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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
890 books — 2,882 voters
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
1,292 books — 2,017 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
WWII Historic Fiction
1,455 books — 1,529 voters
The Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakBeneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. SullivanLilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Best WWII Historical Fiction
447 books — 633 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Winds of War by Herman WoukThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best 1940s Historical Fiction
380 books — 420 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Fiction Set During WWII
385 books — 257 voters

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
519 books — 230 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Royal Fiction
525 books — 226 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
388 books — 210 voters
The Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrBeneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. SullivanThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnCode Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
WW2: The Resistance - Fiction & Non-Fiction
304 books — 191 voters

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterThe Great Weather Diviner by Rob LongIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
All Creatures Great and Small
1,363 books — 190 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysRose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
YA Fiction set in the 1940s
209 books — 158 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakFatherland by Robert HarrisThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Nazi Germany in fiction
118 books — 151 voters
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShutePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Fictitious Australia
463 books — 115 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Domestic Service - Help Wanted!
229 books — 109 voters
A Distant Melody by Sarah SundinBlue Skies Tomorrow by Sarah SundinWith Every Letter by Sarah SundinThe Collector of Burned Books by Roseanna M. WhiteA Memory Between Us by Sarah Sundin
WW2 - Based Love Stories
82 books — 84 voters

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John LewisEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction read in 2017
476 books — 83 voters
Blackout by Connie WillisThe Raiders and the Cross by Patrick LarsimontLetters to the Lost by Iona GreyAll Clear by Connie WillisThe English Agent by Clare Harvey
The Blitz: Fiction & Non-Fiction
189 books — 82 voters

Black Hawk Down by Mark BowdenA Higher Call by Adam MakosMasters of the Air by Donald L. MillerStuka Pilot by Hans-Ulrich RudelChickenhawk by Robert Mason
Nonfiction Military Aviation
217 books — 79 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMein Kampf by Adolf HitlerIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonI Will Bear Witness 1933-41 by Victor Klemperer
Classics on Nazi Germany
112 books — 76 voters

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssPandora by Joshua GrantThe Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins by James Faro
Fictitious Shipwrecks
147 books — 71 voters
The Trigger by Tim ButcherCase Closed by Gerald PosnerDestiny of the Republic by Candice MillardHellhound on His Trail by Hampton SidesI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Assassination
170 books — 53 voters

Suite Française by Irène NémirovskyNight Soldiers by Alan FurstAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe French Baker's War by Michael WhatlingMarcel's Letters by Carolyn Porter
Domestic France in WWII
96 books — 50 voters
Captain America by Ed BrubakerCaptain America by Ed BrubakerThe Death of Captain America, Vol. 1 by Ed BrubakerThe Death of Captain America, Vol. 2 by Ed BrubakerCivil War by Ed Brubaker
Best of Captain America
129 books — 45 voters

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinCharlotte Gray by Sebastian FaulksA Life in Secrets by Sarah HelmThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnCarve Her Name with Pride by R.J. Minney
If You Liked Agent Carter, Try...
193 books — 45 voters
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickFatherland by Robert HarrisThe Children of Berlin by Sharon MaasThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Nazi novels!
45 books — 43 voters

Number the Stars by Lois LowryWhen Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith KerrMeet Molly by Valerie TrippThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Children's Books on World War II
79 books — 37 voters
Beau Geste by P.C. WrenLegionnaire by Simon MurrayThe French Foreign Legion by Douglas BoydHell in a Very Small Place by Bernard B. FallLegion of the Lost by Jaime Salazar
The French Foreign Legion - la Légion étrangère
47 books — 32 voters

Rhinocéros by Eugène IonescoMémoires d'Hadrien by Marguerite YourcenarL'Amant by Marguerite DurasBonjour tristesse by Françoise SaganUne si longue lettre by Mariama Bâ
French literature 1950-2000
90 books — 28 voters
They Called Us Enemy by George TakeiWeedflower by Cynthia KadohataThe Fences Between Us by Kirby LarsonDisplacement by Kiku HughesUnder the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury
Japanese American Internment in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
56 books — 26 voters

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