World War II

The global conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. World War II is also known as the Second World War. It involved the majority of the world's nations, eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries.

This category includes non-fiction books as well as historical novels that are set during World War II.
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Our Noble Selves
The Gods Will Sing Our Song
The Silent Women
Twelve Days and Twelfth Night
Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War
A Librarian's War: The Man Who Fought World War II with Books and Brought the Joy of Reading to Millions
Operation Sparrow: The Incredible True Story of the Spies Who Tricked Hitler and Won the War
53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy
Stealing Hitler's Rocket: The Incredible Mission to Smuggle a V-2 Rocket Out of Nazi-Occupied Europe to Britain
A Shadow Over the World: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Rise of Fascism, and the Making of America's World War II
Plunder: The Last of the War in Europe, 1945
No Light but the Stars
Hiroshima, 8:15: The Lost Memoir
Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War
Ortiz’s War: The Allies' Secret Weapon Against the Nazis in France
The Rose Code
Keeper of Lost Children
Our Noble Selves
Strangers in Time
The Sunflower House
Family of Spies
The Rose Arbor
The Warsaw Orphan
The Paris Daughter
No Light but the Stars
The Paris Library
The Hidden Girl
The Barman of the Ritz
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
The Venice Sketchbook
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAtonement by Ian McEwan
World War II Fiction
1,506 books — 2,301 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
World War II Fiction & Non-fiction
829 books — 446 voters

Lone Survivor by Marcus LuttrellBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseGeneration Kill by Evan WrightThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
458 books — 634 voters

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,278 books — 2,630 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best War Novels
1,721 books — 1,472 voters

All the Light We Cannot See
The Book Thief
The Nightingale
The Diary of a Young Girl
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Night
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
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Joseph Heller
“ Morale was deteriorating and it was all Yossarian's fault. The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them. ...more ”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

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― A.G. Russo, Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss

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