First World War fiction

** NOW A HIT NETFLIX FILM, WINNER OF 7 BAFTAS AND 4 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE**Discover the most famous anti-war novel ever written.

The Shadow of War is the first novel in Stewart Binns's new series which will see a book release for each year of the First World War.

The internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France returns with her sweeping second novela tale of class, love, and freedomin which a young woman must fnd her place in a world forever changedAfter four years as a military nurse, Charlotte Brown is ready to leave behind the devastation of the Great War.

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2022From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family.

USA Today BestsellerIn this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yards Ian Rutledge is faced with his most perplexing case yet: a murder with no body, and a killer who can only be a ghost.

Capturing the essence of the Jazz Age, The Sun Also Rises is the defining novel of the 1920s and Ernest Hemingway's masterpiece.

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Examining the reality of First World War aviators, this volume features William Faulkner's astonishing first novel, Soldiers' Pay, alongside the diary of an unknown veteran who died in action.

In his historical novel, 'The Portrait', the author takes us on a journey to post-war Belgium, in the aftermath of the First and Second World War.

This collection of short stories by Edna Ferber provides a fascinating glance into the everyday lives of men and women living in 1910s America.

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AND WOMEN'S PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS The first novel in Pat Barker's acclaimed 'Life Class' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart 'Triumphant, inspiring, shattering' The Times Spring, 1914.

Can she follow her heart while doing her duty?

1916 had been a bad year for both sides in the First World War.

The Great War gave birth to some of the twentieth century's most celebrated writing; from Brooke to Sassoon, the poetry generated by the war is etched into collective memory.

A deserting soldier treks through the torn-up countryside and abandoned villages, trying to distance himself from the atrocities of war.

The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.

Enjoy the ride: 600-plus pages of romance, harrowing exploits, cinematic backdrops, cliff-hangers, and plot twists - Publishers WeeklyIt is 1914 and World War I looms over Europe.

When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play.

A return to the epic romance, heroism, history and warm and eccentric cast of characters that made CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN such an extraordinary hit (2.

The New York Times bestselling author of THE PARIS LIBRARY returns with a moving new novel based on the true story of a New York librarian determined to bring books to the children of war-torn France.

Dope-Darling is a story of sex, drugs, and music set just before the outbreak of the First World War.

The eagerly awaited next book in Rosie Clarke Harpers Emporium series - follow the lives of The Harpers Girls.

'A gripping murder mystery and a vivid recreation of Paris under German Occupation.

For three very different people brought together by their love for birds, life on the Queensland coast in 1914 is the timeless and idyllic world of sandpipers, ibises and kingfishers.

The Man From St Petersburg is a dark tale of family secrets and political consequences.

An unforgettably romanticnovel that spans four Christmases (1914-1918),Last Christmas in Paris explores the ruins of war, the strength of love, and the enduring hope of the Christmas season.

The Thief is Clive Cussler's fifth historical thriller featuring detective Isaac Bell.

Boston, 1918.

BOOK 3 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'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 MirrorA BATTLE WON.

The first in Ken Follett's ground-breaking Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a captivating novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women.

On a painful, freezing Easter Monday in 1917, Private Robert Gooding Henson of the Somerset Light Infantry is launched into the Battle of Arras.

WINNER OF THE VONDEL PRIZE 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The Times, Sunday Times and The Economist, and one of the 10 Best Books of 2016 in the New York TimesShortly before his death, Stefan Hertmans' grandfather Urbain Martien gave his grandson a set of notebooks containing the detailed memories of his life.

The ebook edition of a classic novel from the bestselling author of 'The Future Homemakers of America'.

The Booker Prize-winning final novel in Pat Barker's classic 'Regeneration' trilogy - from the acclaimed author of The Silence of the Girls'An extraordinary tour de force.

The second in Stewart Binns' acclaimed Great War Series, The Darkness and the Thunder is a sweeping story of war following five families through the terrifying conditions of the Western Front, the slaughter of Gallipoli and the heartbreak of those left at home.

For fans of Katie Flynn & Fiona Valpy, this is an exhilarating romantic journey across war-torn Europe from the multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples.

Maurice and Norman Messer, father-and-son business partners, know a good product when they see it.

In this powerful sequel to PACKARDS, much loved author Patricia Burns returns to the London department store, bringing its people and its wartime challenges expertly to life.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD!

The second heartwarming book in The Royal Station Master's Daughters historical World War I saga series.

A THRILLING WORLD WAR I NOVEL FROM GLOBAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times'With action on every page, battle, murder and sudden death, Shout at the Devil is not for quiet evening enjoyment by peace-loving readers.

The sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front, one of the most powerful novels of the First World War and a twentieth-century classic.

'Martin handles this theme with the skill of such illustrious predecessors as Graham Greene - and there is no higher praise than that.

A must read for fans of Katie Flynn, Fiona Valpy and Kristin Hannah - this is an enthralling and gripping romantic adventure from the multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples.

Oskar Voxlauer is in flight from his past - from his bourgeois Austrian upbringing; from horrific memories of fighting on the Italian Front in 1917; and from the twenty years he has spent in the Ukraine watching his Bolshevik ideals crumble and the physical decline of the woman who taught him about love.

If you like Katie Flynn, Kristin Hannah and Fiona Valpy, you will love this enthralling, heart-wrenching page-turner of a romantic adventure from multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples.