Books like QB VII
12 books with a reading profile close to QB VII by Leon Uris. Clear-cut; a moderate read.
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An Officer and a Spy
Also clear-cut · history, thriller
Set in late nineteenth-century Paris, this narrative reconstructs the Dreyfus Affair through the perspective of Georges Picquart, an ambitious military intelligence officer.
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The Librarian Spy
Also clear-cut · history, thriller
Ava Harper, a librarian from the Library of Congress, travels to neutral Lisbon during World War II to gather intelligence through international newspapers and microfilmed documents.
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Pompeii
history, thriller
Set in the final days before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, the narrative follows Marcus Attilius Primus, a young engineer sent to repair the Augusta, the world’s largest aqueduct.
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The Paris Architect
Also clear-cut · history, thriller
In Nazi-occupied Paris, Lucien Bernard is an architect who maintains a public facade of neutrality to secure commissions from German officers.
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Also clear-cut · history, thriller
The narrative follows Oleg Gordievsky, a high-ranking KGB officer who spent over a decade providing Soviet state secrets to MI6.
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Shadow Divers
Also clear-cut · history, thriller
In 1991, recreational divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler discovered an unidentified shipwreck sixty miles off the coast of New Jersey.
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Lieutenant General Harold G.
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The Huntress
by Kate Quinn
Also clear-cut · history, thriller
Set against the aftermath of World War II, the narrative follows Ian Graham, a former war correspondent turned Nazi hunter, and Nina Markova, a fierce Soviet pilot from the Night Witches regiment.
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The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn
Also clear-cut · history, thriller
In 1940, three women from vastly different social circles converge at Bletchley Park to join the secret British codebreaking operation.
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Eaters of the Dead
history, thriller
Ahmad ibn Fadlan, a tenth-century Arab diplomat, is forced to accompany a group of Vikings on a journey to the northern lands.
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Ten Days in a Mad-House
by Nellie Bly
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1887, journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to secure a commitment to the Women’s Medical College on Blackwell’s Island.
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