OE WWII Favourites

1.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,998 ratings
2.
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains 4.33 avg rating — 7,251 ratings
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The Book of Lost Names
The Book of Lost Names 4.43 avg rating — 268,732 ratings
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz 4.30 avg rating — 131,992 ratings
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A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II 4.15 avg rating — 58,200 ratings
6.
The World That We Knew
The World That We Knew 4.18 avg rating — 35,585 ratings
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The Yellow Bird Sings
The Yellow Bird Sings 4.08 avg rating — 15,205 ratings
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,118,940 ratings
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Sudden Courage: Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940-1945
Sudden Courage: Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940-1945 3.73 avg rating — 93 ratings
10.
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy 4.16 avg rating — 16,685 ratings
11.
The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground
The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground 4.14 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,105 ratings
12.
The S.S. Officer's Armchair: Uncovering the Hidden Life of a Nazi
The S.S. Officer's Armchair: Uncovering the Hidden Life of a Nazi 3.96 avg rating — 677 ratings
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The Winemaker's Wife
The Winemaker's Wife 4.23 avg rating — 94,498 ratings
15.
A House in the Mountains (The Resistance #4)
A House in the Mountains (The Resistance #4) 3.79 avg rating — 761 ratings
16.
Code Name Hélène
Code Name Hélène 4.41 avg rating — 66,834 ratings
17.
The Girl from the Channel Islands
The Girl from the Channel Islands 3.90 avg rating — 13,031 ratings
18.
Appeasement: Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War
Appeasement: Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War 4.36 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
19.
Mengele: Unmasking the "Angel of Death"
Mengele: Unmasking the "Angel of Death" 3.68 avg rating — 1,138 ratings
20.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,486 ratings
21.
House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family
House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family 4.40 avg rating — 4,843 ratings
22.
The Siege of Troy: A Novel
The Siege of Troy: A Novel 3.46 avg rating — 1,603 ratings
23.
The Plateau
The Plateau 3.52 avg rating — 167 ratings
24.
The Girl with the Leica
The Girl with the Leica 2.73 avg rating — 2,248 ratings
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The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II 4.20 avg rating — 2,267 ratings
26.
Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the 116 Days that Changed the World
Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the 116 Days that Changed the World 4.26 avg rating — 9,535 ratings
27.
They Went Left
They Went Left 4.23 avg rating — 16,723 ratings
28.
I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir
I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir 3.92 avg rating — 2,663 ratings
29.
All the Ways We Said Goodbye
All the Ways We Said Goodbye 4.03 avg rating — 22,350 ratings
30.
House on Endless Waters
House on Endless Waters 3.96 avg rating — 4,082 ratings
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Fighting Churchill, Appeasing Hitler: Neville Chamberlain, Sir Horace Wilson, & Britain's Plight of Appeasement: 1937-1939
Fighting Churchill, Appeasing Hitler: Neville Chamberlain, Sir Horace Wilson, & Britain's Plight of Appeasement: 1937-1939 3.87 avg rating — 46 ratings
32.
Blame the Dead (Eddie Harkins #1)
Blame the Dead (Eddie Harkins #1) 3.84 avg rating — 353 ratings
32.
The Room on Rue Amelie
The Room on Rue Amelie 4.21 avg rating — 43,565 ratings
34.
Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II
Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II 4.50 avg rating — 9,389 ratings
35.
My War Criminal: Personal Encounters with an Architect of Genocide
My War Criminal: Personal Encounters with an Architect of Genocide 2.92 avg rating — 173 ratings
36.
Code Name Madeleine: A Sufi Spy in Nazi-Occupied Paris
Code Name Madeleine: A Sufi Spy in Nazi-Occupied Paris 3.87 avg rating — 655 ratings
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Hannah's War
Hannah's War 3.78 avg rating — 4,262 ratings
38.
The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis
The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis 4.01 avg rating — 641 ratings
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Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy 3.99 avg rating — 11,603 ratings
40.
Dogfight over Tokyo: The Final Air Battle of the Pacific and the Last Four Men to Die in World War II
Dogfight over Tokyo: The Final Air Battle of the Pacific and the Last Four Men to Die in World War II 3.97 avg rating — 120 ratings
41.
