I saw this today:
https://medium.com/mozilla-advocacy/get-your-geek-on-with-our-summer-book-list-47d648b602e6#.jlbe78awo
Shonna Froebel
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Subject: Re: Historical - WWII
It seems as if WWII espionage fiction involving ciphers and wireless codes is almost as popular as biofiction but darned if I can remember any titles today
Codebreaking Fiction:
ENIGMA by Robert Harris
THE FALL OF MAN IN WILMSLOW (Alan Turing) by David Lagercrantz CRYPTONOMICRON by Neal Stephenson CODE TALKER: A NOVEL ABOUT THE NAVAJO MARINES OF WORLD WAR II by Joseph Bruchac (teen)
Codebreaking NF:
ENIGMA: THE BATTLE FOR THE CODE by Simon Sebag Montefiore CAST NO SHADOW (bio of Betty Pack) by Mary Lovell (1992), dealing with stealing the Enigma ciphers THE LAST GOODNIGHT (bio of Betty Pack) by Howard Blum (2016) THE SECRET WARS: SPIES, CIPHERS, AND GUERILLAS by Max Hastings A LIFE IN SECRETS: VERA ATKINS AND THE MISSING AGENTS OF WWII by Sarah Helm THE SECRET LIVES OF CODEBREAKERS: THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO CRACKED THE ENIGMA CODE AT BLETCHLEY PARK by Sinclair McKay THE FALL OF MAN IN WILMSLOW (Alan Turing) by David Lagercrantz
Fiction - lots but here are some of my favorite titles:
THE MAN FROM BERLIN and THE PALE HOUSE by Luke McCallin TIN SKY by Ben Pastor Bernie Gunther series by Philip Kerr Clara Vine series by Jane Thynne THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah Billy Boyle series by James Benn THE UNDERTAKING by Audrey Magee
Nonfiction - lots as well
BEYOND THE CALL: THE TRUE STORY OF ONE WORLD WAR II PILOT'S COVERT MISSION TO RESCUE POWS ON THE EASTERN FRONT by Lee Trimble MY GRANDFATHER WOULD HAVE SHOT ME AGUEST AT THE SHOOTER'S BANQUET: MY GRANDFATHER'S SS PAST, MY JEWISH FAMILY, A SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by Rita Gabis
Sarah Nagle
Carver County Library
Chaska, MN 55318
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