World War Two (continued from 2011)
There were a lot of sides and perspectives in World War Two. This is my attempt to read books from each perspective.
1. Jews (I am specifically avoiding Holocaust stories, because for one, I know a lot about that already, and another, I don't think I could deal with it in my fiction reading.)
My Enemy's Cradle by Sara Young
My Family for the War by Anne Voorhoeve
2. Americans (involved in the war, but more distantly, since their country wasn't under direct attack)
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Letters from Home by Kristina McMorris
3. The British (still free, but under direct attack)
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follet
The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley
4. Occupied Territory (people living in occupied countries, but still resisting)
A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
5. Germans
Officer Factory by Hans Hellmut Kirst
Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada
6. Neutral Countries (Technically not at war, but they still feel the effects)
Monte Carlo by Stephen Sheppard
Simon and the Oaks by Marianne Fredriksson
Reading Globally Group Theme Reads 2012
Turkey + The Balkan
The Use of Man by Aleksandar Tišma (a Serbian author) - review
The Three-Arched Bridge by Ismail Kadare (an Albanian author) - review
Zwarte merel in een veld met pioenen by Borislav Cicovacki (a Yugoslavian author who now lives in the Netherlands, there is no English translation of his books as far as I know) - review
Closed and Selective Societies
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Pope Joan by Donna Cross
The Aviary Gate by Katie Hickman
Middle Eastern Writers
Pillars of Salt by Fadia Faqir (Jordan)
Beirut Blues by Hanan Al-Shaykh (Lebanon)
The Sand Fish by Maha Gargash (United Arab Emirates)
China and Neighboring Countries
Wild Swans by Jung Chuan (China)
The Butchers Wife by Li Ang (Taiwan)
Sky Burial by Xinran (Chinese author, setting: Tibet)
Reading Through Time Group Theme Reads 2012
Prehistory
Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker - review
Promise of the Wolves by Dorothy Hearst - review
Ancient and Biblican Times
Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
Gods and Kings by Lynn Austin
Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
Arthurian Britain
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Killing Way by Tony Hays
The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
Medieval Europe
Outlaw by Angus Donald
Through a Dark Mist by Marsha Canham
