Last Updated: June 17, 2025
The Listeners
by Maggie Stiefvater
War has begun in January of 1942, and manager June Hudson is trying to shield the West Virginian Avallon Hotel & Spa from it, but when the owner’s son makes a deal with the State Department to house dozens of Axis diplomats, June must convince her staff-many of whom have sons and husbands heading to battle-to offer luxury to Nazis for the war effort. Peacefully.
The Martha Vineyard’s Beach and Book Club
by Martha Hall Kelly
Two sisters living on Martha’s Vineyard during World War II find hope in the power of storytelling when they start a wartime book club for women.
The Secret History of Audrey James
by Heather Marshall
An astonishing historical novel of one woman’s dangerous journey through World War II Germany and her life-changing friendship with a young woman decades later.
Strangers in Time
by David Baldacci
Without guardians and stability due to the war, fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters and fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his book shop, The Book Keep. As bombs continue to bear down on the city, Charlie, Molly, and Ignatius learn that while the perils of war rage on, their coming together and trusting one another may be the only way for them to survive.
The Lilac People
by Milo Todd
In 1932 Berlin, Bertie, a trans man, and his friends spend carefree nights at the Eldorado Club, the epicenter of Berlin’s thriving queer community. An employee of the renowned Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld at the Institute of Sexual Science, Bertie works to improve queer rights in Germany and beyond, but everything changes when Hitler rises to power.
Far From Home
by Danielle Steel
Fleeing Paris after her husband’s execution for opposing Hitler, Arielle von Auspeck hides in Normandy, joins the Resistance and forges a bond with a grieving widower as they fight to reunite with their loved ones.