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worth looking at under a microscope and using to demand the many changes in the legal system that are warranted and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery double agent for Britain’s MI6, to be appointed Resident in the KGB—and to ultimately help end the Cold War He does an excellent job of immersing the reader in Cold War-era mindsets, priorities, and sometimes

Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty. I especially love how Chen explores Kin's emotions in both of his realities, his warring loyalties,

In 1942, as World War II disrupts the world, Violet is stuck in her family's ramshackle estate when she

all of those elements and more, unraveling the workings of a family in the South during the Vietnam War ; brothers at odds; complex issues surrounding prison, war, and violence; and a brother's unfailing loyalty

But others' visions for the story involve her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty witnesses Athena's death and then mysteriously comes up with a story about Chinese laborers during World War When Jaryk learns that his like-a-brother friend Misha from his childhood World War II-era orphanage a play--the same play his orphanage director and father figure once put on with the children in the Warsaw

relationships, found family, growing up, and balancing two lives, all set against the backdrop of World War That, the Sea tells the story of two families on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean during World War

by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in World War The book's subtitle is And How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful, Armed Rebellion since the

NetGalley. 02 The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war and all of this against a background of Beirut, a city shaped by and "smoldering with the legacy of war

main protagonist Talin must figure it out before things potentially unravel for her and her fellow warriors Lu has written the Legends, Young Elites, and Warcross series. 02 The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy The Skylark's Secret has a dual timeline; the story is set in rural Scotland during World War II and Flora and her village are supporting the war effort, temporarily taking in children from Great Britain's She's eager to learn more about her mother's wartime history, yet desperate not to be defined and constrained

Jaouad Suleika Jaouad was preparing to graduate from college and pursue her career dreams of becoming a war

young woman while stumbling into her iconic lifetime role as Princess Leia; The Invisible Woman, World War Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher In The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher considers the phenomenon of Star Wars Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman is historical fiction about the real-life World War becomes the legendary character of Merlin); and the complicating factors of bloodthirsty vengeance and war

01 The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner “Mom couldn’t teach me that because she didn’t know herself. Ruth Wariner was the thirty-ninth of her father's forty-two children, and she grew up on a farm in rural memoir details the former American intelligence officer's true story of her family during the Cold War For more nonfiction spy stories about the Cold War, check out two great books by Ben McIntyre, the gripping Sonya and a book I loved even more, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Sylvie's torn feelings and warring sense of duty and desire for youthful joy and carefree moments felt

And war is coming.

Out Front the Following Sea, new historical fiction by Leah Angstman, it's 1689 and King William's War

memoir about her Japanese-American grandparents and their experiences in an internment camp during World War

access to health care, domestic abuse, and emotional abuse, as well as a personal reckoning in which the warring

becomes the legendary character of Merlin); and the complicating factors of bloodthirsty vengeance and war

In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After , Wamariya recalls her experiences

Migrations follows Franny as she travels farther from civilization and safety--and as she considers what

There's a minor, secondhand, yet powerful focus on the brutality and destruction of war, but also significant But when the warden drops him off at home, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm hitched In twentieth-century Idaho, Zeno has lived a long life filled with yearning, war, and unexpected late-in-life

Here, Fisher considers the phenomenon of Star Wars, which drew her into its unprecedented whirlwind when

is the character of Olive from Olive Kitteridge, these are not saccharine snippets of wisdom from a warm Daughter Home. 04 The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman The world is unraveling on the cusp of World War II, and three strong women will be tested beyond anything they imagined before the end of the war and Oddly, there is only one World War II book and there are zero Alaska books on this list--I am constantly

Chemistry. 05 The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn The Diamond Eye is historical fiction about a real World War Kate Quinn tells the World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper

’s The Rose Code, historical fiction about the women who broke codes at Bletchley Park during World War The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun story of three very different women who answer the wartime call to

Green, about a British journalist and an American private twenty years after they're linked by Gulf War

In Marie Lu's young adult dystopian series starter Legend, the Republic and Colonies war with each other Lu is the author of multiple young adult series (Legend, Warcross, The Young Elites, and Skyhunter) as Click here for my review of Lu's book Warcross.

In Evans's story "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain," Rena, a war correspondent, attends the wedding The danger is in chemicals and airports and refugee camps and war zones and regions known for sex tourism

Another book that's quite different in tone but is an excellent look into Cold War-era spy goings-on

character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars

Front the Following Sea, upcoming historical fiction by Leah Angstman, it's 1689 and King William's War When she angers a local warlord and must escape her world, she's relieved to secure promises of transport

01 The Huntress by Kate Quinn I'm in for World War II-set books with tough, brave female protagonists time. 04 The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker The Ragged Edge of Night centers around a World War II-era friar-turned-husband, Anton Starzmann, during the dark days of the war.

Victorious in war, unchallenged by foreign foes in North America for the first time in its history, the American History, and here, Gwynne explains that one of Cynthia Ann's sons was Quanah, a legendary warrior

Souls are snatched away from us, flesh and blood turn to dust, people you love betray you, men go to war

Bohjalian is also the author of a fantastic book about World War II, Skeletons at the Feast, the difficult

Kingdoms. 03 The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn The Diamond Eye is historical fiction about a real World War Kate Quinn tells the World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper

Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer the wartime I love a World War II story about strong women making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about

The story lagged a little for me with the accounts of past battles and war stories; extensive details

German countryside set against a background of the unpredictable violence and destruction of World War The Ragged Edge of Night centers around a World War II-era friar-turned-husband, Anton Starzmann, during the dark days of the war.

, and loss--all against a background of Beirut, a city shaped by and "smoldering with the legacy of war

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's story of Cold War espionage

Natalie Haynes's mythological retellings put women at the center of many scenes surrounding the Trojan War I listened to Haynes read her captivating woman-centric version of events surrounding the Trojan War

While events on Earth spiral into world war and destruction, sending the space missions toward uncertain

focuses on the meandering, excruciating, grace-filled romance of a star-crossed couple just after World War

ruthless, and he's Wren's sworn enemy, a deadly force who has destroyed her countrymen and women in the wars something dark and dangerous was going on...but huffily announced that they'd wait until they had a search warrant

backdrop of battles, learning other species’ languages and customs, and attempting to forge treaties among warring

There's a postapocalyptic feel to the story, with turf wars, corruption, mercenary "runners" who shake

but she comes on occasionally to yodel (her grandparents came to Alaska from Switzerland around World War

Lee Warren Warren's book, the subtitle of which is A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things Warren’s life story, both personal and professional, and his push and pull between faith and science, His experiences as a neurosurgeon, in the war, with his divorce and his remarriage, his beloved blended I wondered if his answers would be too easily reached or too pat, but Warren digs deeply into the realities Warren admits when he’s a mess, and he shows us the zigzag of a route he himself took through coping

love of and time spent reading and my desire for a cleverly organized house were forces already at war