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
Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
History
Biography
World War II
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
History
Business
Economics
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
History
War
World War II
Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death
History
World War II
Germany
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor
Holocaust
History
Memoir
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
History
World War II
Science
Facing the Lion
Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
Memoir
History
Holocaust
Warsaw Boy
A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
History
Biography
World War II
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
History
Biography
World War II
Eichmann in My Hands
A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
History
Holocaust
Memoir
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
History
Biography
Japan
Hitler's Cross
The Revealing Story of How the Cross of Christ was Used as a symbol of the Nazi Agenda
History
Christian
World War II
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
History
Biography
World War II
The Book Thief
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
The Bomber Mafia
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
History
War
World War II
The Nightingale
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
History
War
World War II
Postwar
A History of Europe Since 1945
History
Politics
European History
The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
History
World War II
Politics
Code Name Verity
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Little Liar
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
World War II
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Rose Code
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
History
Science
Physics
All the Light We Cannot See
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
The German House
Historical Fiction
Historical
Germany
Suite Française
Historical Fiction
France
World War II
Measure of a Man
From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
History
Biography
Holocaust
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Woman All Spies Fear
Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life
History
Biography
Historical
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
History
Politics
World War II
War as I Knew It
History
Biography
Military Fiction
Strong Men Armed
The United States Marines Against Japan
History
Military Fiction
World War II
All Our Yesterdays
Italy
Historical Fiction
Italian Literature
The Nazis
A Warning from History
History
World War II
War
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
The Paris Daughter
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Diamond Eye
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
The Comfort of Ghosts
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Historical Mystery
Code Name Hélène
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
Lilac Girls
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Between Shades of Gray
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Cilka's Journey
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
We Were the Lucky Ones
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Salt to the Sea
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Storyteller
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
Historical
Winter of the World
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
The Boy on the Wooden Box
Holocaust
History
Memoir