Yesterday I paired two nonfiction books that were very alike. Today I am pairing a fiction and nonfiction book which cover the same time frame–the London Blitz.

The adventures of a young woman who comes to London to seek her fortune only to be caught up in a war and eventually the notorious London Blitz is not only a page turner but an ode to books, bookstores, and booksellers. I reviewed this Book about Books at some point this year, and it you would like to read more about it (perhaps to add it to your TBR pile), type the title into the search box on PWR’s home page.

If you want a factual account of The Blitz from Number 10 Downing Street and Churchill’s country family hideaway, this book is for you. It is accurately researched and even publishes passages from journals and newspaper accounts of the Blitz, yet it reads like a novel. Larson is the master of this technique. This is NOT historical fiction, but pure fact, yet it is a page-turner you can’t put down. Again, I reviewed this book as a book club selection this past year. Just insert the title into the search box for an unbiased review.

These two books are a second kind of pairing this week. Stay “tuned” for at least one more kind of pairing to come.

Challenge: Read a fiction and nonfiction book set in the same time period and compare or pair a fiction and nonfiction book in some other way on your blog. What? No blog? Do so briefly in the reply/comment box below.