2026 Reading Challenge
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankDaughter's War Understanding the History Better by Manjunath MullangiThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
WW2: Many Perspectives
7th out of 519 books — 230 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
53rd out of 682 books — 497 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
180th out of 2,135 books — 2,369 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
370th out of 3,710 books — 3,744 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienShōgun by James ClavellAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
War Fiction
91st out of 1,263 books — 386 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesThe Prize by Daniel Yergin
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
35th out of 85 books — 343 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best WWII Fiction and Biography
64th out of 697 books — 579 voters
With the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeThe Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. HornfischerNeptune's Inferno by James D. HornfischerEscape From Davao by John D. LukacsGhost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Best Books on the Pacific War
33rd out of 235 books — 258 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeGhost Soldiers by Hampton SidesThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangThe Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
World War II - Pacific Theatre
12th out of 301 books — 124 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselPattern of Shadows by Judith BarrowSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
World War II Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
39th out of 344 books — 252 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerInside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà LạiThe Boy From Block 66 by Limor RegevMagenta by John Payton Foden
Military Fiction
80th out of 796 books — 407 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerMagenta by John Payton FodenConfederates by Thomas KeneallyAfter Dunkirk by Lee Jackson
Plight of a Nation
92nd out of 1,154 books — 408 voters

Diplomats & Admirals by Dale A. JenkinsThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerMagenta by John Payton FodenA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. Kramer
Take Me Somewhere I've Never Been Before
77th out of 1,011 books — 428 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrBand of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
World War 2 books
44th out of 388 books — 210 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
A WWII Reading List
67th out of 719 books — 380 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
War has no winners
108th out of 1,141 books — 494 voters

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenAnne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies
Best World War Two Novels
54th out of 267 books — 108 voters
Magenta by John Payton FodenThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesAn Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson
History Books - Fact and Fiction
127th out of 1,281 books — 385 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Last Boat by John F. HanleySchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
World War II Literature
63rd out of 277 books — 187 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerHiroshima by John HerseyThe Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
123rd out of 664 books — 455 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferTatiana and Alexander by Paullina SimonsThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Amazing WWII fiction (some with romance)
186th out of 407 books — 627 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienMagenta by John Payton FodenA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerFrom Sand and Ash by Amy HarmonWhat It is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes
Military Books
221st out of 1,122 books — 413 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn BeerHiroshima by John HerseyAnne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies
World War II Memoirs
76th out of 357 books — 178 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
226th out of 956 books — 761 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightMaster of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
Pulitzer Prize General Nonfiction Winners and Finalists
32nd out of 137 books — 35 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 ShafferHeat of Paris by Peter Breyer
World War II Fiction & Non-fiction
162nd out of 779 books — 407 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
10324th out of 31,595 books — 120,294 voters
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryThe Last Sun by K.D. EdwardsA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Sunny Titles
144th out of 905 books — 69 voters

Move to Millions by Darnyelle Jervey HarmonSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovBrave, Not Perfect by Reshma SaujaniFinancial Feminist by Tori DunlapDivergent Mind by Jenara Nerenberg
Read It Now I Can't Stop Thinking About It
224th out of 687 books — 394 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeGulag by Anne ApplebaumPilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie DillardThe Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
Pulitzer Prize-General Nonfiction 1962-2016
39th out of 77 books — 23 voters

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