The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
WWII Historic Fiction
1,507 books — 1,600 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
Novels Set in Germany
422 books — 200 voters

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréZoo Station by David DowningThe Good German by Joseph KanonBerlin Noir by Philip KerrVaterland by Robert   Harris
Berlin in Fiction
118 books — 60 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellStalin by Simon Sebag MontefioreThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Stalinist Russia
155 books — 51 voters

30 Years Behind Bars by Karen  GedneyThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsDeath of Innocence by Mamie Till-MobleyFirst They Killed My Father by Loung UngEducated by Tara Westover
True Life Stories--Overcoming Hardship
272 books — 26 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynFrom Doctor to Healer by Erica M. ElliottThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynEscape from Camp 14 by Blaine HardenCancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Gulag Medley
222 books — 67 voters