Last Updated: March 12, 2026
I’ll Be Right Here
by Amy Bloom
Immigrating alone from Paris to New York after the crucible of World War II, Gazala Benamar, still a teenager, becomes fast friends with two spirited sisters, Anne and Alma. When Gazala’s lost, beloved brother, Samir, finally joins her in Manhattan, this contentious, inseparable foursome, will last into the twenty-first century, becoming the beating heart of a multigenerational found family.
Daikon
by Samuel Hawley
A sweeping and suspenseful novel of love and war, set in Japan during the final days of World War II, with a shocking historical premise: three atomic bombs were actually delivered to the Pacific-not two-and when one of them falls into the hands of the Japanese, the fate of a couple that has been separated from one another becomes entangled with the fate of this strange new device.
The Phoenix Pencil Company
by Allison King
Monica Tsai’s discovery of a hidden family history is exquisitely braided with her grandmother Yun’s own memories as she writes of her years in Shanghai, working at the Phoenix Pencil Company. As WWII rages outside their door, Yun and her cousin, Meng, learn of a special power the women in their family possess: the ability to Reforge a pencil’s words.
World Pacific
by Peter Mann
A brilliant spy novel and madcap adventure story from the author of The Torqued Man, set in San Francisco and the Asian Pacific during the outbreak of the Second World War.
A Murder in Paris
by Matthew Blake
An expert in memory must uncover the truth about her family’s wartime past in this dazzling psychological thriller.