Books I’ve Read Set in WW2

This week events took place to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on 6th June 1944 when Allied forces staged the largest seaborne invasion in history on the beaches of Normandy. This decisive event changed the course of the Second World War.

Here are some books I’ve read set in the WW2. I hope there’s something for everyone in this list whether you favour adventure, mystery, crime, thriller or romance in your historical fiction or have an interest in reading books written during the war. Links from each title will take you to my review.

1. Mr Bunting At War by Robert Greenwood
2. A Better Place by Stephen Daisley
3. Darkness Does Not Come At Once by Glenn Bryant
4. The Night Raids by Jim Kelly
5. The Blood of Others by Graham Hurley
6. Dead of Night by Simon Scarrow
7. The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater
8. My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor
9. SBS: Special Boat Squadron by Iain Gale
10. A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs #17) by Jacqueline Winspear
11. These Days by Lucy Caldwell
12. Hitler’s Taster by V.S. Alexander
13. Dear Mrs Bird by A.J. Pearce
14. Stella by Takis Wurger
15. A Prince and A Spy by Rory Clements
16. Blitz Writing: Night Shift & It Was Different At The Time by Inez Holden
17. City of Spies by Mara Timon
18. A Ration Book Wedding by Jean Fullerton
19. Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans
20. The Bird in the Bamboo Cage by Hazel Gaynor