Best World War Ii Novels - April 2024

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

"Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years. But now Joseph Bruchac brings the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142405965
• ASIN: 0142405965
• ISBN: 0142405965
• Brand: Speak
• Manufacturer: Speak

The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

The untold story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War. Written with Alex Kershaw's trademark narrative drive and vivid immediacy, The Liberator traces the remarkable battlefield journey of maverick U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks through the Allied liberation of Europe—from the first landing in Italy to the final death throes of the Third Reich.Over five hundred bloody days, Sparks and his infantry unit battled from the beaches of Sicily through the mountains of Italy and France, ultimately enduring bitter and desperate winter combat against the die-... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307888002
• ASIN: 0307888002
• ISBN: 9780307888006
• Brand: Kershaw Alex
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

In Farleigh Field: A Novel of World War II

“Instantly absorbing, suspenseful, romantic, and stylish—like binge-watching a great British drama on Masterpiece Theater.” —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling authorWinner of the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel, the Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel, and the Left Coast Crime Award for Best Historical Mystery.World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cres... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1503941353
• ASIN: 1503941353
• ISBN: 1503941353
• Brand: LAKE UNION
• Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

The Final Storm: A Novel of the War in the Pacific (A Novel of World War II Book 4)

• ASIN: B004J4WK7Y
• ASIN: B004J4WK7Y
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

Of Windmills and War

An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller with 50,000 copies sold and over 1,200 "Five Star" reviews.The rumblings of war in distant countries mattered little to Danny McClain.  Growing up in Chicago, his world revolved around after-school jobs, a rescued beagle, his pen pal in Holland, and the Cubs' chance to go to the World Series. Then, in December of 1941, during his first year at Northwestern University, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor hit much too close to home.  After a series of unexpected events over the next couple of years, Danny found himself in the co-pilot seat of a B-17, stationed with ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 061572647X
• ASIN: 061572647X
• ISBN: 061572647X
• Manufacturer: Old Barn Trace Books

The Tuscan Secret: An absolutely gripping, emotional, World War 2 historical novel

Il Mulino. An old crumbling mill, by a winding river, nestled in the Tuscan mountains. An empty home that holds memories of homemade pasta and Nonna’s stories by the fire, and later: the Nazi invasion, and a family torn apart by a heartbreaking betrayal.Anna is distraught when her beloved mother, Ines, passes away. She inherits a box of papers, handwritten in Italian and yellowed with age, and a tantalising promise that the truth about what happened during the war lies within.The diaries lead Anna to the small village of Rofelle, where she slowly starts to heal as she explores sun-kissed oli... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1786819597
• ASIN: 1786819597
• ISBN: 1786819597
• Manufacturer: Bookouture

No Less Than Victory: A Novel of World War II

• ASIN: B002MUAFY2
• ASIN: B002MUAFY2
• ISBN: 0345516613
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

The astonishing, never before told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II—when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia...During a bombing campaign over Romanian oil fields, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian farmers and peasants risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers while they waited for rescue, and in 1944, Operation Halyard was born. The risks were incredible. The starving Americans in Yugoslavia had to construct a landing strip large enough for C-47 cargo plane... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451224957
• UPC: 783324820270
• ASIN: 0451224957
• ISBN: 0451224957
• Brand: Nal Caliber
• Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber

Final Mission: Zion - A World War 2 Thriller

***JANUARY 2018 Brand New Release from Chuck Driskell*** In 1938, as the Third Reich is just beginning its reign of terror, hundreds of Jewish orphans are hidden away in Austria, in the midst of their underground escape to Palestine. The only man who knows their location is killed, leaving the children with precious little time to survive. The dead man leaves a single set of instructions: Find U.S. Department of War agent Neil Reuter—he will save the children. Reuter, who is part-Native American, is a wreck, grieving the murder of his wife and unborn son. Realizing this mission goes beyo... [Read More]

• ASIN: B078VC5TTQ
• ASIN: B078VC5TTQ
• Manufacturer: Autobahn Books

Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope

The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children too—a remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of The Lost and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Born Survivors celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life.Eastern Europe, 1944: Three women believe they are pregnant, but are torn from their husbands before they can be certain. Rachel is sent to Auschwitz, unaware that her husband has been shot. Priska and her husband travel there together, but are immediately separated. Also at ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00NVLNZ8Y
• ASIN: B00NVLNZ8Y
• Manufacturer: Harper

Surviving The Forest (A WW2 Historical Novel, Based on a True Story of a Jewish Holocaust Survivor)

Five shots on Saturday morning changed their fate …She was a beautiful and happy young woman who lived a fairytale life. Shurka, her beloved husband and their two small children lived in a pretty house in a village in Poland, surrounded by a little garden with lilies. This was their life and nothing could harm it, or so they thought…WWII broke out and though the happy family thought the Germans would never reach their idyllic village, they quickly understood they were wrong and their happiness came to a brutal end. The family had to flee their house and find shelter in a neighboring Ghetto... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1796269409
• ASIN: 1796269409
• ISBN: 1796269409
• Manufacturer: Independently published

The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II

• ASIN: B0010SKU4C
• ASIN: B0010SKU4C
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

Wings: A Novel of World War II Flygirls

Based on the true World War II stories of America's first female military pilots, this historic novel follows the story of a young woman from a dirt-poor farm family. Sally Ketchum has little chance of bettering her life until a mysterious barnstormer named Tex teaches her to fly and to dare to love. But when Tex dies in a freak accident, Sally must make her own way in the world. She enrolls in the U.S. military's Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program at a special school known as Avenger, where she learns to fly the biggest, fastest, meanest planes. She also reluctantly becomes involved... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1590135709
• ASIN: 1590135709
• ISBN: 1590135709
• Manufacturer: Mcbooks Press

The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This is Jeff Shaara at his best, giving us another superb [and] historically grounded novel of one of the most dramatic struggles of World War II.”—George McGovernUtilizing the voices of the conflict’s most heroic figures, some immortal and some unknown, Jeff Shaara tells the story of America’s pivotal role in World War II: fighting to hold back the Japanese conquest of the Pacific while standing side-by-side with her British ally, the last hope for turning the tide of the war against Germany. As British and American forces strike into the soft underbe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345461371
• ASIN: 0345461371
• ISBN: 0345461371
• Brand: Shaara, Jeff
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

The Promise: A World War 2 Historical Romance Novel

How far would you go to keep a promise? In the heat of battle, one man's promise to another will be tested.September 1939 – As Britain is gripped by the fear and uncertainty of war, Tom Armitage stands to gain the one thing that he never thought possible - his freedom.Rosie Elliot sees her future crumbling to dust as Will Aarons leaves Whitby with Jimmy Chappell to fight in the war. As she begins work at The Turnstone Convalescent Home, Rosie finds something she thought she had lost. Friendship. But friendship soon turns to love. Can this new love replace Will?This is not an ordinary love st... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07NS741Z6
• ASIN: B07NS741Z6

Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II (Hardcover)

It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending

• UPC: 52705326
• Rating: 5.0

Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two (Paperback)

Viewed through the eyes of a 16-year-old Navajo youth, "Code Talker" is a fascinating slice of World War II history by a much-respected and acclaimed

• UPC: 4566037
• Rating: 3.75

The Steel Wave : A Novel of World War II

The second volume in "New York Times"-bestselling author Shaara's acclaimed World War II trilogy takes readers to the most famous chapter in the war--D-Day and the battle for

• UPC: 10742887
• Rating: 3.647

Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7): A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid (Hardcover)

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 brought the United States into World War II. This installment of Hale's #1 New York Times-bestselling series tells the story of Doolittle's Raiders, 80 American pilots led by

• UPC: 55802717
• Rating: 4.0

The Rising Tide : A Novel of World War II

A master of the historical novel, Shaara begins an ambitious trilogy about the conflict that defined the 20th century. With painstaking historical detail and all-inclusive points of view, Shaara portrays the momentous and increasingly dramatic

• UPC: 5621188
• Rating: 3.667

No Less Than Victory : A Novel of World War II

The conclusion to Shaara's World War II trilogy vividly portrays the European war's last act, from the Battle of the Bulge to Germany's unconditional surrender--told through the viewpoints of the men at the top. Available

• UPC: 15227306
• Rating: 4.0

The Steel Wave : A Novel of World War II

The second volume in "New York Times"-bestselling author Shaara's acclaimed World War II trilogy takes readers to the most famous chapter in the war--D-Day and the battle for Normandy. Available in a tall Premium

• UPC: 10711183
• Rating: 3.563

The Caine Mutiny : A Novel of World War II

Developments on board an American naval destroyer during World War II compel the crew members to relieve the captain of his

• UPC: 471262
• Rating: 4.158

The Best War Ever : America and World War II

Was World War II really such a "good war"? Popular memory insists that it was, in fact, "the best war ever." After all, we knew who the enemy was, and we understood what we were

• UPC: 43151947
• Rating: 4.0

The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds : Two Novels in One Volume

9780449300435

• UPC: 25673625
• Rating: 3.667

American Popular Novel after World War II : A Study of 25 Best Sellers, 1947-200

• UPC: 273871888746
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 36 USD