War Books

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All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2916 times as war)
avg rating 4.11 — 517,046 ratings — published 1928
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2724 times as war)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,857,476 ratings — published 2005
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 2498 times as war)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,475,710 ratings — published 1969
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2275 times as war)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,955,424 ratings — published 2014
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2128 times as war)
avg rating 3.99 — 883,843 ratings — published 1961
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1949 times as war)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,158,663 ratings — published 1947
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The Things They Carried The Things They Carried (Paperback)
by (shelved 1852 times as war)
avg rating 4.14 — 343,295 ratings — published 1990
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The Art of War The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 1620 times as war)
avg rating 3.95 — 566,256 ratings — published -500
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The Nightingale The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1523 times as war)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,051,585 ratings — published 2015
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 1405 times as war)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,355,208 ratings — published 1956
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1330 times as war)
avg rating 4.39 — 993,482 ratings — published 2010
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A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms (Paperback)
by (shelved 1239 times as war)
avg rating 3.82 — 351,821 ratings — published 1929
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1160 times as war)
avg rating 4.16 — 958,401 ratings — published 2006
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The Women The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 985 times as war)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,507,492 ratings — published 2024
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War and Peace War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 950 times as war)
avg rating 4.17 — 363,835 ratings — published 1869
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 924 times as war)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,153,936 ratings — published 2018
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For Whom the Bell Tolls For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback)
by (shelved 900 times as war)
avg rating 3.99 — 316,775 ratings — published 1940
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 898 times as war)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,722,721 ratings — published 2007
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (Paperback)
by (shelved 858 times as war)
avg rating 4.44 — 138,276 ratings — published 1992
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 839 times as war)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,468,426 ratings — published 1985
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 834 times as war)
avg rating 4.19 — 806,448 ratings — published 2008
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Atonement Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 810 times as war)
avg rating 3.95 — 561,216 ratings — published 2001
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 804 times as war)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,468,703 ratings — published 2003
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 803 times as war)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,687,280 ratings — published 2010
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
by (shelved 763 times as war)
avg rating 4.00 — 127,715 ratings — published 2012
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 753 times as war)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,954,499 ratings — published 2011
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Gone With the Wind Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 742 times as war)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,253,925 ratings — published 1936
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 707 times as war)
avg rating 4.16 — 469,321 ratings — published 2018
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Between Shades of Gray Between Shades of Gray (Hardcover)
by (shelved 679 times as war)
avg rating 4.37 — 274,762 ratings — published 2011
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Salt to the Sea Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 675 times as war)
avg rating 4.35 — 253,086 ratings — published 2016
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Hiroshima Hiroshima (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 648 times as war)
avg rating 4.05 — 88,847 ratings — published 1946
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The Complete Maus The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 648 times as war)
avg rating 4.58 — 252,245 ratings — published 1980
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The Iliad The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 643 times as war)
avg rating 3.93 — 506,471 ratings — published -800
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The Guns of August The Guns of August (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 635 times as war)
avg rating 4.18 — 84,219 ratings — published 1962
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 630 times as war)
avg rating 4.30 — 68,763 ratings — published 1999
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
by (shelved 626 times as war)
avg rating 4.39 — 372,831 ratings — published 1986
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The Alice Network The Alice Network (Paperback)
by (shelved 625 times as war)
avg rating 4.32 — 618,395 ratings — published 2017
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The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
by (shelved 604 times as war)
avg rating 4.01 — 136,885 ratings — published 2015
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City of Thieves City of Thieves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 594 times as war)
avg rating 4.30 — 165,730 ratings — published 2008
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 593 times as war)
avg rating 4.16 — 193,794 ratings — published 2007
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Johnny Got His Gun Johnny Got His Gun (Paperback)
by (shelved 592 times as war)
avg rating 4.21 — 48,465 ratings — published 1939
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The Red Badge of Courage The Red Badge of Courage (Paperback)
by (shelved 580 times as war)
avg rating 3.30 — 109,811 ratings — published 1894
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The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 566 times as war)
avg rating 4.14 — 179,735 ratings — published 2003
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 565 times as war)
avg rating 4.22 — 147,513 ratings — published 1960
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Half of a Yellow Sun Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 559 times as war)
avg rating 4.34 — 182,061 ratings — published 2006
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Matterhorn Matterhorn (Paperback)
by (shelved 546 times as war)
avg rating 4.27 — 47,347 ratings — published 2010
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 532 times as war)
avg rating 4.37 — 866,177 ratings — published 1946
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II (Paperback)
by (shelved 530 times as war)
avg rating 4.25 — 53,138 ratings — published 1997
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 529 times as war)
avg rating 4.02 — 564,905 ratings — published 2006
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Birdsong Birdsong (Paperback)
by (shelved 528 times as war)
avg rating 4.11 — 83,673 ratings — published 1993
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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 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
1,147 books — 400 voters

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George Orwell
“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
George Orwell, 1984

Ernest Hemingway
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference

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