Book Events for cosmia_

Afghan Civil War

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Aiel War

• New Spring: The Novel (Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan

American Civil War

• Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel by George Saunders

Armageddon

• Good Omens by N. Gaiman

Battle of Dien Bien Phu

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Battle of Five Armies

• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

Battle of the Bulge

• Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) by Kurt Vonnegut (1945-01-25)

The Battle of Troyes-Le-Mont

• Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy) by Carey. Jacqueline ( 2002 ) Mass Market Paperback

Battle of Waterloo

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke ([1815])

the Big Ride

• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

Bombing of Dresden

• Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) by Kurt Vonnegut

the break up of the Moon

• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

Butlerian Jihad

• Dune by Frank Herbert (mentioned)

Cleansing of Saidin

• Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan

Death of Willie Lincoln

• Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel by George Saunders (1862)

DomDaniel is Defeated

• Magyk (Septimus Heap, Book 1) by Angie Sage

Everstorm

• Words of Radiance: Book Two of the Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archive, 2) by Brandon Sanderson

Great Depression

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Great Fire of Ankh-Morpork

• The Color of Magic: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett

The Great Wars

• The Scions of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara, Book One) (The Heritage of Shannara) by Terry Brooks
• The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Halloween

• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

the Hard Rain

• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

Holocaust

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (1945)

Jazz Age

• The Great Gatsby: The Original 1925 Edition (A F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Novel) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

morris dancing

• Wintersmith (Tiffany Aching, 3) by Terry Pratchett

Napoleonic Wars

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (1815)

Nuclear winter

• The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Operation Enduring Freedom

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The Peloponnesian War

• Lysistrata (Hackett Classics) by Aristophanes

Peninsular War

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (1814)

Quest of Erebor

• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Silk Age

• Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft

Tarmon Gai'don

• A Memory of Light: Book Fourteen of The Wheel of Time (Wheel of Time, 14) by Robert Jordan

Trojan War

• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (author)

War of the Five Kings

• A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two by George R. R. Martin
• A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire) by George R. R. Martin
• A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) by George R. R. Martin
• A Storm of Swords: 3 (Song of Ice and Fire) by George R R Martin

War of the Races

• The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

War of the Usurper

• A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R. R. Martin

World Series

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

World Trade Center attack

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

World War I

• The Great Gatsby: The Original 1925 Edition (A F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Novel) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1914 ∙ 1918)

World War II

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (1945)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (1945)
• Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) by Kurt Vonnegut (1945)

Xenocide of the Formics

• Ender's Game (The Ender Saga, 1) by Orson Scott Card (Buggers)