War
Little Bee [The Other Hand] (Chris Cleave)
Little Bee [The Other Hand] Author: Chris Cleave Project: War – African Conflicts Year of publication: 2008 Pages: 275 Goodreads: Little Bee
family
War
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
Author: Ruth Ozeki Project: War – Word War II Year of publication: 2013 Pages: 432 Goodreads: A Tale for the Time Being
Open Option
Juliet (Anne Fortier)
Juliet Author: Anne Fortier Year of publication: 2010 Pages: 447 Category: Shakespeare Retold: Romeo and Juliet Goodreads: Juliet
Open Option
Vinegar Girl (Anne Tyler)
Vinegar Girl Author: Anne Tyler Year of publication: 2016 Pages: 237 Category: Shakespeare Retold: The Taming of the Shrew Goodreads: Vinegar Girl
Orpheus
The Tiger’s Wife (Téa Obreht)
The Tiger’s Wife Author: Téa Obreht Project: Orpheus – unaccepted death Project: war – Balkan War Year of publication: 2011 Pages: 336 Goodreads: The Tiger’s Wife “A story weaving of fragments of events, set […]
Orpheus
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones Author: Alice Sebold Project: Orpheus – unaccepted death / fleeting nature of happiness Year of publication: 2002 Pages: 372 Goodreads: The Lovely Bones “A fourteen year-old is raped and murdered, […]
War
Sarah’s Key (Tatiana de Rosnay)
Sarah’s Key Author: Tatiana de Rosnay Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 2006 Pages: 306 Goodreads: Sarah’s Key “In this two part intertwined novel a young girl protects her brother […]
War
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong Author: Sebastian Faulks Project: War – World War I Year of publication: 1993 Pages: 503 Goodreads: Birdsong “Gripping story of a Great War experience and its effect on relations, family, and personal […]
War
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America Author: Philip Roth Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 2004 Pages: 391 Goodreads: The Plot Against America “What if not Roosevelt but an anti-Semitic, popular man […]
Open Option
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
Set against the backdrop of Afghanistan’s troubled history, A Thousand Splendid Suns follows the intertwined lives of Mariam and Laila. Through their individual struggles, the story explores themes of love, abuse, resilience, and the enduring […]