50 Books like The War I Finally Won

The Brightwood Code

by Monica Hesse

A Hello Girl buried her worst mistake in France. Then a caller whispers Brightwood.

3.77

2k+

🕰️ Wwi Historical Fiction 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧠 Repressed Trauma 🫂 Survivor Of Assault 😔 Grief And Guilt

The Brightwood Code 91%

A Hello Girl buried her worst mistake in France. Then a caller whispers Brightwood.

by Monica Hesse 2024

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Wwi Historical Fiction 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧠 Repressed Trauma 🫂 Survivor Of Assault 😔 Grief And Guilt

War Horse

by Michael Morpurgo • 1982

A farm horse is sold into World War I, and a boy enlists to find him.

4.16

60k+

🎖️ World War I Fiction 🐴 Animal Point Of View 👦 Boy And His Horse 🫶 Animal Loyalty 🤝 Kindness Amid War

War Horse 93%

A farm horse is sold into World War I, and a boy enlists to find him.

by Michael Morpurgo 1982

4.16

60k+ ratings

🎖️ World War I Fiction 🐴 Animal Point Of View 👦 Boy And His Horse 🫶 Animal Loyalty 🤝 Kindness Amid War

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 93%

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

Pax

by Sara Pennypacker • 2016

A boy braves war to retrieve his abandoned fox, not realizing the fox has become wild.

3.98

65k+

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🦊 Animal Perspective ⚔️ War Separation 💔 Letting Go 🗺️ Lost Pet Quest

Pax 91%

A boy braves war to retrieve his abandoned fox, not realizing the fox has become wild.

by Sara Pennypacker 2016

3.98

65k+ ratings

🐾 Human-Animal Bond 🦊 Animal Perspective ⚔️ War Separation 💔 Letting Go 🗺️ Lost Pet Quest

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 91%

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

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry • 1989

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

4.20

626k+

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🇩🇰 Danish Solidarity

Number the Stars 91%

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

by Lois Lowry 1989

4.20

626k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🇩🇰 Danish Solidarity

The Things We Cannot Say

by Kelly Rimmer • 2019

She survived the Nazis by hiding everything. Now her granddaughter must uncover what was lost.

4.54

283k+

🌓 Dual Timeline 🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🔒 Family Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Things We Cannot Say 91%

She survived the Nazis by hiding everything. Now her granddaughter must uncover what was lost.

by Kelly Rimmer 2019

4.54

283k+ ratings

🌓 Dual Timeline 🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🔒 Family Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Hidden Identity

Just Gus

by McCall Hoyle • 2023

A scarred guardian dog meets a boy silenced by anxiety. Together they learn to heal.

4.31

538

🐾 Animal Narrator 🩹 Healing Dog 👦 Boy And His Dog 💞 Parallel Healing 🫂 Found Family

Just Gus 91%

A scarred guardian dog meets a boy silenced by anxiety. Together they learn to heal.

by McCall Hoyle 2023

4.31

538 ratings

🐾 Animal Narrator 🩹 Healing Dog 👦 Boy And His Dog 💞 Parallel Healing 🫂 Found Family

Words on Fire

by Jennifer A. Nielsen • 2019

A Lithuanian girl must smuggle banned books to save her culture after Cossacks arrest her parents.

4.28

15k+

📦 Book Smuggling 🚫 Forbidden Books 🇷🇺 Russian Occupation 🐛 Reluctant Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Words on Fire 91%

A Lithuanian girl must smuggle banned books to save her culture after Cossacks arrest her parents.

by Jennifer A. Nielsen 2019

4.28

15k+ ratings

📦 Book Smuggling 🚫 Forbidden Books 🇷🇺 Russian Occupation 🐛 Reluctant Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Making Bombs for Hitler

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch • 2012

A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.

4.33

13k+

🏭 Forced Labor Camp 🧒 Child Survivor 🤝 Found Family 🕯️ Quiet Resistance 🧳 Postwar Displacement

Making Bombs for Hitler 93%

A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 2012

4.33

13k+ ratings

🏭 Forced Labor Camp 🧒 Child Survivor 🤝 Found Family 🕯️ Quiet Resistance 🧳 Postwar Displacement

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 93%

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

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

Death watches a German foster girl steal books, lose loved ones, and discover what words are worth.

4.39

2.9M+

🏚️ Wwii Germany 🤍 Found Family 💀 Death As Narrator 🕯️ Hidden Jew 🧳 Foster Child

The Book Thief 91%

Death watches a German foster girl steal books, lose loved ones, and discover what words are worth.

by Markus Zusak 2005

4.39

2.9M+ ratings

🏚️ Wwii Germany 🤍 Found Family 💀 Death As Narrator 🕯️ Hidden Jew 🧳 Foster Child

The Booklover's Library

by Madeline Martin • 2024

A young widow in 1939 Nottingham hides her motherhood to work in a subscription library.

