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Tirra Lirra by the River: A Novel
CoDex 1962: A Trilogy
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
White Spirit
Wasted: A Story of Alcohol, Grief and a Death in Brisbane
Berlin Noir: March Violets; The Pale Criminal; A German Requiem
I’m Traveling Alone: A Novel
Tunisian Dreams
A Violent Life
A Room with a View
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
Love and Ruin

Books set in Vietnam

Tears of Autumn: A Paul Christopher Novel
Novel without a Name
Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hô Xuân Huong
A Rumor of War
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh: A Life
The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam
The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars
The Honourable Schoolboy
The Lover
The 13th Valley
Paradise of the Blind
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
The Sympathizer
Postcards from Nam
Vietnam: A Traveler’s Literary Companion
The Headmaster’s Wager
The Turk Who Loved Apples: And Other Tales of Losing My Way Around the World
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

Books set in Prague

The Golem
The Russian Debutante’s Handbook
Necessary Errors
By Night Under the Stone Bridge
Alice’s Piano: The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer
Innocence (or, Murder on Steep Street)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
The Trial
Utz
Between the Woods and the Water
Background to Danger
The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of ’89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague
HHhH
How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed
Heraclix and Pomp: A Novel of the Fabricated and the Fey
The Widow Killer
The Prague Cemetery
The Prague Orgy
A Perfect Spy
Life with a Star

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Thrillers Set During WWII

Fiction in WWII The Second World War inspired a lot of classic literature. At Nomad, we’ve curated books from quite a few of the authors who lived through that conflict: from Arthur Koestler‘s fiction to Alan Moorehead’s journalism (especially his classic account of the Desert War), and Art Spiegelman’s graphic novels, like My Father …Read More

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Dear Nomads and Readers, After taking a hiatus to improve site functionality, we’re happy to announce that NomadReader is back online—leaner, faster, and better than before. As you look around the site, you’ll notice many more titles and locations, and a better user experience. As we were redesigning the site, we …Read More