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World War II Book Summaries

The Nazis Summary
The Nazis
A Warning from History
by Laurence Rees 1997 256 pages
4.29
1.3K ratings
History
World War II
War
Nisei Daughter Summary
Nisei Daughter
by Monica Itoi Sone 1979 256 pages
3.90
1.0K ratings
Memoir
History
Biography Memoir
Warsaw Boy Summary
Warsaw Boy
A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
by Andrew Borowiec 2014 377 pages
4.08
174 ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Jackdaws Summary
Jackdaws
by Ken Follett 2001 432 pages
4.08
41.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Historical
Anne Frank Summary
Anne Frank
The Biography
by Melissa Müller 1998 330 pages
4.34
25.5K ratings
Biography
History
Holocaust
Elephant Run Summary
Elephant Run
by Roland Smith 2007 318 pages
4.09
6.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Adventure
From Here to Eternity Summary
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones 1951 816 pages
4.08
17.9K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Splendid and the Vile Summary
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson 2020 546 pages
4.30
129.7K ratings
History
Biography
World War II
The Comfort of Ghosts Summary
The Comfort of Ghosts
by Jacqueline Winspear 2024 342 pages
4.41
14.1K ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Historical Mystery
The Winemaker's Wife Summary
The Winemaker's Wife
by Kristin Harmel 2019 385 pages
4.23
94.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
The German Girl Summary
The German Girl
by Armando Lucas Correa 2016 360 pages
3.81
37.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Myth of the Twentieth Century Summary
The Myth of the Twentieth Century
by Alfred Rosenberg 1930 454 pages
3.67
249 ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Mapping the Bones Summary
Mapping the Bones
by Jane Yolen 2018 421 pages
4.01
2.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Adolf Hitler Summary
Adolf Hitler
by John Toland 1976 1120 pages
4.24
3.7K ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Hornet Flight Summary
Hornet Flight
by Ken Follett 2002 518 pages
3.99
27.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
War
Facing the Lion Summary
Facing the Lion
Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000 418 pages
4.71
1.7K ratings
History
Memoir
Holocaust
The Plot to Kill Hitler Summary
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero
by Patricia McCormick 2016 184 pages
4.04
2.7K ratings
History
Biography
Middle Grade
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun Summary
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun
A Memoir of the Holocaust
by Michael Gruenbaum 2015 384 pages
4.32
1.6K ratings
Holocaust
Memoir
History
The Making of the Atomic Bomb Summary
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes 1986 886 pages
4.40
23.7K ratings
History
Science
Physics
Killing Hitler Summary
Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death
by Roger Moorhouse 2006 400 pages
3.82
380 ratings
History
World War II
Germany
The German House Summary
The German House
by Annette Hess 2018 336 pages
3.68
11.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Germany
All Our Yesterdays Summary
All Our Yesterdays
by Natalia Ginzburg 1952 300 pages
3.99
4.5K ratings
Italy
Historical Fiction
Italian Literature
The Kitchen Front Summary
The Kitchen Front
by Jennifer Ryan 2021 408 pages
3.98
32.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
Lying About Hitler Summary
Lying About Hitler
History, Holocaust, and the David Irving Trial
by Richard J. Evans 2001 318 pages
4.11
1.1K ratings
History
Holocaust
World War II
Saving Freud Summary
Saving Freud
The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom
by Andrew Nagorski 2022 345 pages
4.02
318 ratings
History
Biography
Psychology
My Mother's Secret Summary
My Mother's Secret
by J.L. Witterick 2013 208 pages
4.20
18.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
World War II
A Woman of No Importance Summary
A Woman of No Importance
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
by Sonia Purnell 2019 352 pages
4.15
57.0K ratings
History
Biography
Book Club
Five Chimneys Summary
Five Chimneys
A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
by Olga Lengyel 1947 232 pages
4.41
20.1K ratings
Holocaust
History
World War II
Operation Mincemeat Summary
Operation Mincemeat
How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
by Ben Macintyre 2010 416 pages
4.03
22.1K ratings
History
World War II
War
The Woman All Spies Fear Summary
The Woman All Spies Fear
Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life
by Amy Butler Greenfield 2021 328 pages
4.21
1.4K ratings
History
Biography
Historical
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Summary
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
by William L. Shirer 1961 188 pages
4.08
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
War
Front Lines Summary
Front Lines
by Michael Grant 2016 548 pages
4.09
6.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Comfort Women Summary
Comfort Women
Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II
by Yoshimi Yoshiaki 1995 262 pages
3.97
148 ratings
History
Japan
World War II
Hitler's Cross Summary
Hitler's Cross
The Revealing Story of How the Cross of Christ was Used as a symbol of the Nazi Agenda
by Erwin W.. Lutzer 1995 224 pages
4.20
838 ratings
History
Christian
World War II
The Rape of Nanking Summary
The Rape of Nanking
The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
by Iris Chang 1997 290 pages
4.24
49.4K ratings
History
China
War
Supreme Commander Summary
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
by Seymour Morris Jr. 2014 384 pages
4.10
217 ratings
History
Biography
Japan
Eichmann in My Hands Summary
Eichmann in My Hands
A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
by Peter Z. Malkin 1990 267 pages
4.43
864 ratings
History
Holocaust
Memoir
Measure of a Man Summary
Measure of a Man
From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
by Martin Greenfield 2014 250 pages
4.19
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
Holocaust
Strong Men Armed Summary
Strong Men Armed
The United States Marines Against Japan
by Robert Leckie 1961 576 pages
4.36
955 ratings
History
Military Fiction
World War II
The One Man Summary
The One Man
by Andrew Gross 2016 416 pages
4.33
17.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
World War II
Mare's War Summary
Mare's War
by Tanita S. Davis 2009 352 pages
3.84
1.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
My Friend Anne Frank Summary
My Friend Anne Frank
The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds
by Hannah Pick-Goslar 2023 320 pages
4.66
7.0K ratings
History
Memoir
Biography
The Ragged Edge of Night Summary
The Ragged Edge of Night
by Olivia Hawker 2018 340 pages
4.16
47.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Summer of My German Soldier Summary
Summer of My German Soldier
by Bette Greene 1973 203 pages
3.70
17.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Romance
The Betrayal of Anne Frank Summary
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
A Cold Case Investigation
by Rosemary Sullivan 2022 400 pages
3.83
14.3K ratings
History
True Crime
Holocaust
The Dark Valley Summary
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages
4.18
593 ratings
History
European History
World History
Munich Summary
Munich
by Robert Harris 2017 352 pages
3.88
28.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Historical
The Nazi Conspiracy Summary
The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
by Brad Meltzer 2023 400 pages
4.15
9.2K ratings
History
World War II
Politics
The Forest of Vanishing Stars Summary
The Forest of Vanishing Stars
by Kristin Harmel 2021 376 pages
4.25
89.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Book Club
The Baker's Daughter Summary
The Baker's Daughter
by Sarah McCoy 2012 279 pages
3.97
24.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Book Club
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