18 books like Enormous Room

What to read after Enormous Room — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

To Hell and Back Audie Murphy · 1949 · ★ 4.3 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate An autobiographical account of the author of his World War II experiences in the European Theater of War. 2nd Lt. Audie Murphy (1925-1971) was the USA's most decorated WW2 soldier, and lied about his age to join the army. This book became a bestseller, and was the basis of the successful movie in which Murphy (who later became an actor) played himself. Shares American Personal narratives, Soldiers, World War, Biography & Memoir

The Room on Rue Amelie

The Room on Rue Amelie Kristin Harmel · 2018 · ★ 4.5 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate A moving and entrancing novel set in Paris during World War II about an American woman, a dashing pilot, and a young Jewish girl whose fates unexpectedly entwine—perfect for the fans of Kristen Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this is “an emotional, heart-breaking, inspiring tribute to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love” (Mariah Stewart,… Shares France, World War

Gravity's Rainbow Thomas Pynchon · 1973 · ★ 4.0 · 1160p · ≈ 38h · Challenging Winner of the National Book Award"The most profound and accomplished American novel since the end of World War II." —The New Republic“A screaming comes across the sky. . .” A few months after the Germans’ secret V-2 rocket bombs begin falling on London, British Intelligence discovers that a map of the city pinpointing the sexual conquests of one Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop, U.S. Army, corresponds… Shares Soldiers, Americans, World War, Biography & Memoir

Three came home Agnes Newton Keith · 1948 · ★ 4.2 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Three Came Home" tells of the author's time in Japanese POW and civilian internee camps in North Borneo and Sarawak, and was made into a film of the same name in 1950. It describes Keith's life in North Borneo in the period immediately before the Japanese invasion in 1942, and her subsequent internment and suffering, separated from her husband Harry, and with a young son to care for. Keith was… Shares American Personal narratives, Concentration Camps, World War, Biography & Memoir

The Great War Michael Morpurgo · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Moderate An anthology of stories inspired by objects from the First World War. It is a collection of stories by bestselling authors, each inspired by a different object from the First World War. Each object illuminates an aspect of life during the war, and each story reminds us of the millions of individual lives that were changed forever by the fighting. Shares World War I, Soldiers, World War

In Secret Robert W. Chambers · 1919 The case in question concerned a letter in a yellow envelope, which was dumped along with other incoming mail upon one of the many long tables where hundreds of women and scores of men sat opening and reading thousands of letters for the Bureau of P. C. - whatever that may mean. Shares World War I, World War

The appetite of tyranny Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1915 · 46p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares World War I, World War with this book.

My Brother's Keeper Tony Bradman · 2014 · ★ 3.2 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Light Shares World War I, World War with this book.

The dark forest Hugh Walpole · 1916 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate John Durward and John Trenchard are two Englishmen who join a company of Russian doctors, nurses, and orderlies working on the Russian side of the Eastern Front at the height of World War I. Durward, the primary narrator, is a detached and seemingly-objective observer of events; his friend Trenchard is a dreamy, clumsy, and naive man whose fiancee, Marie Ivanova, is serving alongside him as a… Shares World War I, World War

Rose Blanche Ian McEwan · 1985 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Concentration Camps, World War with this book.

The Burning Shore

The Burning Shore Wilbur Smith · 1998 · 636p · ≈ 21h · Challenging 'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror LOVE IN A TIME OF WAR. HOPE IN A TIME OF CRISIS. One of the greatest fighter pilots of the Great War, Michael Courtney, is saved by the French noblewoman Centaine… Shares World War I, World War

A history of autobiography in antiquity

A history of autobiography in antiquity Georg Misch · 1950 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Two Sisters Gore Vidal · 1970 · ★ 5.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.” Shares Biography & Memoir

The Paris Daughter

The Paris Daughter Kristin Harmel · 2023 · ★ 4.5 · 442p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Instant New York Times bestseller!“A gorgeous, gut-wrenching” (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) historical novel about two mothers facing unthinkable choices as the Nazis invade France—from the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Harmel. Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a… Shares France

The Library of American Biography Jared Sparks · 1846 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Autobiography

Autobiography Anderson L Staff · 2001 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Marse Henry : An Autobiography Henry Watterson · 1919 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Missing Persons

Missing Persons Mary Evans · 1998 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

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