3.97

25k+

🏠 Wartime Home Front 📚 Books About Libraries 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Booklover's Library 91%

A young widow in 1939 Nottingham hides her motherhood to work in a subscription library.

by Madeline Martin 2024

3.97

25k+ ratings

🏠 Wartime Home Front 📚 Books About Libraries 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Forest of Vanishing Stars

by Kristin Harmel • 2021

Stolen from Nazis and raised in the wild, she now hides hunted Jews in the forest.

4.25

98k+

🏕️ Raised In Isolation 🎭 Concealed Identity ⚔️ Wwii Resistance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Love After Loss

The Forest of Vanishing Stars 91%

Stolen from Nazis and raised in the wild, she now hides hunted Jews in the forest.

by Kristin Harmel 2021

4.25

98k+ ratings

🏕️ Raised In Isolation 🎭 Concealed Identity ⚔️ Wwii Resistance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Love After Loss

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 91%

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

Orphan Train

by Christina Baker Kline • 2013

An elderly woman shares her orphan-train past with the foster teen assigned to clean her attic.

4.20

466k+

📜 Dual Timeline 🚂 Orphan Train History 👵 Intergenerational Friendship 🏡 Found Family 🧑‍⚖️ Foster Care System

Orphan Train 91%

An elderly woman shares her orphan-train past with the foster teen assigned to clean her attic.

by Christina Baker Kline 2013

4.20

466k+ ratings

📜 Dual Timeline 🚂 Orphan Train History 👵 Intergenerational Friendship 🏡 Found Family 🧑‍⚖️ Foster Care System

Code Talker

by Joseph Bruchac • 2005

A Navajo boy's forbidden language becomes the Marines' secret weapon in the Pacific.

3.91

19k+

📚 Ya Historical Fiction 🏫 Indigenous Boarding Schools 🏜️ Navajo Language And Culture 🌊 Pacific Theater Wwii 🔐 Wartime Cryptography

Code Talker 91%

A Navajo boy's forbidden language becomes the Marines' secret weapon in the Pacific.

by Joseph Bruchac 2005

3.91

19k+ ratings

📚 Ya Historical Fiction 🏫 Indigenous Boarding Schools 🏜️ Navajo Language And Culture 🌊 Pacific Theater Wwii 🔐 Wartime Cryptography

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 💔 Wartime Romance 🫂 Found Family

While Paris Slept 91%

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 💔 Wartime Romance 🫂 Found Family

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

by John Boyne

An orphaned French boy moves to Hitler's alpine retreat, where the Führer takes an interest in him.

4.05

27k+

🖤 Perpetrator Perspective 📚 Corrupted By Ideology 📝 Confession Narrative 💔 Betrayal Of Family 🌫️ Bleak And Unsettling

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain Summary

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain 91%

An orphaned French boy moves to Hitler's alpine retreat, where the Führer takes an interest in him.

by John Boyne 2015

4.05

27k+ ratings

🖤 Perpetrator Perspective 📚 Corrupted By Ideology 📝 Confession Narrative 💔 Betrayal Of Family 🌫️ Bleak And Unsettling

Echo

by Pam Muñoz Ryan • 2015

A cursed harmonica travels through time, into the hands of three children fighting to belong.

4.36

48k+

🕰️ Interwoven Timelines 🪄 Magical Object 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🎶 Music As Resistance ⚫ Nazi Germany

Echo 92%

A cursed harmonica travels through time, into the hands of three children fighting to belong.

by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2015

4.36

48k+ ratings

🕰️ Interwoven Timelines 🪄 Magical Object 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🎶 Music As Resistance ⚫ Nazi Germany

Riding Freedom

by Pam Muñoz Ryan • 1998

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

4.18

9k+

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Riding Freedom 92%

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

by Pam Muñoz Ryan 1998

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

The Horse Whisperer

by Nicholas Evans • 1995

A mother drags her silent daughter and a ruined horse to Montana, betting on a healer's hands.

3.86

62k+

🐎 Equestrian Fiction 🐴 Animal Healing 🏔️ Ranch Life 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔇 Survivor Guilt

The Horse Whisperer 91%

A mother drags her silent daughter and a ruined horse to Montana, betting on a healer's hands.

by Nicholas Evans 1995

3.86

62k+ ratings

🐎 Equestrian Fiction 🐴 Animal Healing 🏔️ Ranch Life 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔇 Survivor Guilt

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 91%

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

Salt to the Sea

by Ruta Sepetys • 2016

Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.

