Books like Neverhome by Laird Hunt

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

A 1930s wartime tale of a blind French girl and a German boy whose lives intersect in occupied France, weaving themes of survival, friendship, and the moral choices people make amid World War II.

Cora, a woman enslaved on a Georgia cotton plantation, partners with a new slave named Caesar to flee the South. Their daring escape follows a literal underground network of tunnels that mirrors the perilous journey of countless fugitive slaves toward freedom.

A collection of linked short stories that follows a platoon of American soldiers and their experiences, thoughts, and burdens during the Vietnam War.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

A sweeping historical novel that traces the Biafran War through the intertwined lives of Nigerian characters Olanna, Ugwu, and Richard.

A war novel that follows Union private Henry Fleming as he confronts fear and shame after fleeing battle, seeking a symbolic "red badge of courage" and ultimately taking on the role of standard-bearer.

A historical fiction recounting the 480 BC Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans faced the Persian army led by King Xerxes, exploring the themes of courage, honor, and the enduring human spirit.

A runaway slave named Henry escapes his cruel master, joins abolitionist John Brown, and disguises himself as a girl to survive the 1859 Harpers Ferry raid in Kansas Territory.

An American college girl in 1947 discovers her belated quest to uncover the fate of her vanished French cousin during WWI, leading her to the shadowy Alice Network where a former spy haunted by betrayal seeks vengeance.

Geraldine Brooks tells the story of March, the absent father of the March family, as he leaves home to serve the Union in the Civil War, confronting the war’s psychological impact and upheaving his marriage.

During the Great Depression, teen Thea Atwell is sent to a strict Southern equestrian boarding school where she confronts painful memories while learning to live with new routines and steed.

Hilly finds himself drawn to a niece he meets, leading him to confront his past and family secrets.

447 pages : 24 cm

Mary Beth Keane’s *Fever* brings the true story of Typhoid Mary to life, exploring her role as a covert public health threat in early 20th‑century America.

In this panoramic work of history, Fraser looks at women who led armies, empires and rebellions: Cleopatra, Tamara of Georgia, Isabella of Spain, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, Jinga Mbandi of Angola, the Rani of Jhansi, and the 20th-century "iron ladies" Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir and Indira Gandhi, among others. Her touchstone is Boadicea, the first-century Briton who led 120,000 compatriots in a revolt that temporarily shook the Roman hold on her country. With her as a vibrant centerpiece, Fraser brings forward a constellation of 17 women who, through accidents of fate or descent, or sheer genius for power, have been cast in the role of Warrior Queen--seen by her contemporaries as (often simultaneously) monster, angel, honorary male, one who shames men into bravery--and seen, long after her reign, as the focus of a golden age.--From publisher description.

The book profiles courageous women who served as spies, daughters of regiments, or disguised soldiers during the American Civil War, including Belle Boyd, Annie Etheridge, and Sarah Emma Edmonds.

A sweeping, generational saga that follows an African American family from the post‑Civil War era through the Great Depression, illuminating the complex ties—family, race, and regional—shaping America.

Jean Bethke Elshtain explores how gendered myths of the "just warrior" and the "beautiful soul" shape the treatment of women and men in war, analyzing their impact on identities, participation, and the moral frameworks of conflict.

First Lieutenant Ashley White leads a pioneering squad of female U.S. Army soldiers who fight beside Special Operations forces in Afghanistan, charting their trials and triumphs on the battlefield.

A biographical historical novel that follows the budding friendship between a teenage Louise Brooks and a middle‑aged chaperone as they travel to New York City in 1922, showing how the journey reshapes their lives.