Christmas is coming up and i seriously need to find some good books to get my sister, ideally 2. She really like ww2 and ww1 books but especially ww2 since she knows a bit more about it. I got her The Book Thief last year as well as A Farewell to Arms but she especially loved The Book Thief. She loved All Quiet as well so I’m kinda looking for a mix of the two? Sorry if this is vague!
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All the light we cannot see -Anthony Doerr
Lovely War -Julie Barry
The Things We Cannot Say – Kelly Rimmer
The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah
These are all good historical fiction WW2 books that I enjoyed reading.
*The Cruel Sea* by Nicholas Monsarrat, LtCdr, FRSL RNVR (fiction).
*With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa* by E.B. Sledge, CPL, 1st Mar. Div., U.S.M.C.
*The Forgotten Soldier* by Guy Sajer, Großdeutschland Division, Wehrmacht (considered a classic).
*The Battle for Burma: The Wild Green Earth* by BG Bernard Fergusson, KT, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, OBE, 16th Infantry Brigade (Chindit).
*Ray Parkin’s Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke; Into the Smother; The Sword and the Blossom* by Ray Parkin, Chief Petty Officer, H.M.A.S. *Perth*, Royal Australian Navy.
A Fable by William Faulkner, if you want something literary.