4.35

260k+

🚢 Wartime Evacuation 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🧊 Survival At Sea 👥 Multiple Pov 🎭 Hidden Identity

Salt to the Sea 91%

Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.

by Ruta Sepetys 2016

4.35

260k+ ratings

🚢 Wartime Evacuation 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🧊 Survival At Sea 👥 Multiple Pov 🎭 Hidden Identity

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 🎭 Hidden Identities 🇵🇱 Occupied Poland

We Were the Lucky Ones 91%

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 🎭 Hidden Identities 🇵🇱 Occupied Poland

When the World Was Ours

by Liz Kessler • 2021

Three best friends in 1936 Vienna. A photograph on the Ferris wheel. Then the Nazis come.

4.51

7k+

😢 Holocaust Fiction 💔 War-Torn Friendship 🧠 Indoctrination ✈️ Escape And Exile 💭 Survivor Guilt

When the World Was Ours 91%

Three best friends in 1936 Vienna. A photograph on the Ferris wheel. Then the Nazis come.

by Liz Kessler 2021

4.51

7k+ ratings

😢 Holocaust Fiction 💔 War-Torn Friendship 🧠 Indoctrination ✈️ Escape And Exile 💭 Survivor Guilt

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 91%

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

Long Way Home

by Lynn Austin • 2022

One woman fights to reach a veteran trapped in silence; another fights to survive Nazi Europe.

4.40

6k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 💔 Postwar Healing 🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🎖️ Veteran PTSD ⚔️ Nazi Occupation

Long Way Home 92%

One woman fights to reach a veteran trapped in silence; another fights to survive Nazi Europe.

by Lynn Austin 2022

4.40

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 💔 Postwar Healing 🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🎖️ Veteran PTSD ⚔️ Nazi Occupation

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 92%

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

The Seven Sisters

by Lucinda Riley

A stone and coordinates send a woman to Rio, where a 1920s affair reveals her origin.

4.20

199k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔍 Adoption Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🎨 Artist Muse

The Seven Sisters 91%

A stone and coordinates send a woman to Rio, where a 1920s affair reveals her origin.

by Lucinda Riley 2014

4.20

199k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔍 Adoption Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🎨 Artist Muse

Echo Mountain

by Lauren Wolk • 2020

On a mountain in the Depression, Ellie believes the wild can wake her comatose father.

4.25

11k+

🏚️ Depression Era Fiction 🌿 Young Healer 💙 Father-Daughter Bond 🌲 Nature As Healer ⛰️ Mountain Wilderness

Echo Mountain 91%

On a mountain in the Depression, Ellie believes the wild can wake her comatose father.

by Lauren Wolk 2020

4.25

11k+ ratings

🏚️ Depression Era Fiction 🌿 Young Healer 💙 Father-Daughter Bond 🌲 Nature As Healer ⛰️ Mountain Wilderness

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 💔 Love In Wartime 👨‍👦 Found Family

A View Across the Rooftops 91%

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 💔 Love In Wartime 👨‍👦 Found Family

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 91%

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 View from Saturday

by E.L. Konigsburg • 1996

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

3.76

47k+

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives 🫖 Cozy Gatherings 🏡 Small Town Life

The View from Saturday 91%

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

by E.L. Konigsburg 1996

3.76

47k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives 🫖 Cozy Gatherings 🏡 Small Town Life

Light Comes to Shadow Mountain

by Toni Buzzeo • 2023

A Kentucky girl's dream of electric light meets the immovable force of her mother's grief.

4.25

307

🏔️ Appalachian Setting 🤝 Community Action 📰 Young Journalist 🌿 Folk Healing 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension

Light Comes to Shadow Mountain 90%

A Kentucky girl's dream of electric light meets the immovable force of her mother's grief.

by Toni Buzzeo 2023

4.25

307 ratings

🏔️ Appalachian Setting 🤝 Community Action 📰 Young Journalist 🌿 Folk Healing 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension

The Ragged Edge of Night

by Olivia Hawker • 2018

A former friar marries a widow and must deceive the Nazis to protect his new family.

4.16

48k+

✊ Wartime Resistance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 🇩🇪 Nazi Germany 🙏 Faith And Doubt

The Ragged Edge of Night 90%

A former friar marries a widow and must deceive the Nazis to protect his new family.

by Olivia Hawker 2018

4.16

48k+ ratings

✊ Wartime Resistance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 🇩🇪 Nazi Germany 🙏 Faith And Doubt

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

by Zoulfa Katouh

A teen surgeon haunted by Fear falls for the boy filming Syria's dying city.

