This Riot Recommendation listing your favorite stories about women in WW2 is sponsored by The Huntress by Kate Quinn.
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From nonfiction gems like Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures to historical fiction like Lauren Wilkinson’s American Spy, women’s stories throughout history are finally taking center stage and we can’t get enough. That’s why we asked you to share with us your favorite stories about women in WW2. We started with Transcription by Kate Atkinson and you continued with a great list of nonfiction and historical fiction:
Code Girls by Liza Mundy
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
Blackout by Connie Willis
All Clear by Connie Willis
Silver Wings, Santiago Sky by Janet Dailey
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein
Jambusters by Julie Summers
Dear Mrs Bird by A. J. Pearce
Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis
A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth E. Wein
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
The Light Over London by Julia Kelly
Josephine Baker’s Last Dance by Sherry Jones
The Parisians by Marius Gabriel
The Beantown Girls by Jane Healey
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
