⏳ Dual Timeline 👶 Hidden Child

While Paris Slept 87%

They saved a Jewish baby from the Nazis. Nine years later, his parents appeared alive.

by Ruth Druart 2021

4.27

12k+ ratings

🇫🇷 Occupied France ⏳ Dual Timeline 👶 Hidden Child

World War One

by Daniel Wrinn • 2021

Scuttling a ship, leaping from a train, fighting in Eden: the Great War you haven't read.

3.91

🌍 World War I ⚔️ Military History 🚢 Naval Warfare

World War One 87%

Scuttling a ship, leaping from a train, fighting in Eden: the Great War you haven't read.

by Daniel Wrinn 2021

3.91

54 ratings

🌍 World War I ⚔️ Military History 🚢 Naval Warfare

Band of Brothers

by Stephen E. Ambrose • 1992

From Normandy to Hitler's mountain retreat, Easy Company fought for one reason: each other.

4.44

142k+

🪂 Paratrooper History 🤝 Small-Unit Cohesion 🫡 Combat Leadership

Band of Brothers 87%

From Normandy to Hitler's mountain retreat, Easy Company fought for one reason: each other.

by Stephen E. Ambrose 1992

4.44

142k+ ratings

🪂 Paratrooper History 🤝 Small-Unit Cohesion 🫡 Combat Leadership

Brave Genius

by Sean B. Carroll • 2013

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

4.28

727

✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology

Brave Genius 87%

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

by Sean B. Carroll 2013

4.28

727 ratings

✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology

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

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

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

The Hiding Place 87%

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

The Nazis

by Laurence Rees • 1997

The Third Reich was chaos masquerading as order, and its rise was never inevitable.

4.30

1k+

🏴 Nazi Germany 🕯️ The Holocaust 👁️ Eyewitness History

The Nazis 87%

The Third Reich was chaos masquerading as order, and its rise was never inevitable.

by Laurence Rees 1997

4.30

1k+ ratings

🏴 Nazi Germany 🕯️ The Holocaust 👁️ Eyewitness History

Hornet Flight

by Ken Follett • 2002

Decimated by Nazi radar, a boy flies a dying biplane to England with the proof.

4.01

29k+

🕵️ Wwii Spy Thriller 🇩🇰 Occupied Denmark ✊ Resistance Fighters

Hornet Flight 87%

Decimated by Nazi radar, a boy flies a dying biplane to England with the proof.

by Ken Follett 2002

4.01

29k+ ratings

🕵️ Wwii Spy Thriller 🇩🇰 Occupied Denmark ✊ Resistance Fighters

Hero City

by Prit Buttar • 2024

Germany designed a famine. Stalin designed a cover-up. Leningrad's siege between two tyrannies.

4.47

⚔️ Eastern Front 🪖 Soviet Military History 🏰 Siege Warfare

Hero City 87%

Germany designed a famine. Stalin designed a cover-up. Leningrad's siege between two tyrannies.

by Prit Buttar 2024

4.47

34 ratings

⚔️ Eastern Front 🪖 Soviet Military History 🏰 Siege Warfare

Warsaw Boy

by Andrew Borowiec • 2014

He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.

4.09

180

🇵🇱 Polish History ⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front 🕵️ Resistance Movements

Warsaw Boy 87%

He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.

by Andrew Borowiec 2014

4.09

180 ratings

🇵🇱 Polish History ⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front 🕵️ Resistance Movements

Last Twilight in Paris

by Pam Jenoff • 2025

A broken necklace pulls a shop clerk to occupied Paris, where a friend died guarding a secret.

3.95

33k+

🔀 Dual Timeline Narrative 🗼 Occupied Paris 🤫 Wartime Secrets

Last Twilight in Paris 87%

A broken necklace pulls a shop clerk to occupied Paris, where a friend died guarding a secret.

by Pam Jenoff 2025

3.95

33k+ ratings

🔀 Dual Timeline Narrative 🗼 Occupied Paris 🤫 Wartime Secrets

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

by William L. Shirer • 1960

An American in Berlin watched it rise. The captured Nazi archives told the rest.

4.23

150k+

🏴 Nazi Germany 🏛️ Weimar Republic 📈 Rise Of Fascism

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Summary

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich 87%

An American in Berlin watched it rise. The captured Nazi archives told the rest.

by William L. Shirer 1960

4.23

150k+ ratings

🏴 Nazi Germany 🏛️ Weimar Republic 📈 Rise Of Fascism

The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

by Daisy Wood • 2022

Betrayed, an American in Paris uncovers a shuttered bookshop's hidden room used by the Resistance.

4.31

23k+

📚 Bookshop Fiction 🕰️ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters

The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris 87%

Betrayed, an American in Paris uncovers a shuttered bookshop's hidden room used by the Resistance.

by Daisy Wood 2022

4.31

23k+ ratings

📚 Bookshop Fiction 🕰️ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters

The Book of Lost Names

by Kristin Harmel • 2020

A librarian spots the book she used to hide Jewish children's real names from the Nazis.

4.44

307k+

🔥 Wwii Resistance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎭 Forged Identity

The Book of Lost Names 87%

A librarian spots the book she used to hide Jewish children's real names from the Nazis.

by Kristin Harmel 2020

4.44

307k+ ratings

🔥 Wwii Resistance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎭 Forged Identity

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

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

The Nightingale

by Kristin Hannah • 2015

When Nazis occupy France, two sisters resist in opposite ways, but history remembers only one.

4.65

2.2M+

🗡️ French Resistance 👭 Estranged Sisters 👩 Women In Wartime

The Nightingale 87%

When Nazis occupy France, two sisters resist in opposite ways, but history remembers only one.

by Kristin Hannah 2015

4.65

2.2M+ ratings

🗡️ French Resistance 👭 Estranged Sisters 👩 Women In Wartime

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

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

The Riviera House

by Natasha Lester • 2021

A lost painting in a Riviera villa unlocks a grandmother's secret life cataloguing Nazi art theft.

4.32

15k+

🔄 Dual Timeline 🖼️ Stolen Art 💔 Wartime Romance

The Riviera House 87%

A lost painting in a Riviera villa unlocks a grandmother's secret life cataloguing Nazi art theft.

by Natasha Lester 2021

4.32

15k+ ratings

🔄 Dual Timeline 🖼️ Stolen Art 💔 Wartime Romance

Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein • 2012

A captured spy's confession hides coded messages meant for the best friend she left behind.

4.00

129k+

🕵️ Female Spies ✈️ Women Pilots 👭 Female Friendship

Code Name Verity 87%

A captured spy's confession hides coded messages meant for the best friend she left behind.

by Elizabeth Wein 2012

4.00

129k+ ratings

🕵️ Female Spies ✈️ Women Pilots 👭 Female Friendship

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 🤝 Unlikely Wartime Duo

City of Thieves 87%

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 🤝 Unlikely Wartime Duo

To End All Wars

by Adam Hochschild • 2011

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

4.14

9k+

🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History

To End All Wars 87%

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

by Adam Hochschild 2011

4.14

9k+ ratings

🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History

We Were the Lucky Ones

by Georgia Hunter • 2017

Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.

4.42

201k+

🌳 Epic Family Saga 💔 Wartime Separation 📖 Based On A True Story

We Were the Lucky Ones 87%

Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.

by Georgia Hunter 2017

4.42

201k+ ratings

🌳 Epic Family Saga 💔 Wartime Separation 📖 Based On A True Story

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