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Books like My Queer War

If you loved My Queer War by James Lord, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in World War II, Wars & Conflicts, LGBTQ, and Biography & Autobiography.

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Top related books to My Queer War

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of My Queer War.

Agent Josephine American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy — Damien Lewis

Agent Josephine American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • LGBTQ

Fighting Proud The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars — Stephen Bourne

Fighting Proud The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • LGBTQ

In Search of Amrit Kaur An Indian Princess in Wartime Paris — Livia Manera Sambuy

In Search of Amrit Kaur An Indian Princess in Wartime Paris

Livia Manera Sambuy

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • LGBTQ

Conduct Under Fire Four American Doctors and Their Fight for Life as Prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-1945 — John A. Glusman

Conduct Under Fire Four American Doctors and Their Fight for Life as Prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-1945

John A. Glusman

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

The Mosquito Bowl A Game of Life and Death in World War II — Buzz Bissinger

The Mosquito Bowl A Game of Life and Death in World War II

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Churchill and the King The Wartime Alliance of Winston Churchill and George VI — Kenneth Weisbrode

Churchill and the King The Wartime Alliance of Winston Churchill and George VI

Kenneth Weisbrode

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Facing the Mountain A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II — Daniel James Brown

Facing the Mountain A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

Daniel James Brown

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

General Patton A Soldier’s Life — Stanley Hirshson

General Patton A Soldier’s Life

Stanley Hirshson

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Desert Fox The Storied Military Career of Erwin Rommel — Samuel W. Mitcham

Desert Fox The Storied Military Career of Erwin Rommel

Samuel W. Mitcham

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Beyond Valor A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race Against Time — Jon Erwin

Beyond Valor A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race Against Time

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Field of Shadows The English Cricket Tour of Nazi Germany 1937 — Dan Waddell

Field of Shadows The English Cricket Tour of Nazi Germany 1937

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck — Evan McGilvray

Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Traitor King The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor — Andrew Lownie

Traitor King The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Nellie Taft The Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era — Carl Sferrazza Anthony

Nellie Taft The Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era

Carl Sferrazza Anthony

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Codename Rygor The Spy Behind the Allied Victory in North Africa — Mieczysław Zygfryd Słowikowski

Codename Rygor The Spy Behind the Allied Victory in North Africa

Mieczysław Zygfryd Słowikowski

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Lifelines of Liberty — Aliceson Haynes

Lifelines of Liberty

Aliceson Haynes

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Mussolini His Part in My Downfall — Spike Milligan

Mussolini His Part in My Downfall

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Special Operations — David W. Irvin

Special Operations

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Escape, Evasion and Revenge — Marc H. Stevens

Escape, Evasion and Revenge

Marc H. Stevens

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

In Command of History Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War — David Reynolds

In Command of History Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

The Lady and the Tigers The Story of the Remarkable Woman who Served with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China, 1941-1942 — Olga Greenlaw

The Lady and the Tigers The Story of the Remarkable Woman who Served with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China, 1941-1942

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

110th AAA Driving Hitler’s Crawlin’ Coffin : a Young G.I.’s Account of WWII from D-Day to the Rhine — Lonnie R. Speer

110th AAA Driving Hitler’s Crawlin’ Coffin : a Young G.I.’s Account of WWII from D-Day to the Rhine

Lonnie R. Speer

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

The Namesake, the Biography of Theodore Roosevelt Jr — Robert W. Walker

The Namesake, the Biography of Theodore Roosevelt Jr

Robert W. Walker

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Treasures in My Heart A True WWII Love Story — Paula Guidry

Treasures in My Heart A True WWII Love Story

Themes: World War II • Wars & Conflicts • Biography & Autobiography

Fans of My Queer War by James Lord will find 24 titles here, all united by World War II, Wars & Conflicts, LGBTQ. Authors represented include Damien Lewis, Stephen Bourne, Livia Manera Sambuy, John A. Glusman, and others.

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