War Book Summaries

Persian Fire Summary
Persian Fire
The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
by Tom Holland 2005 418 pages
4.17
11.0K ratings
History
Ancient History
Ancient
Postwar Summary
Postwar
A History of Europe Since 1945
by Tony Judt 2005 933 pages
4.38
13.2K ratings
History
Politics
European History
Killing Hope Summary
Killing Hope
U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II
by William Blum 1995 500 pages
4.26
2.0K ratings
History
Politics
War
Warrior Mindset Summary
Warrior Mindset
Mental Toughness Skills for a Nation's Peacekeepers
by Michael J. Asken 2010 256 pages
4.12
599 ratings
Military Fiction
Psychology
Self Help
On Combat Summary
On Combat
The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace
by Dave Grossman 2004 395 pages
4.29
4.3K ratings
Psychology
Military Fiction
War
A Long Way Gone Summary
A Long Way Gone
Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah 2007 229 pages
4.16
191.7K ratings
Memoir
Biography
War
Old Man's War Summary
Old Man's War
by John Scalzi 2005 318 pages
4.23
213.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Space Opera
War
Beyond Band of Brothers Summary
Beyond Band of Brothers
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
by Dick Winters 2006 304 pages
4.32
19.5K ratings
History
Biography
World War II
All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1928 296 pages
4.10
497.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Island of Sea Women Summary
The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See 2019 374 pages
4.32
148.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Girls of Atomic City Summary
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
by Denise Kiernan 2013 373 pages
3.72
31.3K ratings
History
Book Club
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
6.5K ratings
History
Religion
Medieval
Cryptonomicon Summary
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson 1999 1152 pages
4.23
115.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Cyberpunk
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 1895 149 pages
3.29
108.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Red Pencil Summary
The Red Pencil
by Andrea Davis Pinkney 2014 336 pages
3.91
7.3K ratings
Poetry
Middle Grade
Historical Fiction
Taking Flight Summary
Taking Flight
From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
by Michaela DePrince 2014 256 pages
4.25
5.4K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Africa
Lilac Girls Summary
Lilac Girls
by Martha Hall Kelly 2016 487 pages
4.29
327.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
Lone Survivor Summary
Lone Survivor
The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
by Marcus Luttrell 2006 390 pages
4.34
98.4K ratings
Military Fiction
History
War
Horus Rising Summary
Horus Rising
by Dan Abnett 2006 416 pages
4.25
34.8K ratings
Science Fiction
40k
Fantasy
LikeWar Summary
LikeWar
The Weaponization of Social Media
by P.W. Singer 2018 416 pages
4.27
3.2K ratings
Politics
Technology
Sociology
All the Light We Cannot See Summary
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr 2014 544 pages
4.31
1.9M ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Fall of Giants Summary
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett 2010 985 pages
4.32
338.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
King Rat Summary
King Rat
by James Clavell 1962 368 pages
4.19
43.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought Summary
The Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Thought
by Sun Tzu 2013 760 pages
4.20
1.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Soldier Boys Summary
Soldier Boys
by Dean Hughes 2001 240 pages
4.05
2.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
War
Atonement Summary
Atonement
by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages
3.95
546.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
SEAL Team Six Summary
SEAL Team Six
Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
by Howard E. Wasdin 2011 331 pages
4.06
17.9K ratings
Military Fiction
History
Biography
The Best and the Brightest Summary
The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam 1969 688 pages
4.27
12.6K ratings
History
Politics
War
Gaza in Crisis Summary
Gaza in Crisis
Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians
by Noam Chomsky 2010 240 pages
4.14
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
War
Gone with the Wind Summary
Music Immersive
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages
4.31
1.3M ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Night in Lisbon Summary
The Night in Lisbon
by Erich Maria Remarque 1961 272 pages
4.32
23.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Nuclear War Summary
Nuclear War
A Scenario
by Annie Jacobsen 2024 400 pages
4.40
33.1K ratings
History
Politics
Science
Forge Summary
Forge
by Laurie Halse Anderson 2010 297 pages
4.16
17.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1929 293 pages
3.82
340.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" Summary
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2008 544 pages
4.19
1.9K ratings
History
Politics
World War II
The Persian Expedition Summary
The Persian Expedition
by Xenophon 375 pages
4.11
9.5K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
The Art of War/The Prince Summary
The Art of War/The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1521 312 pages
4.09
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Diamond Eye Summary
The Diamond Eye
by Kate Quinn 2022 435 pages
4.29
177.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Suite Française Summary
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky 2004 431 pages
3.86
76.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
France
Book Club
Freedom's Forge Summary
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
by Arthur Herman 2012 432 pages
4.32
2.4K ratings
History
Business
Economics
A Peace to End All Peace Summary
A Peace to End All Peace
The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
by David Fromkin 1989 635 pages
4.22
9.4K ratings
Politics
War
World History
The Alice Network Summary
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn 2017 503 pages
4.32
579.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Tribe Summary
Tribe
On Homecoming and Belonging
by Sebastian Junger 2016 182 pages
4.02
47.8K ratings
Psychology
History
Sociology
The Bronze Horseman Summary
The Bronze Horseman
by Paullina Simons 2000 637 pages
4.29
91.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Winter of the World Summary
Winter of the World
by Ken Follett 2012 940 pages
4.38
171.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
Code Name Verity Summary
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein 2012 452 pages
4.00
124.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The March Of Folly Summary
The March Of Folly
From Troy To Vietnam
by Barbara W. Tuchman 1984 447 pages
4.02
7.1K ratings
History
Politics
War
Dead Wake Summary
Dead Wake
The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson 2015 430 pages
4.13
155.4K ratings
History
Book Club
Historical
Birdsong Summary
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks 1993 483 pages
4.11
82.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Classics
American Sniper Summary
American Sniper
The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
by Chris Kyle 2012 502 pages
4.03
137.8K ratings
Biography
Military Fiction
History
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