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A Reading List of the Second World War

Books written about the Battle of Britain, the Pacific Theatre, the rise of the Third Reich, D-Day, the Holocaust, Japanese Internment, and many other events and traumas of the Second World War.
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The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
1
Markus Zusak
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
2
Joseph Heller
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
3
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
4
Anthony Doerr
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
5
Norman Mailer
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
6
Anne Frank
The English Patient
The English Patient
7
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
8
Kurt Vonnegut
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
9
Graham Greene
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
10
Ian McEwan
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
11
Elie Wiesel
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Bridge Over the River Kwai
12
Sarah's Key (Tatiana De Rosnay)
Sarah's Key
13
Tatiana De Rosnay
Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars
14
David Guterson
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List
15
Thomas Keneally
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
Number the Stars
16
Lois Lowry
Those Who Save Us (Jenna Blum)
Those Who Save Us
17
Jenna Blum
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
18
William Styron
THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Winston Churchill
THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Winston Churchill
19
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
20
James Jones
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far
21
Das Boot (Lothar Gunther Buchheim)
Das Boot
22
Lothar Gunther Buchheim
Jackdaws
Jackdaws
23
King Rat (China Mieville)
King Rat
24
China Mieville
City of Thieves (David Benioff)
City of Thieves
25
David Benioff
Mila 18
Mila 18
26
Empire of the Sun (J.G. Ballard)
Empire of the Sun
27
J.G. Ballard
Goodnight Mr. Tom (Michelle Magorian)
Goodnight Mr. Tom
28
Michelle Magorian
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
29
Art Spiegelman
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
30
Laura Hillenbrand
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones
31
Jonathan Littell
Men at Arms (Evelyn Waugh)
Men at Arms
32
Evelyn Waugh
Closing Time
Closing Time
33
D-Day (Antony Beevor)
D-Day
34
Antony Beevor
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line
35
The Unknown Soldier
The Unknown Soldier
36
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
37
Arthur Golden
Grave of the Fireflies (Nosaka Akiyuki)
Grave of the Fireflies
38
Nosaka Akiyuki
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale
39
Kristin Hannah
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
40
Thomas Pynchon
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