War Story Books

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The Nightingale The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,147,947 ratings — published 2015
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,989,168 ratings — published 2014
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All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.11 — 521,567 ratings — published 1928
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The Women The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,604,255 ratings — published 2024
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,893,325 ratings — published 2005
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The Things They Carried The Things They Carried (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.15 — 346,484 ratings — published 1990
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The Alice Network The Alice Network (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.32 — 634,507 ratings — published 2017
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,489,085 ratings — published 1969
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as war-story)
avg rating 3.99 — 889,146 ratings — published 1961
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,012,869 ratings — published 2011
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,742,094 ratings — published 2010
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,211,100 ratings — published 1947
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War and Peace War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.17 — 367,448 ratings — published 1869
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,746,306 ratings — published 2007
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A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as war-story)
avg rating 3.82 — 355,408 ratings — published 1929
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.19 — 813,661 ratings — published 2008
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,369,773 ratings — published 1956
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,174,484 ratings — published 2018
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,000,653 ratings — published 2010
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Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1) Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.29 — 343,990 ratings — published 2016
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Number the Stars Number the Stars (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.20 — 623,383 ratings — published 1989
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Gone With the Wind Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,258,858 ratings — published 1936
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Atonement Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as war-story)
avg rating 3.95 — 565,416 ratings — published 2001
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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.45 — 118,970 ratings — published 2022
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The Diamond Eye The Diamond Eye (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.29 — 206,903 ratings — published 2022
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The Rose Code The Rose Code (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.44 — 375,323 ratings — published 2021
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The Last Bookshop in London The Last Bookshop in London (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.14 — 99,009 ratings — published 2021
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The Book of Lost Names The Book of Lost Names (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.44 — 300,651 ratings — published 2020
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For Whom the Bell Tolls For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 3.99 — 319,476 ratings — published 1940
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A Golden Age (Bangla Desh, #1) A Golden Age (Bangla Desh, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 3.80 — 5,925 ratings — published 2007
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Half of a Yellow Sun Half of a Yellow Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.34 — 184,635 ratings — published 2006
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The Huntress The Huntress (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.30 — 214,729 ratings — published 2019
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky Beneath a Scarlet Sky (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.43 — 390,706 ratings — published 2017
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We Were the Lucky Ones We Were the Lucky Ones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.42 — 198,973 ratings — published 2017
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Salt to the Sea Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.35 — 257,640 ratings — published 2016
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The Women in the Castle The Women in the Castle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 3.84 — 66,339 ratings — published 2017
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City of Thieves City of Thieves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.30 — 168,185 ratings — published 2008
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.00 — 128,714 ratings — published 2012
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.48 — 358,411 ratings — published 1971
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 3.49 — 91,974 ratings — published 2007
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.16 — 972,844 ratings — published 2006
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The Quiet Librarian The Quiet Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,949 ratings — published 2025
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Johnny Got His Gun Johnny Got His Gun (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.21 — 48,984 ratings — published 1939
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,592,869 ratings — published 2023
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The Paris Library The Paris Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.06 — 146,809 ratings — published 2021
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.16 — 491,614 ratings — published 2018
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Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #2) Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.40 — 217,529 ratings — published 2019
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A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.15 — 61,859 ratings — published 2019
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The Things We Cannot Say The Things We Cannot Say (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.54 — 277,314 ratings — published 2019
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The Call to Serve (The Serve, #1) The Call to Serve (The Serve, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as war-story)
avg rating 4.26 — 419 ratings — published 2017
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Paul Allor
“I never liked telling war stories. Some men love to tell them. Hell, some men need to. They need to convince themselves that the war is over. But I'm not one of them.”
Paul Allor, Tet

Alfred Nestor
“As we passed this living cruelty, I shuddered in momentarily isolation and then let out an audible gasp at what I saw. They were hanging from trees! Some shaking violently, with their intestines hanging out of their bodies! Those who were still partly alive were screaming with pain, and wriggling on the branches trying to get off the ropes ... some had fallen off the branches of the trees, they were crawling along the ground, and towards us.”
Alfred Nestor, Uncle Hitler: A Child's Traumatic Journey Through Nazi Hell to the Safety of Britain

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