WW2 historical fiction is my favourite because I like a good cry and to suffer. I need all the book recommendations right now 😭

The Book Thief, Those Who Save Us, The Nightingale, Sarah’s Key, Lilac Girls, Eye of the Needle….all excellent.

I’m a Lithuanian and I read all of Ruta Sepetys books. My favorites are Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Grey. The story in Between Shades of Grey is personal to me since I had family members deported to Siberia. However, I have to say that after I read a memoir by the person who survived these horrors herself, I feel like now Ruta Sepetys’ book does not hit me as hard as it did when I first read it.

I’m surprised All t he Light We Cannot See isn’t on the list, a great read if not somewhat similar in premise to the Nightingale in some aspects

"Night" is an autobiography/memoir NOT a novel or fictionalization. The author and publisher, to my knowledge and few minutes of research, always maintained it is factual and should be classified as memoir/autobiography. I know some sites and some people have considered to be novel-like in structure, but especially given the subject matter I really don't think it's fair to classify it as a fictionalization or say it has "some things from his experience" when Wiesel said it is a factual account of his life and experience.

After reading the nightingale I had to take time off from books for a while and recover lol. One of my faves.

I read The Rose Code by Kate Quinn this month. It takes place at Bletchly Park during WW2. It was so good!

Oh wow you couldn't have done a better fitting video !! My best friend and I like different books genre, i'm into fiction, she's a non-fiction fan, i'm a modern book person, and she LOVES WW2 books ! So these recommandations are perfect for me as i wanted to make both of our worlds meet and gift her a book that we both could love so we can read it at the same time. Thank you for this video!!! Lots of love 🥰

I commented before reading other comments and am so stoked to see so much love for The Rose Code.

historical fiction is my favorite genre! i have a ton of historical fiction recommendations, but for world war 2 specifically i’d recommend kate quinn’s books! excited to see more of your historical fiction recs hailey 🥰

This is my favorite genre! I collect specifically WWII historical fiction and one of the reasons you’re one of my fave book tubers.

I love historical fiction too and it’s my most read genre on my shelves. I read The Nightingale, The Book Thief, and They Went Left. I do have The Girl in the Blue Coat on my shelf and I plan on reading it soon

Thank you so much for these recommendations!! Historical fiction (specifically set during WW2) is one of my favourite genres. I've read a few of these already because of you :)

I would like to recommend you "The Lost Girls Of Paris" by Pam Jenoff. I really loved this book, it's about women who were spies during ww2

I highly recommend Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan and anything written by Kate Quinn.

Yes the nightingale is an amazing read can't wait to watch the movie even though it's going to be a tearjerker

This video got me so excited. Historical Fiction is my favorite genre, especially books set during World War II. I don’t know if you’re heard of it, but I would check out This Light Between Us by Andrew Fukuda. It’s about two pen pals during World War II. Alex Maki is a Japanese American and is forced into one of the Japanese Internment Camps. Charlie Levy is a Jewish girl living in France. It’s a combination of prose and their letters. I’m only a little bit into it, but it’s amazing. One of my library science graduate school classmates recommended it in our YA Lit class. The second I read her description of it I was hooked.

I knew you were going to show "Wolf by Wolf"---such a great book!!!!

I totally agree with you 100 percent on this video topic please stay safe and enjoy your reading 📖 love your Australia friend John

You are the sole reason I got into Historical Fiction and I love that you are so passionate about it. I love all of these rec's and I have read many of them myself. The ones I haven't are on my tbr. Thank you for always being here to remind us of important reads and stories that need to be told.

I clicked straight away on this video because I always get excited when Hailey uploads a new video ❤❤❤❤

I absolutely LOVE historical fiction! Have you read Beneath A Scarlett Sky? It’s fantastic and definitely heartbreaking!

I haven’t come across many comprehensive WWII book videos so this was super helpful, plus, I trust your book recs. Thank you! 📚

Loved this video! Here are a few recommendations: Georgia Hunter: We Were the Lucky Ones Paullina Simons: The Bronze Horseman Ruth Druart: While Paris Slept Mary Ann Shaffer - Annie Barrows: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Hailey uploads a new video, I stop everything to watch it :)

The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes is one of my faves! It’s WWI and then flashes forward, so so good.

the dollmaker of krakow was really great and also the elephant of belfast

I really enjoyed they went left which I found out about on your channel . I’m originally from Poland 🇵🇱 so I love books that mention Poland 🇵🇱

You should try The Rose Code (Kate Quinn), set around some women who worked in Bletchley Park on breaking the Enigma code.

