BCE #23 Set in the 1940's

1.
The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel
The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel 3.88 avg rating — 10,175 ratings
2.
The Wartime Book Club
The Wartime Book Club 4.28 avg rating — 4,495 ratings
3.
Independence
Independence 4.11 avg rating — 11,373 ratings
4.
The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre
The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre 4.01 avg rating — 10,904 ratings
5.
Where the Wandering Ends
Where the Wandering Ends 3.96 avg rating — 579 ratings
6.
Go as a River
Go as a River 4.26 avg rating — 160,771 ratings
7.
The Things We Cannot Say
The Things We Cannot Say 4.54 avg rating — 247,138 ratings
8.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,138 ratings
9.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,053 ratings
9.
Bessie
Bessie 3.88 avg rating — 455 ratings
11.
The Last Lifeboat
The Last Lifeboat 4.33 avg rating — 9,144 ratings
12.
Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1)
Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 331,881 ratings
13.
The Warsaw Orphan
The Warsaw Orphan 4.37 avg rating — 46,918 ratings
14.
City of Girls
City of Girls 4.04 avg rating — 313,084 ratings
15.
The Stolen Marriage
The Stolen Marriage 4.27 avg rating — 43,744 ratings
16.
The Dressmakers of London
The Dressmakers of London 4.15 avg rating — 3,098 ratings
16.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,479 ratings
18.
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125,842 ratings
19.
A Girls' Guide to Winning the War: The most heartwarming, uplifting novel of courage and friendship in WW2
A Girls' Guide to Winning the War: The most heartwarming, uplifting novel of courage and friendship in WW2 4.16 avg rating — 504 ratings
19.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Tattooist of Auschwitz 4.32 avg rating — 1,118,940 ratings
21.
Bessie: A Novel
Bessie: A Novel 3.88 avg rating — 455 ratings
21.
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 92,480 ratings
23.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Beneath a Scarlet Sky 4.43 avg rating — 374,006 ratings
24.
Dragonfly
Dragonfly 4.32 avg rating — 12,513 ratings
25.
The Berlin Sisters
The Berlin Sisters 4.48 avg rating — 8,290 ratings
26.
Until We Meet
Until We Meet 4.16 avg rating — 1,111 ratings
27.
Rust & Stardust
Rust & Stardust 4.14 avg rating — 9,308 ratings
28.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,626 ratings
29.
When We Were Young & Brave
When We Were Young & Brave 4.19 avg rating — 12,107 ratings
29.
The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World 4.55 avg rating — 11,937 ratings
31.
The Cypress Maze
The Cypress Maze 4.38 avg rating — 15,648 ratings
32.
The Rose Code
The Rose Code 4.45 avg rating — 340,451 ratings
33.
The Gown
The Gown 4.14 avg rating — 58,366 ratings
33.
Soaring to Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II
Soaring to Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II 4.18 avg rating — 227 ratings
35.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,923 ratings
35.
Hungry Ghosts
Hungry Ghosts 3.82 avg rating — 2,496 ratings
37.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,386 ratings
38.
Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating — 244,742 ratings
38.
Daughters of Shandong
Daughters of Shandong 4.48 avg rating — 13,986 ratings
40.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,988 ratings
40.
Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet 4.01 avg rating — 27,406 ratings
42.
The Bletchley Riddle
The Bletchley Riddle 4.12 avg rating — 9,888 ratings
42.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,650 ratings
44.
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All 3.85 avg rating — 5,776 ratings
44.
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion 3.91 avg rating — 4,728 ratings
46.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,893,913 ratings
46.
A Girls' Guide to Winning the War
A Girls' Guide to Winning the War 4.16 avg rating — 504 ratings
48.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,758 ratings
49.
Mudbound
Mudbound 4.05 avg rating — 69,750 ratings
49.
The Little Wartime Library
The Little Wartime Library 4.24 avg rating — 10,973 ratings
51.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating — 268,373 ratings
51.
Secrets of the Sewing Bee
Secrets of the Sewing Bee 4.30 avg rating — 724 ratings
53.
The Paris Seamstress
The Paris Seamstress 4.10 avg rating — 23,549 ratings
54.
The Paris Secret
The Paris Secret 4.47 avg rating — 16,234 ratings
55.
The Paris Orphan
The Paris Orphan 4.19 avg rating — 14,043 ratings
56.
Daughter of Ruins
Daughter of Ruins 4.25 avg rating — 832 ratings
57.
Wives of War
Wives of War 4.16 avg rating — 19,640 ratings
58.
The Last Correspondent
The Last Correspondent 4.17 avg rating — 13,860 ratings
59.
The Girls of Pearl Harbor
The Girls of Pearl Harbor 4.30 avg rating — 10,797 ratings
60.
Before the Rain Falls
Before the Rain Falls 4.19 avg rating — 4,569 ratings
61.
The First Emma
The First Emma 4.20 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
62.
The Dressmaker's Gift
The Dressmaker's Gift 4.23 avg rating — 91,216 ratings
63.
The Storyteller of Casablanca
The Storyteller of Casablanca 4.39 avg rating — 41,518 ratings
64.
Our Darkest Night
Our Darkest Night 4.11 avg rating — 19,704 ratings
65.
Goodnight from London
Goodnight from London 3.95 avg rating — 8,002 ratings
66.
The Woman With the Cure
The Woman With the Cure 3.93 avg rating — 4,482 ratings
67.
Big Lies in a Small Town
Big Lies in a Small Town 4.13 avg rating — 102,916 ratings
68.
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating — 489,763 ratings
69.
The Storm We Made
The Storm We Made 3.83 avg rating — 22,825 ratings
70.
The Listeners
The Listeners 3.82 avg rating — 4,894 ratings