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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
2,122 books — 2,354 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 Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois LowryBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysOperation Einstein by Mark A. Cooper
YA Holocaust & WWII Novels
394 books — 788 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
956 books — 762 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 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)
407 books — 627 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
440 books — 590 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
697 books — 579 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)
663 books — 454 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 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
779 books — 407 voters

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieGulag by Anne Applebaum
Best Russian History Books
548 books — 383 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
718 books — 379 voters

Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakOperation Einstein by Mark A. Cooper
Best Children's Books about World War II (1939-1945)
333 books — 377 voters
Ghost Wars by Steve CollThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightDiplomacy by Henry KissingerLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerThe Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis
American Foreign Policy
460 books — 270 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 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
344 books — 252 voters

The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettAll Things Bright and Strange by James MarkertFlashman by George MacDonald FraserThe Angels' Share by James Markert
Historical Fiction that GUYS like, too!
546 books — 249 voters
Blackout by Connie WillisAll Clear by Connie WillisGood Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle MagorianThe Light Years by Elizabeth Jane HowardThe End of the Affair by Graham Greene
World War II England
384 books — 197 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
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
356 books — 177 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
Heat of Paris by Peter BreyerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomCome Back for Me by Sharon Hart-Green
The Holocaust - Fiction and Non
234 books — 145 voters

The Wars of the Roses by Dan JonesIsabella by Kirstin DowneyEveryday Life in Medieval London by Toni MountNapoleon by Andrew RobertsBlood Royal by Eric Jager
History Books 2014
128 books — 140 voters
The 231 Club by J. BartellThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacintyreA Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreAgent Zigzag by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson Morley
Best Espionage Books (nonfiction)
157 books — 107 voters

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonFarewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiNo-No Boy by John Okada
Japanese American Internment
134 books — 102 voters
A Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor CoerrRisuko by David KudlerRevolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang CompestineI Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Lee Wilson
East Asia in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
159 books — 98 voters

The Rose Code by Kate QuinnThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
52 Book Club 2025: #50 Set in the 1940's (Includes WWII)
171 books — 90 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

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