Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

World War I Book
Pick out a book that is set during the First World War. It's so much messier than WWII, but it's still such an important historical event.
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The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong

The War Librarian

Addison Armstrong

10 hours • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction historical emotional fast-paced
When We Danced at the End of the Pier by Sandy Taylor

When We Danced at the End of the Pier

Brighton Girls Trilogy #1

Sandy Taylor

362 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional medium-paced
Im Westen nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque

Im Westen nichts Neues

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back #1

Erich Maria Remarque

324 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson

430 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James

The Haunting of Maddy Clare

Simone St. James

318 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams

The Bookbinder of Jericho

Pip Williams

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Great or Nothing by Jessica Spotswood, Caroline Tung Richmond, Tess Sharpe, Joy McCullough

Great or Nothing

Jessica Spotswood, Caroline Tung Richmond, Tess Sharpe, Joy McCullough

392 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction historical lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Porcelain Moon by Janie Chang

The Porcelain Moon

Janie Chang

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical emotional medium-paced
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes

The Girl You Left Behind

The Girl You Left Behind #1

Jojo Moyes

489 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical romance mysterious reflective slow-paced
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction classics historical dark emotional reflective medium-paced