Best World War Two Novels

1.
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 92,483 ratings
2.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating β€” 873,327 ratings
3.
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA 3.95 avg rating β€” 14,508 ratings
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War 4.30 avg rating β€” 67,945 ratings
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Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
by: Miep Gies
4.30 avg rating β€” 66,127 ratings
6.
Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II
Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II 4.24 avg rating β€” 4,921 ratings
7.
Suite Francaise
Suite Francaise 3.86 avg rating β€” 77,018 ratings
8.
The Third Reich at War (The History of the Third Reich, #3)
The Third Reich at War (The History of the Third Reich, #3) 4.39 avg rating β€” 5,926 ratings
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Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II 3.87 avg rating β€” 46,527 ratings
10.
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad 4.23 avg rating β€” 14,178 ratings
11.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 4.40 avg rating β€” 23,886 ratings
11.
Why the Allies Won
Why the Allies Won 4.19 avg rating β€” 2,230 ratings
13.
The Second World War
The Second World War 4.11 avg rating β€” 5,020 ratings
14.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,334,200 ratings
14.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating β€” 82,599 ratings
16.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating β€” 86,440 ratings
17.
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage 4.20 avg rating β€” 22,796 ratings
18.
The Railway Man: A POW's Searing Account of War, Brutality and Forgiveness
The Railway Man: A POW's Searing Account of War, Brutality and Forgiveness 4.13 avg rating β€” 7,980 ratings
19.
Skeletons at the Feast
Skeletons at the Feast really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 26,800 ratings
20.
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3) 4.48 avg rating β€” 10,569 ratings
21.
If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story
If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story 4.23 avg rating β€” 3,877 ratings
22.
1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers: The Long Run-Up to the Second World War
1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers: The Long Run-Up to the Second World War 4.57 avg rating β€” 301 ratings
23.
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 22,176 ratings
24.
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941 4.34 avg rating β€” 6,315 ratings
25.
Crabwalk
Crabwalk 3.47 avg rating β€” 4,041 ratings
25.
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II 3.73 avg rating β€” 31,441 ratings
25.
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy 4.22 avg rating β€” 80,457 ratings
28.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin 3.89 avg rating β€” 215,185 ratings
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At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor 4.21 avg rating β€” 3,692 ratings
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The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 14,270 ratings
31.
A Train in Winter (The Resistance #1)
A Train in Winter (The Resistance #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 8,706 ratings
32.
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific 4.23 avg rating β€” 24,385 ratings
33.
The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II 4.08 avg rating β€” 2,433 ratings
34.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating β€” 989,191 ratings
35.
Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II 4.18 avg rating β€” 961 ratings
36.
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far 4.27 avg rating β€” 21,303 ratings
37.
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon 4.18 avg rating β€” 8,303 ratings
38.
Hiroshima Diary
Hiroshima Diary 4.20 avg rating β€” 3,015 ratings
39.
Pattern of Shadows (Mary, #1)
Pattern of Shadows (Mary, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 230 ratings
40.
The Luck of the Weissensteiners
The Luck of the Weissensteiners 3.84 avg rating β€” 977 ratings
41.
The Memory of Us
The Memory of Us 4.18 avg rating β€” 10,657 ratings
42.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,575 ratings
43.
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 4.28 avg rating β€” 7,363 ratings
44.
Escape From Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War
Escape From Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War 4.23 avg rating β€” 1,268 ratings
45.
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese 4.28 avg rating β€” 4,731 ratings
46.
Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating β€” 164,326 ratings
47.
The Second World War
The Second World War 4.39 avg rating β€” 10,406 ratings
48.
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa 4.49 avg rating β€” 45,836 ratings
49.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating β€” 4,073,088 ratings
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In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors 4.33 avg rating β€” 23,190 ratings
51.
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World 4.19 avg rating β€” 1,968 ratings
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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 4.44 avg rating β€” 136,013 ratings
51.
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 4.34 avg rating β€” 25,784 ratings
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The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45
The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 4.30 avg rating β€” 5,936 ratings
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Medallions
Medallions 4.04 avg rating β€” 6,147 ratings
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The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust 4.17 avg rating β€” 48,563 ratings
56.
The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice 4.26 avg rating β€” 4,612 ratings
58.
Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers 4.22 avg rating β€” 62,882 ratings
59.
Mila 18
Mila 18
by: Leon Uris
4.32 avg rating β€” 26,365 ratings
60.
Patton: A Genius for War
Patton: A Genius for War 4.25 avg rating β€” 4,271 ratings
61.
Decision in Normandy
Decision in Normandy 4.05 avg rating β€” 869 ratings
62.
A Pledge of Silence
A Pledge of Silence 4.21 avg rating β€” 6,917 ratings
63.
The Welsh Girl
The Welsh Girl 3.45 avg rating β€” 4,749 ratings
64.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating β€” 1,894,598 ratings
65.
The Orphans of Dachau
The Orphans of Dachau 4.59 avg rating β€” 96 ratings
66.
Resistance
Resistance 3.79 avg rating β€” 9,479 ratings
67.
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 4.35 avg rating β€” 10,719 ratings
68.
Storm of Steel
Storm of Steel 4.15 avg rating β€” 20,487 ratings
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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb 4.24 avg rating β€” 5,907 ratings
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Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944
Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 4.15 avg rating β€” 10,973 ratings
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Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating β€” 237,984 ratings
72.
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II 4.09 avg rating β€” 12,935 ratings
73.
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1) 3.70 avg rating β€” 17,689 ratings
74.
The Skin of Water
The Skin of Water 3.96 avg rating β€” 257 ratings
74.
To Save Us All From Ruin: A Muldoon Adventure
To Save Us All From Ruin: A Muldoon Adventure 4.15 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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Into the Unknown
Into the Unknown 4.18 avg rating β€” 207 ratings
74.
The Seer
The Seer
by: Eva Shaw
3.93 avg rating β€” 68 ratings
74.
An Affair of Spies
An Affair of Spies 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,283 ratings
79.
Letters from Home
Letters from Home 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,051 ratings
79.
Angel, Archangel
Angel, Archangel
by: Nick Cook
3.60 avg rating β€” 70 ratings
79.
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich 4.05 avg rating β€” 30,222 ratings
79.
Devil's Deceit.
Devil's Deceit. 4.82 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
83.
The Firecrackers of Lilliput
The Firecrackers of Lilliput 4.19 avg rating β€” 216 ratings
83.
Jackboot Britain
Jackboot Britain 3.63 avg rating β€” 112 ratings
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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany 4.21 avg rating β€” 9,584 ratings
86.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating β€” 551,972 ratings
87.
The Siege
The Siege 4.03 avg rating β€” 6,883 ratings
87.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,157 ratings
89.
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 4.28 avg rating β€” 5,079 ratings
89.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating β€” 226,225 ratings
91.
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating β€” 348,510 ratings
92.
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters 4.33 avg rating β€” 19,677 ratings
93.
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
The Bridge Over the River Kwai 3.94 avg rating β€” 10,405 ratings
94.
Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth 4.21 avg rating β€” 8,568 ratings
95.
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating β€” 60,761 ratings
96.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating β€” 50,743 ratings
97.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating β€” 311,640 ratings
98.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating β€” 793,965 ratings
99.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) 4.32 avg rating β€” 1,119,047 ratings
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating β€” 933,597 ratings
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