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Readers who finished Warlight by Michael Ondaatje and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by War & Military, Coming of Age, and Literary.

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Girl at War A Novel — Sara Novic

Girl at War A Novel

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

The Girls in Blue — Fenella J. Miller

The Girls in Blue — Fenella J. Miller

Fenella J Miller

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

The German House — Annette Hess

The German House

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

When We Were Young & Brave — Hazel Gaynor

When We Were Young & Brave

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

Part of the Furniture — Mary Wesley

Part of the Furniture

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

Lessons — Ian McEwan

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

A Thousand Splendid Suns — Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

All Our Shimmering Skies An Extraordinary Novel from the Beloved Bestselling Award Winning Author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and LOLA in the MIRROR — Trent Dalton

All Our Shimmering Skies An Extraordinary Novel from the Beloved Bestselling Award Winning Author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and LOLA in the MIRROR

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

The Sojourn — Andrew Krivak

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

Yugoslavia, My Fatherland — Goran Vojnović

Yugoslavia, My Fatherland

Goran Vojnović

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

The German House A Novel — Annette Hess

The German House A Novel

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

Count the Ways A Novel — Joyce Maynard

Count the Ways A Novel

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

Slaughterhouse 5 Vintage War — Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse 5 Vintage War

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

Chimes of a Lost Cathedral — Janet Fitch

Chimes of a Lost Cathedral

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

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 • Coming of Age • Literary

The Radio Operator A Novel — Ulla Lenze

The Radio Operator A Novel

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

Three Words for Goodbye A Novel — Hazel Gaynor

Three Words for Goodbye A Novel

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

The Revolution of Marina M. — Janet Fitch

The Revolution of Marina M.

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

Home Front Girls — Suzanne Hayes

Home Front Girls

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

The Tobacco Wives — Adele Myers

The Tobacco Wives

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

White Elephant A Novel — Mako Idemitsu

White Elephant A Novel

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

V for Victory — Lissa Evans

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

Man on the Move — Otto de Kat

Man on the Move

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

Big Two-Hearted River The Centennial Edition — Ernest Hemingway

Big Two-Hearted River The Centennial Edition

Ernest Hemingway

Themes: War & Military • Coming of Age • Literary

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