18 books like After the war was over

What to read after After the war was over — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

War Boy Michael Foreman · 1990 · ★ 4.0 · 92p · ≈ 3h · Moderate An English artist writes and illustrates a memoir of his own wartime childhood. Shares Illustrators, Childhood and youth, Country life, English Authors

On a Chinese screen William Somerset Maugham · 1922 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Moderate On a Chinese Screen was first published in 1922 by Heinemann Publishers, London. Its 58 short vignettes are based on Maugham’s travels along the Yangtze River from 1919 to 1920. Although later editions of the book added the subtitle “Sketches of Life in China,” there are actually only a few descriptions of the places he visited and the local Chinese people he met; rather, Maugham focuses on… Shares English Authors, Authors, Manners and customs, Social life and customs

Boy Roald Dahl · 1984 · ★ 4.1 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Boy is an autobiographical book by British writer Roald Dahl. This book describes his life from birth until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood experiences led him to writing as a career. It ends with his first job, working for Royal Dutch Shell. His autobiography continues in the book Going… Shares Childhood and youth, English Authors, Authors, Manners and customs

Mosaic Holroyd, Michael. · 2004 · ★ 3.9 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Childhood and youth, English Authors, Authors, Manners and customs with this book.

Paul the Peddler Horatio Alger, Jr. · 1871 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Young Paul is determined to win a better life for his mother, and he sets out on a whirlwind of entrepreneurial jobs to try to make a good living. From selling candy packages outside the post office to neckties from a cart, he will try his hand at anything to turn a profit. A rousing tale of moral triumph and free trade, "Paul the Peddler" is Horatio Alger at his best. Shares Boys, Children, Children's fiction

Paul Kelver Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1902 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Moderate IN WHICH THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO CAST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS STORY UPON ANOTHER. Shares English Authors, Authors, Biography & Memoir

Torches Together Emmy Arnold · 1964 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate **Not many people talk about "joy" these days.** Emmy Arnold's memoir radiates just that - an enthusiasm for life and an unflagging optimism grounded in faith. In a genre awash in sordid sex and dysfunctional relationships, she offers a refreshing account of a hard life lived victoriously, of people brought together, despite their own weakness and turbulent times, to experience new levels of… Shares Biography & Memoir, History

Mo scéal féin Peadar Ó Laoghaire · 1910 · 219p · ≈ 7h · Moderate An autobiography (“My Own Story”). Shares Authors, Social conditions, Social life and customs, Biography & Memoir

The Slopes of War Norah Perez · 1990 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate In the summer of 1863, Bekah Summerhill watches as Confederate troops sweep through her sleepy Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, in a panoramic tale about the turning point of the Civil War. Shares War, History, Children's fiction

All's Fair in Love and Law Alan Hammond · 2011 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Dufty Dufty Popple & Dunn is a traditional solicitors' firm in the small Midlands town of Hockam (pronounced Hokum, as the local residents are at pains to point out). This heart-warming collection of stories revolves around the lives, relationships, triumphs and failures of the good people of Hockam and of the lawyers to whom they look for help. We meet the lonely dentist and his noisy… Shares Country life, Manners and customs, Social life and customs

Star wars Toshiki Kudo · 1999 · ★ 4.1 Shares War, Children's fiction with this book.

Station Life in New Zealand Mary Anne Barker · 1870 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Shares Country life, Manners and customs, Social life and customs, Biography & Memoir with this book.

Детство; Отрочество; Юность Лев Толстой · 1862 · ★ 3.9 · 408p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Written from 1852 to 1856, this autobiographical novel was Tolstoy's first publication. The early life of Nikolai, the son of wealthy landowner in Russia, is fully explored, slowly revealing this young boy's inner mind, relationships, and social standing. As he describes his tutor, angelic mother, aloof father, worldly brother, and later his moralistic friend, Nikolai displays a mind given to… Shares Childhood and youth, Social conditions, Social life and customs, Biography & Memoir

David Copperfield [adaptation] Malvina G. Vogel · 1979 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A simplified edition of the autobiographical novel whose hero, an orphan boy in nineteenth-century England, successfully overcomes an unhappy childhood. Shares Children, Social conditions, Social life and customs, History

Diary of a provincial lady E. M. Delafield · 1930 · ★ 3.9 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The goal of the provincial lady is to maintain 'niceness', whether it be in the home, relationships or personal behaviour. 'The Diary of a Provincial Lady' first published in the 1930s is a witty celebration of the suburban British housewife between the wars. Shares English Authors, Manners and customs, Social life and customs, Biography & Memoir

World's fair E. L. Doctorow · 1985 · ★ 3.9 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Recalls a certain New York City boyhood in the 1930s, through the eyes of the child himself and then him as an adult trying to reconstruct the past. Shares Boys, Children

The complete works of O. Henry [pseud.] O. Henry · 1899 · ★ 3.5 · 1396p · ≈ 46h · Demanding Shares Manners and customs, Social life and customs with this book.

Sami and the time of the troubles Florence Parry Heide · 1992 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street. Shares War, History, Children's fiction

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