Read-alikes and related books

Books like When the War is Over

If you loved When the War is Over by Stephen Becker, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Civil War Era, War & Military, and Historical.

Civil War Era War & Military Historical Fiction

Top related books to When the War is Over

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of When the War is Over.

Belle Boy A Sister in the Rebel Ranks — Anne Fuller

Belle Boy A Sister in the Rebel Ranks

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Gone with the Wind — Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Gods and Generals A Novel of the Civil War — Jeff Shaara

Gods and Generals A Novel of the Civil War

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Enemy Women A Novel — Paulette Jiles

Enemy Women A Novel

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

The Red Badge of Courage — Stephen Crane

The Red Badge of Courage

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Fire on the Waters A Novel of the Civil War at Sea — David Poyer

Fire on the Waters A Novel of the Civil War at Sea

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Point of Honor — Robert N. Macomber

Robert N. Macomber

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

The Silent — Jack Dann

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Varina A Novel — Charles Frazier

Charles Frazier

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Without Warning The Saga of Gettysburg, A Reluctant Union Hero, and the Men He Inspired — Terry C. Pierce

Without Warning The Saga of Gettysburg, A Reluctant Union Hero, and the Men He Inspired

Terry C. Pierce

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Sam — Edward Aronoff

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

A Killer Angels Companion — D. Scott Hartwig

A Killer Angels Companion

D. Scott Hartwig

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Copperhead — Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Simon the Fiddler A Novel — Paulette Jiles

Simon the Fiddler A Novel

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Distant Strains of Triumph A Novel of the Civil War — John M. Relyea

Distant Strains of Triumph A Novel of the Civil War

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

The Gettysburg Letter — Patrick E. Craig

The Gettysburg Letter

Patrick E. Craig

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

The Legend of Anne Southern First of the Legend Series — J. Rivers Hodge

The Legend of Anne Southern First of the Legend Series

J. Rivers Hodge

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

The Eulogist A Novel — Terry Gamble

The Eulogist A Novel

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Rebel — Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

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

Mr. Lincoln’s Wars A Novel in Thirteen Stories

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Grant Comes East — Newt Gingrich

Grant Comes East

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

The Last Full Measure A Novel of the Civil War — Jeff Shaara

The Last Full Measure A Novel of the Civil War

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Fire in the Water — James Alexander Thom

Fire in the Water

James Alexander Thom

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

Cold Mountain — Charles Frazier

Charles Frazier

Themes: Civil War Era • War & Military • Historical

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Civil War Era, War & Military, Historical — the same threads that run through When the War is Over by Stephen Becker. Among the authors featured: Anne Fuller, Margaret Mitchell, Jeff Shaara, Paulette Jiles, and others.

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