World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction

1.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,038 ratings
2.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,810 ratings
3.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,128 ratings
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Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating — 164,325 ratings
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Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,383 ratings
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Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating — 489,764 ratings
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,509 ratings
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Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,303 ratings
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,223 ratings
10.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,936 ratings
11.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,647 ratings
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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 — 348,489 ratings
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Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,606 ratings
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The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,216 ratings
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All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,441 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating — 144,570 ratings
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Suite Française
Suite Française 3.86 avg rating — 77,015 ratings
18.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,947 ratings
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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 — 989,147 ratings
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,353 ratings
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Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz 4.34 avg rating — 83,588 ratings
22.
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 92,482 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 — 66,127 ratings
24.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating — 268,375 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 — 48,561 ratings
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The Kommandant's Girl (The Kommandant's Girl, #1)
The Kommandant's Girl (The Kommandant's Girl, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 30,862 ratings
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 4.25 avg rating — 79,656 ratings
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City of Thieves
City of Thieves 4.30 avg rating — 161,997 ratings
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Crabwalk
Crabwalk 3.47 avg rating — 4,041 ratings
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,798 ratings
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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 — 215,175 ratings
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Those Who Save Us
Those Who Save Us 4.11 avg rating — 102,912 ratings
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125,843 ratings
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story 3.49 avg rating — 90,811 ratings
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The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1)
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 58,923 ratings
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The Devil's Arithmetic
The Devil's Arithmetic 4.03 avg rating — 61,486 ratings
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Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,528 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 — 136,005 ratings
39.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,025 ratings
40.
Mila 18
Mila 18
by: Leon Uris
4.32 avg rating — 26,365 ratings
41.
Hana's Suitcase
Hana's Suitcase 4.20 avg rating — 9,968 ratings
42.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating — 86,434 ratings
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I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust
I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust 4.19 avg rating — 23,341 ratings
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Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle 4.21 avg rating — 165,980 ratings
45.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,894,069 ratings
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1)
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 23,722 ratings
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Tatiana and Alexander (The Bronze Horseman, #2)
Tatiana and Alexander (The Bronze Horseman, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 46,258 ratings
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All But My Life
All But My Life 4.33 avg rating — 21,981 ratings
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In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer 4.26 avg rating — 15,186 ratings
50.
War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2)
War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 38,936 ratings
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Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust
Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust 3.72 avg rating — 5,063 ratings
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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil 4.20 avg rating — 31,551 ratings
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Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany 4.24 avg rating — 24,326 ratings
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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 — 50,730 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 — 67,941 ratings
56.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,866 ratings
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The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 4.34 avg rating — 25,784 ratings
58.
The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide
The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide 4.12 avg rating — 3,614 ratings
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Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941 4.34 avg rating — 6,315 ratings
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A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
by: Anonymous
4.29 avg rating — 17,073 ratings
61.
Skeletons at the Feast
Skeletons at the Feast really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26,798 ratings
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A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far 4.27 avg rating — 21,303 ratings
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Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 4.28 avg rating — 7,363 ratings
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The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum 3.95 avg rating — 45,958 ratings
65.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,378 ratings
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Mother Night
Mother Night 4.23 avg rating — 102,420 ratings
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The Second World War
The Second World War 4.11 avg rating — 5,020 ratings
68.
The Diplomat's Wife (The Kommandant's Girl, #2)
The Diplomat's Wife (The Kommandant's Girl, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 19,274 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 — 23,187 ratings
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Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating — 182,761 ratings
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HHhH
HHhH 4.07 avg rating — 27,465 ratings
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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific 4.23 avg rating — 24,385 ratings
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Das Boot: The Boat
Das Boot: The Boat 4.26 avg rating — 5,824 ratings
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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 — 19,675 ratings
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa 4.49 avg rating — 45,836 ratings
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Blitzball
Blitzball 4.18 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Austerlitz
Austerlitz 3.98 avg rating — 25,607 ratings
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The Lost Wife
The Lost Wife 4.25 avg rating — 63,303 ratings
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Der totale Rausch: Drogen im Dritten Reich
Der totale Rausch: Drogen im Dritten Reich 4.05 avg rating — 30,218 ratings
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King Rat (Asian Saga, #4)
King Rat (Asian Saga, #4) 4.19 avg rating — 43,415 ratings
81.
Storm of Steel
Storm of Steel 4.15 avg rating — 20,486 ratings
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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan 4.35 avg rating — 21,286 ratings
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Yellow Star
Yellow Star 4.25 avg rating — 16,224 ratings
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Patton: A Genius for War
Patton: A Genius for War 4.25 avg rating — 4,271 ratings
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QB VII
QB VII
by: Leon Uris
4.20 avg rating — 30,364 ratings
86.
The Kindly Ones
The Kindly Ones 4.02 avg rating — 14,659 ratings
87.
Together: A Journey for Survival
Together: A Journey for Survival 4.01 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
88.
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 — 5,925 ratings
89.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 82,591 ratings
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The Forgotten Soldier
The Forgotten Soldier
by: Guy Sajer
4.39 avg rating — 11,837 ratings
91.
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 — 4,612 ratings
92.
Every Man Dies Alone
Every Man Dies Alone 4.27 avg rating — 35,336 ratings
93.
The Invisible Bridge
The Invisible Bridge 4.18 avg rating — 53,715 ratings
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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 — 2,433 ratings
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 3.78 avg rating — 14,336 ratings
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Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 4.35 avg rating — 10,719 ratings
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The Painted Bird
The Painted Bird 3.90 avg rating — 27,860 ratings
98.
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy 4.22 avg rating — 80,453 ratings
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One Man's Justice
One Man's Justice 3.94 avg rating — 362 ratings
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The Way Back to Florence
The Way Back to Florence 4.19 avg rating — 402 ratings
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