Top 5 Novels About World War II
World War II Fiction -- My Personal Recommendations
I love reading historical fiction. My recommendations for the top 5 novels about World War II are all books I've read and loved.
These stories are compelling, and since they're based in fact, they are all the more intriguing.
I've selected books that cover the world, because it was truly a world war. These tales from America, France, Great Britain, Russia, and across Europe from Poland to Germany through France, all tell the horrors, heartache, and triumph through a personal glimpse of a few lives.
This photo shows U.S. troops entering the city of Metz, France on November 18, 1944.
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons
City of Theives - Russia During World War II
City of Thieves is so well written and compelling that I'd recommend it to everyone. I knew next to nothing about Russia during World War II, but this book brings it to life through a few personal stories.
Who knew the search for eggs could be such an adventure and so dangerous?
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Skeletons at the Feast - Prussia West through Germany
Chris Bohjalian is one of my absolute favorite authors. This novel departs from his New England settings and is his best work to date, I think.
This novel chronicles a family's evacuation from Prussia in World War II to evade the Russian army.
Sarah's Key - Based in France during World War II
This novel is heart breaking. A modern day American journalist living in France researches the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of French Jews in July 1942 and comes away with shocking information that affects her husband's family.
Here's my book blog entry about Sarah's Key.
The movie Sarah's Key is a wonderful depiction of the book. This 2010 movie stars Kristen Scott Thomas, Melusine Mayance, and Niels Arestrup.
Which do you like to read best?
Which do you like to read best?
Dream When You're Feeling Blue - America During World War II
Elizabeth Berg borrowed from her mother's life during World War II to tell a story of sisters growing up in Chicago during World War II. This take on the war may be the most familiar and relatable to many American women.
Small Island - Great Britain During the Second World War
I recently read Small Island and thoroughly enjoyed it. Jamaica is a small island ruled by Great Britain.
Small Island tells the tale of soldiers from Jamaica who fought in the war and the struggles in culture they had to endure with their fellow British soldiers and citizens.
The PBS Masterpiece Classic presentation of Small Island is just as good as the book. If watching is more your thing than reading, this is a winner.
Which of these books is your favorite?
Which of these books is your favorite?
More Books Set During World War II
- A Good Book is Awaiting: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
I finished reading The Night Watch by Sarah Waters late last night. I would give this book a B (4 stars out of 5). It was very good but a little tedious. I'm not sure what kind of book I want to read, but none of them have been hitting it out of the - A Good Book is Awaiting: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
I'm not sure where I picked up Winter Garden, but I had it in my "someday" pile. "Someday I'll read that book." I wasn't as thrilled at the beginning of this book as I was at the end. The story within a story, the fairy tale told by the mother to her
More Great Novels about World War II - Learn About History by Reading Fiction
I can personally recommend these novels that all deal with World War II as a main component of the story.
Nonfiction Books About World War II - True Books about World War II That I've Read and Loved
- A Good Book is Awaiting: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
I got up this morning and only had about 30 pages left to read in my book. So I got up, poured food in Scarlett's bowl, made a pot of coffee, and went back to bed and finished reading In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and An American Family in H - A Good Book is Awaiting: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Have you read this book? I finished reading Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption last night. This is such a good book and think anyone would enjoy it. Maybe enjoy isn't the right word because most of the book is pre
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