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World War II & Holocaust Books

Books selected for readers looking for world war ii & holocaust books.

39 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists

1. Bluebird
Sharon Cameron
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II & Holocaust
2. The London House
Katherine Reay
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: 20th-Century English Fiction
3. The Silent Unseen
Amanda McCrina
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Holocaust Stories for Teens
4. Strangers in Time
David Baldacci
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II & Holocaust
5. The Night Portrait
Laura Morelli
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Post–World War II Fiction
6. When We Had Wings
Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II & Holocaust
7. Churchill's Secret Messenger
Alan Hlad
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II & Holocaust
8. Artifice
Sharon Cameron
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Holocaust Stories for Teens
9. Just Once
Karen Kingsbury
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II & Holocaust
10. The Tattooist of Auschwitz [movie-tie-in]
Heather Morris
Fits this list for its focus on holocaust.
Shelf signal: Holocaust Stories for Teens
11. Trajectory
Cambria Gordon
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: War & Military YA
12. Last Twilight in Paris
Pam Jenoff
Included for strong book club alignment with this world war ii & holocaust list.
Shelf signal: World War II & Holocaust
13. The Art Spy
Michelle Young
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Intelligence & Espionage
14. The Stolen Lady
Laura Morelli
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Post–World War II Fiction
15. The Kommandant's Girl
Pam Jenoff
Included for strong book club alignment with this world war ii & holocaust list.
Shelf signal: World War II & Holocaust
16. The Letter
Kathryn Hughes
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II & Holocaust
17. Acts of Love and War
Maggie Brookes
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II & Holocaust
18. Family of Spies
Christine Kuehn
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Intelligence & Espionage
19. Greenmantle
John Buchan
Fits this list for its focus on holocaust and war.
Shelf signal: Historical Thrillers
20. Escape From Paris
Carolyn G. Hart
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II & Holocaust
21. The Berlin Letters
Katherine Reay
Fits this list for its focus on war.
Shelf signal: Post–World War II Fiction
22. Under a War-torn Sky
L. M. Elliott
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: War & Military YA
23. Prisoner of Night and Fog
Anne Blankman, Heather Wilds
Included for strong jewish alignment with this world war ii & holocaust list.
Shelf signal: Holocaust Stories for Teens
24. Eden Undone
Abbott Kahler
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II & Holocaust