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World War II Fiction Stars

Page Modified: February 11, 2008

Crime Fiction and Fiction

Crime Fiction

First Wave
Author: Benn, James R.
Publisher: Soho $ 24 ISBN: 9781569474716 Date: 2007
LJ
In this meaty, old-fashioned and thoroughly enjoyable tale of WWII-era murder and espionage" ("The Seattle Times"), Lieutenant Billy Boyle must solve a series of murders while trying to rescue the girl he loves, a captured British spy.
Updated 8.1.07
The Second Objective
Author: Frost, Mark
Publisher: Hyperion $ 24.95 ISBN: 9781401302221 Date: 2007
Booklist
From the bestselling author of The List of Seven and The Six Messiahs comes this riveting World War II thriller, based on a shocking real-life German operation run by the most dangerous man in Europe.
Updated 5.11.07
The 47th Samuari: Bob Lee Swagger
Author: Hunter, Stephen
Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 26 ISBN: 9780743238090 Date: 2007
Booklist
New York Times" bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hunter combines the raw grittiness of 1945 Iwo Jima with the mystique of the samurai culture to create his best thriller to date.
Updated 7.11.07
Tokyo Year Zero
Author: Peace, David
Publisher: Knopf $ 24 ISBN: 9780307263742 Date: 2007
PW
From British crime fictions most exciting new voice in decades ("GQ") comes an electrifying novel that revisits a series of shocking crimes committed in postWorld War II, bombed-out, American-occupied Tokyo.
Updated 7.9.07

Fiction

The Welsh Girl
Author: Davies, Peter Ho
Publisher: Houghton $ 24 ISBN: 9780618007004 Date: 2007
BooklistLJ
During World War II, the British held German POWs in camps in remote Wales. This beautifully written novel imagines the unexpected and perilous romance that blossoms between a secretive local girl and a German prisoner, and explores the indelible bonds of love and duty that hold us to family, country, and ultimately our fellow man.
Updated 11.16.06
A Hatred of Tulips
Author: Lourie, Richard
Publisher: St Martins $22.95 ISBN: 9780312349332 Date: 2007
LJ
Just as he did in the internationally acclaimed The Autobiography of Joseph Stalin, here Richard Lourie takes us into not only a person’ s mind, a time, and a place, but into the treacherous currents of history that sweep lives away. This gripping fictionalized account of the man who betrayed Anne Frank will not soon beforgotten.
Updated 6.4.07
Red Rover
Author: McNamer, Deidre
Publisher: Viking $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780670063505 Date: 2007
PWKirkus
From the acclaimed author of Rima in the Weeds and My Russian comes this stirring novel about idealism laid waste and the haunting, redemptive bonds of friendship.
Updated 5.31.07
Suite Francaise
Author: Nemirovsky, Irene
Publisher: Knopf $ 25 ISBN: 1400044731 Date: 2006
PWKirkusBooklist
An extraordinary novel of life under Nazi occupation--discovered and published 62 years after the author's tragic death at Auschwitz. Subtle, often fiercely ironic, and deeply compassionate, Suite Franaise is both a piercing record of its time and a brilliant, profoundly moving work of art.
Suggested Reading: All Stars
Updated 4.10.06
The Rising Tide: A Novel of the Second World War
Author: Shaara, Jeff
Publisher: Ballantine $ 27.95 ISBN: 034546141x Date: 2006
PWLJ
The "New York Times" bestselling author of Gods and Generals embarks on his most ambitious undertaking to date with this first novel in a staggering trilogy that portrays the momentous and increasingly dramatic events that pulled America into the vortex of World War II.
Suggested Reading:Family Matters
Updated 10.2.06
Night Watch
Author: Waters, Sarah
Publisher: Riverhead $ 25.95 ISBN: 159448905x Date: 2006
PW LJ
Written by the author of the Booker Prize finalist Fingersmith, this novel of relationships set in 1940s London brims with vivid historical detail, thrilling coincidences, and psychological complexity.
Suggested Reading: Historical Fiction
Updated 1.18.06

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