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What it is about
- Bernhard Gunther
- Private investigators
Where it happens
- Germany
- Berlin
- Berlin (Germany)
Ages
- Adult
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Why: Both are historical fiction books, set in Germany.
- Historical fiction
- Germany
What both books share
- historical fiction
March Violets: "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction." (LoC 655)
All the Light We Cannot See: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre) - Germany
March Violets: "Germany, fiction" (OL subject); "Germany" (OL place); "Germany" (WD narrative location)
All the Light We Cannot See: "Germany, fiction" (OL subject); "Germany" (OL place); "Germany" (WD narrative location)
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Why: Both are historical fiction books.
What both books share
- historical fiction
March Violets: "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction." (LoC 655)
Water for Elephants: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
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Lord John and the Private Matter
Diana Gabaldon · 2003 · Adult
about 300 pages
Cover from Google BooksWhy: Both are historical fiction books.
What both books share
- historical fiction
March Violets: "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction." (LoC 655)
Lord John and the Private Matter: "Historical Fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction." (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
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March Violets next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Historical fiction | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| All the Light We Cannot See | shared | shared |
| Water for Elephants | shared | not shared |
| Lord John and the Private Matter | shared | not shared |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | shared | not shared |
| The Clan of the Cave Bear | shared | not shared |
| Outlander | shared | not shared |
| The Book Thief | shared | shared |
| The Song of Achilles | shared | not shared |
| Atmosphere | shared | not shared |
| The Nightingale | shared | not shared |
| The Stranger from the Sea | shared | not shared |
| The Loving Cup | shared | not shared |
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March Violets: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published in 1989. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 245-page edition from Penguin Books. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
0142004146 ... 245 p. ... Penguin Books
- Series
- It is book 1 of the Bernie Gunther series. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Bernie Gunther ... March Violets
- Next in the series
- Book 2 is The Pale Criminal. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026.
March Violets ... The Pale Criminal
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