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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The Water Women: A Novel
The Shock of the Light
The House of Hidden Letters
The Dangerous Shore: How a Motley Crew of Scientists, Mobsters, Double Agents, Retirees, Volunteer Pilots (and a Boy Scout) Stopped the Invasion of America
Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe
Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
Hollywood vs. Nazis: How the Movie Studios Took On Nazis Infiltrating Los Angeles
The Last Baby in Auschwitz (Women of War)
The Girl with the List
Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General
1945: The Reckoning: War, Empire and the Struggle for a New World
Keeper of Lost Children
Nonesuch
The Riveter
Mists over the Channel Islands
Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
The Rose Code
Keeper of Lost Children
The Restoration Garden
Strangers in Time
The Water Women: A Novel
Family of Spies
Skylark
Lázár
The Sunflower House
The Paris Library
The Paris Daughter
The Shock of the Light
The Hidden Girl
When We Had Wings
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
1,431 books — 2,062 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Well-Written Holocaust Books
909 books — 2,927 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
450 books — 609 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
1,703 books — 1,452 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
2,199 books — 2,520 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)
The Alice Network

George S. Patton Jr.
A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.
George S. Patton Jr.

Markus Zusak
I..." He struggled to answer. "When everything was quiet, I went up to the corridor and the curtain in the livingroom was open just a crack... I could see outside. I watched, only for a few seconds." He had not seen the outside world for twenty-two months. There was no anger or reproach. It was Papa who spoke. How did it look?" Max lifted his head, with great sorrow and great astonishment. "There were stars," he said. "They burned by eyes. ...more
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

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