Hailey, I really recommend the Tattoist Of Auschwitz by Heather Morris! It’s such an amazing book based on true events and left me sobbing.

I am so ready for this video, I was just thinking about starting to get into historical fiction. Also, when are you announcing your book as schedule? ❤️❤️

These are great recs! Some of my favorite non-Eurocentric historical fiction books are Take What You Can Carry by Gian Sardar, The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai, At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop and Anna Moschovakis, and of course anything by Khaled Hosseini!

This is a genre I really want to dive in, so I've written down all of your amazing recommendations. Thank you, Hailey!

World War 2 historical fiction is a favorite of mine. Especially since my grandfather and two great uncles were in that war. The bielski Brothers is a great one to read (the movie is great too)

I read lovely war because of you last year it's my all time favorite now ,I am currently rereading it thank you so much!

Hi Hailey, Your bookshelves are my absolute favorite. They are so pretty. I also love historical fiction, especially WWII. New subscriber, looking forward to going through other videos. Thank you for sharing!

The Paris Showroom is one of my favorites, I don't hear anybody talking about it, but it's soooooo freaking good.

I love how your books are all in color order

I was so excited for this video because this is my favorite genre! Lilac Girls is one of my favorite WWII books. It follows a Nazi officer, a prisoner in Ravensbruck who is experimented on and also a woman fighting how she can in America. I loved having all 3 vastly different perspectives in one book. Also, The Rose Code by Kate Quinn is probably my favorite WWII book I have ever read! I loved your suggestions because they weren't the typical ones that I always see and now I have a lot of new book on my TBR list!

My favorite WW2 Book is definitely The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Borne. It made such an impact on me, mostly because it’s a story about kids who don’t see the difference between people in a world where that is just what is happening: people are killed because they’re different!

I’m getting the book The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah at the bookstore after Christmas! I’m excited. I have wanted to read it for a long time.

Has anyone here read Sharon Cameron’s YA WW2 historical fictions? I bought both The Light In Hidden Places and Bluebird and I’m super excited to get to them! They both have pretty high ratings as well!

If you haven't read these books, you may try Pachinko by MIn Jin Lee, The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd, How we Disappear by Jing-Jing Lee, and The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.

Yasssss historical fiction recs!! I needed some, thanks Hailey! :)

Historical fiction is one of my all time favorite genres!!

I recommend A century of wisdom by Caroline Stoessinger and The assault by Harry Mulish

I have Waited for this video my whole life THANK YOU

I literally just asked you question on Instagram for your Q&A about your Dutch roots (of which I thought I might had imagined them 🙈) and now you talk about them again 😱 Please let me know when you ever visit the Netherlands, you are so welcome here and you have fans here aswell 💕

Early you’re absolutely gorgeous!!!!! I’m so excited for bookmas!!!!

Wolf by wolf was such a great read 😊

I personally loved Atkinson’s Life after Life, the London bombing scenes are unforgettable. Eye of the Needle is old but good, same for the Herman Wouk series Winds of war. It feels like no one reads them anymore but they were a standard and very exciting. Of course, All the light we cannot see was super hyped but worth it. I’m slowly reading my way through Kate Quinn. If you can read The blue bicycle by Regine Desforges, a French author in translation, don’t hesitate. She was accused of copying Mitchell’s Gone with the wind… and The Nightingale has been, hum, very influenced by Desforges, quite ironic actually.

Omg I just love historical fictions so much and definitely love any video recommending them. 💙 I wouldn't mind 10 parts honestly😂

Literally have been obsessed with WWII historical fiction lately! If you're reading this and have not read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah... what are you doing, go read it?!! It was seriously amazing.

I think Hailey and I share a mind connection! whatever I need in bookish content.......SHE POSTS IT THE NEXT DAY! thanku sooo much! Hailey! ur my FAV BOOKTUBER! and pls check out Pachinko by min jin lee for DIVERSE historical fiction catagory! It was one of my favs this year!