4.45

124k+

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 💔 Wartime Romance 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩺 Survivor's Guilt 🌊 Refugee Journey

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow 90%

A teen surgeon haunted by Fear falls for the boy filming Syria's dying city.

by Zoulfa Katouh 2022

4.45

124k+ ratings

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 💔 Wartime Romance 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩺 Survivor's Guilt 🌊 Refugee Journey

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 92%

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

Hattie Big Sky

by Kirby Larson • 2006

An orphan inherits a Montana claim in 1918 and must survive brutal prairie and war prejudice.

4.03

20k+

🏡 Female Homesteader 🎖️ WWI Home Front 🔥 Wartime Hysteria 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist

Hattie Big Sky 92%

An orphan inherits a Montana claim in 1918 and must survive brutal prairie and war prejudice.

by Kirby Larson 2006

4.03

20k+ ratings

🏡 Female Homesteader 🎖️ WWI Home Front 🔥 Wartime Hysteria 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist

The Winter Soldier

by Daniel Mason • 2018

At a remote field hospital, a young doctor falls for the hardened nurse who runs it.

4.00

19k+

🏥 Wwi Field Hospital 💔 Wartime Love Story 🔍 Lost Love Search 🫂 Found Family In War 📖 Lyrical War Fiction

The Winter Soldier 90%

At a remote field hospital, a young doctor falls for the hardened nurse who runs it.

by Daniel Mason 2018

4.00

19k+ ratings

🏥 Wwi Field Hospital 💔 Wartime Love Story 🔍 Lost Love Search 🫂 Found Family In War 📖 Lyrical War Fiction

Aggiustare l'universo

by Raffaella Romagnolo • 2023

After the war, a teacher mends a broken planetarium and a mute orphan's shattered voice.

4.04

922

🏚️ Postwar Italy ✡️ Holocaust Survival 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🍎 Teacher Student Bond

Aggiustare l'universo 90%

After the war, a teacher mends a broken planetarium and a mute orphan's shattered voice.

by Raffaella Romagnolo 2023

4.04

922 ratings

🏚️ Postwar Italy ✡️ Holocaust Survival 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🍎 Teacher Student Bond

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 90%

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

Sparks Like Stars

by Nadia Hashimi • 2021

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

4.28

24k+

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Found Family

Sparks Like Stars 90%

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

by Nadia Hashimi 2021

4.28

24k+ ratings

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Found Family

Moon Over Manifest

by Clare Vanderpool • 2010

Sent to her father's Kansas town, a girl follows old letters into an unsolved spy mystery.

4.04

36k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 📖 Story Within A Story 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔍 Child Sleuths 💔 Grief And Guilt

Moon Over Manifest 91%

Sent to her father's Kansas town, a girl follows old letters into an unsolved spy mystery.

by Clare Vanderpool 2010

4.04

36k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 📖 Story Within A Story 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔍 Child Sleuths 💔 Grief And Guilt

The Teacher of Nomad Land

by Daniel Nayeri • 2025

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

4.15

4k+

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Language Barriers

The Teacher of Nomad Land 91%

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

by Daniel Nayeri 2025

4.15

4k+ ratings

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Language Barriers

The Sunflower House

by Adriana Allegri

A half-Jewish nurse hides in a Nazi maternity home. The SS officer who discovers her is hiding too.

4.32

23k+

🖤 Wartime Love Story ✊ Nazi Resistance 🕯️ Hidden Jewish Heritage 💔 Forbidden Romance ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

The Sunflower House 90%

A half-Jewish nurse hides in a Nazi maternity home. The SS officer who discovers her is hiding too.

by Adriana Allegri 2024

4.32

23k+ ratings

🖤 Wartime Love Story ✊ Nazi Resistance 🕯️ Hidden Jewish Heritage 💔 Forbidden Romance ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

The Golden Cup

by Belva Plain • 1986

A tenement fire, a radical reformer. She marries him anyway, then spends a lifetime reckoning.

4.02

2k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🕍 Jewish American Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💰 Class Divide Romance 🪖 War Trauma

The Golden Cup 90%

A tenement fire, a radical reformer. She marries him anyway, then spends a lifetime reckoning.

by Belva Plain 1986

4.02

2k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🕍 Jewish American Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💰 Class Divide Romance 🪖 War Trauma

No Ballet Shoes in Syria

by Catherine Bruton • 2019

A Syrian refugee discovers a ballet class in Manchester and dares to dance again.

4.40

2k+

🩰 Ballet Dreams 🧳 Child Refugee Story 💔 War Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Syrian Civil War

No Ballet Shoes in Syria 90%

A Syrian refugee discovers a ballet class in Manchester and dares to dance again.

by Catherine Bruton 2019

4.40

2k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Dreams 🧳 Child Refugee Story 💔 War Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Syrian Civil War

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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