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
1,460 books — 1,539 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
416 books — 199 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
116 books — 58 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
154 books — 50 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 UngGrandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery
True Life Stories--Overcoming Hardship
270 books — 25 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynEscape from Camp 14 by Blaine HardenCancer Ward by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan
The Gulag Medley
220 books — 52 voters