Go Read Your Shelf 2022 Challenge - hosted by ruminations

Historical fiction that does take place during WW2
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Richard Flanagan

467 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

Fortune Favors the Dead

Pentecost and Parker #1

Stephen Spotswood

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

448 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas #1

John Boyne

216 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman

Life and Fate

Stalingrad #2

Vasily Grossman

880 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys

391 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional sad fast-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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