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World War I Books

Books selected for readers looking for world war i books.

46 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·108% reader overlap with World War II Books

1. Allies at War
Tim Bouverie
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
2. The Killing Season
Robert Cowley
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War I History
3. The Deluge
Adam Tooze
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War I History
4. World War I
DK, D.K. Publishing
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Military History-Pictorial
5. The War to End All Wars
Russell Freedman
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War I History
6. Looking for the Good War
Elizabeth D Samet
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Vietnam War History
7. What Was World War I?
Nico Medina, Who HQ
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War I History
8. World War One: 1914-1918
Alan Cowsill, Lalit Kumar Sharma
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Europe for Teens
9. When Books Went to War
Molly Guptill Manning
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
10. American Midnight
Adam Hochschild, Jonathan Todd Ross
Fits this list for its focus on war.
Shelf signal: 20th-Century America
11. Blood and Ruins
Richard Overy
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War I History
12. Remember US
Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
13. The Fall of the Ottomans
Eugene Rogan
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War I History
14. The Guns at Last Light
Rick Atkinson, Tim Duggan
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
15. A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War
Joseph Loconte
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: SF & Fantasy Criticism
16. Till We Meet Again
Brandon Marriott
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Canadian Military History
17. Freedom's Forge
Arthur Herman
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
18. The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark
Fits this list for its focus on war.
Shelf signal: World War I History
19. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
Douglas Brunt
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War I History
20. Hellfire Boys
Theo Emery
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Chemical & Biological Warfare
21. The Unwomanly Face of War
Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Eastern European History
22. The Splendid and the Vile
John Lee, Erik Larson
Included for strong book club alignment with this world war i list.
Shelf signal: 20th-Century Britain
23. Russia
Antony Beevor
Fits this list for its focus on war.
Shelf signal: World War I History
24. Through the Wheat
Thomas Boyd, Edwin Howard Simmons
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War I History