World War II
The greatest conflict in human history comes alive through powerful accounts of soldiers, survivors, scientists, and civilians who shaped its battles and aftermath. These gripping stories and detailed histories span the globe from 1939-1945, from the beaches of Normandy to the Pacific theaters, from concentration camps to secret Manhattan Project sites.
World War II Book Summaries
The Little Liar
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
World War II
Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
History
Biography
World War II
Salt to the Sea
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Book Thief
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
Code Talker
A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
History
World War II
Science
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
History
Biography
World War II
Code Name Hélène
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Between Shades of Gray
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Storyteller
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
Historical
The Boy on the Wooden Box
Holocaust
History
Memoir
The Nightingale
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor
Holocaust
History
Memoir
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
History
Politics
World War II
Code Name Verity
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
History
War
World War II
All the Light We Cannot See
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
History
War
World War II
Soldier Boys
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
War
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
History
Business
Economics
The Paris Daughter
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Rose Code
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
Warsaw Boy
A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
History
Biography
World War II
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Mapping the Bones
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Postwar
A History of Europe Since 1945
History
Politics
European History
Lilac Girls
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Nazis
A Warning from History
History
World War II
War
The Bomber Mafia
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
History
War
World War II
Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death
History
World War II
Germany
Cilka's Journey
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
History
Science
Physics
Winter of the World
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
We Were the Lucky Ones
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Anne Frank
The Biography
Biography
History
Holocaust
The Diamond Eye
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
The Comfort of Ghosts
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Historical Mystery
Hiroshima
History
War
Classics
Suite Française
Historical Fiction
France
World War II
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun
A Memoir of the Holocaust
Holocaust
Memoir
History
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
History
Biography
Japan
Facing the Lion
Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
Memoir
History
Holocaust
War as I Knew It
History
Biography
Military Fiction
From Here to Eternity
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Hitler's Cross
The Revealing Story of How the Cross of Christ was Used as a symbol of the Nazi Agenda
History
Christian
World War II