Chanel's Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944
Chanel's Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944 3.67 avg rating — 1,546 ratings
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Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best
Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best 4.11 avg rating — 1,396 ratings
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Costalegre
Costalegre 3.32 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
44.
Hitler's Last Plot: The 139 VIP Hostages Selected for Death in the Final Days of World War II
Hitler's Last Plot: The 139 VIP Hostages Selected for Death in the Final Days of World War II
by: Ian Sayer
3.58 avg rating — 73 ratings
45.
A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre's Dramatic Captivity and Escape from Nazi Germany
A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre's Dramatic Captivity and Escape from Nazi Germany 3.49 avg rating — 561 ratings
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Scholars of Mayhem: My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France
Scholars of Mayhem: My Father's Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France 4.18 avg rating — 378 ratings
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The Animals at Lockwood Manor
The Animals at Lockwood Manor 3.30 avg rating — 6,252 ratings
48.
Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #2)
Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 208,293 ratings
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Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler 4.22 avg rating — 8,385 ratings
50.
The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light
The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light 4.01 avg rating — 729 ratings
51.
Three Days at the Brink
Three Days at the Brink 4.21 avg rating — 1,803 ratings
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The Daughters Of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War
The Daughters Of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War 4.10 avg rating — 5,592 ratings
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Hitler: Downfall, 1939-45
Hitler: Downfall, 1939-45 4.60 avg rating — 1,522 ratings
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Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939
Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 4.43 avg rating — 2,986 ratings
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The Vanishing Sky
The Vanishing Sky 3.24 avg rating — 1,151 ratings
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The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War
The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War 4.08 avg rating — 552 ratings
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The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer
The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer 3.94 avg rating — 333 ratings
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Churchill's Hellraisers: The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress
Churchill's Hellraisers: The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress 4.29 avg rating — 925 ratings
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The Golden Thirteen: The Fight for the Navy's First Black Officers
The Golden Thirteen: The Fight for the Navy's First Black Officers 4.28 avg rating — 67 ratings
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The Language of Thieves: My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate
The Language of Thieves: My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate 3.89 avg rating — 263 ratings
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I Marched with Patton: A Firsthand Account of World War II Alongside One of the U.S. Army's Greatest Generals
I Marched with Patton: A Firsthand Account of World War II Alongside One of the U.S. Army's Greatest Generals 3.80 avg rating — 451 ratings
61.
Midnight Train to Prague
Midnight Train to Prague 3.10 avg rating — 999 ratings
63.
Once We Were Here
Once We Were Here 4.19 avg rating — 1,411 ratings
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The Last Bookshop in London
The Last Bookshop in London 4.14 avg rating — 92,519 ratings
65.
Boxes for Katje
Boxes for Katje 4.51 avg rating — 1,490 ratings
66.
Carve Her Name with Pride
Carve Her Name with Pride 4.22 avg rating — 628 ratings
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A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II
A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II 3.89 avg rating — 1,817 ratings
68.
Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941
Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 4.39 avg rating — 272 ratings
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Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany
Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany 3.83 avg rating — 2,709 ratings
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Send for Me
Send for Me 3.42 avg rating — 19,557 ratings
71.
The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1)
The War Widow (Billie Walker Mystery, #1)
by: Tara Moss
3.75 avg rating — 3,992 ratings
72.
The Kaiser's Web (Cotton Malone, #16)
The Kaiser's Web (Cotton Malone, #16) 4.18 avg rating — 8,721 ratings
73.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,739 ratings
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The Princess Spy
The Princess Spy 3.73 avg rating — 4,112 ratings
75.
Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War
Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War 4.53 avg rating — 1,525 ratings
76.
Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World 4.09 avg rating — 2,779 ratings
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The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America
The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America 3.82 avg rating — 757 ratings
78.
Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother's Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind
Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother's Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind 3.65 avg rating — 333 ratings
79.
Eternal
Eternal 4.29 avg rating — 43,041 ratings
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos 4.07 avg rating — 9,480 ratings