Warlight
Author: Michael Ondaatje
A novel that tells a story set in the decade after World War II through the lives of a small group of characters and two teenagers whose lives are indelibly shaped by their unwitting involvement.The story of fourteen-year-old Nathaniel, and his older sister, Rachel. In 1945, just after World War II, they stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving t….Read More
12 Books Similar to Warlight
In the Skin of a Lion
Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for… Continue Reading Posted in: Literary Criticism & Theory, Literary Fiction, Marriage, Maturation (Psychology), Poor
Educated
Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by… Continue Reading Posted in: Humor, Memoirs, Regional U.S. Biographies, Rural Life, Women's Biographies
Transcription
Transcription is a bravura novel of extraordinary power and substance. Juliet Armstrong is recruited as a young woman by an obscure wartime department of the Secret Service. In the aftermath… Continue Reading Posted in: British & Irish Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical British Fiction
Discourses, Fragments, Handbook
'About things that are within our power and those that are not.' Epictetus' Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity… Continue Reading Posted in: Classics, Nonfiction, Philosophy
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond… Continue Reading Posted in: Family Life, Literary, Stepmothers
A Little Life
Brace yourself for the most astonishing, challenging, upsetting, and profoundly moving book in many a season. An epic about love and friendship in the twenty-first century that goes into some… Continue Reading Posted in: Asian American Literature & Fiction, Dysfunctional Families, Family Saga Fiction, New York (State) New York
The Cat’s Table
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the “cat’s table”—as far from the Captain’s Table as… Continue Reading Posted in: Books on CD, Cultural Heritage Fiction, Fiction, Ocean Travel
Waiting on a Cowboy
Meet New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan’s McGraths: a family as untamed as the land they call home. ,,Tate McGrath just didn’t get it. Why was Liz Scott, his best… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary, Romance
Coming Through Slaughter
Based on the life of cornet player Buddy Bolden, one of the legendary jazz pioneers of turn-of-the-twentieth-century New Orleans, Coming Through Slaughter is an extraordinary recreation of a remarkable musical… Continue Reading Posted in: Biographical Fiction, Cornet Players
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.