Books like Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald

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.

In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.

After being murdered at fourteen, Susie Salmon watches from heaven as her family, friends, and killer grapple with grief and justice, revealing how love and forgiveness shape a family's future.

The Goldfinch chronicles the life of thirteen‑year‑old Theo Decker, who survives a museum attack that kills his mother and carries an art piece that becomes a lifelong obsession, exploring loss, identity, and art in contemporary America.

Jennifer Egan’s interlocking narratives weave the lives of Bennie Salazar, a former punk rocker turned record executive, and Sasha, a restless young woman, across decades and continents, exploring music, memory and the fragile threads that bind us.

A love story set against the backdrop of World War II in Greece.

An Indian judge in a Himalayan estate grapples with retirement and family secrets when his orphaned granddaughter Sai arrives, sparking personal discovery amid the echoes of colonial history.

In 1959 a kindhearted widow opens the only bookshop in seaside town Hardborough, facing hostile shopkeepers, a local arts doyenne, and a haunted shop, while confronting the town’s reluctance to embrace books.

Former MI5 spy turned BBC radio producer Juliet Armstrong must confront dangerous foes from her World War II past when her old enemies stalk her in London after decades of quiet life.

After being adopted by a quirky Dublin couple who treat him only as a house‑guest, Cyril embarks on a life‑spanning quest to discover his origins, his place in Ireland, and the meaning of true belonging.

When her mother’s silence about a wartime past comes to light, Trudy, a German‑history professor, uncovers a haunting family secret that reveals the hidden struggles of a young woman living in Nazi Germany and the enduring weight of shame.

During a tense 48‑hour run across the North Atlantic, Commander George Krause of the U.S. Navy must shield a convoy of thirty‑seven merchant ships from a wolfpack of German U‑boats, fighting exhaustion, hunger, and death to protect supplies and lives.

In The Last Flight of Poxl West, Elijah Goldstein follows his uncle Poxl into wartime RAF, only to confront the hero’s buried trauma and the cost of war on family and identity.

Under the fading light of the Chinese emperors and the waning British Empire, a young man’s desperate quest amid World War II reveals loyalty, betrayal, and the fragile ties of a racially mixed Malaysian society.

Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, a devoted clinician and painter, takes on the mysterious case of renowned artist Robert Oliver after the painter violently attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art. Marlow's investigation reveals a web of obsession, tragedy and the enduring power of art that spans American cities and the Normandy coast from the late 19th to the late 20th century.

During WWII, British officer Matthew Hammond, wounded and unable to fight, trains resistance fighters in Britain and France. When he falls in love with the determined recruit Madeleine, he must decide if their affair endangers both of them and the mission to drop behind enemy lines before D‑Day.

Japanese‑American family deported to a Utah internment camp during World War II, narrated through four family members as they confront eviction and life in isolation.

A thrilling spy novel set against the backdrop of World War II, following a cargo ship captain's dangerous mission to help Britain's allies fight Nazi Germany's submarines and ships, as well as smuggle equipment to a Swedish coast operation to aid the war effort.

In Citizens of London, Lynne Olson has written a work of World War II history even more relevant and revealing than her acclaimed Troublesome Young Men. Here is the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, Averell Harriman, and John Gilbert Winant. Drawing from a variety of primary sources, Olson skillfully depicts the dramatic personal journeys of these men who, determined to save Britain from Hitler, helped convince a cautious Franklin Roosevelt and a reluctant American public to support the British at a critical time. The three--Murrow, the handsome, chain-smoking head of CBS News in Europe; Harriman, the hard-driving millionaire who ran FDR's Lend-Lease program in London; and Winant, the shy, idealistic U.S. ambassador to Britain--formed close ties with Winston Churchill and were drawn into Churchill's official and personal circles. So intense were their relationships with the Churchills that they all became romantically involved with members of the prime minister's family: Harriman and Murrow with Churchill's daughter-in-law, Pamela, and Winant with his favorite daughter, Sarah. Others were honorary "citizens of London" as well, including the gregarious, fiercely ambitious Dwight D. Eisenhower, an obscure general who, as the first commander of American forces in Britain, was determined to do everything in his power to make the alliance a success, and Tommy Hitchcock, a world-famous polo player and World War I fighter pilot who helped save the Allies' bombing campaign against Germany.Citizens of London, however, is more than just the story of these Americans and the world leaders they aided and influenced. It's an engrossing account of the transformative power of personal diplomacy and, above all, a rich, panoramic tale of two cities: Washington, D.C., a lazy Southern town slowly growing into a hub of international power, and London, a class-conscious capital transformed by the Blitz into a model of stoic grace under violent pressure and deprivation. Deeply human, brilliantly researched, and beautifully written, Citizens of London is a new triumph from an author swiftly becoming one of the finest in her field.From the Hardcover edition.

Sergeant Serebin’s fifth war, a gripping spy thriller from bestselling author Alan Furst.

The novelist Maurice Bendrix's love affair with his friend's wife, Sarah, had begun in London during the Blitz. But, out of the blue she ended the relationship. Years later he sends a private detective to follow Sarah and find out the truth.