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World War II Books

Books selected for readers looking for world war ii books.

60 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 490+ tracked lists·176% reader overlap with European Theater Books

1. Facing the Mountain
Daniel James Brown
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II History
2. Allies at War
Tim Bouverie
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
3. Spearhead
Adam Makos, Johnathan McClain
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II History
4. The Ghost Army of World War II
Rick Beyer, Elizabeth Sayles
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
5. Book and Dagger
Elyse Graham, Saskia Maarleveld
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Intelligence & Espionage
6. Eyewitness to World War II
Stephen G. Hyslop, Winston Groom
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II History
7. Normandy '44
James Holland
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
8. The Liberator
Alex Kershaw
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II History
9. A Higher Call
Adam Makos, Larry Alexander
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II History
10. Guts & Glory: World War II
Ben Thompson
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Military & Wars
11. 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
12. The Navigator's Letter
Jan Cress Dondi
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II History
13. Midnight Flyboys
Bruce Henderson
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Military Aviation
14. A Wing and a Prayer
Harry H. Crosby, Chris Monteiro
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Military Aviation
15. Remember US
Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
16. World War II
DK, Richard Holmes
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Military History-Pictorial
17. The Battle of Okinawa
George Feifer
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: WWII Pacific Theater
18. Victory '45
James Holland, Al Murray
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
19. Wolfpack
Roger Moorhouse, Basic Books
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Warships & Submarines
20. The Second World War
James Holland, Keith Burns
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Military History-Pictorial
21. Advance Britannia
Alan Allport
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
22. Sword Beach
Max Hastings
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: World War II: European Theater
23. Last Call at the Hotel Imperial
Deborah Cohen
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: 20th-Century History
24. Codename Nemo
Charles Lachman, Qarie Marshall
Fits this list for its focus on war and world.
Shelf signal: Naval History