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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Happiness, as Such by Natalia Ginzburg

Happiness, as Such

Natalia Ginzburg

176 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

118 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The City of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The City of Mist

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

176 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Reign of Osiris by Anne Rice

The Reign of Osiris

Ramses the Damned #3

Anne Rice

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror adventurous dark emotional slow-paced
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd

A Duty to the Dead

Bess Crawford #1

Charles Todd

335 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical mystery emotional mysterious slow-paced
Passchendaele by Paul Gross

Passchendaele

Paul Gross

209 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction historical emotional sad medium-paced
The Bookbinder by Pip Williams

The Bookbinder

Pip Williams

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
House of Gold by Natasha Solomons

House of Gold

Natasha Solomons

436 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical emotional slow-paced
Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam

Hazardous Spirits

Anbara Salam

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Snow Country by Sebastian Faulks

Snow Country

Sebastian Faulks

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced