War Books
Books that reckon with the experience of war, from the front lines to the homes that wait, written without flinching.
37 books
Fantasy
A Fate Inked in Blood
Non-Fiction
A Grain of Wheat
Literary Fiction
A Month in the Country
A Separate Peace
Literary Fiction
A Tale of Two Cities
An Echo in the Bone
Historical Fiction
An Iliad
Ball Lightning
Historical Fiction
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Historical Fiction
Between Shades of Gray
Comedy
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Blood Song
Historical Fiction
Cilka's Journey
Non-Fiction
City of Thieves
Comedy
Closing Time
Historical Fiction
Code Name Helene
Historical Fiction
Dead Wake
Literary Fiction
Doctor Zhivago
Literary Fiction
Exit West
Non-Fiction
Gardens of the Moon
Memoir
Home Before Morning
Comedy
How to Dodge a Cannonball
MASH
Literary Fiction
Milkman
Monkey Bridge
Non-Fiction
Mother Night
Literary Fiction
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
Historical Fiction
Number the Stars
Non-Fiction
On War
Non-Fiction
The Sorrow of War
Non-Fiction
The Sword of Kaigen
Literary Fiction
The Sympathizer
Literary Fiction
The Things They Carried
Historical Fiction
The Winds of War
Historical Fiction
The Women
Literary Fiction
War and Peace
Historical Fiction