Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/90996833-isobel-karpe">Isobel Karpe</a> (27 Lists)

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Isobel Karpe (27 Lists)

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

The Cider House Rules by John Irving

About a Boy by Nick Hornby

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi Pirandello

2025 Reading Challenge

3,087 books — 2,056 voters

HHhH by Laurent Binet

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

We Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. Norman

Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally

Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose

Military Fiction

783 books — 399 voters

Company Commander by Charles B. MacDonald

The Forgotten 500 by Gregory A. Freeman

Must Read World War II Military History - European Theater of Operations (nonfiction)

310 books — 114 voters

The Third Reich at War by Richard J. Evans

A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead

Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden

Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie

Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies

Best World War Two Novels

267 books — 108 voters

Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" by Patrick J. Buchanan

We Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. Norman

The Forgotten 500 by Gregory A. Freeman

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose

Military History

919 books — 342 voters

Medallions by Zofia Nałkowska

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer

The Second World War by John Keegan

The Train to Crystal City by Jan Jarboe Russell

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

History Books - Fact and Fiction

1,271 books — 375 voters

The Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn Beer

Hiroshima by John Hersey

Inferno by Max Hastings

We Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. Norman

Churchill's Secret War by Madhusree Mukerjee

Plight of a Nation

1,147 books — 400 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie

Take Me Somewhere I've Never Been Before

1,004 books — 419 voters

Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre

Killing the Rising Sun by Bill O'Reilly

An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson

Hiroshima by John Hersey

HHhH by Laurent Binet

1,114 books — 406 voters

The Second World War by Antony Beevor

Escape From Davao by John D. Lukacs

The Bedford Boys by Alex Kershaw

The Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw

The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan

Veteran Recommendations

886 books — 420 voters

Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie

Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose

Inferno by Max Hastings

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

World War II Memoirs

356 books — 177 voters

The Bedford Boys by Alex Kershaw

Armageddon by Max Hastings

The Train to Crystal City by Jan Jarboe Russell

Flags of Our Fathers by James D. Bradley

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

War has no winners

1,132 books — 490 voters

Hiroshima Diary by Michihiko Hachiya

Lost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff

If You Survive by George Wilson

Berlin Diary by William L. Shirer

Company Commander by Charles B. MacDonald

WW2: Many Perspectives

518 books — 230 voters

Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally

Lost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff

The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson

HHhH by Laurent Binet

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

World War II Literature

276 books — 187 voters

Pegasus Bridge by Stephen E. Ambrose

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer

Masters of the Air by Donald L. Miller

Escape From Davao by John D. Lukacs

1,255 books — 381 voters

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer

Pacific Crucible by Ian W. Toll

Blitzed by Norman Ohler

Decision in Normandy by Carlo D'Este

The Third Reich at War by Richard J. Evans

World War 2 books

387 books — 210 voters

Flags of Our Fathers by James D. Bradley

The Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn Beer

Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

World War II Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once

344 books — 252 voters

The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan

Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie

The Forgotten 500 by Gregory A. Freeman

Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger

World War II Fiction & Non-fiction

778 books — 405 voters

The Forgotten 500 by Gregory A. Freeman

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

Hiroshima Diary by Michihiko Hachiya

Company Commander by Charles B. MacDonald

A WWII Reading List

718 books — 379 voters

Best WWII Historical Fiction

446 books — 629 voters

Hiroshima by John Hersey

At Dawn We Slept by Gordon W. Prange

The Train to Crystal City by Jan Jarboe Russell

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer

Flyboys by James D. Bradley

Best World War II History (nonfiction)

678 books — 494 voters

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

Pegasus Bridge by Stephen E. Ambrose

If You Survive by George Wilson

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

At Dawn We Slept by Gordon W. Prange

World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)

662 books — 453 voters

Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas

Hiroshima by John Hersey

Company Commander by Charles B. MacDonald

Hiroshima Diary by Michihiko Hachiya

Amazing WWII fiction (some with romance)

407 books — 627 voters

Beyond Band of Brothers by Dick Winters

Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre

An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson

A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead

Flyboys by James D. Bradley

Best WWII Fiction and Biography

696 books — 579 voters

The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan

The Train to Crystal City by Jan Jarboe Russell

The Forgotten 500 by Gregory A. Freeman

Armageddon by Max Hastings

The Third Reich at War by Richard J. Evans

World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction

956 books — 760 voters

The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan

Best War Novels

1,671 books — 1,388 voters

Crabwalk by Günter Grass

WWII Historic Fiction

1,358 books — 1,523 voters