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Books like Beneath a Scarlet Sky

If you liked Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Unbroken

    Laura Hillenbrand · 2010

    Because shares tags: biography, war, survival.

    Louis Zamperini survives a Pacific crash, sharks and POW camps after running in the Berlin Olympics.

  2. War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy · 1869

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, war.

    Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.

  3. My Brilliant Friend

    Elena Ferrante · 2011 · Neapolitan Novels #1

    Because shares tags: italy, historical fiction.

    Elena and Lila grow up in 1950s Naples bound by rivalry and love.

  4. Island of the Blue Dolphins

    Scott O'Dell · 1960

    Because shares tags: survival, historical fiction.

    Left alone on San Nicolas Island for eighteen years, Karana builds shelter, faces wild dogs, and finds company with Rontu.

  5. Fall of Giants

    Ken Follett · 2010 · Century Trilogy #1

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, war.

    Five families from Wales to Russia live through World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the fight for women's votes.

  6. A Farewell to Arms

    Ernest Hemingway · 1929

    Because shares tags: war, historical fiction.

    Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.

  7. All Quiet on the Western Front

    Erich Maria Remarque · 1929

    Because shares tags: war, historical fiction.

    Paul Bäumer enlists at nineteen and faces the trenches of World War I in Remarque's 1929 classic, told from the German side of the wire.

  8. The Tattooist of Auschwitz

    Heather Morris · 2018 · The Tattooist of Auschwitz #1

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, survival.

    Heather Morris retells the years of Lale Sokolov as tattooist at Auschwitz Birkenau, his love for Gita Furman, and the food trades and…

  9. The Nightingale

    Kristin Hannah · 2015

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, war.

    Nightingale retold: Vianne and Isabelle in occupied France, hide children, run routes, trials.

  10. All the Light We Cannot See

    Anthony Doerr · 2014

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, war.

    Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See retold: blind Marie-Laure, Werner the radio boy, and Saint-Malo.

  11. A Thousand Splendid Suns

    Khaled Hosseini · 2007

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, war.

    Splendid Suns retold: Mariam and Laila share Kabul house, war, Rasheed, escape and return.

  12. Words of Radiance

    Brandon Sanderson · 2014 · The Stormlight Archive #2

    Because shares tag: war.

    Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers.

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