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Regeneration — Pat Barker

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

The New Inheritors — Kent Wascom

The New Inheritors

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

O’Hara’s Choice — Leon Uris

O’Hara’s Choice

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

The Postmistress of Paris A Novel — Meg Waite Clayton

The Postmistress of Paris A Novel

Meg Waite Clayton

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

After Anne A Novel of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Life — Logan Steiner

After Anne A Novel of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Life

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

War and Peace — Leo Tolstoi

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Beirut Hellfire Society A Novel — Rawi Hage

Beirut Hellfire Society A Novel

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Mr. Lincoln’s Wars A Novel in Thirteen Stories — Adam Braver

Mr. Lincoln’s Wars A Novel in Thirteen Stories

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Small Acts of Defiance A Novel of WWII and Paris — Michelle Wright

Small Acts of Defiance A Novel of WWII and Paris

Michelle Wright

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Sisters of the Resistance A Novel of Catherine Dior’s Paris Spy Network — Christine Wells

Sisters of the Resistance A Novel of Catherine Dior’s Paris Spy Network

Christine Wells

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Matterhorn A Novel of the Vietnam War — Karl Marlantes

Matterhorn A Novel of the Vietnam War

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

The Naked and the Dead 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author — Norman Mailer

The Naked and the Dead 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

The Fire by Night A Novel — Teresa Messineo

The Fire by Night A Novel

Teresa Messineo

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Heart of Darkness — Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Fast Girls A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team — Elise Hooper

Fast Girls A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Sharpe’s Rifles Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809 — Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Rifles Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809

Bernard Cornwell

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Brotherless Night — V. V. Ganeshananthan

Brotherless Night

V. V. Ganeshananthan

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

A Blessing on the Moon — Joseph Skibell

A Blessing on the Moon

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

The German House — Annette Hess

The German House

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Remember Ben Clayton A Novel — Stephen Harrigan

Remember Ben Clayton A Novel

Stephen Harrigan

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Above the East China Sea — Sarah Bird

Above the East China Sea

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

The Song of Achilles — Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Switchboard Soldiers A Novel — Jennifer Chiaverini

Switchboard Soldiers A Novel

Jennifer Chiaverini

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

Parade’s End — Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Historical

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