Daybreak (Matt Gallagher)

Gallagher’s novel of an American veteran who follows a woman to Lviv in the first weeks of the 2022 Russian invasion and ends up trying to enlist in the Ukrainian foreign legion.

Why it’s on the list: Named in the replies to @moseskagan asking what historical fiction to read next — a crowd-sourced list Kyle recovered by hand and saved.

The title takes a (Matt Gallagher) suffix because Daybreak is a common book title. Page count not verified, so the field is omitted rather than guessed.

Where I saw it: In the replies to @moseskagan asking “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” (April 13, 2025). Kyle recovered the reply list by hand and saved it to his “Books To Read” Apple Note; the full transcribed list lives on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).

Connections

• What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
• Historical Fiction — the genre the thread was asking about.