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If you loved Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Europe (General), War & Military, World Literature, and Political.

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The Last Checkmate A Novel — Gabriella Saab

The Last Checkmate A Novel

Themes: Europe (General) • War & Military • World Literature

Three Words for Goodbye A Novel — Hazel Gaynor

Three Words for Goodbye A Novel

Themes: Europe (General) • War & Military • World Literature

The Queen’s Secret A Novel of England’s World War II Queen — Karen Harper

The Queen’s Secret A Novel of England’s World War II Queen

Themes: Europe (General) • War & Military • World Literature

Switchboard Soldiers A Novel of the Heroic Women Who Served in the U. S. Army Signal Corps During World War I — Jennifer Chiaverini

Switchboard Soldiers A Novel of the Heroic Women Who Served in the U. S. Army Signal Corps During World War I

Jennifer Chiaverini

Themes: Europe (General) • War & Military • World Literature

Trieste — Dasa Drndic

Themes: Europe (General) • War & Military • World Literature

The Godmothers A Novel — Camille Aubray

The Godmothers A Novel

Themes: Europe (General) • War & Military • World Literature

The Fox Was Ever the Hunter A Novel — Herta Müller

The Fox Was Ever the Hunter A Novel

Themes: Europe (General) • World Literature • Political

Jingo A Discworld Novel — Terry Pratchett

Jingo A Discworld Novel

Terry Pratchett

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

The Postmistress of Paris A Novel — Meg Waite Clayton

The Postmistress of Paris A Novel

Meg Waite Clayton

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

Go, Went, Gone — Jenny Erpenbeck

Jenny Erpenbeck

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

The Tobacco Wives A Novel — Adele Myers

The Tobacco Wives A Novel

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

Resistance Women A Novel — Jennifer Chiaverini

Resistance Women A Novel

Jennifer Chiaverini

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

Lessons — Ian McEwan

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

The American Adventuress A Novel — C. W. Gortner

The American Adventuress A Novel

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

Raid 42 — Graham Hurley

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

Brotherless Night — V. V. Ganeshananthan

Brotherless Night

V. V. Ganeshananthan

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

The Throne The Machiavelli Trilogy, Book 1 — Franco Bernini

The Throne The Machiavelli Trilogy, Book 1

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

Alone in Berlin — Hans Fallada

Alone in Berlin

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

Life and Fate — Vasily Grossman

Vasily Grossman

Themes: War & Military • World Literature • Political

The Good Angel of Death — Andrey Kurkov

The Good Angel of Death

Themes: Europe (General) • World Literature

Into Oblivion An Icelandic Thriller — Arnaldur Indridason

Into Oblivion An Icelandic Thriller

Arnaldur Indridason

Themes: Europe (General) • World Literature

A Bakery in Paris A Novel — Aimie K. Runyan

A Bakery in Paris A Novel

Aimie K. Runyan

Themes: Europe (General) • World Literature

Daughters of the Occupation A Novel of WW II — Shelly Sanders

Daughters of the Occupation A Novel of WW II

Themes: Europe (General) • World Literature

Penguin Lost — Andreĭ Kurkov

Themes: Europe (General) • World Literature

Fans of Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov will find 24 titles here, all united by Europe (General), War & Military, World Literature. Authors represented include Gabriella Saab, Hazel Gaynor, Karen Harper, Jennifer Chiaverini, and others.

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