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Books like Fall of Giants

If you liked Fall of Giants by Ken Follett, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy · 1869

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, russia, war.

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

  2. The Thorn Birds

    Colleen McCullough · 1977

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, family saga.

    Meggie loves priest Ralph across decades on Drogheda sheep station.

  3. Beneath a Scarlet Sky

    Mark T. Sullivan · 2017

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, war.

    Pino Lella guides Jews over Alps then drives for Nazis in Milan.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Pachinko

    Min Jin Lee · 2017

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, family saga.

    Four generations of a Korean family in Japan, from Sunja's fall and brave marriage to pachinko parlors, discrimination, and sons who choose…

  7. A Gentleman in Moscow

    Amor Towles · 2016

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, russia.

    Count Rostov lives under house arrest in the Metropol and builds family from staff.

  8. A Storm of Swords

    George R. R. Martin · 2000 · A Song of Ice and Fire #3

    Because shares tags: war, politics.

    Kings bleed, weddings turn red, and bastards rise as war splits Westeros.

  9. A Feast for Crows

    George R.R. Martin · 2005 · A Song of Ice and Fire #4

    Because shares tags: politics, war.

    After the War of the Five Kings, Cersei seizes power while Brienne searches and the Ironborn rise.

  10. A Dance with Dragons

    George R.R. Martin · 2011 · A Song of Ice and Fire #5

    Because shares tags: politics, war.

    Tyrion flees east, Dany chains her dragons in Meereen, and Jon holds the Wall as winter comes.

  11. A Clash of Kings

    George R. R. Martin · 1998 · A Song of Ice and Fire #2

    Because shares tags: politics, war.

    Five kings fight after Robert dies while Jon meets wildlings, Dany crosses the Red Waste, and Tyrion holds King's Landing.

  12. The Nightingale

    Kristin Hannah · 2015

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, war.

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

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