The German Girl, by Lily Graham, is one of my faves, where u follow the past and present

OMG, so so excited about this video 😍😍😍

I love historical fiction! Thank you! You should check out our darkest night by Jennifer Hobson

Between shades of gray was an AMAZING book! Loved the movies also!

Thank you so much for this book recommendation...I really love historical fiction...❤

I think the best WW2 based novel is The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, it story of how a prisoner at Auschwitz - working as one of the tattooist falls in love with a girl he tattooed. I also recommend The Twins of Auschwitz, by Eva Kor which is based on a survivors story of Mengele's experiments, which is both heartbreaking but inspiring.

Tides of Honour and Come From Away - Genevieve Graham. A Canadian Author and these books are set in Nova Scotia during WW1 and WW2

I would really recommand all the books by Kate Quinn. They are all set around en in WO1 & WO2, and talk about not much none parts of history, for example the female Russian fighter pilots. I would recommand to read them in publication order, you can read them seperatly but characters from previous books make a little cameo.

Yes! My favorite genre!!!

Thank you, Hailey! I have been waiting dor this kind of recommendations! 😍

The Last Hours in Paris by Ruth Druart and People Like Us by Louise Fein are the most heartbreaking world war 2 romances I've read so far.

I have been studying World War 2 for 62 years and have read almost every book on that subject. Glad to see a young person like Hailey enlightening us on the fiction side of the war. howard white.

i absolutely love the book thief! ive read it 3 times since ive first picked up the book after watching the movie. it brings such a different perspective to reading and it is one of my favorite books of all time. i always recommend it to people. it has some of the best quotes. my favorite being "i've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They're running at me" its such a powerful story that showcases so many people and the difference between everyone. its gut-wrenching and you will probably cry but i love the book so much. i got my 8th grade reading class (this is about 5-6 years ago) to watch the movie for our WW2 unit and everyone loved it.

ok so I love your color seperation of your books

Between shades of grey my sister read and absolutely loved it and passed to me and I couldn’t wait to finish it it was just crazy but it was my first book I actually wanted to finish and it started me on my journey of reading it sucks I love to read about these horrible times but I love how everyone comes together and makes light of the situation and makes me feel more humble and thankful in a way it’s so weird to like these stories but they give me all the feels

I really recommend The Library of Legends by Janie Chang for a non-Eurocentric historical fiction!!! It's one of my favorite books and has a great magical realism plot in addition to the historical setting, it's really atmospheric.

Leon Uris wrote several wwii books. Started with Mila 18 which was a story when US military first entered a concentration camp. Also Exodus. Uris wrote many fantastic books.

Great recommendations! ❤️ I would love to see some recommendations about other time periods too! 🥰

There is a book that I absolutely love but I can’t find it in English! It’s a French book. It’s called Le message by Andrée Chedid. it’s very short but it’s a very powerful book! If you can find it in English or maybe read it in French it’ll be worth it!

The blossom and the firefly from Sherri L. Smith is sooo good! It's set in Japan and it is really intresting to see this perspective!

There's an older YA book called Summer of My German Soldier I read years ago about prisoners of war during WWII; I didn't know before then that some POWs were sent to the States

"A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (shorter story and is a movie too) for the Siberian Gulag experience. "Kolyma" for an actual memoir.

I read a lot of books set during WWII. I can recommend 'Henrietta's War: News from the Home Front 1939-1942'. Also the only part of Britain that was occupied by the Nazis in WWII was the Channel Islands- Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark and Herm; you can read about the experiences of the residents left behind in 'Life in occupied Guernsey: The Diaries of Ruth Ozanne 1940-1945', + 'Guernsey under occupation''. These probably available through libraries! If you're interested in the women in the air during WWII there is another book called 'Night Witches: The Amazing Story of Russia's Women Pilots in WWII ' by Bruce Myles. This is just a few different stories and cover different nationalities. There are a lot out there actually.

Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres! Some of the best books in this category are the nightingale, code name helene, the Alice network, the huntress, the rose code and the book of lost names. All mainly ww2 historical fiction 😊 and of course there are TONS of extremely moving memoirs. You should take a few months and expand this video, it would so interesting! Love it

Dude omg between shades of gray is litterly the best book in the world ong omg omg I can’t stand how great it is I love it sooooooo much definitely recommend

OOOOH that looks like fun to play I might have to get some of the HUNT A KILLER game's especially were I get to be the one to solve the mystery

OMG YES! hahaha I've been trying to find good historical fiction recommendations and I know you always have the best ones! 😍❤️

I love historical fiction as well, thank you for the recommandations! If you want a non european centric story, you can try Death of a princess by Kenize Mourad. It's the story of an Ottoman princess at the fall of the Ottoman Empire. It's a biographic of the author's mother but told as a novel and it's beautiful (and very sad).

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys was one of my favorite reads from this year! Another go to historical fiction author for me is Stacey Lee. I really love her books ❤️ I was so happy to see a historical fiction video from you as that is a genre that I love too! Can’t wait for more :)))

I was just waiting for Rita Sepetys 😂

This is the first video of yours that I have found, and I am already in love with your book taste. Out of all of the books mentioned, I have read all but three (We Are Not Free, Wolf by Wolf, and Maus), and they were all amazing. Before I watched the video, I made predictions about what books might be in it, and you included all but two of them, which are We Were the Lucky Ones and Beneath a Scarlet Sky. We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter is a fascinating book that follows the stories of several individuals in a Jewish family. It is amazing because, as you mentioned about a lot of the books in the video, it is educational about how the war affected less talked about people and places. The characters travel throughout France, Poland, Russia, and even parts of the Americas, and help to give insight into the often overlooked events there. Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan is based on a true story about an Italian teenager who risked his life to smuggle Jews over the treacherous Alps to neutral Switzerland. In addition, without spoiling anything, he also goes on to experience and retell events in other areas of Italy that are fascinating and not very well known. I could go on and on with recommendations (i.e. A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell, Traitor by Amanda McCrina, etc.), but for the most part, you got my favorites. Thank you so much for this wonderful video! You’ve earned yourself a subscriber. :)

Before watching this video: I bet Hailey will skimp out on some of the best books that fit this category. YEP, no Number the Stars by Caroline B. Cooney, The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society is missing, as is When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. Like it's one thing to not have the latter but HOW do you make a list like this without Number the Stars? That should be IMPOSSIBLE.

❤️📚❤️...great video! I loved "The Secret Book of Flora Lea " by Patti Callahan Henry. I think you would too. "The Last Life Boat" by Hazel Gaynor is excellent too.

@hailey in bookland, please, please read The Boy in Stripped Pyjamas since you love Historical Fictions.. It's set during World War II in Berlin, Germany.

my first book was Number the stars from the 4th grade it really stayed with me and I got it for my birthday also the book thief that I haven't read before. I got the diary of Anne Frank and waited 7 years to read it.

I am reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak right now and after I am finished reading The Book Thief I am going to be reading The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn. The Diamond Eye is a historical fiction novel and it sounds so amazing! These are the only historical fiction novels I have.

Between shades of gray was amazing!!!

I first saw The Nightingale from your videos. It is one of the greatest books that I read. 💙📘

About WWII I would recommend one I have recently read, Three Sisters by Heather Morris. It's about the real life story of three sisters from Slovakia who survived Auschwitz. My non-european historical fiction recommendation would be "The mountains sing", it's set in the modern vietnamese history including the war but also the events before that. I have also recently read it and I really liked it. Another non european historial fiction that I really liked was "The Island of Sea Women" by Lisa See. It's set in a small island in South Korea where women used to work as divers.

If you haven't read it yet, you should check out The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin. It's one of my FAVORITES!!! Something a personally think any true booklover should read!

I love historical fiction I’m so excited for this video!!

I also recommend Heather Morris! She wrote the tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey. She also published a new book recently that I haven't read yet.

I really reccomend How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee. It is set in the past and the present and it follows a woman from Singapore.

My favourite is The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons set in Leningrad Russia during world war 2.

“The movements which work revolutions in the world are born out of the dreams and visions in a peasant's heart on the hillside.”-Ulysses by James Joyce

guys- THE PAPER GIRL OF PARIS is one of the best books I've ever read!!!