A Decade of Hit Books

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cherryl Debus (28 Lists)



An Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesWhy the Allies Won by Richard Overy
Best World War Two Novels
267 books — 107 voters
Churchill's Secret War by Madhusree MukerjeeAgent Zigzag by Ben MacintyreChurchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" by Patrick J. BuchananFlyboys by James D. Bradley
Military History
929 books — 395 voters

Flags of Our Fathers by James D. BradleyAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonHelmet for My Pillow by Robert LeckieThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
History Books - Fact and Fiction
1,314 books — 469 voters
Inferno by Max HastingsHHhH by Laurent Binet1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers by Gerd Schultze-RhonhofThe Third Reich at War by Richard J. Evans
Plight of a Nation
1,135 books — 454 voters

Armageddon by Max HastingsMasters of the Air by Donald L. MillerThe Forgotten Soldier by Guy SajerWhy the Allies Won by Richard OveryChurchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" by Patrick J. Buchanan
Take Me Somewhere I've Never Been Before
1,024 books — 481 voters
Killing the Rising Sun by Bill O'ReillyEnemy at the Gates by William CraigHiroshima by John HerseyPegasus Bridge by Stephen E. AmbroseBeyond Band of Brothers by Dick Winters
Military Books
1,137 books — 471 voters

Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenKilling the Rising Sun by Bill O'ReillyThe Railway Man by Eric Lomax
Veteran Recommendations
905 books — 479 voters
The Girls of Atomic City by Denise KiernanBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenHiroshima Diary by Michihiko HachiyaThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Railway Man by Eric Lomax
World War II Memoirs
367 books — 193 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. NormanHHhH by Laurent BinetBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseA Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead
War has no winners
1,151 books — 542 voters
The Last Battle by Cornelius RyanThe Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn BeerWhen Books Went to War by Molly Guptill ManningThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesMasters of the Air by Donald L. Miller
WW2: Many Perspectives
538 books — 272 voters

The Girls of Atomic City by Denise KiernanAt Dawn We Slept by Gordon W. PrangeChurchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" by Patrick J. BuchananRetribution by Max Hastings
World War II Literature
286 books — 190 voters
Flyboys by James D. BradleyAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonEscape From Davao by John D. LukacsBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenInferno by Max Hastings
War Fiction
1,272 books — 438 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandBerlin Diary by William L. ShirerThe Rising Sun by John TolandWhen Books Went to War by Molly Guptill Manning
World War 2 books
393 books — 211 voters
Retribution by Max HastingsBlitzed by Norman OhlerThe Rising Sun by John TolandAn Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson
World War II Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
348 books — 254 voters

World War II Fiction
1,504 books — 2,286 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankEnemy at the Gates by William CraigWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeNight by Elie Wiesel
World War II Fiction & Non-fiction
832 books — 448 voters

The Rising Sun by John TolandLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerStorm of Steel by Ernst JüngerThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanEnemy at the Gates by William Craig
A WWII Reading List
743 books — 390 voters
Best WWII Historical Fiction
593 books — 706 voters

Why the Allies Won by Richard OveryPacific Crucible by Ian W. TollThe Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. HornfischerLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
697 books — 536 voters
Best 1940s Historical Fiction
421 books — 469 voters

Anne Frank Remembered by Miep GiesBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
699 books — 495 voters
Bonhoeffer by Eric MetaxasThe Girls of Atomic City by Denise KiernanUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand1939 - The War That Had Many Fathers by Gerd Schultze-RhonhofNight by Elie Wiesel
Amazing WWII fiction (some with romance)
441 books — 662 voters

The Railway Man by Eric LomaxChurchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" by Patrick J. BuchananThe Third Reich at War by Richard J. EvansThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanKilling the Rising Sun by Bill O'Reilly
Best WWII Fiction and Biography
699 books — 610 voters
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
1,033 books — 837 voters

Crabwalk by Günter Grass
Best War Novels
1,718 books — 1,468 voters
HHhH by Laurent Binet
WWII Historic Fiction
1,533 books — 1,660 voters