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Across World War II, 20th Century, Family Life, and Historical — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Visible World by Mark Slouka.

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Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

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Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Diamond Eye A Novel — Kate Quinn

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Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Nightingale — Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Gravedigger’s Daughter — Joyce Carol Oates

The Gravedigger’s Daughter

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Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Polish Girl — Malka Adler

The Polish Girl

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

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The Paris Seamstress

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Missing Daughter A Gripping and Heart-Wrenching Novel with a Shocking Twist from the Bestselling Author of the GIRL in the LETTER — Emily Gunnis

The Missing Daughter A Gripping and Heart-Wrenching Novel with a Shocking Twist from the Bestselling Author of the GIRL in the LETTER

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Sins of the Father — Jeffrey Archer

The Sins of the Father

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

A Step Too Far — Meg Hutchinson

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Postcard — Anne Berest

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

Polly’s War — Freda Lightfoot

Freda Lightfoot

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Whalebone Theatre: A Read with Jenna Pick A Novel — Joanna Quinn

The Whalebone Theatre: A Read with Jenna Pick A Novel

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Dutch Orphan — Ellen Keith

The Dutch Orphan

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

All the Ways We Said Goodbye A Novel of the Ritz Paris — Beatriz Williams

All the Ways We Said Goodbye A Novel of the Ritz Paris

Beatriz Williams

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

We Must Not Think of Ourselves A Novel — Lauren Grodstein

We Must Not Think of Ourselves A Novel

Lauren Grodstein

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Reserve — Russell Banks

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Dublin Girls A Powerfully Heartrending Family Saga of Three Sisters in 1950s Ireland — Cathy Mansell

The Dublin Girls A Powerfully Heartrending Family Saga of Three Sisters in 1950s Ireland

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

We Are Only Ghosts A Remarkable Novel of Survival in the Wake of WWII — Jeffrey L. Richards

We Are Only Ghosts A Remarkable Novel of Survival in the Wake of WWII

Jeffrey L. Richards

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

White Gardenia — Belinda Alexandra

Belinda Alexandra

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

Not Without My Sister — Marion Kummerow

Not Without My Sister

Marion Kummerow

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

Your Presence Is Mandatory A Novel — Sasha Vasilyuk

Your Presence Is Mandatory A Novel

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Heirloom Garden — Viola Shipman

The Heirloom Garden

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

The Warsaw Orphan A WWII Historical Fiction Novel — Kelly Rimmer

The Warsaw Orphan A WWII Historical Fiction Novel

Themes: World War II • 20th Century • Family Life

If The Visible World by Mark Slouka is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by World War II, 20th Century, Family Life and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Laura Spence-Ash, Annie Groves, Kate Quinn, Kristin Hannah, and others.

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