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The Art of War Landmark Edition Summary
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The Art of War Landmark Edition
The Classic of Strategy with Historical Notes and Introduction by PEN Award-Winning Author Mitch Horowitz
by Sun Tzu 2021 161 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
History
The Women Summary
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The Women
by Kristin Hannah 2024 471 pages
4.59
1.6M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Book Thief Summary
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 2005 592 pages
4.39
2.9M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
The Nightingale Summary
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The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah 2015 564 pages
4.65
2.1M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Lilac Girls Summary
Immersive
Lilac Girls
by Martha Hall Kelly 2016 487 pages
4.29
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
Angel Down Summary
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Angel Down
by Daniel Kraus 2025 283 pages
3.98
4k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
The 33 Strategies Of War Summary
The 33 Strategies Of War
by Robert Greene 2001 500 pages
4.23
20k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
History
Ground Zero Summary
Ground Zero
by Alan Gratz 2021 336 pages
4.33
27k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Young Adult
The Cold War Summary
The Cold War
A New History
by John Lewis Gaddis 2005 352 pages
3.95
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
War
Pax Summary
Pax
by Sara Pennypacker 2016 278 pages
3.98
65k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Animals
Childrens
Salt to the Sea Summary
Salt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys 2016 391 pages
4.35
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
How Civil Wars Start Summary
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
by Barbara F. Walter 2022 320 pages
4.24
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain Summary
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
by John Boyne 2015 224 pages
4.05
26k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Man, the State, and War Summary
Man, the State, and War
A Theoretical Analysis
by Kenneth N. Waltz 1954 263 pages
3.97
2k+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
by Paul Kennedy 1987 677 pages
4.14
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Code Name Hélène Summary
Code Name Hélène
by Ariel Lawhon 2020 451 pages
4.41
82k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Book Club
Code Talker Summary
Code Talker
A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
by Joseph Bruchac 2005 231 pages
3.91
18k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
War and Peace Summary
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy 1869 1392 pages
4.17
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Russia
Strategy Summary
Strategy
A History
by Lawrence Freedman 2013 768 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
History
Business
Politics
On War Summary
On War
by Carl von Clausewitz 1832 732 pages
3.96
14k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
War
Napoleon Summary
Napoleon
A Life
by Andrew Roberts 2014 976 pages
4.25
29k+ ratings
History
Biography
France
Bloodlands Summary
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
by Timothy Snyder 2010 524 pages
4.39
20k+ ratings
History
War
World War II
War Horse Summary
War Horse
by Michael Morpurgo 1982 165 pages
4.16
59k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Animals
On Killing Summary
On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman 1995 400 pages
4.11
12k+ ratings
Psychology
Military Fiction
War
Horus Rising Summary
Horus Rising
by Dan Abnett 2006 416 pages
4.26
40k+ ratings
Science Fiction
40k
Fantasy
The Complete Art of War Summary
The Complete Art of War
by Sun Tzu 1996 320 pages
4.14
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne 2006 224 pages
4.16
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Half of a Yellow Sun Summary
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2006 435 pages
4.34
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Nigeria
The Sympathizer Summary
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 384 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
War
Between Shades of Gray Summary
Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys 2011 344 pages
4.37
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Unbroken Summary
Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand 2010 475 pages
4.39
1M+ ratings
History
Biography
Book Club
The Forever War Summary
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman 1974 278 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
War
Classics
Embrace the Suck Summary
Embrace the Suck
The Navy SEAL Way to an Extraordinary Life
by Brent Gleeson 2020 225 pages
4.16
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Leadership
Psychology
Military Inc. Summary
Military Inc.
Inside Pakistan's Military Economy
by Ayesha Siddiqa 2007 292 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Pakistan
Politics
History
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Things They Carried Summary
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages
4.15
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
100 Deadly Skills Summary
100 Deadly Skills
The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation
by Clint Emerson 2015 272 pages
3.79
3k+ ratings
Survival
Self Help
Reference
The Jakarta Method Summary
The Jakarta Method
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
by Vincent Bevins 2020 320 pages
4.61
18k+ ratings
History
Politics
Asia
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer 1960 1147 pages
4.23
100k+ ratings
History
War
World War II
The Crusades Summary
The Crusades
The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
by Thomas Asbridge 2010 784 pages
4.23
7k+ ratings
History
Religion
Medieval
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Alice Network Summary
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn 2017 503 pages
4.32
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Postwar Summary
Postwar
A History of Europe Since 1945
by Tony Judt 2005 933 pages
4.38
13k+ ratings
History
Politics
European History
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri 2019 317 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
War
Old Man's War Summary
Old Man's War
by John Scalzi 2005 318 pages
4.23
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
War
On Combat Summary
On Combat
The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace
by Dave Grossman 2004 403 pages
4.29
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Military Fiction
War
The Art of War/The Prince Summary
The Art of War/The Prince
by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli 1521 312 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Ten Myths About Israel Summary
Ten Myths About Israel
by Ilan PappΓ© 2017 192 pages
4.40
6k+ ratings
History
Politics
Middle East
Beneath a Scarlet Sky Summary
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark T. Sullivan 2017 509 pages
4.43
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
The Bronze Horseman Summary
The Bronze Horseman
by Paullina Simons 2000 637 pages
4.29
96k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
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