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1. www.forbes.com › sites › entertainment20 Must-Read WW II Books - Forbes

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   Sep 14, 2024 · On this list, I have compiled 20 books that everyone should read to understand the world’s deadliest war better, and these rankings are based on public reception, cultural impact and longevity.

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3. bookriot.com › world-war-ii-books100 Must-Read World War II Books - BOOK RIOT

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   • Fiction. All the Light We cannot See by Anthony Doerr. “[All the Light We Cannot See is] about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.”
   • Children’s/Young Adult. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. “Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys.
   • Straight-Up History. Americans In Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation 1940-1944 by Charles Glass. “When the German army marched into Paris on June 14, 1940, approximately 5,000 Americans remained in Paris.
   • Biography, Autobiography, Memoir. All But My Life: A Memoir by Gerda Weissmann Klein. “All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein’s six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty.”

4. explorethearchive.com › best-world-war-2-books30 Best World War II Books That Examine Every Angle of the ...

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   • Normandy ’44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France. By James Holland. In his powerful new account of the Normandy invasion, renowned author, historian, and Royal Historical Society fellow James Holland delivers a fresh look at one of the defining battles of WWII.
   • 1942. By Winston Groom. Revisit America's entrance into the war with this sprawling account of the pivotal year that decided the ultimate direction of World War II.
   • "The Good War" By Studs Terkel. American icon Studs Terkel relives the personal tolls of World War II through interviews with soldiers, sailors and civilians alike.
   • Auschwitz and the Allies. By Martin Gilbert. Distinguished British historian Martin Gilbert was the official biographer of Winston Churchill and wrote a number of essential books on 20th century history and the Holocaust—including Never Again: A History of the Holocaust and The Holocaust: The Human Tragedy.

5. fivebooks.com › history › modern-historyWorld War 2 - Five Books Expert Recommendations

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   Sep 17, 2024 · Five Books has extensive coverage of World War II. Antony Beevor recommends his best books on World War II as a whole, but we also have interviews dedicated to specific battles. Anna Reid recommends the best books on the horrific Siege of Leningrad.

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6. www.penguin.co.uk › 08 › best-second-world-war-booksBest books about the Second World War | World War 2 books

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   Our round-up of the best books about World War 2, from Stalingrad, to D-Day, to Andrew Roberts' biography on Churchill.

7. shepherd.com › best-books › world-war-2The best books on WW2 from a military historian - Shepherd

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   Gerhard Weinberg shares the 5 best books on World War 2. Have you read Stumbling Colossus?

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   Should you read a book about World War II?

   • In World War II human beings were tested over and over again, and that is part of what explains its enduring fascination, says bestselling historian Alex Kershaw. He recommends five books of great storytelling that immerse you in the drama, the heroism and the tragedy of World War II and also have the benefit of being relatively short.

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   What is a good book about WW2?

   • Guy Sajer’s The Forgotten Soldier is a powerful memoir that engages readers in the vanguard of the Eastern Front during World War II. Sajer, a French-German soldier, presents war as a struggle for survival, and he does so by describing the hunger, fatigue and constant deprivation that formed the core of his relationship with war.

   20 Must-Read WW II Books - Forbes

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   Why are World War II books so important?

   • Bottom Line Many World War II books, fictional or not, have become important heirlooms of moments in time offering different generations of readers insight into one of the most devastating conflicts in human history.

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   What books have been written about World War II?

   • From action-packed eyewitness accounts such as Guadalcanal Diary to devastating Holocaust memoirs like The Diary of Anne Frank and Night to the thrilling espionage tale of Operation Mincemeat, World War II is the subject of some of the most fascinating and influential nonfiction books ever written.

   30 Best World War II Books That Examine Every Angle of the Conflict

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   Does Libby read World War II books?

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   100 Must-Read World War II Books - BOOK RIOT

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   Is there literature about WWII?

   • WWII has been seemingly endlessly written about, pored over, interpreted and re-interpreted – most recently, with the release of the film Oppenheimer, which takes place against the backdrop of the Second World War. The film's release has caused a resurgence of interest in literature about WWII.

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9. explorethearchive.com › books-about-world-war-220 Gripping, Must-Read Books About World War II

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   Jun 11, 2024 · From the memoirs of Holocaust survivors to the cockpits of fighter planes above the Pacific, these 20 books will show you new aspects of the Second World War, some of them brutal, and some inspiring, but all of them gripping.