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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

Unbroken Summary
Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand 2010 475 pages
4.39
900k+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Freedom's Forge Summary
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
by Arthur Herman 2012 432 pages
4.32
2k+ ratings
History
Business
Economics
Bloodlands Summary
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
by Timothy Snyder 2010 524 pages
4.39
18k+ ratings
History
War
World War II
Killing Hitler Summary
Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death
by Roger Moorhouse 2006 400 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
History
World War II
Germany
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree Summary
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor
by Laura Hillman 2003 274 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Holocaust
History
Memoir
The Girls of Atomic City Summary
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
by Denise Kiernan 2013 373 pages
3.72
31k+ ratings
History
World War II
Science
Facing the Lion Summary
Facing the Lion
Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000 418 pages
4.71
1k+ ratings
Memoir
History
Holocaust
Warsaw Boy Summary
Warsaw Boy
A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
by Andrew Borowiec 2014 377 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Beyond Band of Brothers Summary
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
by Dick Winters 2006 304 pages
4.32
19k+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Eichmann in My Hands Summary
Eichmann in My Hands
A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
by Peter Z. Malkin 1990 267 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
History
Holocaust
Memoir
Supreme Commander Summary
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
by Seymour Morris Jr. 2014 384 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Japan
Hitler's Cross Summary
Hitler's Cross
The Revealing Story of How the Cross of Christ was Used as a symbol of the Nazi Agenda
by Erwin W.. Lutzer 1995 224 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
History
Christian
World War II
The Splendid and the Vile Summary
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson 2020 546 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
The Book Thief Summary
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 2005 592 pages
4.39
2.7M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
The Bomber Mafia Summary
The Bomber Mafia
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
by Malcolm Gladwell 2021 256 pages
4.03
58k+ ratings
History
War
World War II
The Nightingale Summary
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah 2015 564 pages
4.64
1.7M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer 1960 1147 pages
4.22
100k+ ratings
History
War
World War II
Postwar Summary
Postwar
A History of Europe Since 1945
by Tony Judt 2005 933 pages
4.38
13k+ ratings
History
Politics
European History
Churchill Summary
Churchill
Walking with Destiny
by Andrew Roberts 2018 1105 pages
4.37
10k+ ratings
Biography
History
Politics
The Nazi Conspiracy Summary
The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
by Brad Meltzer 2023 400 pages
4.15
8k+ ratings
History
World War II
Politics
Code Name Verity Summary
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein 2012 452 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Little Liar Summary
The Little Liar
by Mitch Albom 2023 333 pages
4.57
74k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
World War II
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Summary
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford 2009 290 pages
4.05
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne 2006 224 pages
4.16
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Rose Code Summary
The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn 2021 624 pages
4.45
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
The Making of the Atomic Bomb Summary
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes 1986 886 pages
4.40
23k+ ratings
History
Science
Physics
All the Light We Cannot See Summary
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr 2014 544 pages
4.31
1.8M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
The German House Summary
The German House
by Annette Hess 2018 336 pages
3.68
11k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Germany
Suite Française Summary
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky 2004 431 pages
3.86
76k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
France
World War II
Measure of a Man Summary
Measure of a Man
From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
by Martin Greenfield 2014 250 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Holocaust
Beneath a Scarlet Sky Summary
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark T. Sullivan 2017 509 pages
4.43
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Hiroshima Summary
Hiroshima
by John Hersey 1946 152 pages
4.04
85k+ ratings
History
War
Classics
The Woman All Spies Fear Summary
The Woman All Spies Fear
Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life
by Amy Butler Greenfield 2021 328 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Historical
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" Summary
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2008 544 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
World War II
War as I Knew It Summary
War as I Knew It
by George S. Patton Jr. 1947 425 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
History
Biography
Military Fiction
Strong Men Armed Summary
Strong Men Armed
The United States Marines Against Japan
by Robert Leckie 1961 576 pages
4.36
500+ ratings
History
Military Fiction
World War II
All Our Yesterdays Summary
All Our Yesterdays
by Natalia Ginzburg 1952 300 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Italy
Historical Fiction
Italian Literature
The Nazis Summary
The Nazis
A Warning from History
by Laurence Rees 1997 256 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
History
World War II
War
The Secret Book of Flora Lea Summary
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
by Patti Callahan Henry 2023 355 pages
4.06
71k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
The Paris Daughter Summary
The Paris Daughter
by Kristin Harmel 2023 384 pages
4.24
57k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Diamond Eye Summary
The Diamond Eye
by Kate Quinn 2022 435 pages
4.29
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
The Comfort of Ghosts Summary
The Comfort of Ghosts
by Jacqueline Winspear 2024 342 pages
4.42
13k+ ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Historical Mystery
Code Name Hélène Summary
Code Name Hélène
by Ariel Lawhon 2020 451 pages
4.41
57k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Tattooist of Auschwitz Summary
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
by Heather Morris 2018 272 pages
4.31
1M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
Lilac Girls Summary
Lilac Girls
by Martha Hall Kelly 2016 487 pages
4.29
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Between Shades of Gray Summary
Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys 2011 344 pages
4.37
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Cilka's Journey Summary
Cilka's Journey
by Heather Morris 2019 352 pages
4.40
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
We Were the Lucky Ones Summary
We Were the Lucky Ones
by Georgia Hunter 2017 403 pages
4.42
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Salt to the Sea Summary
Salt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys 2016 391 pages
4.35
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Storyteller Summary
The Storyteller
by Jodi Picoult 2013 461 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
Historical
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