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Book Recommendations for General Fiction + War Related

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Total Books Recommended: 510

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Genre: Fiction
Literary Fiction - 243
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  • We Must Not Think of Ourselves
    Lauren Grodstein
    Paperback: 10/29/2024
     
    A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives kept by ...
  • The Oceans and the Stars
    The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story (A Novel)
    Mark Helprin
    Paperback: 10/29/2024
     
    Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Winter's Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, ...
  • Absolution
    Absolution: A Novel
    Alice McDermott
    Paperback: 10/29/2024
     
    A riveting account of women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the ...
  • The Blood Years
    Elana K. Arnold
    Paperback: 10/22/2024
     
    From Michael L. Printz honoree & National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold comes the harrowing story of a ...
  • The MANIAC
    Benjamin Labatut
    Paperback: 10/01/2024
     
    From one of contemporary literature's most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hungarian ...
  • Chenneville
    Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance
    Paulette Jiles
    Paperback: 09/24/2024
     
    Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post&#...
  • The Lost Wife
    The Lost Wife: A novel
    Susanna Moore
    Paperback: 08/20/2024
     
    From one of our most compelling and sensual writers comes a searing, immersive novel about a seminal and ...

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