18 books like The Winter Soldier

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The dark forest Hugh Walpole · 1916 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Challenging 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, Historical Fiction

The appetite of tyranny Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1915 · 46p · ≈ 1h · Challenging The mere facts of the story are about the present European conflagration, includes other short works and essays. Shares: World War I, World War

In Secret Robert W. Chambers · 1919 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging 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

Hospital Sketches Louisa May Alcott · 1863 · ★ 4.0 · 67p · ≈ 2h · Challenging An account of Alcott's stint as a nurse for wounded soldiers in Washington, D. C. during the winter of American Civil War in 1862-1863. Shares: Hospitals, Nurses

The Burning Shore Wilbur Smith · 1998 · 636p · ≈ 21h · Moderate '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

The Great War Michael Morpurgo · 2014 · ★ 3.5 · 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, World War, Historical Fiction

The African Queen C. S. Forester · 1935 · 326p · ≈ 10h · Challenging English missionary's sister enlists aid of mechanic in blowing up German gunboat on African lake. Shares: World War I, World War, Romance & Relationships

Maisie Dobbs Jacqueline Winspear · 2003 · ★ 4.4 · 294p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Maisie Dobbs isn’t just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence—and the patronage of her benevolent employers—she works her way into college at Cambridge. When World War I breaks out, Maisie goes to the front as a nurse. It is there that she learns that coincidences are meaningful and the truth elusive. After the War, Maisie sets up on her own as a private investigator. But her… Shares: World War I, World War, Historical Fiction

The Runagates Club John Buchan · 1928 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Challenging John Buchan’s The Runagates Club is a classic of British interwar short fiction. These twelve stories appeared from 1913 to 1927, when he was at the peak of his powers, and feature Richard Hannay, Edward Leithen, and many newcomers to the Buchan canon. John Buchan designed The Runagates Club as a showcase for the best of his 1920s magazine fiction. He repurposed these stories with new… Shares: World War I, World War

The bride bargain Kelly Eileen Hake · 2008 · 285p · ≈ 9h · Moderate When dropped from the wagon train along the Platte River for not pulling their load, Clara Fields is determined to find a way to provide for her newly-widowed aunt. So she strikes a bargain with an aging storekeeper that in exchange for finding a bride for his son Clara can have his house to run a boardinghouse. But Dr. Saul Reed is not interested in getting tied down to Buttonwood in the middle… Shares: Physicians, Romance & Relationships

To the Last Man Jeff Shaara · 2004 · ★ 4.5 · 636p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the war that devastated a generation and established America as a world power.Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe's western front. France and Great Britain… Shares: World War I, World War, Historical Fiction

The Alice Network Kate Quinn · 2017 · ★ 4.5 · 503p · ≈ 16h · Moderate "It's 1947 and American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a fervent belief that her beloved French cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive somewhere. So when Charlie's family banishes her to Europe to have her "little problem" take care of,… Shares: World War I, World War

The oath John T. Lescroart · 2002 · 596p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Medical malpractice or murder? Glitsky and Hardy take opposite sides of the case-in the newest bestseller from the author of The Hearing.When an HMO executive is hit by a car during a morning jog through his exclusive San Francisco neighborhood, he has the bad luck to be transported to one of his own hospitals...and winds up dead in his ICU bed. But in spite of the rumors about his company's… Shares: Hospitals, Physicians

Waiting for sunrise William Boyd · 2012 · ★ 3.5 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Vienna, 1913. It is a fine day in August when Lysander Rief, a young English actor, walks through the city to his first appointment with the eminent psychiatrist Dr Bensimon. Sitting in the waiting room he is anxiously pondering the particularly intimate nature of his neurosis when a young woman enters. She is clearly in distress, but Lysander is immediately drawn to her strange, hazel eyes and… Shares: World War I, World War, Historical Fiction

Among the Mad Jacqueline Winspear · 2009 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate It’s Christmas Eve 1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street. The following day, the prime minister’s office receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not met—and the writer mentions Maisie by name. After being questioned and cleared by Detective Chief Superintendent Robert MacFarlane of Scotland Yard’s… Shares: World War I, World War

The Women Kristin Hannah · 2024 · ★ 4.6 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her… Shares: Nurses, Historical Fiction

A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway · 1929 · ★ 3.8 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Challenging A Farewell to Arms is about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of A Farewell to Arms cemented Hemingway's stature as a modern American writer, became his first best-seller, and is described by biographer Michael Reynolds as "the… Shares: World War I, World War, Romance & Relationships

Ungeduld des Herzens Stefan Zweig · 1927 · ★ 4.4 · 435p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Der junge Leutnant Anton Hofmiller lernt die gelähmte Adelstochter Edith kennen und entwickelt Gefühle für sie – aber er weiß nicht, ob es sich dabei um Liebe oder Mitleid handelt. Hofmiller macht ihr Hoffnungen auf Liebe und Genesung. Aber aus Angst vor gesellschaftlichem Spott verleugnet er schließlich seine wahren Gefühle, bis die Katastrophe unausweichlich ist.Zweig, der Meister der Novelle,… Shares: World War I, World War

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