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Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

  1. Spearhead

    1. Spearhead

    Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
  2. Facing the Mountain

    2. Facing the Mountain

    Facing the Mountain: An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War II
  3. The Ghost Army of World War II

    3. The Ghost Army of World War II

    The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery (Updated Edition)
  4. Normandy '44

    4. Normandy '44

    Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
  5. The Boys in the Light

    5. The Boys in the Light

    The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood
  6. Blood and Ruins

    6. Blood and Ruins

    Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945
  7. The Liberator

    7. The Liberator

    The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
  8. Allies at War

    8. Allies at War

    Allies at War: How the Struggles Between the Allied Powers Shaped the War and the World
  9. Victory '45

    9. Victory '45

    Victory '45: The End of the War in Eight Surrenders
  10. Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island

    10. Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island

    Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island: The World War II Battle That Saved Marine Corps Aviation
  11. When Books Went To War

    11. When Books Went To War

    When Books Went To War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
  12. The Fleet at Flood Tide

    12. The Fleet at Flood Tide

    The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
  13. The Navigator's Letter

    13. The Navigator's Letter

    The Navigator's Letter: The True Story of Two WWII Airmen, a Doomed Mission, and the Woman Who Bound Them Together
  14. A Higher Call

    14. A Higher Call

    A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
  15. The Guns at Last Light

    15. The Guns at Last Light

    The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
  16. The Forgotten 500

    16. The Forgotten 500

    The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
  17. Eyewitness to World War II

    17. Eyewitness to World War II

    Eyewitness to World War II: Unforgettable Stories From History's Greatest Conflict
  18. The Mosquito Bowl

    18. The Mosquito Bowl

    The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
  19. World War II

    19. World War II

    World War II: The Definitive Visual History from Blitzkrieg to the Atom Bomb
  20. The Splendid and the Vile

    20. The Splendid and the Vile

    The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
  21. The Diary Keepers

    21. The Diary Keepers

    The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It
  22. Advance Britannia

    22. Advance Britannia

    Advance Britannia: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1942-1945
  23. Codename Nemo

    23. Codename Nemo

    Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and the Elusive Enigma Machine
  24. Operation Paperclip

    24. Operation Paperclip

    Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

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