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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

Nineteen Steps Summary
Nineteen Steps
by Millie Bobby Brown 2023 320 pages
3.75
17.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Saving Freud Summary
Saving Freud
The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom
by Andrew Nagorski 2022 345 pages
4.02
318 ratings
History
Biography
Psychology
All Our Yesterdays Summary
All Our Yesterdays
by Natalia Ginzburg 1952 300 pages
3.99
4.5K ratings
Italy
Historical Fiction
Italian Literature
Bluebird Summary
Bluebird
by Sharon Cameron 2021 438 pages
4.33
9.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
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
129.7K ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Freedom from Fear Summary
Freedom from Fear
The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
by David M. Kennedy 1999 936 pages
4.20
5.3K ratings
History
American History
Politics
The German House Summary
The German House
by Annette Hess 2018 336 pages
3.68
11.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Germany
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club Summary
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club
by Martha Hall Kelly 2025 336 pages
4.13
2.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Books About Books
Historical
All the Broken Places Summary
All the Broken Places
by John Boyne 2022 400 pages
4.49
81.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
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
4.43
864 ratings
History
Holocaust
Memoir
Facing the Lion Summary
Facing the Lion
Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000 418 pages
4.71
1.7K ratings
History
Memoir
Holocaust
Supreme Commander Summary
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
by Seymour Morris Jr. 2014 384 pages
4.10
217 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
838 ratings
History
Christian
World War II
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
4.21
1.4K ratings
History
Biography
Historical
Strong Men Armed Summary
Strong Men Armed
The United States Marines Against Japan
by Robert Leckie 1961 576 pages
4.36
955 ratings
History
Military Fiction
World War II
Jackdaws Summary
Jackdaws
by Ken Follett 2001 432 pages
4.08
41.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Historical
In the Garden of Beasts Summary
In the Garden of Beasts
Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
by Erik Larson 2011 448 pages
3.89
213.1K ratings
History
Book Club
World War II
Measure of a Man Summary
Measure of a Man
From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
by Martin Greenfield 2014 250 pages
4.19
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
Holocaust
The Kitchen Front Summary
The Kitchen Front
by Jennifer Ryan 2021 408 pages
3.98
32.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Summary
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
by William L. Shirer 1961 188 pages
4.08
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
War
Comfort Women Summary
Comfort Women
Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II
by Yoshimi Yoshiaki 1995 262 pages
3.97
148 ratings
History
Japan
World War II
The Alice Network Summary
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn 2017 503 pages
4.32
579.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Hornet Flight Summary
Hornet Flight
by Ken Follett 2002 518 pages
3.99
27.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
War
The Ragged Edge of Night Summary
The Ragged Edge of Night
by Olivia Hawker 2018 340 pages
4.16
47.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Rape of Nanking Summary
The Rape of Nanking
The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
by Iris Chang 1997 290 pages
4.24
49.4K ratings
History
China
War
Adolf Hitler Summary
Adolf Hitler
by John Toland 1976 1120 pages
4.24
3.7K ratings
History
Biography
World War II
The German Wife Summary
The German Wife
by Kelly Rimmer 2022 464 pages
4.38
43.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Book Club
Operation Mincemeat Summary
Operation Mincemeat
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
by Ben Macintyre 2010 416 pages
4.03
22.1K ratings
History
World War II
War
Mare's War Summary
Mare's War
by Tanita S. Davis 2009 352 pages
3.84
1.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
My Friend Anne Frank Summary
My Friend Anne Frank
The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds
by Hannah Pick-Goslar 2023 320 pages
4.66
7.0K ratings
History
Memoir
Biography
The Plot to Kill Hitler Summary
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero
by Patricia McCormick 2016 184 pages
4.04
2.7K ratings
History
Biography
Middle Grade
Front Lines Summary
Front Lines
by Michael Grant 2016 548 pages
4.09
6.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Nazi Conspiracy Summary
The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
by Brad Meltzer 2023 400 pages
4.15
9.2K ratings
History
World War II
Politics
My Mother's Secret Summary
My Mother's Secret
by J.L. Witterick 2013 208 pages
4.20
18.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
World War II
The German Girl Summary
The German Girl
by Armando Lucas Correa 2016 360 pages
3.81
37.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Dark Valley Summary
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages
4.18
593 ratings
History
European History
World History
Rommel Summary
Rommel
Lessons from Yesterday for Today's Leaders
by Charles Messenger 2009 224 pages
3.40
166 ratings
History
Leadership
World War II
The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau Summary
The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
by Kristin Harmel 2025 384 pages
4.50
1.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
A Brilliant Life Summary
A Brilliant Life
My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust
by Rachelle Unreich 2023 304 pages
4.30
1.8K ratings
Holocaust
Biography
History
The Kindly Ones Summary
The Kindly Ones
by Jonathan Littell 2006 984 pages
4.02
14.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
World War II
A Woman of No Importance Summary
A Woman of No Importance
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
by Sonia Purnell 2019 352 pages
4.15
57.0K ratings
History
Biography
Book Club
Five Chimneys Summary
Five Chimneys
A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
by Olga Lengyel 1947 232 pages
4.41
20.1K ratings
Holocaust
History
World War II
The Myth of the Twentieth Century Summary
The Myth of the Twentieth Century
by Alfred Rosenberg 1930 454 pages
3.67
249 ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Betrayal of Anne Frank Summary
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
A Cold Case Investigation
by Rosemary Sullivan 2022 400 pages
3.83
14.3K ratings
History
True Crime
Holocaust
Long Way Home Summary
Long Way Home
by Lynn Austin 2022 400 pages
4.40
5.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Christian Fiction
Christian
Island Infernos Summary
Island Infernos
The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944
by John C. McManus 2021 656 pages
4.48
576 ratings
History
World War II
Military History
The Forgotten Highlander Summary
The Forgotten Highlander
My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
by Alistair Urquhart 2010 321 pages
4.53
5.2K ratings
History
Biography
War
The One Man Summary
The One Man
by Andrew Gross 2016 416 pages
4.33
17.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
World War II
Impounded Summary
Impounded
Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
by Linda Gordon 2006 224 pages
4.27
372 ratings
History
Photography
World War II
The Baker's Daughter Summary
The Baker's Daughter
by Sarah McCoy 2012 279 pages
3.97
24.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Book Club
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