Major Battles in History and Fiction

1.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating β€” 357,026 ratings
2.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating β€” 494,740 ratings
3.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating β€” 505,129 ratings
4.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating β€” 90,467 ratings
5.
Henry V
Henry V 3.85 avg rating β€” 52,298 ratings
6.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating β€” 82,615 ratings
7.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating β€” 340,335 ratings
8.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating β€” 716,584 ratings
9.
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) 4.18 avg rating β€” 10,900 ratings
10.
The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating β€” 22,486 ratings
11.
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating β€” 139,155 ratings
12.
The Hobbit
The Hobbit 4.29 avg rating β€” 4,346,517 ratings
14.
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 4.32 avg rating β€” 40,059 ratings
16.
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra 3.71 avg rating β€” 42,730 ratings
17.
Richard III
Richard III 3.91 avg rating β€” 57,239 ratings
18.
The Last Days of the Incas
The Last Days of the Incas 4.20 avg rating β€” 6,887 ratings
19.
North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 62,172 ratings
20.
1066: The Year of the Conquest
1066: The Year of the Conquest 4.06 avg rating β€” 4,524 ratings
21.
Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1)
Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1) 4.09 avg rating β€” 37,083 ratings
22.
King Henry IV, Part 1
King Henry IV, Part 1 3.80 avg rating β€” 32,539 ratings
23.
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far 4.27 avg rating β€” 21,304 ratings
24.
An Infamous Army (Alastair-Audley, #4)
An Infamous Army (Alastair-Audley, #4) 3.72 avg rating β€” 4,948 ratings
26.
Les MisΓ©rables
Les MisΓ©rables 4.21 avg rating β€” 830,294 ratings
26.
Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire 4.40 avg rating β€” 42,082 ratings
28.
Agincourt
Agincourt 4.16 avg rating β€” 31,317 ratings
29.
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) 4.07 avg rating β€” 17,574 ratings
30.
The Fall of Constantinople 1453
The Fall of Constantinople 1453 4.32 avg rating β€” 1,512 ratings
30.
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 14,271 ratings
32.
Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle that Made England
Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle that Made England 4.13 avg rating β€” 2,043 ratings
33.
Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam 4.24 avg rating β€” 4,701 ratings
34.
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 4.34 avg rating β€” 25,785 ratings
35.
The Charterhouse of Parma
The Charterhouse of Parma
by: Stendhal
3.79 avg rating β€” 19,486 ratings
38.
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) 4.42 avg rating β€” 1,000,257 ratings
39.
A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury
A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,314 ratings
40.
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 4.30 avg rating β€” 2,997 ratings
40.
The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative 4.53 avg rating β€” 8,028 ratings
42.
Sharpe's Trafalgar
Sharpe's Trafalgar 4.14 avg rating β€” 14,782 ratings
44.
They Called It Passchendaele
They Called It Passchendaele 4.34 avg rating β€” 618 ratings
45.
Sharpe's Waterloo (Sharpe, #20)
Sharpe's Waterloo (Sharpe, #20) 4.34 avg rating β€” 10,165 ratings
47.
The Armada
The Armada 4.13 avg rating β€” 911 ratings
48.
The Forever War
The Forever War 4.14 avg rating β€” 176,950 ratings
49.
March
March 3.81 avg rating β€” 76,176 ratings
50.
The Last of the Wine
The Last of the Wine 4.05 avg rating β€” 6,306 ratings
52.
Great Maria
Great Maria 4.09 avg rating β€” 592 ratings
53.
Culloden
Culloden
by: Phil Sked
3.78 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
54.
The Last Full Measure (The Civil War: 1861-1865 #3)
The Last Full Measure (The Civil War: 1861-1865 #3) 4.25 avg rating β€” 17,991 ratings
54.
The Washing of the Spears
The Washing of the Spears 4.24 avg rating β€” 988 ratings
57.
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 46,128 ratings
58.
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2)
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2) 3.93 avg rating β€” 8,354 ratings
60.
Shiloh: Bloody April
Shiloh: Bloody April 4.14 avg rating β€” 96 ratings
60.
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity 4.08 avg rating β€” 17,968 ratings
62.
Rise to Rebellion
Rise to Rebellion 4.22 avg rating β€” 10,175 ratings
64.
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad 4.18 avg rating β€” 3,843 ratings
66.
1066: The Year of the Three Battles
1066: The Year of the Three Battles 4.01 avg rating β€” 223 ratings
70.
The Warrior Queens
The Warrior Queens 3.71 avg rating β€” 2,786 ratings
72.
A Brief History of the Hundred Years War
A Brief History of the Hundred Years War 3.77 avg rating β€” 324 ratings
74.
The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War
The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,816 ratings
75.
Agincourt
Agincourt 3.71 avg rating β€” 300 ratings
76.
RakΓ³ssy
RakΓ³ssy 3.96 avg rating β€” 133 ratings
77.
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa 4.49 avg rating β€” 45,850 ratings
78.
Agincourt 1415: Triumph against the odds
Agincourt 1415: Triumph against the odds 3.78 avg rating β€” 92 ratings
79.
The Saga of the Jomsvikings
The Saga of the Jomsvikings
by: Anonymous
4.04 avg rating β€” 224 ratings
80.
The Year of the French
The Year of the French 4.09 avg rating β€” 1,173 ratings
82.
Waterloo: The Hundred Days
Waterloo: The Hundred Days 4.03 avg rating β€” 134 ratings
84.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem 3.88 avg rating β€” 396 ratings
84.
Birdsong
Birdsong 4.11 avg rating β€” 82,680 ratings
86.
Jericho's Tumbling Walls (Arch Books)
Jericho's Tumbling Walls (Arch Books) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
88.
Love and War (North and South, #2)
Love and War (North and South, #2) 4.15 avg rating β€” 18,809 ratings
88.
The Battle of Kadesh (Ramses #3)
The Battle of Kadesh (Ramses #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 6,510 ratings
91.
The Battle That Stopped Rome
The Battle That Stopped Rome 3.63 avg rating β€” 589 ratings
91.
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Battle of Hastings 1066
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Battle of Hastings 1066 3.69 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
91.
The Great Siege: Malta 1565
The Great Siege: Malta 1565 4.38 avg rating β€” 2,675 ratings
94.
Rome: The Eagle of the Twelfth (Rome, #3)
Rome: The Eagle of the Twelfth (Rome, #3) 4.25 avg rating β€” 703 ratings
96.
Hastings 1066: The Fall of Saxon England
Hastings 1066: The Fall of Saxon England 3.99 avg rating β€” 76 ratings