Anti War Books

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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 159 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,507,429 ratings — published 1969
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as anti-war)
avg rating 3.99 — 896,779 ratings — published 1961
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All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.12 — 531,515 ratings — published 1928
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Johnny Got His Gun Johnny Got His Gun (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.21 — 49,966 ratings — published 1939
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War Is a Racket War Is a Racket (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.27 — 9,418 ratings — published 1935
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The Things They Carried The Things They Carried (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.15 — 351,672 ratings — published 1990
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A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as anti-war)
avg rating 3.82 — 361,397 ratings — published 1929
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The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.14 — 183,087 ratings — published 1974
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Cat’s Cradle Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.15 — 443,865 ratings — published 1963
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,268,132 ratings — published 1947
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Regeneration (Regeneration, #1) Regeneration (Regeneration, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.01 — 34,413 ratings — published 1991
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The Good Soldier Švejk The Good Soldier Švejk (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.09 — 21,498 ratings — published 1921
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Hiroshima Hiroshima (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.06 — 91,642 ratings — published 1946
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,030,207 ratings — published 2014
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The Red Badge of Courage The Red Badge of Courage (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as anti-war)
avg rating 3.30 — 111,149 ratings — published 1894
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Mother Night Mother Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.24 — 108,869 ratings — published 1961
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,629,412 ratings — published 1948
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die A Time to Love and a Time to Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.44 — 15,735 ratings — published 1954
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.57 — 64,207 ratings — published 2025
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War and Peace War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.17 — 372,663 ratings — published 1869
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.16 — 195,797 ratings — published 2007
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The Tin Drum The Tin Drum (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as anti-war)
avg rating 3.95 — 47,242 ratings — published 1959
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Lysistrata Lysistrata (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as anti-war)
avg rating 3.86 — 54,335 ratings — published -423
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Going After Cacciato Going After Cacciato (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as anti-war)
avg rating 3.91 — 14,872 ratings — published 1978
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Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,795 ratings — published 2006
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To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,274 ratings — published 2011
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The Complete Maus The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.58 — 260,635 ratings — published 1980
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The Women The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,714,312 ratings — published 2024
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Three Guineas Three Guineas (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as anti-war)
avg rating 3.92 — 5,930 ratings — published 1938
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,779,680 ratings — published 2007
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War's Unwomanly Face War's Unwomanly Face (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.51 — 40,336 ratings — published 1983
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The Butter Battle Book The Butter Battle Book (Library Binding)
by (shelved 4 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.15 — 14,690 ratings — published 1984
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The Naked and the Dead The Naked and the Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as anti-war)
avg rating 3.95 — 26,703 ratings — published 1948
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Blockbuster Blockbuster (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.69 — 470 ratings — published 2009
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For Whom the Bell Tolls For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as anti-war)
avg rating 3.99 — 323,272 ratings — published 1940
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,005 ratings — published 2002
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Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.09 — 73,864 ratings — published 1938
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Nuclear War: A Scenario Nuclear War: A Scenario (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.36 — 52,355 ratings — published 2024
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On the Beach On the Beach (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 3.98 — 50,799 ratings — published 1957
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Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.27 — 8,848 ratings — published 1975
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Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.37 — 20,819 ratings — published 2020
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Washington Bullets Washington Bullets (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,507 ratings — published 2020
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Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (American Empire Project) Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (American Empire Project)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,059 ratings — published 2013
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Testament of Youth Testament of Youth (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.11 — 12,630 ratings — published 1933
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Mother Courage and Her Children Mother Courage and Her Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 3.63 — 23,221 ratings — published 1941
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Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,165 ratings — published 2012
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.11 — 12,412 ratings — published 1995
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,935,449 ratings — published 2005
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.61 — 19,194 ratings — published 2020
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America's War for the Greater Middle East America's War for the Greater Middle East (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as anti-war)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,248 ratings — published 2016
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The Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksAsking for It by Kate HardingMy Life and Times by Emerson LittlefieldHe's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Ever... by Jessica Valenti
Third-Wave Feminism
171 books — 71 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Huế  1968 by Mark BowdenThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
War has no winners
1,149 books — 540 voters

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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“The human beings also passed canteens, which guards would fill with water. When food came in, the human beings were quiet and trusting and beautiful. They shared.”
Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

George Orwell
“The majority of pacifists either belong to obscure religious sects or are simply humanitarians who object to taking life and prefer not to follow their thoughts beyond that point. But there is a minority of intellectual pacifists, whose real though unacknowledged motive appears to be hatred of western democracy and admiration for totalitarianism. Pacifist propaganda usually boils down to saying that one side is as bad as the other, but if one looks closely at the writing of the younger intellectual pacifists, one finds that they do not by any means express impartial disapproval but are directed almost entirely against Britain and the United States …”
George Orwell

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