Books about WWI & WWII

It's been an interesting year of reading historical books, especially those set in Europe during the world wars. Last night, I finished yet another audio book about World War II. I've enjoyed each one of these:

World War I: 

• Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson: The story of the sinking of the Lusitania (1915).
• The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein: A memoir written about Northern England on the eve of WWI.

World War II (France):

• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr: New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
• Avenue of Spies by Alex Kershaw: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah: A story of two sisters in France, 1939.
• The Race for Paris by Meg Waite Clayton / Narrated by Jennifer Ikeda: Women reporters try to be the first in Paris to report as the allies free the city.

World War II (England):

• Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner: "Current day, Oxford, England. Young American scholar Kendra Van Zant, eager to pursue her vision of a perfect life, interviews Isabel McFarland just when the elderly woman is ready to give up secrets about the war that she has kept for decades...beginning with who she really is. What Kendra receives from Isabel is both a gift and a burden--one that will test her convictions and her heart."

America (Just before World War II):

• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

Other (France/England):

• Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens (This was one of the few English shows on French TV--it was on PBS--so I watched it first and then listened to the novel and remembered how much I like Dickens!).
• A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle: "Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs."

Other interesting books I have read (or listened to) this year:

• Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (by Eleanor) / Narrated by Tavia Gilbert
• The Climb: The Autobiography by Chris Froome: The memoir from the British winner of the 2013 centenary Tour de France
• Einstein by Walter Isaacson / Narrated by Edward Herrmann
• Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot (The Killing of Historical Figures)
by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
• Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever (The Killing of Historical Figures) by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard